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Constructing Crime: Neighborhood Characteristics And Police Recording Behavior, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey Michael Cancino, Marc L. Swatt Jan 2009

Constructing Crime: Neighborhood Characteristics And Police Recording Behavior, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey Michael Cancino, Marc L. Swatt

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

It has long been acknowledged that police officers have substantial levels of discretion in their day-to-day activities. There is a well developed body of literature that considers how this discretion is exercised across a broad array of situations including the decision to arrest, use force, and grant citizen requests for official action. Using both social disorganization and conflict theories as conceptual models, the purpose of this study was to determine if neighborhood characteristics affect police reporting behavior across a wide cross-section of reported call types. The findings indicated that reporting behavior widely varies across crime types with a greater percentage …


Women’S And Gender Studies (Wmgs), Montclair State University Jan 2009

Women’S And Gender Studies (Wmgs), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.


The Convent As Cultural Conduit: Irish Matronage In Early Modern Spain, Andrea Knox Jan 2009

The Convent As Cultural Conduit: Irish Matronage In Early Modern Spain, Andrea Knox

Quidditas

Irish catholic women religious who migrated to Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries established a strong tradition of schools, hospitals and charitable institutions. Education and learning were important to Irish communities, and were recognised within Spain. Irish nuns and their convents were not part of an enclosed tradition and outreach work was a central aim. Sponsorship links between women were part of a collective plan, and cultural matronage by and for women appears to have been very effective. Censorship by the Inquisition and tridentine orthodoxy was contested by women’s religious houses which resisted censorship of book collections and art …


Happiness And Punishment, Jonathan Masur, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco Jan 2009

Happiness And Punishment, Jonathan Masur, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco

Articles

This Article continues our project of applying new findings in the behavioral psychology of human happiness to some of the most deeply analyzed questions in law. When a state decides how to punish criminal offenders, at least one important consideration is the amount of harm any given punishment is likely to inflict. It would be undesirable, for example, to impose greater harm on those who commit less serious crimes or to impose harm that rises to the level of cruelty. Our penal system fits punishments to crimes primarily by adjusting the size of monetary fines and the length of prison …


Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Public Safety., Colorado General Assembly Jan 2009

Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Public Safety., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of Delinquency And Victimization Using Social Bonding And Routine Activities, Everette B. Penn, Jennifer Tanner Jan 2009

An Examination Of Delinquency And Victimization Using Social Bonding And Routine Activities, Everette B. Penn, Jennifer Tanner

Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice

The study examined the relationship between juvenile delinquency and juvenile victimization using an integration of social bond theory and routine activities perspectives. Data were obtained from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) series of surveys given annually to a nationally representative sample of students. The MTF survey is from the 2005 group of surveys given to tenth grade students. The version of the survey was administered to 5,577 tenth grade students. This research examined the link between a student's commitment to school and guardianship. Specifically, it determined the amount of delinquency to which a student is involved and the extent of …


Subject Index Session Laws - 2009, Colorado General Assembly Jan 2009

Subject Index Session Laws - 2009, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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A Law Of No Gods, No Masters - Developing And Defending A Participatory Legal System, Matt Halling Jan 2009

A Law Of No Gods, No Masters - Developing And Defending A Participatory Legal System, Matt Halling

UC Law SF International Law Review

This note develops and analyzes a new legal vision consistent with recent activist literature about a participatory society. A participatory society (in this note) consists of collectively owned property, a decentralized state, and attempts to maximize citizen participation in politics. Rather than nation states, society is structured as a federation of councils deliberating and coordinating with each other to solve political issues. Participatory society's structure demands a "participatory law" be developed to manage it, and this note attempts to develop the overarching features of such a system. Once the basic legal model is outlined, the article then looks for comparisons …


The End Of Peremptory Challenges: A Call For Change Through Comparative Analysis, Amy Wilson Jan 2009

The End Of Peremptory Challenges: A Call For Change Through Comparative Analysis, Amy Wilson

UC Law SF International Law Review

Lawyers use peremptory challenges to create partial juries. United States Supreme Court precedent has shown the Court's willingness to limit some blatantly discriminatory uses of the right to peremptory challenges. However, the use of peremptory challenges in jury voir dire is inherently discriminatory. Merely limiting the use of peremptory challenges is not sufficient. This note discusses how jury selection is treated in the United Kingdom. The analysis is specifically focused on the abolition of peremptory challenges in the United Kingdom and uses the experience there to argue for an abolition of their use in the United States as well.


Student Handbook 2009-10, Dmacc Jan 2009

Student Handbook 2009-10, Dmacc

Student Handbooks

No abstract provided.


Editor’S Statement, David Polizzi Jan 2009

Editor’S Statement, David Polizzi

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Kill Method: A Provocation, Jeff Ferrell Jan 2009

Kill Method: A Provocation, Jeff Ferrell

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods: Understanding Why Quantitative Methods Are Predominant In Criminology And Criminal Justice, George E. Higgins Jan 2009

Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods: Understanding Why Quantitative Methods Are Predominant In Criminology And Criminal Justice, George E. Higgins

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Qualitative Versus Quantitative Methods: Understanding Why Qualitative Methods Are Superior For Criminology And Criminal Justice, Richard Tewksbury Jan 2009

Qualitative Versus Quantitative Methods: Understanding Why Qualitative Methods Are Superior For Criminology And Criminal Justice, Richard Tewksbury

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Inescapable Morality: Responding To The Qualitative Versus Quantitative Issue, Matthew R. Draper Jan 2009

Inescapable Morality: Responding To The Qualitative Versus Quantitative Issue, Matthew R. Draper

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fear Of Crime And Punishment, Annalise Acorn Jan 2009

Fear Of Crime And Punishment, Annalise Acorn

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


2009-2010 - Graduate Catalog, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University Jan 2009

2009-2010 - Graduate Catalog, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Why The United States Supreme Court Got Some (But Not A Lot) Of The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel Analysis Right, Paul Marcus Jan 2009

Why The United States Supreme Court Got Some (But Not A Lot) Of The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel Analysis Right, Paul Marcus

St. Thomas Law Review

In the past forty-five years, the United States Supreme Court has firmly established the right to lawyers for poor people in criminal cases. The right, arising under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, extends beyond trials, and includes assistance in addition to lawyers for indigent defendants. The right to a lawyer is seen as central to our system of criminal justice. At the same time, the Justices' rulings here have been subject to sharp criticism in a host of areas relating to the stages of the proceedings to which the right applies, the failure to define indigency, and …


Foreword: Criminal Law Issue, Alfredo Garcia Jan 2009

Foreword: Criminal Law Issue, Alfredo Garcia

St. Thomas Law Review

It is my pleasure to write the foreword to this inaugural criminal law issue. The issue consists of four timely and incisive articles that underscore the importance of the procedural and fair trial guarantees embodied, respectively, in the Fourth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution. A common theme underlies the message conveyed by the distinguished authors: the extent to which the interpretation of criminal procedural rights by both the Supreme Court and state appellate courts affect the everyday administration of justice in the United States.


Suffolk University Newsletter (Sun), Vol. 35, No. 4, 2009, Suffolk University Office Of Public Affairs Jan 2009

Suffolk University Newsletter (Sun), Vol. 35, No. 4, 2009, Suffolk University Office Of Public Affairs

Suffolk University Newsletter (SUN)

No abstract provided.


Why This Isn’T About Me: A Somewhat Responsible Response To An Unsolicited Academic Response And The “Academic Response Phenomenon”, Robert P. Engvall Jan 2009

Why This Isn’T About Me: A Somewhat Responsible Response To An Unsolicited Academic Response And The “Academic Response Phenomenon”, Robert P. Engvall

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Jurisprudence (Juri), Montclair State University Jan 2009

Jurisprudence (Juri), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.


Political Science (Pols), Montclair State University Jan 2009

Political Science (Pols), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.


Office Of The Vice Provost For Research Annual Report - 2009, Office Of The Vice Provost For Research, East Tennessee State University Jan 2009

Office Of The Vice Provost For Research Annual Report - 2009, Office Of The Vice Provost For Research, East Tennessee State University

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.


Longwood University Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, Longwood University Jan 2009

Longwood University Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, Longwood University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Addressing Judicial Activism In The Indian Supreme Court: Towards An Evolved Debate, Madhav Khosla Jan 2009

Addressing Judicial Activism In The Indian Supreme Court: Towards An Evolved Debate, Madhav Khosla

UC Law SF International Law Review

The Indian Supreme Court has invited a great deal of interest for its alleged activism and the role that it has begun to play in Indian governance. Recent years have been witness to substantial debate on the Court's functioning, with scholars positing views and raising concerns with considerable passion. This paper analyzes the judicial activism discourse in the Indian Supreme Court by focusing on the contributions of Professor Upendra Baxi. It argues that, despite the attention the Court has received on the question of judicial activism, the debate in this area has, for the most part, failed to engage with …


Law Across Borders: What Can The United States Learn From Japan, Eric A. Feldman Jan 2009

Law Across Borders: What Can The United States Learn From Japan, Eric A. Feldman

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2009-2010, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2009

Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2009-2010, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.


Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Year End Results 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2009

Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Year End Results 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.


Out With The New, In With The Old: The Importance Of Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act To Prisoners With Disabilities, Betsy Ginsberg Jan 2009

Out With The New, In With The Old: The Importance Of Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act To Prisoners With Disabilities, Betsy Ginsberg

Fordham Urban Law Journal

People with disabilities are all too well represented in America’s prisons and are frequently not provided with the accommodations necessary to ensure their full participation in prison life. The Supreme Court’s 1997 pronouncement that Title II of the ADA applies to their claims of failure to accommodate and disability-based discrimination has been making its way through the prison grapevine (and hopefully the prison law libraries) over the last dozen years, inspiring prisoners, their advocates and the federal government to use this broad civil rights statute to enforce these rights. Their efforts have been thwarted to some extent by the states’ …