2012 Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book, 2012 University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
2012 Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book, Becky Noréus, George Shaler Mph, Desiree Girard Mppm
Justice Policy
The 2012 Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book presents a portrait of youth involvement with the Maine juvenile justice system. The data book consists of five sections, (1) Maine Youth Population Trends, (2) Maine Juvenile Justice System Trends, (3) Maine County Trends, (4) Maine Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Trends, and (5) Youth Recidivism Outcomes in Maine.
While Maine’s youth arrest rates are consistently among the lowest in the country, the state faces challenges in ensuring that limited resources are targeted most efficiently and effectively for programs and services aimed at rehabilitating youth who encounter the juvenile justice system. The analyses presented …
What One Hand Giveth, The Other Taketh Away: How Future Dangerousness Corrupts Guilt Verdicts And Produces Premature Punishment Decisions In Capital Cases, 2012 University at Albany School of Criminal Justice
What One Hand Giveth, The Other Taketh Away: How Future Dangerousness Corrupts Guilt Verdicts And Produces Premature Punishment Decisions In Capital Cases, Elizabeth S. Vartkessian
Pace Law Review
No abstract provided.
Admissions: What They Are And How They Can Impact Litigation, 2012 New York Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District
Admissions: What They Are And How They Can Impact Litigation, William J. Giacomo
Pace Law Review
Since everything said or submitted to court is on some level an admission, an attorney must know what he or she is admitting and how it may affect his or her case. This Article will examine two cases that present common situations during litigation where an admission may occur. In doing so, it will examine the background of admissions under the Federal Rules of Evidence, the various modes in which admissions are presented, and whether the effect of an admission in the litigation is formal (binding) or informal (rebuttable). Armed with that information, this Article will then suggest answers to …
Summary Of Sherriff V. Andrews, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, 2012 Nevada Law Journal
Summary Of Sherriff V. Andrews, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 51, Robert Stewart
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
In an appeal from a district court order granting a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissing a charge for possession of an item commonly used to escape, the Court determined whether NRS 212.093(1) encompasses a prohibition on cell phones.
Summary Of State V. Javier C., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 50, 2012 Nevada Law Journal
Summary Of State V. Javier C., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 50, Sarah Stephan
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
An appeal from a district court order dismissing a category B felony charge of battery under NRS 200.481(2)(f), finding the statute’s definition of “prisoner” was not meant to include juvenile defendants committed to a detention center for delinquency.
Separate But Equal: Miranda's Rights To Silence And Counsel, 2012 University of Baltimore School of Law
Separate But Equal: Miranda's Rights To Silence And Counsel, Steven P. Grossman
All Faculty Scholarship
Three decades ago, the Supreme Court created a dubious distinction between the rights accorded to suspects in custody who invoke their right to silence and who invoke their right to counsel. This distinction significantly disadvantages those who do not have the good sense or good fortune to specify they want an attorney when they invoke their right to remain silent. This article argues that this distinction was flawed at its genesis and that it has led to judicial decisions that are inconsistent, make little sense, and permit police behavior that substantially diminishes the right to silence as described in Miranda …
Organized Crime Outlaws: An Evaluation Of Criminal Organization Legislation In Canada, 2012 Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Organized Crime Outlaws: An Evaluation Of Criminal Organization Legislation In Canada, Carol Fleischhaker
PhD Dissertations
This thesis explains how some organized crime outlaws, such as anti-Prohibitionists, the North American Mafia or La Cosa Nostra, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and Aboriginal street gangs, come to exist and thrive in Canadian society. It sets forth the historical development and nature of criminal organization laws in Canada, and compares the definition of “criminal organization” in the Criminal Code with other criminal law concepts, such as corporate criminals and white-collar criminals; conventional criminality or garden-variety predatory crime; terrorists; and criminal conspirators, parties, and accessories. It uses various concepts and assertions within criminological, sociological and psychological theories to explain the formation …
Assessing The Cost Effectiveness Of Policy Options To Address Overcrowding At The Broome County Public Safety Facility, 2012 Binghamton University--SUNY
Assessing The Cost Effectiveness Of Policy Options To Address Overcrowding At The Broome County Public Safety Facility, Daniel J. Reynolds
MPA Capstone Projects 2006 - 2015
In 1996, Broome County opened the new Broome County Public Safety Facility (BCPSF) that doubles the County's capacity for housing inmates locally. However, the County has experienced a significant increase in jail population since BCPSF was opened. This has resulted in the resumption of the practice of boarding excess inmates at regional facilities. Given the County's desire to contain costs associated with overcrowding, this research project conducted a cost effectiveness analysis of three policy alternatives to address the jail overcrowding issues: (1) maintaining the current practice of boarding, (2) renovating a gymnasium into a 48 bed "Gym-Pod," or (3) constructing …
The "Smart On Crime" Prosecutor, 2012 American University Washington College of Law
The "Smart On Crime" Prosecutor, Roger Fairfax
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
"Smart on Crime" criminal justice reforms have emerged in recent years as shrinking government budgets and exploding incarceration rates have prompted scrutiny of the efficiency and efficacy of existing criminal justice approaches. Policymakers across the country have sought out new strategies designed to prevent crime and recidivism, enhance community safety, reduce our reliance on incarceration, and save taxpayer dollars. As a result, law enforcement, courts, and correctional agencies have been implementing innovative approaches in areas such as diversion, problem-solving courts, alternatives to incarceration, and ex-offender re-entry. However, the role of prosecutors and prosecutorial agencies in this story is often overlooked. …
Applying Crawford's Confrontation Right In A Digital Age, 2012 William & Mary Law School
Applying Crawford's Confrontation Right In A Digital Age, Jeffrey Bellin
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Drug Sentencing Policy Discourse Of Fortaleza, 2012 SIT Study Abroad
Drug Sentencing Policy Discourse Of Fortaleza, Nick Sundback
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Drug sentencing is a pressing issue in Brazil. With the context of high and increasing rates of crime and drug use, overcrowded prisons, and high rates of recidivism both in terms of prison and drug addiction, attitudes of individuals towards drug sentencing policy are worthy of observation and examination.
The objective of this monograph is to examine discourse by informants, five individuals who interact with sections of society most affected by drug sentencing, namely drug users. This monograph will consider pluralistic observations on, and evaluations of, drug sentencing practices, implementation of drug sentencing, an overview of the broader debate over …
Protecting Child Victims' Rights As Vigorously As Criminal Defendants' When Prosecuting Possession Or Distribution Of Child Pornography, 2012 University of Washington School of Law
Protecting Child Victims' Rights As Vigorously As Criminal Defendants' When Prosecuting Possession Or Distribution Of Child Pornography, Kiel Willmore
Washington Law Review
Among the devastating effects of the worldwide child pornography epidemic is a concerning legal dilemma. Until recently, courts have frequently held that a defendant charged with child pornography offenses has a nearly unrestricted right to receive and view copies of the pornographic evidence as part of discovery of the state’s evidence. The duplication, dissemination, and viewing of child pornography is not only a violation of federal law, but is also a further violation of the child victims’ privacy and renewal of their abuse. The Washington State Legislature recently enacted Substitute House Bill 2177 (“H.B. 2177”), which amends the legislative findings …
Challenges And Choices In Criminal Law Course Design Commentary Symposium: Criminal Law Pedagogy, 2012 American University Washington College of Law
Challenges And Choices In Criminal Law Course Design Commentary Symposium: Criminal Law Pedagogy, Roger Fairfax
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
I thoroughly enjoy every course in my teaching package, but the first-year Criminal Law course occupies a special place in my heart. The subject matter in the Criminal Law course is perhaps the most compelling of any offered in the first-year curriculum. As such, it provides Criminal Law instructors the tremendous opportunity to capture the imagination of students and to highlight the nexus between law in books and law in action.
Forfeitures Revisited: Bringing Principle To Practice In Federal Court, 2012 University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Forfeitures Revisited: Bringing Principle To Practice In Federal Court, David Pimentel
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
New Police Surveillance Technologies And The Good-Faith Exception: Warrantless Gps Tracker Evidence After United States V. Jones, 2012 University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
New Police Surveillance Technologies And The Good-Faith Exception: Warrantless Gps Tracker Evidence After United States V. Jones, Caleb Mason
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
New Data And New Questions: Trac's Contribution To Federal Sentencing, 2012 1567
New Data And New Questions: Trac's Contribution To Federal Sentencing, Steven Chanenson, Douglas Berman
Steven L. Chanenson
No abstract provided.
Integrating Professional And Personal Values, 2012 Boston College Law School
Integrating Professional And Personal Values, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
No abstract provided.
The Fourth Amendment And The Stored Communications Act: Why The Warrantless Gathering Of Historical Cell Site Location Information Poses No Threat To Privacy , 2012 Pepperdine University
The Fourth Amendment And The Stored Communications Act: Why The Warrantless Gathering Of Historical Cell Site Location Information Poses No Threat To Privacy , Kyle Malone
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Implicit Balancing In The Adjudication Of Criminal Law, 2012 Brigham Young University Law School
Implicit Balancing In The Adjudication Of Criminal Law, Aaron Arnson
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beyond Practical Skills: Nine Steps For Improving Legal Education Now, 2012 Boston College Law School
Beyond Practical Skills: Nine Steps For Improving Legal Education Now, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
It has been five years since the Carnegie Report “Educating Lawyers” called upon law schools to adopt an integrated approach to professional education that teaches practical skills and professionalism across the curriculum. Yet so far, very few schools have responded to this clarion call for wholesale curricular reform. Considering the inertial effect of traditional law school pedagogy and the institutional impediments to change, this delay is not surprising. A fully integrated approach to teaching professional skills (such as the medical school model) would require major resource reallocations, realignment of teaching responsibilities, redesign of courses, and a change to graduation requirements. …