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The Power Of One?: Reflections On Agnew’S Unified Theory Of Crime, James D. Unnever

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

Toward A Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People, And Society: A Commentary, Avi Brisman

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

What's A Just War Theorist?, Jokic Aleksander

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

Just War, Genocide, Or Necessity: A Critical Response To Jokic, David Polizz

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Justin Grinage

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Psychosocial Criminology: An Introduction, Roger Schaefer

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

On Point 2012 Summer, Longwood University

Alumni Newsletters & Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Violence Against Women Act, Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, And Indian Tribal Courts , Paul J. Larkin Jr., Joseph Lupino-Esposito

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

(2012) Symia Bailey, Symia Bailey, Kirk A. Johnson

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

No abstract provided.

From Noise To Music: The Potential Of The Multi-Door Courthouse (Casas De Justicia) Model To Advance Systemic Inclusion And Participation As A Foundation For Sustainable Rule Of Law In Latin America , Mariana Hernandez-Crespo

Journal of Dispute Resolution

International bodies have attempted to provide a more sustainable response to instability through legal reform with an emphasis on rule of law, access to justice, and the use of alternative or appropriate dispute resolution. Yet, in Latin America of yesterday and today, there is a marked gap between law on the books and law in action, due in part to lack of citizen engagement.

Vocational Update (No. 1) -- July 2012

Vocational Update

Inside...

Language, literacy and numeracy

• Building capacity: The inaugural ACER National Adult LLN Assessment Conference
• It's time: Language, literacy and numeracy and the Vocational Indicator
• PIAAC: Monitoring adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills
• Countdown: Adult numeracy developments in two key standards frameworks

Continuous improvement

• AQJS: The new VET benchmark
• Working with RTOs to understand the 'business' of the VET provider
• Supporting the advancement of disadvantaged learners
• Measuring workforce capability with CATs

Funding

• Financing TVET in the Pacific
• Upcoming events
• More than match stats: Language, literacy and numeracy workshops for VET practitioners
• Profiling adults' core skills

Barrock Lecture: Reality-Challenged Philosophies Of Punishment, Robert Weisberg

Marquette Law Review

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The Earned Release Revolution: Early Assessments And State-Level Strategies, Jesse J. Norris

Marquette Law Review

Reacting to widespread budget crises, many states are experimenting with earned release (also known as “early release”) legislation to help cut correctional costs. This earned release revolution is a stark reversal of earlier trends toward determinate sentencing. Implementing earned release policies appropriately could help bring about a new sentencing era characterized by lower rates of incarceration and higher levels of public safety. However, earned release is potentially vulnerable to abuse and prone to backlash, and must be planned and implemented carefully to avoid endangering the public, fostering injustice, or failing to realize hoped-for budgetary savings.

This Article outlines a set …

Codifying The Flores Settlement Agreement: Seeking To Protect Immigrant Children In U.S. Custody, Rebeca M. López

Marquette Law Review

The increase in enforcement actions undertaken by the federal government over the last thirty years has resulted in a broad net of enforcement that has captured vulnerable populations not previously subjected to detention, such as non-criminal immigrant children and their families. The detained children have been subjected to inhumane conditions and abuse by federal authorities and contractors. Unfortunately, few procedural safeguards exist to protect these children. For this reason, the United States government’s treatment of non-criminal immigrant children who are in detention and removal proceedings is of paramount concern.

Since 1997, the treatment of children in federal custody has been …

The Class Differential In Privacy Law, Michele E. Gilman

All Faculty Scholarship

This article analyzes how privacy law fails the poor. Due to advanced technologies, all Americans are facing corporate and governmental surveillance. However, privacy law is focused on middle-class concerns about limiting the disclosure of personal data so that it is not misused. By contrast, along the welfare-to-work continuum, poor people face privacy intrusions at the time that the state or their employers gather data. This data collection tends to be stigmatizing and humiliating, and it thus not only compounds the harmful effects of living in poverty, but also dampens democratic participation by the poor. The poor interact with the government …

Crack, Congress, And The Normalization Of Federal Sentencing: Why 12,040 Federal Inmates Believe That Their Sentences Should Be Reduced, And Why They And Others Like Them May Be Right, Michael Mcneill

Mercer Law Review

The 1980s was a transitionary period in American history, when the general acceptance of casual drug use, which is still associated with the 1960s and 1970s, began to turn to widespread disapproval. The practice and dangers of "freebasing"-smoking cocaine that had been purified with ether and inhaled over an open flame-came into the public spotlight in 1980 when a prominent comedian immolated himself in an accident blamed on the dangerous practice. Beginning in 1984, a cheaper, more accessible form of freebase cocaine, called "crack," began growing in popularity in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. In November 1985, newspapers began …

Social Network Dynamics And Biographical Disruption: The Case Of “First-Timers” With Mental Illness, Brea Perry, Bernice A. Pescosolido

Sociology Faculty Publications

This study examines how dynamics surrounding biographical disruptions compare to more routine fluctuations in personal social networks. Using data from the Indianapolis Network Mental Health Study, the authors track changes in patients’ social networks over three years and compare them to a representative sample of persons with no self-reported mental illness. Overall, individuals at the onset of treatment report larger and more broadly functional social networks than individuals in the population at large. However, the number of network ties among the latter increases over time, whereas network size decreases slightly among people using mental health services. As individuals progress through …

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Providing Effective Relief To The Actually Innocent In New York, Steven M. Cytryn

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

No abstract provided.

Legal Models For The Recognition Of Cultural Arguments In Criminal Law: A Normative Viewpoint, Guy Ben-David

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

Recognizing the cultural background of a defendant who belongs to a minority culture is known as “cultural defense,” meaning that the minority member’s cultural background is accepted as a form of “defense” in a criminal trial. In general, the term “defense” is not only applicable in the functional sense as a formal defense against criminal liability, but rather can be applied in its literal linguistic sense, meaning that the defendant’s cultural background may grant them different types of special considerations during the criminal procedure.

This article aims to examine several legal models for the recognition of the cultural background of …

The Rap Sheet, Summer 2012, Illinois State University, Department Of Criminal Justice Sciences

The Rap Sheet

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Criminal Justice Sciences

Utpa Commencement – Summer 2012, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Los Arcos - Spring / Summer 2012, University Of Texas-Pan American

UTPA Archives - Los Arcos Magazine

No abstract provided.

Police Blotter, Unlv Department Of Police Services

Police Blotter

No abstract provided.

2012 - 2013 University Catalog, Loma Linda University

University Catalog (2005 - present)

Volume 102, Number 1, July 2012

Published once a year, July 2012

Reverberations Of The Victim's "Voice": Victim Impact Statements And The Cultural Project Of Punishment, Erin L. Sheley

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Criminal Law—No Stitches For Snitches: The Need For A Duty-To-Report Law In Arkansas, Breanna Trombley

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

It is difficult to get witnesses of brutal crimes to step up and act. This article argues that every state, including Arkansas, would be well served by implementing laws that would require individuals to notify law enforcement officials when they witness certain offenses.

First, the note discusses the common law history of the no-duty-to-aid principle, as well as duty-to-assist laws in other jurisdictions and current Arkansas reporting statutes. Next, the note examines the need for a specific duty-to-report in Arkansas. Then, a duty-to-report statute is proposed for consideration by the Arkansas Legislature. Thereafter, the note addresses imposition of both civil …

Police Efficiency And The Fourth Amendment, L. Song Richardson

Indiana Law Journal

Much of our Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is premised upon a profound misunderstanding of the nature of suspicion. When determining whether law enforcement officers had the reasonable suspicion necessary to justify a “stop and frisk,” courts currently assume that, in any given case, the presence or absence of reasonable suspicion can objectively be determined simply by examining the factual circumstances that the officers confronted. This Article rejects that proposition. Powerful new research in the behavioral sciences indicates that implicit, nonconscious biases affect the perceptions and judgments that are integral to our understanding of core Fourth Amendment principles. Studies reveal, for example, …

Public Interest Litigation In India As A Paradigm For Developing Nations, Zachary Holladay

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Public interest litigation (PIL) in India can serve as a vehicle for creating and enforcing rights and is critical to the sustenance of democracy. PIL in India can address the needs of its citizens when legislative inertia afflicts the Indian National Congress. This Note discusses how PIL in India can serve as a model for other developing nations struggling with legislative inertia and can provide recourse to marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Furthermore, while PIL obscures the traditional boundaries of power in a liberal democratic polity, democracy is in fact strengthened by the expansion of standing to include any citizen who …

Spillover Effects Of Crimes In Neighboring States Of Mexico, Mingming Pan, Benjamin Widner, Carl E. Enomoto

Economics Faculty Publications

The recent surge in crime and drug-related violence in Mexico has had a profound effect on the Mexican economy. Thousands of businesses have closed in Ciudad Juarez, a city that borders the U.S., due to the violence that has erupted between drug cartels. It has been estimated by Rios (2007) that $4.3 billion of losses occur yearly to Mexico, due to illegal drug activity in the country. Using a spatial model, this paper analyzes the determinants of crime in Mexican states. It was found that high levels of total crime and drug-related violence in neighboring states of Mexico have spillover …

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 1 Summer 2012, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.