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Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista Jan 2009

Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason Jan 2009

Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds Jan 2009

Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger Jan 2009

The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon Jan 2009

Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle Jan 2009

Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland Jan 2009

Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Post-Modern Meditations On Punishment: On The Limits Of Reason And The Virtues Of Randomization, Bernard E. Harcourt Jan 2009

Post-Modern Meditations On Punishment: On The Limits Of Reason And The Virtues Of Randomization, Bernard E. Harcourt

Faculty Scholarship

This chapter presents an authoritative overview of punishment, with particular emphasis on the limits of reason and the virtue of randomization. It includes comments by some of the nation's top legal scholars from the field of criminal law, tackling topics such as the Enlightenment ideal of social engineering through punishment and the role of chance in the administration of criminal justice.


The Deterrent Effect Of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence From The Adoption Of Child Murder Eligibility Factors, Michael D. Frakes, Matthew Harding Jan 2009

The Deterrent Effect Of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence From The Adoption Of Child Murder Eligibility Factors, Michael D. Frakes, Matthew Harding

Faculty Scholarship

We draw on within-state variations in the reach of capital punishment statutes between 1977 and 2004 to identify the deterrent effects associated with capital eligibility. Focusing on the most prevalent eligibility expansion, we estimate that the adoption of a child murder factor is associated with an approximately 20% reduction in the homicide rate of youth victims. Eligibility expansions may enhance deterrence by (1) paving the way for more executions and (2) providing prosecutors with greater leverage to secure enhanced non-capital sentences. While executions themselves are rare, this latter channel is likely to be triggered fairly regularly, providing a reasonable basis …


I'Ll Make You A Deal: How Repeat Informants Are Corrupting The Criminal Justice System And What To Do About It, Emily Jane Dodds Dec 2008

I'Ll Make You A Deal: How Repeat Informants Are Corrupting The Criminal Justice System And What To Do About It, Emily Jane Dodds

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Teaching Tips: Personal Criminal History Analysis Paper, Gordon Crews, Angela Crews Nov 2008

Teaching Tips: Personal Criminal History Analysis Paper, Gordon Crews, Angela Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

Students often have difficulty visualizing the practical application of criminological theory. The following activity assists instructors to develop students‘ abilities in evaluating behaviors and determining the theoretical perspectives that potentially could be used to explain those behaviors. It also is designed to assist students in comprehending how their own experiences impact their views on law-violating behavior and its etiology. This exercise facilitates students‘ awareness of how their beliefs about the causes of law-violating behavior inevitably impact their beliefs about potential solutions or responses to this type of behavior. Eventually, students unfailingly begin to realize the artificial dichotomy between us, as …


Happiness And Punishment, Christopher J. Buccafusco, John Bronsteen, Jonathan S. Masur Aug 2008

Happiness And Punishment, Christopher J. Buccafusco, John Bronsteen, Jonathan S. Masur

All Faculty Scholarship

This article continues our project to apply groundbreaking new literature on the behavioral psychology of human happiness to some of the most deeply analyzed questions in law. Here we explain that the new psychological understandings of happiness interact in startling ways with the leading theories of criminal punishment. Punishment theorists, both retributivist and utilitarian, have failed to account for human beings' ability to adapt to changed circumstances, including fines and (surprisingly) imprisonment. At the same time, these theorists have largely ignored the severe hedonic losses brought about by the post-prison social and economic deprivations (unemployment, divorce, and disease) caused by …


The Emerging Role Of Dna Analysis In The Criminal Justice System, Sandra Sherman Apr 2008

The Emerging Role Of Dna Analysis In The Criminal Justice System, Sandra Sherman

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

Forensic science has evolved into the most advanced investigative tool used in the criminal justice field. DNA evidence is a strong component of forensic science and with constant advancements of DNA testing so that its evidence is more reliable and accepted in the criminal justice system will help provide justice for the quily and innocent alike.


Women, Re-Entry And Everyday Life: Time To Work?, Dina R. Rose, Venezia Michalsen, Dawn R. Wiest, Anupa Fabian Mar 2008

Women, Re-Entry And Everyday Life: Time To Work?, Dina R. Rose, Venezia Michalsen, Dawn R. Wiest, Anupa Fabian

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This study focuses on women at various stages of re-entry into the community after involvement with the criminal justice system. In particular, it takes a close look at how the participants in the study manage their time in the face of the types of competing demands that are all too common to most people.


Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison And Jail Populations, Mark Rubin Feb 2008

Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison And Jail Populations, Mark Rubin

Justice Policy

Overcrowding and rising costs in Maine’s corrections system have become a serious problem. In the past twenty years, the average daily population in state prisons has grown 74 percent, while county jails have grown 193 percent. To accommodate this growth, Maine, in 2004, spent $127,343,971, not including debt service, to operate the prisons and county jails. This brief examines state prison, county jail, and probation population trends since 2004 and identifies key factors driving the number of prisoners


The Denial Of Emergency Protection: Factors Associated With Court Decision Making, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Pamela Wilcox, Danielle Duckett-Pritchard Jan 2008

The Denial Of Emergency Protection: Factors Associated With Court Decision Making, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Pamela Wilcox, Danielle Duckett-Pritchard

Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications

Despite the importance of civil orders of protection as a legal resource for victims of intimate partner violence, research is limited in this area, and most studies focus on the process following a court’s initial issuance of an emergency order. The purpose of this study is to address a major gap in the literature by examining cases where victims of intimate partner violence are denied access to temporary orders of protection. The study sample included a review of 2,205 petitions that had been denied by a Kentucky court during the 2003 fiscal year. The study offers important insights into the …


Extending The Reach Of The State Into The Post-Sentence Period: Section 26 Of The Criminal Justice Act 2007, Mary Rogan Jan 2008

Extending The Reach Of The State Into The Post-Sentence Period: Section 26 Of The Criminal Justice Act 2007, Mary Rogan

Articles

The Criminal Justice Act 2007 heralded a plethora of changes to Irish criminal law and procedure. The law on sentencing was also affected by its provisions. The focus of this article is on section 26 of that Act which introduces a general power on a court to make an order while passing sentence which will take effect on the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment. Under section 26 a court can impose two such orders, the “monitoring” order and the “protection of persons” order. The author assesses the background to the introduction of these dispositions and the potential application and …


The Politics Of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration In The Federal Reform Of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Kami Chavis Simmons Jan 2008

The Politics Of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration In The Federal Reform Of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Kami Chavis Simmons

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 2008

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Crime Of Complicity In Genocide: How The International Criminal Tribunals For Rwanda And Yugoslavia Got It Wrong, And Why It Matters, Daniel M. Greenfield Jan 2008

The Crime Of Complicity In Genocide: How The International Criminal Tribunals For Rwanda And Yugoslavia Got It Wrong, And Why It Matters, Daniel M. Greenfield

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Arguing For An Integrated Approach To Resolving The Crisis In Darfur: The Challenges Of Complementarity, Enforcement, And Related Issues In The International Criminal Court, Christopher D. Totten, Nicholas Tyler Jan 2008

Arguing For An Integrated Approach To Resolving The Crisis In Darfur: The Challenges Of Complementarity, Enforcement, And Related Issues In The International Criminal Court, Christopher D. Totten, Nicholas Tyler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Grand Jury Legal Advisor: Resurrecting The Grand Jury's Shield, Thaddeus Hoffmeister Jan 2008

The Grand Jury Legal Advisor: Resurrecting The Grand Jury's Shield, Thaddeus Hoffmeister

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Un-Incorporating The Bill Of Rights: The Tension Between The Fourteenth Amendment And The Federalism Concerns That Underlie Modern Criminal Procedure Reforms, Justin F. Marceau Jan 2008

Un-Incorporating The Bill Of Rights: The Tension Between The Fourteenth Amendment And The Federalism Concerns That Underlie Modern Criminal Procedure Reforms, Justin F. Marceau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


State Intentions And The Law Of Punishment, Alice Ristroph Jan 2008

State Intentions And The Law Of Punishment, Alice Ristroph

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Free To Leave - An Empirical Look At The Fourth Amendment's Seizure Standard, David K. Kessler Jan 2008

Free To Leave - An Empirical Look At The Fourth Amendment's Seizure Standard, David K. Kessler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Review Jan 2008

Book Review

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Let The Punishment Fit The Crime: Should Courts Exercise The Power Of Appellate Sentence Review In Cases Involving Narcotics And Other Stigmatized Crimes, Lee Dionne Jan 2008

Let The Punishment Fit The Crime: Should Courts Exercise The Power Of Appellate Sentence Review In Cases Involving Narcotics And Other Stigmatized Crimes, Lee Dionne

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


An Unholy Alliance: Perceptions Of Influence In Insurance Fraud Prosecutions And The Need For Real Safeguards, Aviva Abramovsky Jan 2008

An Unholy Alliance: Perceptions Of Influence In Insurance Fraud Prosecutions And The Need For Real Safeguards, Aviva Abramovsky

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Robinson V. California In The Wake Of Jones V. Los Angeles: Avoiding The Demise Of The Criminal Law By Attending To Punishment, Martin R. Gardner Jan 2008

Rethinking Robinson V. California In The Wake Of Jones V. Los Angeles: Avoiding The Demise Of The Criminal Law By Attending To Punishment, Martin R. Gardner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Empirics Of Prison Growth: A Critical Review And Path Forward, John F. Pfaff Jan 2008

The Empirics Of Prison Growth: A Critical Review And Path Forward, John F. Pfaff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.