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Protecting The Homeless Under Vulnerable Victim Sentencing Guidelines: An Alternative To Inclusion In Hate Crime Laws, Katherine B. O'Keefe

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Stateless Crimes, Legitimacy, And International Criminal Law: The Case Of Organ Trafficking, Leslie Francis, John Francis

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Organ trafficking—coercion for the purpose of removal of organs (United Nations 2000; GTZ 2004)—is recognized as a significant international problem. Yet unlike sex trafficking or trafficking in children, it is largely left out of international criminal law regimes and to some extent of domestic criminal law regimes as well. It does not come within the jurisdiction of the ICC, except in very special cases such as when it is conducted in a manner that conforms to the definitions of genocide or crimes against humanity. Although the United States Code characterizes trafficking as “a transnational crime with national implications,” (22 U.S.C. …

Masculinities, Post-Racialism And The Gates Controversy: The False Equivalence Between Officer And Civilian, Frank Rudy Cooper

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

User-Generated Video Sites Effects On Aggression And Interpersonal Relations Of Old Dominion Undergraduate Students, Christopher R. Hodge

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The use of the internet and the activities available over the internet has continuously grown since their creation. A huge proportion of our society utilizes the internet and its available activities. Specifically, as a 2009 Pew Data memo shows over half of users age 18 and over utilize the internet for personal use. The use of user generated video sites (UGVS) is no different, as the largest user-generated video community YouTube boasted in 2009 that every minute YouTube receives ten hours of uploaded video. Given the popularity of user-generated video sites, some have raised concerns about potential negative effects that …

Akers' Social Learning Theory: Childhood Victimization, Witnessing Violence, Peer Violence And Later Violent Offending, Pamela Annette Styles

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The literature linking abuse and later violent offending is extensive. More importantly, the effects of witnessing violence and peer violence on later violent offending have been well established. Drawing upon Akers' social learning theory, the current study explored the effects of victimization, witnessing violence, deviant peer association on later violent offending comparing Blacks and Whites. Using data from the National Survey of Adolescents (NSA), the sample was comprised of 2746 Whites and 572 Blacks. Bivariate and multivariate analyses revealed similar effects for Blacks and Whites. Examining social learning theory variables, the effects of witnessing violence, associating with violent peers and …

When The Quick Fix Doesn't Work: Evaluating The Effect Of Parent Education On Child Abuse, Karen Debord, Susan Jakes, Autumn Guin

Journal of Extension

The article outlines an evaluation in which multiple attempts were made to negotiate a more powerful program design. Results of a parent education intervention are briefly reported. Lasting change in human behavior requires the application of intense program dosages across ecological systems. Despite these recommendations from behavior change literature, many programs seek quick fixes with low dosage, uni-level interventions. What role should scholars and program evaluators play in informing clients about the duration and intensity required for effective parent education interventions? Implications and questions are presented for others involved in creating powerful behavior change interventions to address complex social issues.

Graham V. Florida: Justice Kennedy’S Vision Of Childhood And The Role Of Judges, Tamar R. Birckhead

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Failing To Achieve The Goal: A Feminist Perspective On Why Rape Law Reform In Taiwan Has Been Unsuccessful, Chih-Chieh Lin

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Southeastern Librarian V. 58, No. 3 (Fall 2010) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 58, No. 3 (Fall 2010).

Integrating Information Literacy Instruction In An Upper-Division Writing-Intensive Class, Ellen K. Wilson, Jeffrey M. Blankenship

The Southeastern Librarian

Writing-intensive courses are a required component of undergraduate education at the University of South Alabama, but often the courses are designed to test students’ writing skills, rather than to teach the research and writing process. In the fall of 2008, an instruction librarian and an assistant professor in political science collaborated to redesign one writing intensive course, Public Administration (PSC 401), in an attempt to address this dilemma. This project was born out of frustration – frustration on the part of the professor about the generally poor quality of writing and research skills by students in the course the previous …

Incomprehensible Crimes: Defendants With Mental Retardation Charged With Statutory Rape, Elizabeth Nevins-Saunders

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Criminal law norms assume that all defendants are alike. But social science research has demonstrated that most defendants with mental retardation are unlike their peers of average intelligence in their cognitive and behavioral capacity, a difference with profound effects on their blameworthiness. The law acknowledges this difference in a few limited areas, most notably in the Supreme Court’s categorical exclusion of defendants with mental retardation from the death penalty. But while that decision has begun to percolate into the rest of criminal law, it has not yet reached the law of statutory rape.

When prosecuted as a strict liability offense, …

Fact Book 2010, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2010 for Illinois State University

Justice Sector Reform In Rwanda: A Space Of Contention Or Consensus?, Maria Sebastian

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Justice sector reform is an arena of competition, where international development partners and Rwandan government institutions introduce contending ideas of justice through different development projects. In this ensuing competition of influence, how do international players utilize their roles as development partners to affect the accepted standards within Rwandan courts through established systems of monitoring and evaluation? And moreover, how do individuals in the Rwandan government perceive these partners, projects, and indicators? This study aims to answer these questions through an in-depth literature review, an analysis of development projects in the justice sector, and finally semi-structured interviews with key individuals in …

Correcting Mandatory Injustice: Judicial Recommendation Of Executive Clemency, Joanna M. Huang

Duke Law Journal

In 1987, the United States political and social systems lost trust in the judiciary and severely limited its authority by enacting the mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines. During this period, many judges were forced to impose sentences they viewed as unjust. Trust in the judiciary was restored in 2005, when United States v. Booker made the Sentencing Guidelines advisory. Despite the increase in judicial discretion, however, judges are still unable to correct sentences imposed during the intervening eighteen years because Booker does not apply retroactively. Unfortunately, the executive and legislative branches are similarly unable to provide adequate remedies. Congressional action is …

Cook County Sheriff's Reentry Council Quarterly Update (Volume 2, Issue 2: October 2010), David E. Olson

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• First Virtual High School class graduates
• Enhanced grant-funding efforts
• In-Service Event success
• Grant money received to improve reentry programming
• Pre-trial detention times relatively long
• Inmate deaths in the national context

The Forty-Two Gang: The Unpublished Landesco Manuscripts, Robert M. Lombardo

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

This paper examines Chicago's Forty-Two Gang. The Forty-Two Gang is one of the most famous groups in gang history, yet we know very little about the gang. Combining data from published and archival sources, this paper provides a history of the gang and explores its impact on the emergence of the Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in Chicago. The archival sources used in this analysis come from the unpublished John Landesco manuscript collection. The manuscripts not only provide a rich source of information on the Forty-Two Gang, but also a fresh look at the diffusion of delinquency subcultures and …

Unfettered Discretion: Criminal Orders Of Protection And Their Impact On Parent Defendants, David Jaros

All Faculty Scholarship

The last two decades have witnessed an astonishing increase in the use of the criminal justice system to police neglectful parents. Recasting traditional allegations of neglect as criminal charges of endangering the welfare of a child, prosecutors and the police have involved criminal courts in the regulation of aspects of the parent child relationship that were once the sole province of family courts. This Article explores the legal implications of vesting judges in these cases with the unfettered discretion to issue protective orders that criminalize contact between a parent and her child. I argue that procedures for issuing protective orders …

Senior Professionals, October/November 2010, Illinois State University, Office Of The Provost

Senior Professionals Newsletter

Newsletter for the Illinois State University Office of the Provost

The Rap Sheet, Fall 2010, Illinois State University, Department Of Criminal Justice Sciences

The Rap Sheet

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Criminal Justice Sciences

Illinois State University Salaries Fy2011, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries

Includes three sections: non-tenure track faculty, continuing academic employee including A/P personnel, and civil service salaries.

Compendium: Recent Graduate Student Dissertation And Thesis Abstracts, Editors Of Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Sacred Heart University Fact Sheet - Fall 2010, Office Of Institutional Research

News, Magazines and Reports

No abstract provided.

Armstrong Magazine, Marketing & Communications Department, Armstrong State University

Armstrong News & Publications: Armstrong Magazine (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Mothers In Trouble: Coping With Actual Or Pending Separation From Children Due To Incarceration, Katarzyna Celinska, Jane A. Siegel

Publications and Research

Although female offenders are the fastest growing population in prison today, relatively few studies focus on their unique experiences as mothers. In this study, the authors utilize 74 semistructured interviews with mothers before trial and during incarceration to document coping strategies employed to deal with potential or actual separation from their children. From the study data, seven strategies emerge: being a good mother, mothering from prison, role redefinition, disassociation from prisoner identity, self-transformation, planning and preparation, and self-blame. The findings show that mothers used multiple strategies and tended to employ emotion-focused and adaptive coping techniques. The policy implications are discussed.

The Trouble With Archie: Locating And Accessing Primary Sources For The Study Of The 1970s Us Sitcom, All In The Family, Kathleen Collins

Publications and Research

The US television sitcom, All in the Family was groundbreaking in its social relevance with regard to contemporary issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation and politics, among others. The interest in All in the Family continues into the 21st century, and television historians and fans continue to seek out elusive historical video of the show. The author addresses the challenges in discovering, locating and accessing primary source visual material for its study and speculates on the future of accessibility of historical broadcasts, the impact on television studies and potential solutions. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

Enrollment Report, Fall 2010, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Fall 2010 for Illinois State University

A City Club Report On Ballot Measure 73, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Eastern Progress - 30 Sep 2010, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Progress 2010-2011

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, September 30, 2010, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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