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Juvenile Delinquency And The Transition To Monopoly Capitalism, Kevin I. Minor

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper identifies three macrosociological forces (i.e., the social position of youth, private market relations, and poverty and inequality) that are crucial for understanding delinquency and analyzes how these forces evolved together as part of the historical transformation in the United States to monopoly capitalism. The thesis is that these forces have contributed to delinquency by acting collectively to decrease the capacity of social institutions to maintain informal social control. Implications for policy are also considered.

African-American Males In Prison: Are They Doing Time Or Is The Time Doing Them?, Anthony E. O. King

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

African-American males comprise a disproportionate percentage of the individuals imprisoned in State correctional institutions across the United States. The purpose of this paper is to describe how incarceration affects African-American males. The author recommends more rigorous and systematic analysis of the prison experience, and how it affects the mental, physical, and social well-being of African-American males. Given this nation's commitment to using imprisonment as the principal means for punishing convicted felons, it is imperative that society ascertain the social, psychological, and economic effects of such confinement on millions of African-American males.

Assassination In Modern America: Political Participation Through A Gun Barrel?, Richard Grossenbacher

Masters Theses

Assassination has been a constant companion of the world's societies from the beginning of recorded history. Only relatively recently have social scientists begun empirical study of these acts in an effort to reveal any commonalties and possible predictive traits. Investigation of the assassination phenomenon assumed a special urgency in America as violence seemed to escalate in the 1960s, which resulted in some notable research.

The present research collected data of presidential and non-presidential assassinations and attempts that occurred from 1969 through 1992 and compared the findings with the results of earlier studies.

The data indicate that presidential assaults increased in …

Women Offenders Incarcerated At The Ohio Penitentiary For Men And The Ohio Reformatory For Women From 1913-1923, Rudolph Alexander, Jr., Lola Butler, Patricia Sias

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Unquestionably, women offenders have been subjected to discrimination by the criminal justice system. However, the quality and extent of the discrimination have been the subject of debate. Early male scholars wrote that women offenders were treated chivalrously and leniently. Later female scholars have disagreed and contended that under so-called chivalry women offenders were punished more severely, especially for sex crimes. World War I had a national influence on women imprisoned in reformatories for prostitution, as federal legislation was passed to suppress prostitution and related behaviors. This paper examines qualitative and quantitative data from 1913 to 1923, especially data on the …

Police Stress: A Literature Study On Police Occupational Stressors And The Responses In Police Officers To Stressful Job Events, Katarina Ahlstrom Mannheimer

Dissertations and Theses

The present paper is a literature study of stressors and the responses in police officers to occupational stressors. It endeavors to identify and assess common stressors in policing. It further aims to provide an answer to the question of whether police administrative tasks and situations, or the dangerous and traumatic events and situations inherent in policing, are perceived as equally or more stressful by surveyed police officers. The question is relevant as there seems to be disagreement among researchers on police stress about which elements (administrative or dangerous and/or traumatic) of the police occupation is more stressful. Much attention has …

Waco Tragedy Product Of Groupthink, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This opinion column employs the eight symptoms of groupthink specified by Irving Janis to evaluate whether the tragic end to the 1993 FBI siege of David Koresh’s Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas — which culminated in deaths of 76 civilians — could have been the product of groupthink.

Aggressive Dating Behavior Among College Students, Felicia D. Flowers

Masters Theses

Past studies have revealed that people with traditional gender role views are often involved in dating violence. This study examines both male and female athletes and non-athletes in terms of traditional gender role views and dating violence. Athletes and non-athletes are an important focus because literature is virtually silent on these two populations in terms of dating violence. The researcher surveyed 188 undergraduate students attending Western Michigan University on their attitudes and experiences concerning gender role views, athletic involvement, and history of dating violence, respectively. The results indicate that gender role views and athletic participation appeared to have no significant …

Language Abilities Of Male Adolescents In A Juvenile Detention Center, Krista J. Klein

Masters Theses

This study was designed to analyze the language abilities of male adolescents with delinquent behavior. It was based on the hypothesis that male adolescents with delinquent behavior would have lower language skills during expressive language tasks. Language skills of male adolescents in a juvenile detention center were examined by comparing 12 grammatical variables, four subtest scores, and one total score from the Screening Test for Adolescent Language (STAL; Prather, Ausdal-Breecher, Stafford & Wallace, 1980). Results indicated that the adolescents with delinquent behavior omitted significantly more words, but also produced significantly more secondary verbs in a narration task. Significantly lower results …

Junk Science: The Criminal Cases, Paul C. Giannelli

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Novel Scientific Evidence In Criminal Cases: Some Words Of Caution, Andre A. Moenssens

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Let Sleeping Memories Lie--Words Of Caution About Tolling The Statute Of Limitations In Cases Of Memory Repression, Gary M. Ernsdorff, Elizabeth F. Loftus

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Have You No Sense Of Decency, Peter J. Neufeld

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Can Your Eyes Be Used Against You--The Use Of The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test In The Courtroom, Stephanie E. Busloff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Ignorance Is Bliss, Especially For The Tax Evader, Mark C. Winings

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Radicalism In Law And Criminology: A Retrospective View Of Critical Legal Studies And Radical Criminology, Albert P. Cardarelli, Stephen C. Hicks

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Contemporary Look At The Effects Of Rape Law Reform: How Far Have We Really Come, Ronet Bachman, Raymond Paternoster

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Social Bonding, Social Learning, And Delinquency: A N Examination Of Two Etiological Theories Of Deviance, Graham Cristopher Ousey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Voluntary Consent To Police Searches: A Result Of The Foot-In-The-Door Technique, Julie E. Howe

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1993.

The Criminal-Civil Distinction And Dangerous Blameless Offenders, Paul H. Robinson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Fifth Amendment--Prosecutorial Discretion Not Absolute: Constitutional Limits On Decision Not To File Susbstantial Assistance Motions, David Fisher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Double Jeopardy Clause Of The Fifth Amendment--The Supreme Court's Cursory Treatment Of Underlying Conduct In Successive Prosecutions, Anthony J. Donofrio

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Sixth Amendment--Extending Sixth Amendment Speedy Trial Protection To Defendants Unaware Of Their Indictments, Steven M. Wernikoff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Sixth Amendment--Right To Confront One's Accuser When The Victim Does Not Testify, Anthony C. Porcelli

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Fourteenth Amendment--Admitting Evidence Of Battered Child Syndrome To Prove Intent, David J. Doyle

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Fourteenth Amendment--Peremptory Challenges By Defendants And The Equal Protection Clause, Michele A. Gemskie

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Habeas Corpus: Unresolved Standard Of Review On Mixed Questions For State Prisoners, James Basta

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Official Government Abductions In The Presence Of Extradition Treaties, Jonathan A. Lonner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Consent Decrees In Prison And Jail Reform--Relaxed Standard Of Review For Government Motions To Modify Consent Decrees, Michael J. Fieweger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Out Of The Quagmire After Jacobson V. United States: Towards A More Balanced Entrapment Standard, Damon D. Camp

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.