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Social Class And Crime In An Adoption Cohort, Katherine Teilmann Van Dusen, Sarnoff A. Mednick, William F. Jr. Gabrielli, Barry Hutchings Jan 1983

Social Class And Crime In An Adoption Cohort, Katherine Teilmann Van Dusen, Sarnoff A. Mednick, William F. Jr. Gabrielli, Barry Hutchings

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Interim Decisions To Felony Trial Court Dispositions, Stevens H. Clarke, Susan T. Kurtz Jan 1983

The Importance Of Interim Decisions To Felony Trial Court Dispositions, Stevens H. Clarke, Susan T. Kurtz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Forcible Rape: An Updated Bibliography, Barbara M. Pawloski Jan 1983

Forcible Rape: An Updated Bibliography, Barbara M. Pawloski

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


A Political Theory Of Political Trials, Ronald Christenson Jan 1983

A Political Theory Of Political Trials, Ronald Christenson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1983

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Legal/Extra-Legal Controversy: Judicial Decisions In Pretrial Release, Ilene H. Nagel Jan 1983

The Legal/Extra-Legal Controversy: Judicial Decisions In Pretrial Release, Ilene H. Nagel

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This study analyzes data for state criminal defendants prosecuted in New York to determine the bases upon which judges make pretrial release decisions for these defendants. Treating statutory law as defining the category of legal variables, it finds legal factors substantially affect decisions about whether to release a defendant on recognizance, the amount of bail required, and whether to offer a defendant a cash alternative to a surety bond. The impact of these factors varies, however, depending upon the particular decision being made. Factors not prescribed in the statute-extra-legal factors—are also found to affect these pretrial release decisions. Their impact, …


Punishment, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1983

Punishment, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

Although punishment has been a crucial feature of every legal system, widespread disagreement exists over the moral principles that can justify its imposition. One fundamental question is why (and whether) the social institution of punishment is warranted. A second question concerns the necessary conditions for punishment in particular cases. A third relates to the degree of severity that is appropriate for particular offenses and offenders. Debates about punishment are important in their own right, but they also raise more general problems about the proper standards for evaluating social practices.

The main part of this theoretical overview of the subject of …


United States V. Ross: Evolving Standards For Warrantless Searches, Lewis R. Katz Jan 1983

United States V. Ross: Evolving Standards For Warrantless Searches, Lewis R. Katz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Commensurability And Crime Prevention: Evaluating Formal Sentencing Structures And Their Rationale, Andrew Von Hirsch Jan 1983

Commensurability And Crime Prevention: Evaluating Formal Sentencing Structures And Their Rationale, Andrew Von Hirsch

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court And Title Iii: Rewriting The Law Of Electronic Surveillance, Michael Goldsmith Jan 1983

The Supreme Court And Title Iii: Rewriting The Law Of Electronic Surveillance, Michael Goldsmith

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Estimating Perceptual Stability And Deterrent Effects: The Role Of Perceived Legal Punishment In The Inhibition Of Criminal Involvement, Raymond Paternoster, Linda E. Saltzman, Gordon P. Waldo, Theodore G. Chiricos Jan 1983

Estimating Perceptual Stability And Deterrent Effects: The Role Of Perceived Legal Punishment In The Inhibition Of Criminal Involvement, Raymond Paternoster, Linda E. Saltzman, Gordon P. Waldo, Theodore G. Chiricos

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


A Due Process Analysis Of Judicially-Authorized Presumptions In Federal Aggravated Bank Robbery Cases, James F. Ponsoldt Jan 1983

A Due Process Analysis Of Judicially-Authorized Presumptions In Federal Aggravated Bank Robbery Cases, James F. Ponsoldt

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Illegally Obtained Evidence To Rebut The Insanity Defense: A New Exception To The Exclusionary Rule, Terri M. Couleur Jan 1983

The Use Of Illegally Obtained Evidence To Rebut The Insanity Defense: A New Exception To The Exclusionary Rule, Terri M. Couleur

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Punishment Versus Treatment Of The Guilty But Mentally Ill, Vicki L. Plaut Jan 1983

Punishment Versus Treatment Of The Guilty But Mentally Ill, Vicki L. Plaut

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1983

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Current Death Penalty Issues, Michael Meltsner, Marvin E. Wolfgang Jan 1983

Current Death Penalty Issues, Michael Meltsner, Marvin E. Wolfgang

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Sanctions In The Proposed Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure: Some Questions About Power, Stephen B. Burbank Jan 1983

Sanctions In The Proposed Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure: Some Questions About Power, Stephen B. Burbank

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Punishment, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1983

Punishment, Kent Greenawalt

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Two-Track Or One-Track Justice--Some Evidence From An English Longitudinal Survey, Patrick A. Langan, David P. Farrington Jan 1983

Two-Track Or One-Track Justice--Some Evidence From An English Longitudinal Survey, Patrick A. Langan, David P. Farrington

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Federal Government In Juvenile Delinquency Prevention: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives, Gayle Olson-Raymer Jan 1983

The Role Of The Federal Government In Juvenile Delinquency Prevention: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives, Gayle Olson-Raymer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Judicial Review Of Death Sentences, Gary Goodpaster Jan 1983

Judicial Review Of Death Sentences, Gary Goodpaster

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Disaggregation In Deterrence And Death Penalty Research: The Case Of Murder In Chicago, William C. Bailey Jan 1983

Disaggregation In Deterrence And Death Penalty Research: The Case Of Murder In Chicago, William C. Bailey

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Florida Supreme Court And Death Penalty Appeals, Michael L. Radelet, Margaret Vandiver Jan 1983

The Florida Supreme Court And Death Penalty Appeals, Michael L. Radelet, Margaret Vandiver

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Volunteering For Execution: Competency, Voluntariness And The Propriety Of Third Party Intervention, G. Richard Strafer Jan 1983

Volunteering For Execution: Competency, Voluntariness And The Propriety Of Third Party Intervention, G. Richard Strafer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Capital Punishment And Deterrence: Conflicting Evidence, Brian Forst Jan 1983

Capital Punishment And Deterrence: Conflicting Evidence, Brian Forst

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Homicide And The Death Penalty: A Cross-National Test Of A Deterrece Hypothesis, Dane Archer, Rosemary Gartner, Marc Beittel Jan 1983

Homicide And The Death Penalty: A Cross-National Test Of A Deterrece Hypothesis, Dane Archer, Rosemary Gartner, Marc Beittel

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1983

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amendment--Limited Luggage Seizures Valid On Reasonable Suspicion, Linda M. Sickman Jan 1983

Fourth Amendment--Limited Luggage Seizures Valid On Reasonable Suspicion, Linda M. Sickman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amendment--Totality Of The Circumstances Approach To Probable Cause Based On Informant's Tips, Cathy E. Moore Jan 1983

Fourth Amendment--Totality Of The Circumstances Approach To Probable Cause Based On Informant's Tips, Cathy E. Moore

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amendment--Officer Safety And The Protective Automobile Search: An Expansion Of The Pat-Down Frisk, Timothy M. Ison Jan 1983

Fourth Amendment--Officer Safety And The Protective Automobile Search: An Expansion Of The Pat-Down Frisk, Timothy M. Ison

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.