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Rethink The War On Drugs, John Donohue Jan 2007

Rethink The War On Drugs, John Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.


Economic Models Of Crime And Punishment, John J. Donohue Jan 2007

Economic Models Of Crime And Punishment, John J. Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.


A Database Of Persons Convicted Of Felonies In Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1990-2007, Hon. Donald E. Shelton Jan 2007

A Database Of Persons Convicted Of Felonies In Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1990-2007, Hon. Donald E. Shelton

Hon. Donald E. Shelton

This study is a database of information from Washtenaw County, Michigan, court records of approximately one-fourth of its convicted felons from 1990 to 2007. It includes 3,123 sentencing appearances for 3,992 crimes committed by 2,495 defendants. It includes 1126 probation violation resentencings for a total of 5,118 sentences. It contains demographics of defendants and the dynamics of their crimes and the sentencing process. Several official court reports in each case were examined. Preliminary descriptive and frequency analyses are reported to describe the database in detail and lay the groundwork for future sophisticated regression and other analyses. Special attention is given …


The Personal Is Political--And Economic: Rethinking Domestic Violence, Deborah M. Weissman Jan 2007

The Personal Is Political--And Economic: Rethinking Domestic Violence, Deborah M. Weissman

Deborah M. Weissman

This Article seeks to expand the scope of the domestic violence discourse within the context of the theory and practice of legal strategies. The intent is to shift the analytical parameters beyond the criminal justice system to include the political economy of everyday experiences of households. Such a paradigm shift examines the conditions of the private sphere as a function of the circumstances of public realms. It considers domestic violence by linking it to the structural transformations of the U.S. economy during recent years. It assesses domestic violence from the perspective of the daily life of men and women who …