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Factors That Influence Domestic Violence Convictions In "No Drop Policy" Trials, Kim D. Akinyanju

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that significantly influence conviction rates in domestic violence no drop policy trials. Literature heavily supports the position that factors.-such as physical evidence, police officer testimony, and cooperative victim testimony can help prosecutors increase conviction rates. This research utilizes data collected by Smith et al. (2001) on domestic violence trials in four cities that have implemented the no drop policy. Analyses revealed that various types of physical evidence do not significantly influence convictions in no drop policy trials. Cooperative victim testimony, however, does significantly influence conviction rates and in addition significantly …

Loyalty's Reward — A Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions Of High-Status Female Offenders, Michelle S. Jacobs

UF Law Faculty Publications

Between 2001 and 2004, six high-status women were charged with crimes in connection with corporate criminal cases. The public is familiar with some of them, although not all of their cases have been covered equally in the press. With the exception of an occasional article now and then mentioning the exploding rates of female incarceration, women's crime tends to be invisible to the public eye. The statistical data the government collects and analyzes on women and crime will be discussed. This article will focus on the prosecution of the individual cases of Lea Fastow, Betty Vinson, and Martha Stewart. Their …

The U.S. And The International Criminal Court (Icc), Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper is a discussion of the notable issues the U.S. points out regarding the Rome Treaty, the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court.

Multi-Jurisdictional And Successive Prosecution Of Environmental Crimes: The Case For A Consistent Approach, John F. Cooney

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Behavioural Genetics In Criminal Cases: Past, Present And Future, Nita A. Farahany, William Bernet

Faculty Scholarship

Researchers studying human behavioral genetics have made significant scientific progress in enhancing our understanding of the relative contributions of genetics and the environment in observed variations in human behavior. Quickly outpacing the advances in the science are its applications in the criminal justice system. Already, human behavioral genetics research has been introduced in the U.S. criminal justice system, and its use will only become more prevalent. This essay discusses the recent historical use of behavioral genetics in criminal cases, recent advances in two gene variants of particular interest in the criminal law, MAOA and SLC6A4, the recent expert testimony on …

Trial By Jury Involving Persons Accused Of Terrorism Or Supporting Terrorism, Neil Vidmar

Faculty Scholarship

This chapter explores issues in jury trials involving persons accused of committing acts of international terrorism or financially or otherwise supporting those who do or may commit such acts. The jury is a unique institution that draws upon laypersons to decide whether a person charged with a crime is guilty or innocent. Although the jury is instructed and guided by a trial judge and procedural rules shape what the jury is allowed to hear, ultimately the laypersons deliberate alone and render their verdict. A basic principle of the jury system is that at the start of trial the jurors should …

The Intimacy Discount: Prosecutorial Discretion, Privacy, And Equality In The Statutory Rape Caseload, Kay L. Levine

Faculty Articles

This Article proceeds as follows. It begins in Part I by presenting the structural and case-based factors that scholars have identified as relevant to prosecutorial decision-making in the United States. Part II considers the existing social science research documenting the relationship between intimacy and criminal Justice treatment. Part III explains the empirical study of California prosecutors on which this Article's data and conclusions are based. After introducing California's statutory rape prosecution program in Part IV, the Article describes in Part V how the program's underlying rationale led to the development and deployment of prosecutorial assessments of intimacy and exploitation in …

The Law Is Not The Case: Incorporating Empirical Methods Into The Culture Of Case Analysis, Kay L. Levine

Faculty Articles

While I consider case analysis in the context of cultural defense jurisprudence, this Essay should be regarded as a case study of a more endemic problem in legal scholarship. In tackling such an area, my goal is not to overthrow centuries of legal analysis, but rather to explore how we, as legal scholars, might use social science techniques to more systematically investigate, document, analyze, and predict the state of a particular comer of the legal universe.

The argument proceeds in two parts. Part II considers empirical approaches to the question raised by Lee: how might we ascertain the relationship between …

Bucking Conventional Wisdom: The Montana Public Defender Act, Jessa Desimone

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Foreword: A Golden Age Of White-Collar Criminal Prosecution, Russell J. Chibe

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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In Enron's Wake: Corporate Executives On Trial, Kathleen F. Brickey

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Potent And Broad-Ranging Implications Of The Accounting And Record-Keeping Provisions Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Stuart H. Deming

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Investigation Of Halliburton Co./Tskj's Nigerian Business Practices: Model For Analysis Of The Current Anti-Corruption Environment On Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement, Barbara Crutchfield George, Kathleen A. Lacey

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Preindictment Prosecutorial Conduct In The Federal System Revisited, James F. Holderman, Charles B. Redfern

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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A Patient-Centered Approach To Health Care Fraud Recovery, Joan H. Krause

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Decline Of The Attorney-Client Privilege In The Corporate Setting, William R. Mclucas, Howard M. Shapiro, Julie J. Song

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Health Care Fraud Under The New Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program, Robert N. Rabecs

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Federal Criminal Code Is A Disgrace: Obstruction Statutes As Case Study, Julie R. O'Sullivan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Prison Time, Fines, And Federal White-Collar Criminals: The Anatomy Of A Racial Disparity, Max Schanzenbach, Michael L. Yaeger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Foreword: Separate But Equal In Prison: Johnson V. California And Common Sense Racism, James E. Robertson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Deportation And Driving: Felony Dui And Reckless Driving As Crimes Of Violence Following Leocal V. Ashcroft, Maria-Teresa Davenport

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Questionable Uses Of Canons Of Statutory Interpretation: Why The Supreme Court Erred When It Decided Any Only Means Some, Anthony L. Engel

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Whiskey And The Wires: The Inadvisable Application Of The Wire Fraud Statute To Alcohol Smuggling And Foreign Tax Evasion, Jason S. Friedman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Roper V. Simmons: The Collision Of National Consensus And Proportionality Review, Wayne Myers

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Johnson V. California: The Supreme Court Invades The States' Authority To Establish Criminal Procedures, Jacob Smith

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Wilkinson V. Austin And The Quest For A Clearly Defined Liberty Interest Standard, Myra A. Sutanto

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Not Your Father's Police Department: Making Sense Of The New Demographics Of Law Enforcement, David Alan Sklansky

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Anglo-American Privacy And Surveillance, Laura K. Donohue

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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A Fresh Look At The Responsible Relation Doctrine, Todd S. Aagaard

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Desert, Democracy, And Sentencing Reform, Alice Ristroph

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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