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Electronic Monitoring And Legal Issues For Correctional Personnel, Kristine Botsford Mullendore Oct 1998

Electronic Monitoring And Legal Issues For Correctional Personnel, Kristine Botsford Mullendore

Kristine Botsford Mullendore

No abstract provided.


Technology And Crime: Some New Dimensions In Criminology, Debra Ross Oct 1998

Technology And Crime: Some New Dimensions In Criminology, Debra Ross

Debra E. Ross

No abstract provided.


Plaque - In Appreciation, Brian Kingshott Sep 1998

Plaque - In Appreciation, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Trends. Rape As Terrorism: Difficulties In Criminal Justice Adjudication, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Trends. Rape As Terrorism: Difficulties In Criminal Justice Adjudication, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article focuses on psychological complexities in successfully adjudicating allegations of terrorist rape--i.e., rape committed intentionally to achieve formal political objectives.


The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes complexities of the construct of personality and their implications for psychological profiles, background investigations, and intelligence agent preassessment and evaluation.


The Play Of Power: A Cross Disciplinary Dialogue, Christine Yalda, Deborah Henderson Apr 1998

The Play Of Power: A Cross Disciplinary Dialogue, Christine Yalda, Deborah Henderson

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.


Grand Rapids Bar Association: 1998 Diversity Survey Report, Kristine Botsford Mullendore, James Ballard Apr 1998

Grand Rapids Bar Association: 1998 Diversity Survey Report, Kristine Botsford Mullendore, James Ballard

Kristine Botsford Mullendore

No abstract provided.


Substantial Assistance And Sentence Severity: Is There A Correlation Substantial Assistance, Ian Weinstein Jan 1998

Substantial Assistance And Sentence Severity: Is There A Correlation Substantial Assistance, Ian Weinstein

Faculty Scholarship

How much more severe are sentences imposed in districts with low substantial assistance rates than those in which the rate is very high? In the aggregate, not at all. At first blush this may puzzle readers because substantial assistance (SA) departures are very unevenly distributed across districts and SA accounts for nearly two-thirds of all downward departures, almost 7,900 of the 12,000 in fiscal 1996. Although this pattern could result in gross disparities among districts, my analysis of inter-district sentencing patterns reveals no statistically significant correlation between the rate of SA departures and the average length of sentences imposed in …


Exploring The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 1997

Exploring The Function Of The Media In Community Policing, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Identified by the late, Robert Trojanowicz, as one of the 'Big Six' necessary for successful implementation and maintenance of community policing initiatives, the exact function of the media in community policing remains largely unexplored and untested. While authors of case studies have sometimes examined the degree of favorability with which community officers were portrayed in various media, none have examined media function, per se. The task of this exploratory piece istwo-fold. First, general and community policing literature are reviewed in order to identify how its champions have historically viewed the media's role in the community policing movement. The function of …