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Corrections In Crisis : Report Of The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Corrections, Maine Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Corrections Dec 1985

Corrections In Crisis : Report Of The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Corrections, Maine Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Corrections

Maine Collection

Corrections In Crisis : Report of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Corrections.

Augusta, Me., The Commission, December 1985

"This Commission was funded through the 1984 Appropriations Act, P.L. 1983, Ch. 824, Pt. A."

Contents: Preamble / Summary of Recommendations / Community Corrections Recommendations / Sentencing Recommendations / Correctional Management Recommendations / Selected Legislative Issues / Conclusion


Positivism, Empiricism And Criminology Theory, Don Weatherburn, Mark Findlay Jul 1985

Positivism, Empiricism And Criminology Theory, Don Weatherburn, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The discipline of criminology has been dominated since the turn of the century by an explanatory paradigm' known as 'positivism'. The distinctive features of that paradigm have been both substantive and methodological. On the substantive side 'positivist criminology' has been marked by a commitment to the explanation of criminal behaviour (and deviance generally) in terms of characteristics of the individual. Thus positivist criminology has been notable for its explanations of criminal behaviour in terms of gross bodily features, patterns of child-rearing, genetic defect, and idiosyncratic personality traits. On the methodological side positivist criminology has been marked by a preference for …


Danger And Detention: A Second Generation Of Bail Reform, John S. Goldkamp Jan 1985

Danger And Detention: A Second Generation Of Bail Reform, John S. Goldkamp

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Hudson V. Palmer--Bright Lines But Dark Directions For Prisoner Privacy Rights, Martin R. Gardner Jan 1985

Hudson V. Palmer--Bright Lines But Dark Directions For Prisoner Privacy Rights, Martin R. Gardner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Familial Social Control And Pretrial Sanctions: Does Sex Really Matter, Candace Kruttschnitt, Daniel Mccarthy Jan 1985

Familial Social Control And Pretrial Sanctions: Does Sex Really Matter, Candace Kruttschnitt, Daniel Mccarthy

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Organized Crime And Insulated Violence: Federal Liability For Illegal Conduct In The Witness Protection Program , Joshua M. Levin Jan 1985

Organized Crime And Insulated Violence: Federal Liability For Illegal Conduct In The Witness Protection Program , Joshua M. Levin

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Does Where You Live Determine What You Get A Case Study Of Misdemeanant Sentencing, Thomas L. Austin Jan 1985

Does Where You Live Determine What You Get A Case Study Of Misdemeanant Sentencing, Thomas L. Austin

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Prohibiting Prosecutorial Vindictiveness While Protecting Prosecutorial Discretion: Toward A Principled Resolution Of A Due Process Dilemma, C. Peter Erlinder, David C. Thomas Jan 1985

Prohibiting Prosecutorial Vindictiveness While Protecting Prosecutorial Discretion: Toward A Principled Resolution Of A Due Process Dilemma, C. Peter Erlinder, David C. Thomas

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Toward An Intergration Of Criminological Theories, Frank S. Pearson, Neil Alan Weiner Jan 1985

Toward An Intergration Of Criminological Theories, Frank S. Pearson, Neil Alan Weiner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Quality And Cost Comparisons Of Private Bar Indigent Defense Systems: Contract Vs. Ordered Assigned Counsel , Pauline Houlden, Steven Balkin Jan 1985

Quality And Cost Comparisons Of Private Bar Indigent Defense Systems: Contract Vs. Ordered Assigned Counsel , Pauline Houlden, Steven Balkin

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1985

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Weighting Punishments: A Commentary On Nevares-Muniz , Alexis M. Iii Durham Jan 1985

Weighting Punishments: A Commentary On Nevares-Muniz , Alexis M. Iii Durham

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law, Perpetrator And Corporation: Rethinking A Complex Triangle, Eliezer Lederman Jan 1985

Criminal Law, Perpetrator And Corporation: Rethinking A Complex Triangle, Eliezer Lederman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Prosecuting Juveniles In Criminal Courts: A Legal And Empirical Analysis, Charles W. Thomas, Shay Bilchik Jan 1985

Prosecuting Juveniles In Criminal Courts: A Legal And Empirical Analysis, Charles W. Thomas, Shay Bilchik

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Is Robbery Becoming More Violent An Analysis Of Robbery Murder Trends Since 1968, Philip J. Cook Jan 1985

Is Robbery Becoming More Violent An Analysis Of Robbery Murder Trends Since 1968, Philip J. Cook

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1985

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Reflections Of An Octogenarian On Criminal Law And Criminology, Jerome Hall Jan 1985

Reflections Of An Octogenarian On Criminal Law And Criminology, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


The Competition Of Technologies In Markets For Ideas: Copyright And Fair Use In Evolutionary Perspective (With Steven Peretz), Richard Adelstein Dec 1984

The Competition Of Technologies In Markets For Ideas: Copyright And Fair Use In Evolutionary Perspective (With Steven Peretz), Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

A theory of intellectual goods as distinct from public or private goods, and the rationale for copyright that flows from it.