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Community-Oriented Policing: Building Trust And Collaborative Relationships With The Black Community, Tunice M. Cole

DSW Capstone Projects

Black people die at the hands of police at a disproportionate rate. In the United States, Black citizens are three times more likely to be killed by police than White citizens. This, along with other factors, has caused a lack of trust, legitimacy, and relationships between police and the Black community. Examining this problem from a socio-ecological and social constructivist perspective suggests that the solution encompasses the use of community feedback and experiences to build and develop a model of community-oriented policing that addresses the issues of the community being served.

Product one of this capstone was a systematic literature …

Why Use A Hammer When A Scalpel Will Do? Suggestions For Fairer Juvenile Plea Bargaining In Kentucky, Aaron Wallace Meek

Kentucky Law Journal

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Measuring Police Officer Self-Efficacy For Working With Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abigail M. A. Love

Theses and Dissertations--Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is currently one of the most researched of all childhood developmental disorders and is receiving attention in many domains including popular media, social sciences, education, and medicine. The purpose of this dissertation was to design and provide initial psychometric evidence for a scale that measures police officer self-efficacy for working with individuals with ASD. Psychometric properties of a scale designed to measure knowledge of ASD were also explored. Data from 620 police officers actively serving in the United States were collected in two separate phases. A 13-item scale was created to measure police officer self-efficacy for …

Farmers Behind Bars: A Critical Analysis Of Prison Farm Labor In Kentucky And Beyond, Tatum Isaacs

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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Tactical Police Officers, Romantic Attachment And Job-Related Stress: A Mixed-Methods Study, Natalie Fagan

Theses and Dissertations--Sociology

Stressors stemming from tactical policing such as social isolation and increased work responsibilities often spill over into the home and affect personal relationships. Using attachment theory as the guiding framework, this mixed methods study aimed to obtain a better understanding of the factors involved in maintaining long-term relationships between tactical officers and their romantic partners. Phase I consisted of surveys administered to tactical officers in Kentucky and measured romantic partner attachment, organizational and operational police stressors. Research questions examined how operational and organizational stress correlated with attachment while controlling for demographics. Analysis indicated that holding a rank above an officer …

Building The Case Against Human Trafficking: Developing And Evaluating A Training Module For Law Enforcement Officials, Katie Sanders

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Since the passage of federal legislation to address human trafficking in the United States, efforts to measure and combat the crime have continued to grow (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000). Measuring human trafficking has continued to be a difficult task for researchers, law enforcement, and victim services providers. The combined efforts of these groups has lead to the recognition that without more widespread identification of victims and perpetrators of human trafficking—a crime referred to as modern-day slavery—estimates will continue to be inaccurate. In order to improve the identification process, this specific proposal focuses on law enforcement …

Reply Brief For Appellant, Ramirez V. Nietzel, Melissa N. Henke

Law Faculty Advocacy

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Brief For Appellant, Ramirez V. Nietzel, Melissa N. Henke

Law Faculty Advocacy

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Drug Law Reform—Retreating From An Incarceration Addiction, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Now, thirty years into the "war on drugs," views about the law's reliance on punishment to fix the drug problem are less conciliatory and more absolute: "[t]he notion that 'the drug war is a failure' has become the common wisdom in academic ... circles." Those who have most closely studied the results of the "war" believe that it has "accomplished little more than incarcerating hundreds of thousands of individuals whose only crime was the possession of drugs." More importantly, they believe that it has had little if any effect on the drug problem: "Despite the fact that the number of …

Pfo Law Reform, A Crucial First Step Toward Sentencing Sanity In Kentucky, Robert G. Lawson

Kentucky Law Journal

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Pfo Law Reform, A Crucial First Step Towards Sentencing Sanity In Kentucky, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The purpose of this article is to engage in some analysis and discussion of the part of this sentencing law that cries out loudest for reform (the state's persistent felony offender law), reform that in short order would begin to deflate the population that has our prisons and jails grossly overcrowded. In this analysis and discussion, there is some brief consideration of the justifications used to support repeat offender laws (Part I), a segment on the history and evolution of Kentucky's law (Part II), an examination of a selection of repeat offender laws from other states (Part III), a report …

Turning Jails Into Prisons—Collateral Damage From Kentucky's War On Crime, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The primary purpose of this article is to scrutinize Kentucky's ever-increasing reliance on local jails for the incarceration of state prisoners. This objective cannot be achieved without an examination of the problems that compel counties and cities to allow (and even encourage) the state to capture their jails for this use. The first half of the article (Parts I-IV) provides general information about jails (including some pertinent history), contains a detailed description of jail functions (including some that have descended upon jails by default), and concludes with a discussion of what the state has done over two decades to convert …

Neither Big Brother Nor Dead Brother: The Need For A New Fourth Amendment Standard Applying To Emerging Technologies, Casey Holland

Kentucky Law Journal

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Difficult Times In Kentucky Corrections—Aftershocks Of A "Tough On Crime" Philosophy, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The objective of this article is to cast some light on corrections system problems brought on by elevated (and possibly unnecessary) levels of incarceration, and especially on problems that trouble the Kentucky corrections system and threaten to undermine the effectiveness of the state's justice system. Part II describes how the country came to embrace sentencing policies and practices capable of producing "a penal system of a severity unmatched in the Western world.” Part III describes Kentucky's embrace of equally harsh sentencing policies and practices and the inmate population explosion that has occurred as a direct result of those policies and …

Difficult Times In Kentucky Corrections--Aftershocks Of A "Tough On Crime" Philosophy, Robert G. Lawson

Kentucky Law Journal

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An Examination Of The Training And Reliability Of The Narcotics Detection Dog, Robert C. Bird

Kentucky Law Journal

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County Jail Reform In Kentucky--A Second Look, Wm. Barry Birdwhistell

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Impact Of Bounds V. Smith On City And County Jail Facilities, Philip W. Collier

Kentucky Law Journal

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Expungement Of Criminal Convictions Under The Youth Corrections Act: The Need For Revision, Kenneth R. Taylor

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Due Process And The Parole Release Decision, Donna Chu

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Question Of County Jail Reform In Kentucky, William A. Hoskins

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

New Hope For Corrections: The Creation Of A National Institute, Marlow W. Cook

Kentucky Law Journal

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Transcendental Meditation And The Criminal Justice System, Stephen B. Cox

Kentucky Law Journal

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Arrest Procedure--Right To Use Force To Arrest During A Riot, John William Bland Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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Police Power--Right To Maintain Roadblock--Display Of Drivers License On Demand, H. Hamilton Rice Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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Study Of Law Enforcement, Committee On The Administration Of Justice In The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, W. L. Matthews Jr., John B. Breckinridge

Kentucky Law Journal

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City-State Conflict In The Use Of Municipal Police Power, Charles M. Kneier

Kentucky Law Journal

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Probation And Parole, John C. Klotter

Kentucky Law Journal

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Prison Vs. Closed Ward: Their Philosophical Relationship, Otto E. Guttentag

Kentucky Law Journal

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Re-Examination Of The Right Of An Officer To Kill A Fleeing Suspected Felon, Delmer Ison

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.