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Walking While Muslim, Margaret Chon, Donna E. Arzt
Walking While Muslim, Margaret Chon, Donna E. Arzt
Law and Contemporary Problems
The authors examine the linkage between the social justice claims of Japanese Americans during WWII and Muslim Americans in today's post-9/11 era. Muslims are considered a significant component of the war on terror, but it is unclear whether this classification is based upon race or religion.
Juvenile Decertification: Developing A Model For Classification And Prediction, Geoffrey Marczyk, Kirk Heilbrun, Tammy Lander, David Dematteo
Juvenile Decertification: Developing A Model For Classification And Prediction, Geoffrey Marczyk, Kirk Heilbrun, Tammy Lander, David Dematteo
David DeMatteo
This study considers the impact of data from the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV), the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI), and the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) on the court’s decision whether to decertify an adolescent defendant back to juvenile court or keep the defendant in criminal court. There are significant positive relationships between certification status and age; number of violent charges; total charges; PCL:YV, YLS/CMI, and MAYSI total scores; and select subscales of the MAYSI and the YLS/CMI. Significant differences are found between those who remained in the adult criminal justice system and those who were …