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Privacy, Accountability, And The Cooperating Defendant: Towards A New Role For Internet Access To Court Records, Caren Morrison Oct 2014

Privacy, Accountability, And The Cooperating Defendant: Towards A New Role For Internet Access To Court Records, Caren Morrison

Caren Myers Morrison

Now that federal court records are available online, anyone can obtain criminal case files instantly over the Internet. But this unfettered flow of information is in fundamental tension with many goals of the criminal justice system, including the integrity of criminal investigations, the accountability of prosecutors and the security of witnesses. It has also altered the behavior of prosecutors intent on protecting the identity of cooperating defendants who assist them in investigating other targets. As prosecutors and courts collaborate to obscure the process by which cooperators are recruited and rewarded, Internet availability, instead of enabling greater public understanding, risks degrading …


Ethical Issues In Community Supervision (Probation And Parole), Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert Ph.D. Oct 2014

Ethical Issues In Community Supervision (Probation And Parole), Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert Ph.D.

Dr. Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert

If one does not like to be micromanaged, they should never do anything that might cause them to be on probation or parole. Probation Officers and Parole Officers (POs) are super micromanagers. Every day, they are tasked with supervising several offenders (e.g., home contact, work verifications, treatment programs, etc.). This is definitely not a desk job! They must be diplomatic, fair, stern, and knowledgeable. The job of probation and parole officers includes impeding cycles. There are various cycles of dysfunction that causes an offender to be introduced to the system and sometimes remain in the system. Probation and parole officers …


Guardians Of The Wild: The South African Field Ranger, Greg Warchol Apr 2014

Guardians Of The Wild: The South African Field Ranger, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Concealed Carry Campus, Greg Warchol Apr 2014

Concealed Carry Campus, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Establishing Ties With Foreign Universities: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Greg Warchol Apr 2014

Establishing Ties With Foreign Universities: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.


Environmental Crime In The Western Cape Of South Africa, Greg Warchol Apr 2014

Environmental Crime In The Western Cape Of South Africa, 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.

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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.


Justice Scalia’S Fourth Amendment: Text, Context, Clarity, And Occasional Faint-Hearted Originalism, Timothy C. Macdonnell Dec 2013

Justice Scalia’S Fourth Amendment: Text, Context, Clarity, And Occasional Faint-Hearted Originalism, Timothy C. Macdonnell

Timothy C. MacDonnell

Since joining the United States Supreme Court in 1986, Justice Scalia has been one of the most prominent voices on the Fourth Amendment, having written twenty majority opinions, twelve concurrences and eight dissents on the topic. Justice Scalia’s Fourth Amendment opinions have had a significant effect on the Court’s jurisprudence relative to the Fourth Amendment. Under his pen, the Court has altered its test for determining when the Fourth Amendment should apply; provided a vision for how technology’s encroachment on privacy should be addressed; and articulated the standard for determining whether government officials are entitled to qualified immunity in civil …