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Implementing The Prison Rape Elimination Act: A Toolkit For Jails, Brenda V. Smith, Dr. Gary Dennis, Susan W. Mccampbell, Michael S. Mccampbell, Elizabeth Price Layman, Caleb Asbridge, Rachel Bosley, Andie Moss, Jeff Shorba, Shaina Vanek, Jaime Yarussi, American Jail Association, National Institute Of Corrections' Large Jail Network, Nationa Sheriff's Association, American Correctional Association, Larry Cook, Dr. Robert Decomo, Jim Dennis, Nancy Deferrari, John Delaney, Timothy Fay, Diahann Frazier, David Gaspar, Quandara Grant, Dee Halley, Jamey Kessinger, Calvin King, Shawn Laughlin, Andrew Nunnally, Debra Oliver-Hammons, Steven Pizzala, Lisa Plowman, Gayle Ray, Larry Reynolds, Gwyn Smith-Ingley, Chris Sweney, Wynnie Testamark-Samuels, Janie Vergakis, Gregory Winston, Berry Zeeman Nov 2013

Implementing The Prison Rape Elimination Act: A Toolkit For Jails, Brenda V. Smith, Dr. Gary Dennis, Susan W. Mccampbell, Michael S. Mccampbell, Elizabeth Price Layman, Caleb Asbridge, Rachel Bosley, Andie Moss, Jeff Shorba, Shaina Vanek, Jaime Yarussi, American Jail Association, National Institute Of Corrections' Large Jail Network, Nationa Sheriff's Association, American Correctional Association, Larry Cook, Dr. Robert Decomo, Jim Dennis, Nancy Deferrari, John Delaney, Timothy Fay, Diahann Frazier, David Gaspar, Quandara Grant, Dee Halley, Jamey Kessinger, Calvin King, Shawn Laughlin, Andrew Nunnally, Debra Oliver-Hammons, Steven Pizzala, Lisa Plowman, Gayle Ray, Larry Reynolds, Gwyn Smith-Ingley, Chris Sweney, Wynnie Testamark-Samuels, Janie Vergakis, Gregory Winston, Berry Zeeman

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Minor edits. “The goal of this Toolkit is to provide jails of all sizes, political divisions, and geographic locations with a step-by-step guide for preventing, detecting, and eliminating sexual abuse of inmates in their custody – and for responding effectively to abuse when it occurs. Prison rape includes all forms of inmate sexual abuse within a correctional facility, including state and federal prisons, county and municipal jails, police lock-ups, holding facilities, inmate transportation vehicles, juvenile detention facilities, and community corrections facilities. Protecting arrestees, detainees, and inmates from sexual violence is part of a jail’s core mission. This toolkit will help …


When Poverty Is The Worst Crime Of All: A Film Review Of Gideon’S Army (2013), Jessica S Henry Oct 2013

When Poverty Is The Worst Crime Of All: A Film Review Of Gideon’S Army (2013), Jessica S Henry

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This review of the Sundance Award-winning documentary film, Gideon’s Army, examines the disparate impact of the criminal justice system on the poor and, particularly, poor people of color.


Mass Incarceration At Sentencing, Anne R. Traum Jan 2013

Mass Incarceration At Sentencing, Anne R. Traum

Scholarly Works

Courts can address the problem of mass incarceration at sentencing. Although some scholars suggest that the most effective response may be through policy and legislative reform, judicial consideration of mass incarceration at sentencing would provide an additional response that can largely be implemented without wholesale reform. Mass incarceration presents a difficult problem for courts because it is a systemic problem that harms people on several scales-individual, family, and community-and the power of courts to address such broad harm is limited. This Article proposes that judges should consider mass incarceration, a systemic problem, in individual criminal cases at sentencing. Sentencing is …


Intuition Versus Algorithm: The Case Of Forensic Authorship Attribution, Lawrence Solan Jan 2013

Intuition Versus Algorithm: The Case Of Forensic Authorship Attribution, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

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