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Declining Crime Rates: Insiders' Views Of The New York City Story, George L. Kelling, William J. Bratton Jan 1998

Declining Crime Rates: Insiders' Views Of The New York City Story, George L. Kelling, William J. Bratton

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Social Institutions And The Crime Bust Of The 1990s, Gary Lafree Jan 1998

Social Institutions And The Crime Bust Of The 1990s, Gary Lafree

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Alcohol And Homicide In The United States 1934-1995--Or One Reason Why U.S. Rates Of Violence May Be Going Down, Robert Nash Parker, Randi S. Cartmill Jan 1998

Alcohol And Homicide In The United States 1934-1995--Or One Reason Why U.S. Rates Of Violence May Be Going Down, Robert Nash Parker, Randi S. Cartmill

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Understanding The Time Path Of Crime, John J. Donohue Jan 1998

Understanding The Time Path Of Crime, John J. Donohue

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Volunteerism And The Decline Of Violent Crime, Warren Friedman Jan 1998

Volunteerism And The Decline Of Violent Crime, Warren Friedman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Effective Law-Enforcement Techniques For Reducing Crime, John N. Gallo Jan 1998

Effective Law-Enforcement Techniques For Reducing Crime, John N. Gallo

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Which Homicides Decreased--Why, Michael D. Maltz Jan 1998

Which Homicides Decreased--Why, Michael D. Maltz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Comprehensive Handgun Licensing & Registration: An Analysis & Critique Of Brady Ii, Gun Control's Next And Last Step, James B. Jacobs, Kimberly A. Potter Jan 1998

Comprehensive Handgun Licensing & Registration: An Analysis & Critique Of Brady Ii, Gun Control's Next And Last Step, James B. Jacobs, Kimberly A. Potter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Structure Of Punishment Norms: Applying The Rossi-Berk Model, Joseph E. Jacoby, Francis T. Cullen Jan 1998

The Structure Of Punishment Norms: Applying The Rossi-Berk Model, Joseph E. Jacoby, Francis T. Cullen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Using The Innocent To Scapegoat Miranda: Another Reply To Paul Cassell, Richard A. Leo, Richard J. Ofshe Jan 1998

Using The Innocent To Scapegoat Miranda: Another Reply To Paul Cassell, Richard A. Leo, Richard J. Ofshe

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Recent Books Jan 1998

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Does Congress Abuse Its Spending Clause Power By Attaching Conditions On The Receipt Of Federal Law Enforcement Funds To A State's Compliance With Megan's Law, W. Paul Koenig Jan 1998

Does Congress Abuse Its Spending Clause Power By Attaching Conditions On The Receipt Of Federal Law Enforcement Funds To A State's Compliance With Megan's Law, W. Paul Koenig

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of The Preventive State, Carol S. Steiker Jan 1998

The Limits Of The Preventive State, Carol S. Steiker

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Federal False Statement Prosecutions: The Absurd Becomes Material, Bradford R. Hise Jan 1998

Federal False Statement Prosecutions: The Absurd Becomes Material, Bradford R. Hise

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Exluding Automobile Passengers From Fourth Amendment Protection, Jenny L. Riggs Jan 1998

Exluding Automobile Passengers From Fourth Amendment Protection, Jenny L. Riggs

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Problems Presented By The Compelling, Heartwrenching Case, Yale Kamisar Jan 1998

Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Problems Presented By The Compelling, Heartwrenching Case, Yale Kamisar

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Physician-Assisted Suicide And Voluntary Euthanasia: Some Relevant Differences, John Deigh Jan 1998

Physician-Assisted Suicide And Voluntary Euthanasia: Some Relevant Differences, John Deigh

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Religious Perspectives On Assisted Suicide, Cristina L.H. Traina Jan 1998

Religious Perspectives On Assisted Suicide, Cristina L.H. Traina

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


An Inquiry Into The Right Of Criminal Juries To Determine The Law In Colonial America, Stanton D. Krauss Jan 1998

An Inquiry Into The Right Of Criminal Juries To Determine The Law In Colonial America, Stanton D. Krauss

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Discpline In Chicago: Arbitration Or Arbitrary, Mark Iris Jan 1998

Police Discpline In Chicago: Arbitration Or Arbitrary, Mark Iris

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Another Stab At Schneckloth: The Problem Of Limited Consent Searches And Plain View Seizures, Michael J. Friedman Jan 1998

Another Stab At Schneckloth: The Problem Of Limited Consent Searches And Plain View Seizures, Michael J. Friedman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Crime In Public Housing: Clarifying Research Issues, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Tamara Dumanovsky, J. Phillip Thompson, Garth Davies Jan 1998

Crime In Public Housing: Clarifying Research Issues, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Tamara Dumanovsky, J. Phillip Thompson, Garth Davies

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, crime and public housing have been closely linked in our political and popular cultures. Tragic episodes of violence have reinforced the notion that public housing is a milieu with rates of victimization and offending far greater than other locales. However, these recent developments belie the complex social and political evolution of public housing from its origins in the 1930s, through urban renewal, and into the present.

Stereotypes abound about public housing, its management, residents, and crime rates. In reality, variation is the norm, and it is these variations that affect crime. The study of crime in public …


Situating The Academic Study Of State Crime, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 1997

Situating The Academic Study Of State Crime, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Media In The Creation Of Public Police Violence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 1997

The Role Of The Media In The Creation Of Public Police Violence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Attributes Of Domestic Political Terrorism In Canada: 1960-1985, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 1997

Attributes Of Domestic Political Terrorism In Canada: 1960-1985, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.