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Compass, Armstrong State University

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Foreword: The Political Geography Of Race Data In The Criminal Justice System, Andrew E. Taslitz

Law and Contemporary Problems

Several months ago, there was a heated discussion on CrimProf, the listserv for criminal law professors, about the disproportionate representation of minorities in the criminal justice system. Few participants in this online discussion contested the reality that racial and ethnic minorities, especially African Americans, make up a far larger percentage of those arrested and incarcerated than should be expected from their percentage of the country's total population.

Study Habits: Probing Modern Attempts To Assess Minority Offender Disproportionality, Sharon L. Davies

Law and Contemporary Problems

Oregon, Washington and Utah have recently taken empirical steps to assess the extent to which minorities are overrepresented in their respective criminal justice systems and to seek out the root causes of any overrepresentation observed. Davies contrasts and critiques the disparate analytical approaches utilized by these states and offers some thoughts about how people might improve the chances of success of future similar efforts.

The Reality Of Racial Disparity In Criminal Justice: The Significance Of Data Collection, David A. Harris

Law and Contemporary Problems

Criminologists have long debated the presence of racial disparity at various places in the criminal justice system, from initial on-the-street encounters between citizens and police officers to the sentencing behavior of judges. What is new is the use of statistics designed to persuade the public, and not just other academics and researchers, that grave racial disparities exist in the system, and that these disparities necessitate significant policy changes.

From The Ne’Er-Do-Well To The Criminal History Category: The Refinement Of The Actuarial Model In Criminal Law, Bernard E. Harcourt

Law and Contemporary Problems

Harcourt discusses three developments in 20th century criminal law: the evolution of parole board decision-making in the early 20th century, the development of fixed sentencing guidelines in the late 20th century, and the growth of criminal profiling as a formal law enforcement tool since the 1960s. In each of these case studies, he focuses on the criminal law decision-making.

Drug Wars In Black And White, Joseph E. Kennedy

Law and Contemporary Problems

The debate over the racial complexion of the war against drugs often devolves into a clash of fundamental assumptions that are difficult to either validate or refute. Ultimately, however, the criminal justice system is destined to find crime only where it looks for crime.

Race, Crime, And Institutional Design, Erik Luna

Law and Contemporary Problems

Minorities are gravely overrepresented in every stage of the criminal process--from pedestrian and automobile stops, to searches and seizures, to arrests and convictions, to incarceration and capital punishment. While racial data can provide a snapshot of the current state of affairs, such information rarely satisfies questions of causation, and usually only sets the scene for normative theory.

Racial Auditors And The Fourth Amendment: Data With The Power To Inspire Political Action, Andrew E. Taslitz

Law and Contemporary Problems

Taslitz discusses the current practice of racial auditing as a method of police regulation. Racial auditing relies on the strategy of using independent investigators to disseminate data about an organization to broader publics. Racial auditors, however, are not accountants but rather human rights organizations.

Everything Old Is New Again: A Foreword To The Tenth Anniversary Edition Of The Duke Journal Of Gender Law & Policy, Cheryl Hanna

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Who Is Andrea Yates? A Short Story About Insanity, Deborah W. Denno

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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The Conviction Of Andrea Yates: A Narrative Of Denial, Sherry F. Colb

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Women Who Kill Their Children: Case Study And Conclusions Concerning The Differences In The Fall From Material Grace By Khoua Her And Andrea Yates, Jayne Huckerby

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Expert Evidence And Its Impact On Juror’S Decisions In Homicide Trials Involving Battered Women, Regina A. Schuller

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Quid Without A Quo: Harassment Law Changes Its Terminology Without Changing Its Meaning, Joel Israel

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Inside Unlv, Gian Galassi, Carol C. Harter, Gene Hall

Inside UNLV

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The Integrationist Alternative To The Insanity Defense: Reflections On The Exculpatory Scope Of Mental Illness In The Wake Of The Andrea Yates Trial, Christopher Slobogin

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates took the lives of her five children by drowning them, one by one, in a bathtub. At her trial on capital murder charges nine months later, she pleaded insanity. Despite very credible evidence that she had long suffered from serious mental disorder, a Texas jury convicted Yates of murder and sentenced her to life in prison. Her tragic and controversial case led many to question whether the so-called "M'Naghten" test for insanity, which forms the basis for the insanity defense in Texas, adequately defines the exculpatory effect of mental disorder. This article is based …

Nova Quarterly: The University Of Texas At El Paso, The University Of Texas At El Paso University Communications

NOVA

Summer 2003, Vol. 41, No. 4; No. 154

Reflections from the Home Front

The Immigration Rule Of Lenity And Chevron Deference, Brian G. Slocum

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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Introduction: New Perspectives On Crime And Punishment In The American City, Timothy J. Gilfoyle

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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“America's Greatest Criminal Barracks”: The Tombs And The Experience Of Criminal Justice In New York City, 1838-1897, Timothy J. Gilfoyle

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

New York City's Halls of Justice, better known as “the Tombs,” was the physical representation of nineteenth-century criminal justice. Considered by many to be the most famous prison on the continent, the Tombs contained the entire corpus of criminal law: judges, juries, magistrates, attorneys, courtrooms, and cells of incarceration. The daily operation, living conditions, and organization of the Tombs departed sharply from nineteenth-century ideas of penal reform. The Tombs embodied an ideology more reminiscent of older, preindustrial forms of punishment—the absence of penal routine and labor; the lack of special diets; few prisoners locked in separate cells; and easy access …

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2003.07, University Of San Diego Office Of Communications And Marketing

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Correspondences And Contradictions In International And Domestic Conflict Resolution: Lessons From General Theory And Varied Contexts, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Journal of Dispute Resolution

Does the field of conflict resolution have any broadly applicable theories that "work" across the different domains of international and domestic conflict? Or, are contexts, participants, and resources so "domain" specific and variable that only "thick descriptions" of particular contexts will do? These are important questions which have been plaguing me in this depressing time for conflict resolution professionals, from September 11, 2001 (9/11), to the war against Iraq. Have we learned anything about conflict resolution that really does improve our ability to describe, predict, and act to reduce unnecessary and harmful conflict? These are the questions I want to …

General Theory On Disputes And Conflicts, A, Raymond Shonholtz

Journal of Dispute Resolution

In response to Carrie Menkel-Meadow's challenge to articulate and define a general theory of conflict management that is universally applicable regardless of context or domain,' the following General Theory and methodologies are put forth. The relational context that Menkel-Meadow offers between domestic and international is not the applicable construct for the formation of a general theory. Instead, the relevant frame is between non-democratic and democratic political systems and the difference between the concepts of conflict and dispute and their attending institutional mechanisms. Menkel-Meadow's analysis is useful in subdefining the issues in the vast foliage of conflict resolution and dispute management, …

Camiolo V. State Farm Cslty Co

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Berg, Larry Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Larry Berg was born July 30, 1939 to Carl and Zene Berg and raised in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He has lived in California for almost forty years, teaching political science at the University of Southern California and speaking throughout the country on environmental issues. He serves on the Air Quality Management District Board, South Coast. He is an outspoken proponent of environmental initiatives, public health issues and Democratic philosophy.

2003 Commencement Ceremony - Center For Psychological Studies, H. Wayne Huizenga School Of Business And Entrepreneurship, Graduate School Of Computer And Information Sciences, Graduate School Of Humanities And Social Sciences, Oceanographic Center And Criminal Justice Institute, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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The Psychopolitics Of Sexual Scandal: Can Gorgias Of Leontini Help?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the political implications of sexual scandal, considering the advice of Georgias of Leontini in his “Ecomium of Helen” that was written sometime after 427 B.C.E.

June 25, 2003 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Crime In Tennessee 2002, Tennessee. Bureau Of Investigation.

Crime in Tennessee

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Usa V. Swinton

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania