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Judicial Review Of Parole Release Decisionmaking, Thomas B. Grier Apr 1976

Judicial Review Of Parole Release Decisionmaking, Thomas B. Grier

IUSTITIA

An inmate at a federal penal institution "is entitled only to be released after full service of his sentence less good time earned during incarceration." He or she is not entitled to parole, for parole is not a right but a privilege, a matter of "legislative grace". The United States Board of Parole has "absolute discretion" in deciding whether and when to grant parole. The judiciary will not interfere with the Board, as "courts are without power to grant a parole or to determine judicially eligibility for parole." And since the Board is statutorily authorized to exercise broad discretion, and …


Toward A Critical Theory Of Female Criminality, Ann Curry Thompson Apr 1976

Toward A Critical Theory Of Female Criminality, Ann Curry Thompson

IUSTITIA

Twentieth-century theories about female criminality are the weakest link in conventional criminology, representing the most conservative and unscientific thinking about human nature and social organization. Traditional thinking about female criminality reflects the general inability of conventional theorists to examine categories of sex, race, and class oppression as determined by the basic social structure of a particular society and as they relate to deviance and crime. The result has been that female deviance has been analyzed solely in light of assumptions about women's biological nature. Whether there is indeed something distinctive about female crime which can be explained apart from a …


Recent Trends Jan 1976

Recent Trends

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Pro Se Defense--Due Process: Faretta V. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975) Jan 1976

Pro Se Defense--Due Process: Faretta V. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Double Jeopardy--Juvenile Law: Breed V. Jones, 421 U.S. 519 (1975) Jan 1976

Double Jeopardy--Juvenile Law: Breed V. Jones, 421 U.S. 519 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


General Prevention Revisited: Research And Policy Implications, Johannes Andenaes Jan 1976

General Prevention Revisited: Research And Policy Implications, Johannes Andenaes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Double Jeopardy--Fifth Amendment: United States V. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332 (1975), United States V. Jenkins, 420 U.S. 358 (1975), Serfass V. United States, 420 U.S. 377 (1975) Jan 1976

Double Jeopardy--Fifth Amendment: United States V. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332 (1975), United States V. Jenkins, 420 U.S. 358 (1975), Serfass V. United States, 420 U.S. 377 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Review 1975--Quiescence And Ferment: The 1974 Term In The Supreme Court--Foreword , Francis A. Allen Jan 1976

Supreme Court Review 1975--Quiescence And Ferment: The 1974 Term In The Supreme Court--Foreword , Francis A. Allen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Search And Seizure: United States V. Ortiz,422 U.S. 891 (1975), United States V. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873 (1975), United States V. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531 (1975), Bowen V. United States, 422 U.S. 916 (1975) Jan 1976

Search And Seizure: United States V. Ortiz,422 U.S. 891 (1975), United States V. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873 (1975), United States V. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531 (1975), Bowen V. United States, 422 U.S. 916 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Recent Trends In The Criminal Law Jan 1976

Recent Trends In The Criminal Law

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Business (Crime) As Usual In Wartime Conditions Among Offenders In Israel , Yael Hassin, Menachem Amir Jan 1976

Business (Crime) As Usual In Wartime Conditions Among Offenders In Israel , Yael Hassin, Menachem Amir

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Sentencing By Parole Board: An Evaluation, Anne M. Heinz, John P. Heinz, Stephen J. Senderowitz, Mary Anne Vance Jan 1976

Sentencing By Parole Board: An Evaluation, Anne M. Heinz, John P. Heinz, Stephen J. Senderowitz, Mary Anne Vance

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Alexander Maconochie And The Development Of Parole , Stephen White Jan 1976

Alexander Maconochie And The Development Of Parole , Stephen White

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Crime, Punishment And Personality: An Examination Of The Deterrence Question , William C. Bailey, Ruth P. Lott Jan 1976

Crime, Punishment And Personality: An Examination Of The Deterrence Question , William C. Bailey, Ruth P. Lott

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Symposium: The Granting Of Witness Immunity--Foreword Jan 1976

Symposium: The Granting Of Witness Immunity--Foreword

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Witness Immunity In Modern Trials: Observations On The Uniform Rule Of Criminal Procedure, Ronald L. Carlson Jan 1976

Witness Immunity In Modern Trials: Observations On The Uniform Rule Of Criminal Procedure, Ronald L. Carlson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The Role Of Statutory Immunity In The Criminal Justice System, William J. Bauer Jan 1976

Reflections On The Role Of Statutory Immunity In The Criminal Justice System, William J. Bauer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Immunity--How It Works In Real Life, Warren D. Wolfson Jan 1976

Immunity--How It Works In Real Life, Warren D. Wolfson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Reconciling Effective Federal Prosecution And The Fifth Amendment: Criminal Coddling The New Torture Or A Rational Accommodation, Richard L. Thornburgh Jan 1976

Reconciling Effective Federal Prosecution And The Fifth Amendment: Criminal Coddling The New Torture Or A Rational Accommodation, Richard L. Thornburgh

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Differential Processing Of Abnormal Sex Offenders: Utilization Of California's Mentally Disordered Sex Offender Program, George E. Dix Jan 1976

Differential Processing Of Abnormal Sex Offenders: Utilization Of California's Mentally Disordered Sex Offender Program, George E. Dix

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Direct Appeals From Three-Judge Courts: Mtm, Inc. V. Baxley, 420 U.S. 799 (1976) Jan 1976

Direct Appeals From Three-Judge Courts: Mtm, Inc. V. Baxley, 420 U.S. 799 (1976)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Right To Speedy Trial: The Constitutional Right And Its Applicability To The Speedy Trial Act Of 1974, Marc I, Steinberg Jan 1976

Right To Speedy Trial: The Constitutional Right And Its Applicability To The Speedy Trial Act Of 1974, Marc I, Steinberg

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Student Comments Jan 1976

Student Comments

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1976

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Comparative Criminology, Denis Szabo Jan 1976

Comparative Criminology, Denis Szabo

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Impeachment--Fifth Amendment: Oregon V. Hass, 420 U.S. 714 (1975), United States V. Hale, 422 U.S. 171 (1975) Jan 1976

Impeachment--Fifth Amendment: Oregon V. Hass, 420 U.S. 714 (1975), United States V. Hale, 422 U.S. 171 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Release From Involuntary Custodial Confinement: O'Connor V. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975) Jan 1976

Release From Involuntary Custodial Confinement: O'Connor V. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Standards Of Corporate Liability--Food And Drug Law: United States V. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975) Jan 1976

Standards Of Corporate Liability--Food And Drug Law: United States V. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Is There A Subculture Of Violence In The South , Howard S. Erlanger Jan 1976

Is There A Subculture Of Violence In The South , Howard S. Erlanger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Stratification And Conflict Among Prison Inmates, James B. Jacobs Jan 1976

Stratification And Conflict Among Prison Inmates, James B. Jacobs

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.