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A Municipal Police Officer's Jurisdiction To Arrest Without Warrant, Gerald S. Reamey Apr 1988

A Municipal Police Officer's Jurisdiction To Arrest Without Warrant, Gerald S. Reamey

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It is difficult to discern the jurisdictional boundaries of a Texas peace officer's warrantless arrest authority. This is due in part to the variety of “peace officers” recognized in Texas law, and in part to the numerous imprecise statutes which govern the issue. Arrest “jurisdiction” may mean the authority to arrest for certain kinds of offenses, or it may refer to the power to make an arrest in a certain territorial area. Territorial jurisdiction is most difficult to resolve in Texas. The determination of whether an arresting officer is a “peace officer,” and if so, what kind of officer, is …


"Cradled On The Sea": Positive Images Of Prison And Theories Of Punishment, Martha Grace Duncan Jan 1988

"Cradled On The Sea": Positive Images Of Prison And Theories Of Punishment, Martha Grace Duncan

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This interdisciplinary study investigates the meanings of incarceration through an analysis of prison memoirs and novels. It argues that many prisoners and nonprisoners exhibit powerful positive associations to penal confinement. The Article draws on psychoanalysis, philosophy, and sociol­ogy to account for the various kinds of attraction that prison exerts. The Article also considers the interrelationships between the analysis of the posi­tive images and three traditional purposes of punishment: rehabilitation, deterrence, and retribution.