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What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult And Juvenile Probation Officers, Moana Hafoka, Youngki Woo, Ming-Li Hsieh, Jacqueline Van Wormer, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens
What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult And Juvenile Probation Officers, Moana Hafoka, Youngki Woo, Ming-Li Hsieh, Jacqueline Van Wormer, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
The authors' current study, which is built on prior attempts to explore legally prescribed probation functions across 50 states and the District of Columbia, examines the statutorily prescribed duties of adult and juvenile probation officers in the past 10 years. Analyses of role shifts and the complementarities and differences that exist in the statutes are also explored.
When It Gets Gangsta: An Examination Of Gang-Related K-12 School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews
When It Gets Gangsta: An Examination Of Gang-Related K-12 School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article resulted as part of a comprehensive and on-going research project investigating the causes ofK-12 school violence and disturbance in America. Gang related school violence perpetrators are defined as those who were identified (i.e., self.. identification and/or law enforcement identification) involved in the "gang lifestyle" and committed their acts of violence as part of such lifestyle on school grounds or at school ·functions.· This article is a summary of the findings in regard to this type of offender. "It is extremely interesting that this type of offender seems not to suffer from many of the issues ( e.g., mental …
Maritime Cyber Security: What About Digital Forensics?, Scott Blough, Gordon A. Crews
Maritime Cyber Security: What About Digital Forensics?, Scott Blough, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Associated And/Or Mentally Ill And Non-Associated And/Or Mentally Ill School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
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The American Gun Culture: Potential Impact On K-12 School Violence, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews
The American Gun Culture: Potential Impact On K-12 School Violence, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Most researchers insist on combining all school shootings/violence incidents into one type of act and therefore one type of actor and one type of event. However, public mass shootings, university environments, international incidents, and K-12 school shootings and violence are not the same. They have different catalysts, motivations, types of occurrence, and offenders. The research for this work is part of a comprehensive examination of 78 currently incarcerated U.S. K-12 school violence offenders and their acts between 1979 and 2011 in 33 states. Topics examined include: weapons used and injuries incurred, availability of guns, where the gun or weapon …
The Impact Of Mass Incarceration And Social Issues Of Institutionalization On School Violence In Youths, Stephen C. Stanko, Gordon A. Crews
The Impact Of Mass Incarceration And Social Issues Of Institutionalization On School Violence In Youths, Stephen C. Stanko, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this chapter the authors examine the impact that mass incarceration has had upon children in the United States over the last several decades. Inherent in this examination is to discuss the impact of institutionalization on the propensity of committing violent acts by children. The authors also discuss the impact of these American phenomena on many aspects of juvenile delinquency and violence.
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Gang-Related School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Gang-Related School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
The purpose of this work is to examine the perpetrators of acts of school violence in K–12 schools in the United States. It is hoped that this examination will offer new and unique insight into the extremely complex issues surrounding juvenile violence in general and school violence in particular. There have been myriad works categorizing, theorizing, and profiling the causes of these types of events and the offenders who commit them. The problem is that very few have actually sought answers where they lie, from those who actually know why an event happened—the individuals who committed the act. …
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Traditional School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination Of Traditional School Violence Perpetrators In K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.