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Police Chiefs, Anomia, And Leadership, Kraig L. Hays, Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt Mar 2007

Police Chiefs, Anomia, And Leadership, Kraig L. Hays, Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt

Peer Reviewed Publications

This research assesses a potentially harmful condition among police chiefs: anomia. The article analyzes a large (N = 1,120) stratified sample survey of American police chiefs. Nine hypotheses are tested using multiple regressions. Results show relatively little anomia (as defined by Srole’s 5-point Likert-type scale) among the respondents. Data analysis reveals little relationship between anomia and the following four variables: age, being a chief in a previous jurisdiction, race/ethnicity, and internal hire. However, the analysis also reveals significant negative relationships between anomia and education, merit selection, and years in law enforcement and between anomia and size of department and tenure …

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Legend Tripping As Field Research: Investigating The Connection Of “Satanic Tourism” To Juvenile Delinquency, Gordon A. Crews, Virginia Adame, Rochelle Andrews, Kofi Boye-Doe, Juna Green, Shawn Kirby, Ori Onazi, Jill Schalansky, Cale Urban, Justin Zabokrtsky Mar 2007

Legend Tripping As Field Research: Investigating The Connection Of “Satanic Tourism” To Juvenile Delinquency, Gordon A. Crews, Virginia Adame, Rochelle Andrews, Kofi Boye-Doe, Juna Green, Shawn Kirby, Ori Onazi, Jill Schalansky, Cale Urban, Justin Zabokrtsky

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Gary Alan Fine and Jeffrey Victor (1994) defined “legend trips” as inherently delinquent juvenile activities at geographic sites associated with some tragic event, rumored to be supernatural or related to the occult. “Satanic tourism” is a type of legend trip characterized by juvenile involvement in pseudo-Satanic/occult behavior, such as drawing pentagrams, writing epithets, and burning candles. A juvenile may visit a geographic location such as an abandoned church, historic graveyard, or reputedly “haunted” site, and engage in mischievous, destructive, or “ritualistic” behaviors as “rites of passage.” These activities, which often are relatively harmless and conducted primarily for juvenile thrills, may …

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Just Kids Day: A Youth-Centered School Safety Program, Christine Yalda, Joel Ritsema, William Crawley, Lisa Dopke Feb 2007

Just Kids Day: A Youth-Centered School Safety Program, Christine Yalda, Joel Ritsema, William Crawley, Lisa Dopke

Christine A. Yalda

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On The Run Or On The Right Track: Volabularies Of Motive, Justification And Compliance In Youth Drug Courts, Christine Yalda, William Crawley, Amy Dubbs Feb 2007

On The Run Or On The Right Track: Volabularies Of Motive, Justification And Compliance In Youth Drug Courts, Christine Yalda, William Crawley, Amy Dubbs

Christine A. Yalda

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Further Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Identity Theft, Debra Ross Feb 2007

Further Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Identity Theft, Debra Ross

Debra E. Ross

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Isolating Student, School, And Community Effects On School Weapon Carrying, Adam Michael Watkins Jan 2007

Isolating Student, School, And Community Effects On School Weapon Carrying, Adam Michael Watkins

Dissertations

Much prior research has alluded to the importance of community conditions in shaping levels of violence in around and schools. It is interesting to find, therefore, that few studies have systematically examined the effects of broader contextual characteristics (e.g., economic disadvantage) on levels of student misbehavior in schools. This research filled a part of this void in the school violence literature by using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to identify whether social conditions in schools¿ attendance areas were statistically related to levels of student weapon carrying across a national sample of 55 high schools. Multilevel models …

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Russian Cultural Factors Related To Perceived Criminal Procedure Fairness: The Juxtaposition Of Policy And Practice, Olga B. Semukhina Jan 2007

Russian Cultural Factors Related To Perceived Criminal Procedure Fairness: The Juxtaposition Of Policy And Practice, Olga B. Semukhina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the Russian culture and citizens' perceived fairness of the new Criminal Procedural Code of Russia of 2001 (CPC of 2001). The CPC of 2001 is a key policy in the Russian criminal law reform with the purpose of implementing adversarial procedure elements in Russia. The existing literature has documented the lack of public support along with observed violations of the CPC's major provisions which as made this an important area for study. It is theorized that the apparent contradiction between the underlying values of the Russian culture, and CPC's …

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Airport Security: Examining The Current State Of Acceptance Of Biometrics And The Propensity Of Adopting Biometric Technology Fo, Kristine Sumner Jan 2007

Airport Security: Examining The Current State Of Acceptance Of Biometrics And The Propensity Of Adopting Biometric Technology Fo, Kristine Sumner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 propelled the issue of aviation security to the forefront of the U.S. domestic agenda. Although hundreds of individual airports exist in the U.S., the travel activities at each of these airports combine to holistically comprise an aviation system that represents a significant portion of the U.S. social and economic infrastructure. Disruption at one airport resulting from a criminal act, such as terrorism, could exert detrimental effects upon the aviation system and U.S national security (9/11 Commission, 2004). Each U.S. airport is individually responsible for various aspects of security including the control of physical …

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Chicago’S Little Sicily, Robert M. Lombardo Jan 2007

Chicago’S Little Sicily, Robert M. Lombardo

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions For Reducing Crime, Don Stemen Jan 2007

Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions For Reducing Crime, Don Stemen

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

Little empirical study had been done to confirm or refute the effectiveness of incarceration in reducing crime rates when America began its historic reliance on prisons in the 1970s. Today, conversely, policymakers are faced with a large, complex, and sometimes contradictory body of research. This paper seeks to help officials make sense of this information and offers an up-to-date understanding of what works best. It also examines research on several of the other factors that might be developed as part of an expanded notion of public safety. Informed by this more inclusive understanding of current research, it suggests that effective …

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At Light Speed: Attribution And Response To Cybercrime/Terrorism/Warfare, Susan W. Brenner Jan 2007

At Light Speed: Attribution And Response To Cybercrime/Terrorism/Warfare, Susan W. Brenner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Why 2007 Is Not Like 1984: A Broader Perspective On Technology's Effect On Privacy And Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Ric Simmons Jan 2007

Why 2007 Is Not Like 1984: A Broader Perspective On Technology's Effect On Privacy And Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Ric Simmons

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Virtual Neighborhood Watch: Open Source Software And Community Policing Against Cybercrime , Benjamin R. Jones Jan 2007

Virtual Neighborhood Watch: Open Source Software And Community Policing Against Cybercrime , Benjamin R. Jones

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Using Groups Statistics To Sentence Individual Criminals: An Ethical And Statistical Critique Of The Virginia Risk Assessment Program , Brian Netter Jan 2007

Using Groups Statistics To Sentence Individual Criminals: An Ethical And Statistical Critique Of The Virginia Risk Assessment Program , Brian Netter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Playing By All The Rules: How To Define And Provide A Prior Opportunity For Cross-Examination In Child Sexual Abuse Cases After Crawford V. Washington, Prudence Beidler Carr Jan 2007

Playing By All The Rules: How To Define And Provide A Prior Opportunity For Cross-Examination In Child Sexual Abuse Cases After Crawford V. Washington, Prudence Beidler Carr

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Challenge Of White Collar Sentencing, The , Ellen S. Podgor Jan 2007

Challenge Of White Collar Sentencing, The , Ellen S. Podgor

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Boundaries Of Plea Bargaining: Negotiating The Standard Of Proof, Talia Fisher Jan 2007

The Boundaries Of Plea Bargaining: Negotiating The Standard Of Proof, Talia Fisher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Tripartite Solution To Eyewitness Error, A , Richard A. Wise, Kristen A. Dauphinais, Martin A. Safer Jan 2007

Tripartite Solution To Eyewitness Error, A , Richard A. Wise, Kristen A. Dauphinais, Martin A. Safer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Gonzales V. Oregon And The Future Of Agency-Made Criminal Law, Trevor Stiles Jan 2007

Gonzales V. Oregon And The Future Of Agency-Made Criminal Law, Trevor Stiles

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Bytes, Balco, And Barry Bonds: An Exploration Of The Law Concerning The Search And Seizure Of Computer Files And An Analysis Of The Ninth Circuit's Decision In United States V. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., Derek Regensburger Jan 2007

Bytes, Balco, And Barry Bonds: An Exploration Of The Law Concerning The Search And Seizure Of Computer Files And An Analysis Of The Ninth Circuit's Decision In United States V. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., Derek Regensburger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Attitudes Of Police Executives Toward Miranda And Interrogation Policies, The , Marvin Zalman, Brad W. Smith Jan 2007

Attitudes Of Police Executives Toward Miranda And Interrogation Policies, The , Marvin Zalman, Brad W. Smith

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Federal Rules Of Evidence 413-415 And The Struggle For Rulemaking Preeminence, Rosanna Cavallaro Jan 2007

Federal Rules Of Evidence 413-415 And The Struggle For Rulemaking Preeminence, Rosanna Cavallaro

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Protecting Children From The Harmful Behavior Of Adults, Eric C. Shedlosky Jan 2007

Protecting Children From The Harmful Behavior Of Adults, Eric C. Shedlosky

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Fight For Post-Conviction Dna Testing Is Not Yet Over: An Analysis Of The Eight Remaining Holdout States And Suggestions For Strategies To Bring Vital Relief To The Wrongfully Convicted, Rachel Steinback Jan 2007

The Fight For Post-Conviction Dna Testing Is Not Yet Over: An Analysis Of The Eight Remaining Holdout States And Suggestions For Strategies To Bring Vital Relief To The Wrongfully Convicted, Rachel Steinback

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Estimating The Impact Of Incarceration On Subsequent Offending Trajectories: Deterrent, Criminogenic, Or Null Effect, Avinash Singh Bhati, Alex R. Piquero Jan 2007

Estimating The Impact Of Incarceration On Subsequent Offending Trajectories: Deterrent, Criminogenic, Or Null Effect, Avinash Singh Bhati, Alex R. Piquero

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Routine Crime In Exceptional Times: The Impact Of The 2002 Winter Olympics On Citizen Demand For Police Services, Scott H. Decker, Sean P. Varano, Jack R. Greene Jan 2007

Routine Crime In Exceptional Times: The Impact Of The 2002 Winter Olympics On Citizen Demand For Police Services, Scott H. Decker, Sean P. Varano, Jack R. Greene

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

Despite their rich theoretical and practical importance, criminologists have paid scant attention to the patterns of crime and the responses to crime during exceptional events. Throughout the world large-scale political, social, economic, cultural, and sporting events have become commonplace. Natural disasters such as blackouts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis present similar opportunities. Such events often tax the capacities of jurisdictions to provide safety and security in response to the exceptional event, as well as to meet the “routine” public safety needs. This article examines “routine” crime as measured by calls for police service, official crime reports, and police arrests in Salt …

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Gangs, Guns, And Drugs: Recidivism Among Serious, Young Offenders, Beth M. Huebner, Sean P. Varano, Timothy S. Bynum Jan 2007

Gangs, Guns, And Drugs: Recidivism Among Serious, Young Offenders, Beth M. Huebner, Sean P. Varano, Timothy S. Bynum

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

The primary goal of this study is to understand the factors that best explain recidivism among a sample of 322 young men aged 17 to 24 years released from prison in a Midwestern state. Specific attention is paid to the predictive validity of gang membership, gun use, and drug dependence on the timing of reconviction and the current research on desistance frames the analyses. Results from a series of proportional hazard models indicate that race, gang membership, drug dependence, and institutional behavior are critical factors in predicting the timing of reconviction. Contrary to expectations, gun use was not related to …

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Police Information Systems, Sean P. Varano, Jeffrey M. Cancino, James Glass, Roger Enriquez Jan 2007

Police Information Systems, Sean P. Varano, Jeffrey M. Cancino, James Glass, Roger Enriquez

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

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Forgiveness In Criminal Procedure, Stephanos Bibas Jan 2007

Forgiveness In Criminal Procedure, Stephanos Bibas

All Faculty Scholarship

Though forgiveness and mercy matter greatly in social life, they play fairly small roles in criminal procedure. Criminal procedure is dominated by the state, whose interests in deterring, incapacitating, and inflicting retribution leave little room for mercy. An alternative system, however, would focus more on the needs of human participants. Victim-offender mediation, sentencing discounts, and other mechanisms could encourage offenders to express remorse, victims to forgive, and communities to reintegrate and employ offenders. All of these actors could then better heal, reconcile, and get on with their lives. Forgiveness and mercy are not panaceas: not all offenders and victims would …

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Back-End Sentencing A Practice In Search Of A Rationale, Jeremy Travis Jan 2007

Back-End Sentencing A Practice In Search Of A Rationale, Jeremy Travis

Publications and Research

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