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Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffery Fagan, Martin Guggenheim Jan 1996

Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffery Fagan, Martin Guggenheim

Faculty Scholarship

Since 1970, legislatures have increasingly relied on preventive detention – detention before trial ordered solely to prevent an accused from committing crime during the pretrial period – as an instrument of social control. Prior to this period, detention before trial was usually ordered only to assure an accused's presence at trial or to ensure the integrity of the trial process by preventing an accused from tampering with witnesses. Today, the majority of states and the federal system have changed their laws to allow judges to detain arrestees who pose a risk to society if released during the pretrial period. Half …


The Role Of Firearms In Violence "Scripts": The Dynamics Of Gun Events Among Adolescent Males, Deanna L. Wilkinson, Jeffrey Fagan Jan 1996

The Role Of Firearms In Violence "Scripts": The Dynamics Of Gun Events Among Adolescent Males, Deanna L. Wilkinson, Jeffrey Fagan

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, the use and deadly consequences of gun violence among adolescents has reached epidemic proportions. At a time when national homicide rates are declining, the increasing rates of firearm deaths among teenagers is especially alarming. Deaths of adolescents due to firearm injuries are disproportionately concentrated among nonwhites, and especially among African-American teenagers and young adults. Only in times of civil war have there been higher within-group homicide rates in the United States. There appears to be a process of self-annihilation among male African-American teens in inner cities that is unprecedented in American history. Unfortunately, few studies have examined …


An Examination Of Factors Influencing The Definition Of Rape, Connie Sue Minton Apr 1995

An Examination Of Factors Influencing The Definition Of Rape, Connie Sue Minton

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the concept of rape and factors which influence the definition of rape. A survey consisting of demographic and attitudinal questions and rape scenarios was administered to college students at two middle-sized universities in the southeast. The results indicate that as the level of intimacy between the victim and the rapist increases the likelihood of a situation being defined as a rape decreases. In this study religion and political attitudes were two independent variables which did not influence the definition of rape while race, gender, relationships with women, and attitudes toward women were …


Reforming Incompetency To Stand Trial And Plead Guilty: A Restated Proposal And A Response To Professor Bonnie, Bruce J. Winick Jan 1995

Reforming Incompetency To Stand Trial And Plead Guilty: A Restated Proposal And A Response To Professor Bonnie, Bruce J. Winick

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Contemplating The Successive Prosecution Phenomenon In The Federal System, Elizabeth T. Lear Jan 1995

Contemplating The Successive Prosecution Phenomenon In The Federal System, Elizabeth T. Lear

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Responding To Abiguous Requests For Counsel During Custodial Interrogations, Thomas O. Levenberg Jan 1995

Fifth Amendment--Responding To Abiguous Requests For Counsel During Custodial Interrogations, Thomas O. Levenberg

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Should Courts Instruct Juries As To The Consequences To A Defendant Of A Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity Verdict, Randi Ellias Jan 1995

Should Courts Instruct Juries As To The Consequences To A Defendant Of A Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity Verdict, Randi Ellias

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Has The Supreme Court Really Turned Rico Upside Down: An Examination Of Now V. Scheidler, Michael Vitiello Jan 1995

Has The Supreme Court Really Turned Rico Upside Down: An Examination Of Now V. Scheidler, Michael Vitiello

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Gun Ownership And Gang Membership, Beth Bjerregaard, Alan J. Lizotte Jan 1995

Gun Ownership And Gang Membership, Beth Bjerregaard, Alan J. Lizotte

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Relevance Of Matching Dna: Is The Window Half Open Or Half Shut, D.H. Kaye Jan 1995

The Relevance Of Matching Dna: Is The Window Half Open Or Half Shut, D.H. Kaye

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Sentencing Guidelines And Prison Population Grouth, Thomas B. Marvell Jan 1995

Sentencing Guidelines And Prison Population Grouth, Thomas B. Marvell

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Legal Enforcement Of Morality, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1995

Legal Enforcement Of Morality, Kent Greenawalt

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


When Heterosexual Men Kill Homosexual Men: Reflections On Provocation Law, Sexual Advances, And The Reasonable Man Standard, Joshua Dressler Jan 1995

When Heterosexual Men Kill Homosexual Men: Reflections On Provocation Law, Sexual Advances, And The Reasonable Man Standard, Joshua Dressler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Gun Control And Economic Discrimination: The Melting-Point Case-In-Point, T. Markus Funk Jan 1995

Gun Control And Economic Discrimination: The Melting-Point Case-In-Point, T. Markus Funk

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1995

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Recent Books Jan 1995

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Bright Lines And Hard Edges: Anatomy Of A Criminal Evidence Decision, Robert P. Burns Jan 1995

Bright Lines And Hard Edges: Anatomy Of A Criminal Evidence Decision, Robert P. Burns

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amendment And Fourteenth Amendment--Malicious Prosecution And 1983: Is There A Constitutional Violation Remediable Under Section 1983, Eric J. Wunsch Jan 1995

Fourth Amendment And Fourteenth Amendment--Malicious Prosecution And 1983: Is There A Constitutional Violation Remediable Under Section 1983, Eric J. Wunsch

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--The Covert Narrowing Of Double Jeopardy Precedent: The Supreme Court's Real Reason For Hearing Schiro V. Farley, James R. Lane Jan 1995

Fifth Amendment--The Covert Narrowing Of Double Jeopardy Precedent: The Supreme Court's Real Reason For Hearing Schiro V. Farley, James R. Lane

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Double Jeopardy And The Dangerous Drug Tax, John Hildy Jan 1995

Fifth Amendment--Double Jeopardy And The Dangerous Drug Tax, John Hildy

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Upholding The Constitutional Merit Of Misleading Reasonable Doubt Jury Instructions, Shelagh Kenney Jan 1995

Fifth Amendment--Upholding The Constitutional Merit Of Misleading Reasonable Doubt Jury Instructions, Shelagh Kenney

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourteenth Amendment--Equal Protection: The Supreme Court's Prohibition Of Gender-Based Peremptory Challenges, Beth A. Deverman Jan 1995

Fourteenth Amendment--Equal Protection: The Supreme Court's Prohibition Of Gender-Based Peremptory Challenges, Beth A. Deverman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Williamson Standard For The Exception To The Rule Against Hearsay For Statements Against Penal Interest, Emily F. Duck Jan 1995

The Williamson Standard For The Exception To The Rule Against Hearsay For Statements Against Penal Interest, Emily F. Duck

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


A Look At The Extrajudicial Source Doctrine Under 28 U.S.C. 455, Toni-Ann Citera Jan 1995

A Look At The Extrajudicial Source Doctrine Under 28 U.S.C. 455, Toni-Ann Citera

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


26 U.S.C. 5861(D) Requires Mens Rea As To The Physical Characteristics Of The Weapon, Martin T. Lefevour Jan 1995

26 U.S.C. 5861(D) Requires Mens Rea As To The Physical Characteristics Of The Weapon, Martin T. Lefevour

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court's Interpretation Of The Word Willful: Ignorance Of The Law As An Excuse To Prosecutions For Structuring Currency Transactions, Lindsey H. Simon Jan 1995

The Supreme Court's Interpretation Of The Word Willful: Ignorance Of The Law As An Excuse To Prosecutions For Structuring Currency Transactions, Lindsey H. Simon

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Rico--The Rejection Of An Economic Motive Requirement, Jennifer G. Randolph Jan 1995

Rico--The Rejection Of An Economic Motive Requirement, Jennifer G. Randolph

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Recent Books Jan 1995

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Firearms And The Criminal Law, Franklin E. Zimring Jan 1995

Reflections On Firearms And The Criminal Law, Franklin E. Zimring

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Youth Violence, Guns, And The Illicit-Drug Industry, Alfred Blumstein Jan 1995

Youth Violence, Guns, And The Illicit-Drug Industry, Alfred Blumstein

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.