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Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions And Deaths Related To Pain Killers?, David Powell, Rosalie Pacula, Mireille Jacobson Feb 2018

Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions And Deaths Related To Pain Killers?, David Powell, Rosalie Pacula, Mireille Jacobson

David Powell

Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide opioid overdose deaths. We replicate the result for opioid overdose deaths and explore the potential mechanism. The key feature of a medical marijuana law that facilitates a reduction in overdose death rates is a relatively liberal allowance for dispensaries.  As states have become more stringent in their regulation of dispensaries, the protective value generally has fallen. These findings suggest that broader access to medical marijuana facilitates substitution of marijuana for powerful and addictive opioids. 


Exploring Demographic, Structural, And Behavioral Overlap Among Homicide Offenders And Victims, Lisa Broidy, Jerry Daday, Cameron Crandall, David Sklar, Peter Jost Mar 2016

Exploring Demographic, Structural, And Behavioral Overlap Among Homicide Offenders And Victims, Lisa Broidy, Jerry Daday, Cameron Crandall, David Sklar, Peter Jost

Jerry K. Daday

Criminologists tend to focus their attention on the dynamics of offending, paying limited theoretical and empirical attention to the well-established relation between offending and victimization. However, a number of criminological theories predict similarities in the correlates and etiology of victimization and offending, suggesting substantial overlap across offender and victim populations. Empirical research confirms this overlap across offender and victim populations, at least among those involved in nonlethal incidents. This research explores whether similarities between offender and victim populations extends to homicide, using criminal justice, health care, and U.S. Census data linked to homicide offenders and victims in Bernalillo County, New …


"Brown On Brown": The Institutional Conditioning Of Racial Conflict In An Urban High School, Calvin Morrill, Michael Musheno, Cindy Bejarano, Christine Yalda, Madelaine Adelman Dec 2015

"Brown On Brown": The Institutional Conditioning Of Racial Conflict In An Urban High School, Calvin Morrill, Michael Musheno, Cindy Bejarano, Christine Yalda, Madelaine Adelman

Michael Musheno

No abstract provided.


Defining Conflict And The Repertoire Of Youth Conflict Management, Christine Yalda, Michael Musheno, Calvin Morrill Dec 2015

Defining Conflict And The Repertoire Of Youth Conflict Management, Christine Yalda, Michael Musheno, Calvin Morrill

Michael Musheno

No abstract provided.


Developing Understandings Of Racial Profiling Issues And Practices: An Annotation And Analysis Of Key Documents, M. Bortner, Heather Campbell, Rob Melnick, Michael Musheno, Carlos Posadas, Anne Schneider, Christine Yalda Dec 2015

Developing Understandings Of Racial Profiling Issues And Practices: An Annotation And Analysis Of Key Documents, M. Bortner, Heather Campbell, Rob Melnick, Michael Musheno, Carlos Posadas, Anne Schneider, Christine Yalda

Michael Musheno

No abstract provided.


Why It's Time For Pervasive Surveillance...Of The Police, Russell Dean Covey Dec 2015

Why It's Time For Pervasive Surveillance...Of The Police, Russell Dean Covey

Russell D. Covey

No abstract provided.


Profiling Arson, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Ryan Bell Nov 2015

Profiling Arson, Katarina Fritzon, Rebekah Doley, Ryan Bell

Ryan Bell

Overview: Criminal psychological profiling is the forensic technique of inferring personal, psychological, demographic, and behavioral characteristics of offenders based on crime scene evidence. While the majority of research concerning criminal pro-filing has been focused on the investigation of crimes of sexual violence such as murder and rape, criminal psychological profiling is frequently described as being applicable to the investigation of serial arson crimes, and the frequency with which psychological profiling has been used in the investigation of arson crimes has been growing steadily over the past 30 years (Drabsch 2004; Kocsis 2004, 2006; Turvey1999). This current entry reviews the growing …


"Brown On Brown": The Institutional Conditioning Of Racial Conflict In An Urban High School, Calvin Morrill, Michael Musheno, Cindy Bejarano, Christine Yalda, Madelaine Adelman Jul 2015

"Brown On Brown": The Institutional Conditioning Of Racial Conflict In An Urban High School, Calvin Morrill, Michael Musheno, Cindy Bejarano, Christine Yalda, Madelaine Adelman

Calvin Morrill

No abstract provided.


Clergy Sexual Abuse: Social Science Perspectives, Claire Renzetti, Sandra Yocum Jan 2015

Clergy Sexual Abuse: Social Science Perspectives, Claire Renzetti, Sandra Yocum

Sandra A. Yocum

This book brings together experts primarily from the fields of criminology, criminal justice, law, and social work, but also cultural anthropology and psychology, to analyze clergy sexual abuse from the perspective of their individual disciplines. Contributors examine the latest data and analyses on the scope and impact of clergy sexual abuse, frame the problem in terms of sociological and criminological theories of crime and deviance, explore the social and legal issues the problem raises for the personal and communal life of faith communities, and discuss possibilities for reform, reconciliation, and healing. Covering sexual abuse of both minors and adults, chapters …


A Test Of Deterrence Theory: Exploring Specific Deterrence Using The National Football League, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2014

A Test Of Deterrence Theory: Exploring Specific Deterrence Using The National Football League, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


Lecture: Paris: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2014

Lecture: Paris: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


Ensuring The Future Of Asset Forfeiture Programs, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson Apr 2014

Ensuring The Future Of Asset Forfeiture Programs, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Wildlife Crime In The Game Reserves Of South Africa, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson Apr 2014

Wildlife Crime In The Game Reserves Of South Africa, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


The Seduction Of Asset Forfeiture, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson Apr 2014

The Seduction Of Asset Forfeiture, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


A Cross Sectional Quantitative Analysis Of Federal Asset Forfeiture, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson Apr 2014

A Cross Sectional Quantitative Analysis Of Federal Asset Forfeiture, Greg Warchol, Brian Johnson

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Cold Weather Training Issues, Brian Johnson, Greg Warchol Apr 2014

Cold Weather Training Issues, Brian Johnson, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Your Friends And Neighbors: Localized Economic Development And Criminal Activity, Matthew Freedman, Emily Owens Mar 2014

Your Friends And Neighbors: Localized Economic Development And Criminal Activity, Matthew Freedman, Emily Owens

Matthew Freedman

We exploit a sudden shock to demand for a subset of low-wage workers generated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program in San Antonio, Texas to identify the effects of localized economic development on crime. We use a difference-in-difference methodology that takes advantage of variation in BRAC’s impact over time and across neighborhoods. We find that appropriative criminal behavior increases in neighborhoods where a fraction of residents experienced increases in earnings. This effect is driven by residents who were unlikely to be BRAC beneficiaries, implying that criminal opportunities are important in explaining patterns of crime.

Forthcoming in the …


Social Construction And Policy Design: A Review Of Past Applications, Jonathan J. Pierce, Siddiki Saba, Michael D. Jones Dr., Kristen Schumacher, Andrew Pattison, Holly Peterson Feb 2014

Social Construction And Policy Design: A Review Of Past Applications, Jonathan J. Pierce, Siddiki Saba, Michael D. Jones Dr., Kristen Schumacher, Andrew Pattison, Holly Peterson

Michael D. Jones

One of the leading theories for understanding the policy process is the theory of social construction and policy design developed by Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. The theory incorporates the social construction and power of target populations to understand the development and implications of policy design. In order to better understand its empirical breadth, depth, and general utility, our analysis reviews all past publications of the theory, focusing specifically on empirical applications (N = 111), from 1993 to 2013. Based on this review, we find: a recent increase in the number of applications of this theory; that these applications appear …


Trends And Developments In The Illegal Trade In Wildlife, Greg Warchol Jan 2014

Trends And Developments In The Illegal Trade In Wildlife, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


The Biosocial Explanation: The Role Of Intelligence And Temperament In Interpreting The Ses-Crime Relationship, Charlene Taylor, Anthony Walsh, Ilhong Yun Dec 2013

The Biosocial Explanation: The Role Of Intelligence And Temperament In Interpreting The Ses-Crime Relationship, Charlene Taylor, Anthony Walsh, Ilhong Yun

Charlene Y. Taylor

No abstract provided.


Global Culture Concerns, Korcel M. Price Apr 2013

Global Culture Concerns, Korcel M. Price

Korcel M Price

The following proposal seeks to change hiring, promoting, and firing practices among global and trans-national companies. The changes are intended to fortify the organization through better management, a better employee contract, and by moving closer to a learning organization.

At the heart of the proposal is the desire to move hiring, promoting, and firing practices to an external or internal third party, as means of creating a global culture that consistently applies the values of supra system’s organization.


The Level Of Service Inventory-Revised (Lsi-R) And Australian Offenders: Factor Structure, Sensitivity, And Specificity, Ching-I Hsu, Peter Caputi, Mitchell Byrne Nov 2012

The Level Of Service Inventory-Revised (Lsi-R) And Australian Offenders: Factor Structure, Sensitivity, And Specificity, Ching-I Hsu, Peter Caputi, Mitchell Byrne

Mitchell K Byrne

No abstract provided.


The People V. Orenthal James Simpson: Race And Trial Advocacy, Angela Davis Oct 2012

The People V. Orenthal James Simpson: Race And Trial Advocacy, Angela Davis

Angela J Davis

This chapter focuses on the trial story behind the high profile case of People v. Orenthal James Simpson. As the author points out, the Simpson case focused attention on some of the most important issues in the criminal justice system, including class and race disparities, DNA evidence, and police perjury. The author here focuses on the issue of race--its significance in the trial and how it affected the advocacy of the lawyers. She discusses the emotional conflicts over race within the defense and prosecution teams and compares and contrasts the approaches that each side ultimately decided to take. The author …


Premises Liability, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey Oct 2012

Premises Liability, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey

Wayne Petherick

Forensic Criminology: the scientific study of crime and criminals for the purposes of addressing investigative and legal issues. It is a science, a behavioral science, and a forensic science. This text is intended to educate students in an applied fashion regarding the nature and extent of forensic casework that is supported by, dependent upon, and interactive with research, theory, and knowledge derived from criminology. It is also intended to act as a preliminary guide for practitioners working with and within related criminal justice professions. Particularly those involved with assisting investigations, administrative inquiries, legal proceedings or providing expert findings or testimony …


Organization, Brian Kingshott Aug 2012

Organization, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

This chapter is focused on the question of the relationship between organizations and corruption. It examines how police services can be influenced by corruption, and what kind of roles the management and organization play in that context.


Give Them What They Want, Not What We Assume They Need: Developing A User-Centric Mobile Library Website, Amanda J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Jun 2012

Give Them What They Want, Not What We Assume They Need: Developing A User-Centric Mobile Library Website, Amanda J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

Mandy (Amanda) Swygart-Hobaugh

Learn about the user studies Georgia State University Library conducted to guide the included features on its library's mobile website, and gain tips for engaging in user-centric design of your own mobile site. Poster presentation included data used to inform the mobile site content (drawn from a user survey of undergraduates, graduates, and faculty on the desired features for a mobile library site as well as Google analytics), graphical shots of the mobile site, marketing of the mobile site, and post-development user study data to inform any redesign/adaptations of the mobile site.


Violence In Educational Establishments: Cause, Effect And Response, Brian Kingshott Feb 2012

Violence In Educational Establishments: Cause, Effect And Response, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Policing The Wilderness: A Descriptive Study Of Wildlife Conservation Officers In South Africa., Greg Warchol Dec 2011

Policing The Wilderness: A Descriptive Study Of Wildlife Conservation Officers In South Africa., Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


The Interplay Of Family Formation And Criminal Behavior, Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Megan Bears Augustyn, Molly Buchanan, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2011

The Interplay Of Family Formation And Criminal Behavior, Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Megan Bears Augustyn, Molly Buchanan, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora Sep 2011

Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

In this brief research note, the author uses a sociohistoric lens to examine selected films that have employed the cholo, or Chicano gang member, stereotype. He finds that the cholo is a prevalent archetype of Mexican and Mexican American youth. The author argues that the depiction of the cholo as a hypermasculine, abject personage threatening the social order converges with how actual Latino youth are constructed in sociopolitical and media discourses-as both marginalized young men and migrants unworthy of membership in U.S. society.