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Justifications For The Probation Sanction Among Residents Of Virginia--Cool Or Un-Cool?, Brian K. Payne, Randy R. Gainey, Ruth A. Triplett, Mona J. E. Danner

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Perhaps as evidence of a growing cultural gap between our students and ourselves, one of the authors was recently amused when a student asked whether probation was a "cool" sanction. In this study, we begin an investigation into how cool the probation sanction is in the eyes of residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Specifically, we use data from a telephone survey of 840 registered voters to explore three questions. First, how often would they recommend the probation sanction in comparison to other sanctions? Second, how do they justify the sanction relative to justifications for other sanctions? Finally, are their …

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring 2001), Uaa Justice Center

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Spring 2001 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents articles on hate or bias crimes and existing laws regarding hate crime, both federal and state; hate crime incident reported in Anchorage in 1999; and corrections populations in mid-2000, with the U.S. now incarcerating people at a higher rate than any other country.

Crime, Punishment And Penal Policy, Ian O'Donnell

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Academic interest in crime and punishment in Ireland has grown in recent years and a number of important books have appeared (Bacik and O'Connell 1998, Brewer et al 1997, McCullagh 1996, O'Mahony 1993, O'Malley 2000). However any attempt to create a detailed understanding of the criminal justice process is frustrated by a lack of data. Statistical information is often published years in arrears, is of poor quality and is uncritically accepted as accurate and meaningful. The purpose of this paper is to give a snapshot of current understanding of the criminal justice system and to highlight a small number of …

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1999), Riley N/A, N/A Uaa Justice Center

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Summer 1999 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum opens with an article presenting figures on the use of firearms in the commission of violent crimes in Alaska and in the U.S. as a whole from 1980 to 1997. A recent book on the growth of mass incarceration is reviewed. Major findings from an Alaska Judicial Council report on a 15-month pilot probation program for misdemeanor domestic violence offenders in Palmer are summarized.

Crime In Alaska - 1999, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

No abstract provided.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Winter 1999), Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Winter 1999 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents Alaska and U.S. figures on correctional populations over an eleven-year period from 1988 to 1998, during which time Alaska's prison population grew by 57 percent and its rate of incarceration grew by 18 percent, while the overall state population grew by only 16 percent. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that over 570,000 of the nation's prisoners (51%) reported the use of alcohol or drugs while committing their offense. Uniform Crime Reports statistics show that the overall rate of reported crime in Alaska grew by 7 percent from 1988 through …

Crime In Alaska - 1998, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

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Cyberlaundering: The Risks, The Responses, Sarah N. Welling, Andy G. Rickman

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This Article discusses the potential use of electronic cash for money laundering and possible government responses to the problem. Parts I and II provide an overview of electronic cash. Part III explores the effects that electronic cash can have on money laundering. Part IV explains through a series of hypotheticals how "cyberlaundering" can occur. Part V analyzes the federal government's response to the threat of money laundering with electronic cash. Part VI concludes the Article with suggestions.

Hail, Hail, The Gangs Are All Here: Why New York Should Adopt A Comprehensive Anti-Gang Statute, Bart H. Rubin

Fordham Law Review

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Crime In Alaska - 1997, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Fourth Amendment Accommodations: (Un)Compelling Public Needs, Balancing Acts, And The Fiction Of Consent, Guy-Uriel Charles

Faculty Scholarship

The problems of public housing-including crime, drugs, and gun violence- have received an enormous amount of national attention. Much attention has also focused on warrantless searches and consent searches as solutions to these problems. This Note addresses the constitutionality of these proposals and asserts that if the Supreme Court's current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is taken to its logical extremes, warrantless searches in public housing can be found constitutional. The author argues, however, that such an interpretation fails to strike the proper balance between public need and privacy in the public housing context. The Note concludes by proposing alternative consent-based regimes …

Alaska Criminal Statute Cross-Reference Guide, Allan R. Barnes, Julie R. Watson

AJSAC reports

This guide provides cross-references between Alaska criminal statutes and National Criminal Information Center (NCIC), Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), Alaska OBTS, and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) codes. The guide also includes brief annotations of each statute. The guide is also available in a computerized version. An accompanying volume, Conversion Tables for Use with the Alaska OBTS Database and the Alaska Criminal Statute Cross-Reference Guide, is designed for use with printed versions of the guide. The guide reflects legislative changes in Alaska Statutes through 1997, but is no longer updated.

Crime In Alaska - 1996, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

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The Dissident : Vol. 1, No. 6 - December 1995, The Dissident (Portland Me)

The Dissident

The Dissident was a monthly journal of ideas and analysis (published June 1995 – January 2000 in Portland, Maine) to provide a forum for Maine writers, activists, and scholars committed to social justice and political change.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1995), Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Roger C. Miller, Cassie Atwell

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Summer 1995 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents the first of two articles of a 1994 statewide public opinion survey on community and public safety problems (and proposed solutions) in Alaska. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports results from a study of tort cases in state courts, finding that during a one-year period ending in 1992, state courts of general jurisdiction in the nation's 75 largest counties disposed of an estimated 378,000 tort cases involving 1.4 million plaintiffs and defendants. According to 1991–1994 offense and arrest statistics compiled by the Justice Center under the Crime Awareness and Campus …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Crime In Alaska - 1995, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Independent, No.11, February 2, 1995, Kean College Of New Jersey

Independent 1995-1999

The Independent was a student-run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Rob Hauschild.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer 1994), Lawrence C. Trostle, Patrick Cunningham, N/A Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Summer 1994 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum describes a pilot victim-offender mediation program in Anchorage which involves juveniles accused of certain offenses and the victims of those crimes. The number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities at the end of 1993 reached a record high of 948,881, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), with Alaska’s system increased by 7.1 per cent in 1993, less than the percentage increase for the nation as a whole. A second BJS report finds that nearly one million individuals each year become victims of violent crime …

Crime In Alaska - 1994, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

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Stretching The "Terry" Doctrine To The Search For Evidence Of Crime: Canine Sniffs, State Constitutions, And The Reasonable Suspicion Standard, Kenneth L. Pollack

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Fourth Amendment, protects an individual's interest in freedom from unreasonable government intrusions into personal privacy. When a court finds an investigative technique to be a search within the Amendment's meaning, it effectively concludes that Fourth Amendment protection should apply. If the government activity constitutes a search, that activity must be reasonable. If the activity does not amount to a search, however, the government enjoys virtual freedom to conduct that activity as unreasonably as it pleases. For pure investigatory searches, the United States Supreme Court has found that the probable cause requirement strikes the proper balance in defining reasonableness. Unlike …

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 1994), Teresa W. Carns, N/A Bureau Of Justice Statistics, N/A Uaa Justice Center

Vols 11-20 (1994-2004)

The Spring 1994 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum summarizes a report prepared for the Alaska Judicial Council which describes existing state criminal justice computer information systems in Alaska and makes recommendations for improved connectivity and coordination between them. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of women in state prisons grew 75 percent from 1986 to 1991, with women comprising 5.2 percent of all prisoners (up from 4.7 percent in 1986). Figures on guns and crime nationally and in Alaska are presented based on data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting …

Crime In Alaska - 1993, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

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Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 1993), A. B. Dellinger, N/A Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Vols 01-10 (1977-1994)

The Spring 1993 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum compares data on criminal justice processing of Alaska rape cases in1986–1991 with similar data for the violent crimes of homicide, rape, robbery, and assault, finding that the percentage of persons arrested, prosecuted, and brought to trial on the original arrest charge is lowest for rape among the four violent crimes. Other differences between dispositions for persons arrested for rape and those arrested within the other three crime categories are also evident. Reforms in rape laws and effects of those reforms over the past two decades are reviewed. The Bureau of Justice …

Are Spread Out Cities Really Safer (Or, Is Atlanta Safer Than New York), Michael E. Lewyn

Cleveland State Law Review

Many commentators believe that low-density, car-dependent cities are safer than older, higher-density cities. According to a 1990 Gallup Poll, most Americans share this view. The poll showed that low-density Sunbelt cities are generally perceived as safer than they really are, and that high-density Frostbelt cities are often perceived as more dangerous than they really are. The purpose of this article is to answer the following questions: 1. How closely do public perceptions of major cities' safety correlate with actual crime rates? 2. Even if high-density cities have lower crime rates, might public perceptions be justified by the possibility that crime …

Independent, No.9, November 12, 1992, Kean College Of New Jersey

Independent 1990-1994

The Independent was a student-run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Todd F. Brugmans.

Independent, No.8, November 5, 1992, Kean College Of New Jersey

Independent 1990-1994

The Reflector was a student-run newspaper created in 1922 at the State Teachers Normal School at Newark, now Kean University. It began as a monthly newsletter with the same name, some were printed by Lackawanna Press, Newark. In 1960, the newspaper changed its name to the Independent. The editor of this issue was Todd F. Brugmans.

Independent, No.8, November 5, 1992, Kean College Of New Jersey

Independent 1990-1994

The Independent was a student-run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Todd F Brugmans.