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More About Public Safety V. Individual Civil Liberties, Fred E. Inbau Jan 1999

More About Public Safety V. Individual Civil Liberties, Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Broadly Speaking - August 24, 1998, Nova Southeastern University Aug 1998

Broadly Speaking - August 24, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.


Ua12/8 Scrapbook, Wku Police Jan 1998

Ua12/8 Scrapbook, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook of public safety related clippings.


Mexico: The Case For Creation Of A National Court Of Human Rights, Nauhcatzin T. Bravo-Aguilar Jan 1998

Mexico: The Case For Creation Of A National Court Of Human Rights, Nauhcatzin T. Bravo-Aguilar

LLM Theses and Essays

The continuing oppression and violation of human rights in Mexico is predicated on the abuse of executive power, suppression of the powers of the Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (the National Commission for the Protection of Human Rights), and the usurpation of the authority of the judiciary. This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of the protection of human rights under the Constitution of the United States, the German Basic Law, and the Constitution of Mexico. It analyses the concept of the judicial review of executive and legislative powers and advocates for the establishment of a National Court of Human Rights …


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 …


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.


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.


Book Review Jan 1998

Book Review

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Broadly Speaking - September 10, 1997, Nova Southeastern University Sep 1997

Broadly Speaking - September 10, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.


Three Strikes: Can We Return To Rationality, Michael Vitiello Jan 1997

Three Strikes: Can We Return To Rationality, Michael Vitiello

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Just Say No Excuse: The Rise And Fall Of The Intoxication Defense, Mitchell Keiter Jan 1997

Just Say No Excuse: The Rise And Fall Of The Intoxication Defense, Mitchell Keiter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Protecting First Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions: Closing The Opening Left By Gomez, John L. Kolakowski Jan 1997

Protecting First Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions: Closing The Opening Left By Gomez, John L. Kolakowski

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Survey Research And Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation Of Extreme Overestimates, David Hemenway Jan 1997

Survey Research And Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation Of Extreme Overestimates, David Hemenway

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Immaturity And Irresponsibility, Stephen J. Morse Jan 1997

Immaturity And Irresponsibility, Stephen J. Morse

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Abolish The Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, And Sentencing Policy, Barry C. Feld Jan 1997

Abolish The Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, And Sentencing Policy, Barry C. Feld

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective On Juvenile Justice Reform, Elizabeth S. Scott, Thomas Grisso Jan 1997

The Evolution Of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective On Juvenile Justice Reform, Elizabeth S. Scott, Thomas Grisso

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Justice For Children: How Do We Get There, Thomas F. Geraghty Jan 1997

Justice For Children: How Do We Get There, Thomas F. Geraghty

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Adolescent Satanists In America: Religious Commitment Or Developmental Stage?, Gordon A. Crews Apr 1996

Adolescent Satanists In America: Religious Commitment Or Developmental Stage?, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Recent Books Jan 1996

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Race Effects In Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings Of A Statewide Analysis, Donna M. Bishop, Charles E. Frazier Jan 1996

Race Effects In Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings Of A Statewide Analysis, Donna M. Bishop, Charles E. Frazier

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim Jan 1996

Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


End Of The Line: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Waiver, The , Marcy Rasmussen Podkopacz, Barry C. Feld Jan 1996

End Of The Line: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Waiver, The , Marcy Rasmussen Podkopacz, Barry C. Feld

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Random, Suspicionless Drug Testing Of High School Athletes, Samantha Elizabeth Shutler Jan 1996

Random, Suspicionless Drug Testing Of High School Athletes, Samantha Elizabeth Shutler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith Jan 1996

Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Between Criminal Justice Electronic Monitoring Programs In Riverside And San Bernardino Counties In California, Kenneth A. Sousa Jan 1995

A Comparison Between Criminal Justice Electronic Monitoring Programs In Riverside And San Bernardino Counties In California, Kenneth A. Sousa

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Recent Books Jan 1995

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Regulating Gun Markets, Philip J. Cook, Stephanie Molliconi, Thomas B. Cole Jan 1995

Regulating Gun Markets, Philip J. Cook, Stephanie Molliconi, Thomas B. Cole

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Keeping Guns Out Of The Wrong Hands: The Brady Law And The Limits Of Regulation, James B. Jacobs, Kimberly A. Potter Jan 1995

Keeping Guns Out Of The Wrong Hands: The Brady Law And The Limits Of Regulation, James B. Jacobs, Kimberly A. Potter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Observations On The Serial Killer Phenomenon: An Examination Of Selected Behaviors Of The Interstate Offender Contrasted With The Intrastate Offender, Eric W. Witzig Jan 1995

Observations On The Serial Killer Phenomenon: An Examination Of Selected Behaviors Of The Interstate Offender Contrasted With The Intrastate Offender, Eric W. Witzig

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this work was to compare serial homicides committed by interstate and intrastate offenders and to determine differences in behavior between them. Knowledge of such differences would enable the trained homicide detective to structure his investigation according to the killer's inferred range of action.

This study used homicide data collected by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP), of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). VICAP's data was voluntarily submitted by investigators working at the state, local, and federal levels. The VICAP database had information on more than 804 cases of homicides committed by 241 …


A Transatlantic Perspective On The Compensation Of Crime Victims In The United States, Desmond S. Greer Jan 1994

A Transatlantic Perspective On The Compensation Of Crime Victims In The United States, Desmond S. Greer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.