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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 …

Independent, No.13, February 23, 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.

Independent, No.3, October 13, 1994, 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 Rob Mauschild.

A Comparative Study Of Black And White Girls' Delinquency, Kenya Larae Covington

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

In this research, I examined the similarities and differences between black and white female delinquents. A secondary analysis of the Survey of Youth in Custody, 1987 data was utilized to answer the following research questions: (1) What factors contribute to each group's delinquency the most? (2) Are the factors that contribute to black girls' delinquency significantly different from those factors that contribute to white girls' delinquency? The study was guided by previous research on race and female delinquency, girls' victimization, the role of the family and school performance. The independent variables victimization, family structure, family function and school performance were …

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 …

Some Economic Aspects Of Crime In The United States, Joseph A. Martellaro

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article focuses on the economic aspects of crime in the United States, specifically analyzing crimes which are committed by persons upon other persons and against property. The author notes that NAFTA may result in an increased influx of crime due to increased activity between the United States, Canada and Mexico. The article proceeds to analyze the economic aspects of criminal behavior by examining the probability of success via "Risk-Factors." The article examines the enormous cost of crime in the United States, and concludes that the monetary awards of crime will continue to result in an increase in criminal activity, …

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 …

Gender, Crime, And The Criminal Law Defenses, Deborah W. Denno

Faculty Scholarship

This Article attempts to explain some of the disparity in criminality between males and females by analyzing the results of the “Biosocial Study,” one of this country's largest longitudinal studies of biological, psychological, and sociological predictors of crime. Section II analyzes the literature and research on gender differences in crime. Section III describes the Biosocial Study and its results, noting the gender differences in the prevalence and prediction of crime and the inability of any one factor to be a strong predictor of crime. Section IV considers whether gender differences warrant disparate types of punishment or treatment within the criminal …

Crime In Alaska - 1993, Alaska Department Of Public Safety

UCR Archive

No abstract provided.

Play Fair With Punishment, Richard Dagger

Political Science Faculty Publications

If we want to provide a justification for legal punishment, then, we must answer two distinct questions: (1) What justifies punishment as a social practice? and (2) What justifies punishing particular persons? The principle of fair play is an especially attractive theory of punishment, I shall agree, because it offers plausible and compelling answers to both these questions. I shall also suggest that there is a third question - How should we punish those who commit crimes? - that fair play cannot answer without help from other sources.

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 …

Law, Order, And The Consent Defense, Keith M. Harrison

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] Among the benefits that we gain on leaving the state of nature and joining together in a "civilized society" is some amount of added protection of our individual possessions and person. Among our losses is the ability to plunder, at will, the possessions and bodies of those who are weaker than we are. These two statements are generally, but not absolutely, true. I propose that one hallmark of civilization is the security of everyone who lives under its authority that they are free from the unwanted interferences of others with their personal integrity and property rights.' One way to …

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 …

Cornerstones Of The Judicial Process, Jerold H. Israel

Articles

Under our federated system of government, each state and the federal government have their own criminal justice processes. The federal system must comply with the constitutional prerequisites set forth in the Bill of Rights, and the state systems must comply with those Bill of Rights' provisions made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment,1 but those constitutional prerequisites allow considerable room for variation from one jurisdiction to another. In many respects, the fifty states and the federal government have used that leeway to produce considerable diversity in their respective criminal justice processes. At the same time, however, one can …

Independent, No.11, December 3, 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.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.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1992), N. E. Schafer, Melissa S. Green, N/A Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Vols 01-10 (1977-1994)

The Fall 1992 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents population figures for prisoners, probationers, parolees, and community corrections residents under jurisdiction of the Alaska Department of Corrections from February 1980 to September 1992. The Bureau of Justice Statistics examines characteristics of persons in local jails arrested or convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI), finding that more than half the persons in local jails charged with DWI in 1989 had prior sentences to incarceration for DWI offenses. Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) statistics from the FBI for the first six months of 1992 show a three percent increase in violent crime …

Rascals In Paradise: Urban Gangs In Papua New Guinea, Nand E. Hart Nibbrig

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Independent, No.16, May 7, 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.12, March 26, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, No. 10, March 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, No. 9, February 27, 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 Joyce Donohue.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 1992-02-21, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1991-2000

This edition of the College of Wooster student run newspaper was published on February 21 of 1992 and it is sixteen pages long. The main article discusses the tuition hike for the upcoming school year, 5.8%. Security addresses the rise in annoyance calls this semester. The fifth Great Decisions lecture focused on African democratization. Andrews Library has permanently expanded its hours on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday until 1am. A breakdown of the funding student organizations get is given. The man who had been breaking into the Wooster Inn was caught. Athletic updates for the past week are highlighted on pages …

Independent, No. 8, February 20, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, February 6, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, January 30, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, January 23, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Money Laundering And Lawyers, Eugene R. Gaetke, Sarah N. Welling

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The federal government has recently enacted money laundering laws to track and discourage the use of money generated by crime. Because some of that money is used to pay legal fees, the laws have a direct impact on lawyers. The laws increase the risk of prosecution for lawyers, inhibit some methods of fee payment, and make some cases less attractive financially. Generally, the laws make law practice more complicated and risky.

The laws have been criticized for their impact on criminal defense lawyers. Critics have raised three broad objections. The first objection is constitutional. Critics have also objected to the …

Independent, December 12, 1991, 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 Joyce Donohue.

Independent, December 5, 1991, 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 Joyce Donohue.