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Reforming The Juvenile Correctional Institution: Efforts Of The U.S. Children's Bureau In The 1930s, Marguerite G. Rosenthal Dec 1987

Reforming The Juvenile Correctional Institution: Efforts Of The U.S. Children's Bureau In The 1930s, Marguerite G. Rosenthal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The U.S. Children's Bureau, the federal agency responsible for social policy for children in the early part of this century, delayed studying the problems associated with the institutionalization of juvenile delinquents for nearly twenty-five years. In the 1930's, the Bureau undertook several projects and studies related to training schools for delinquents which were designed to create reform in an area long recognized as harmful to children. This article traces the history of the Bureau's work in the institutional field from 1912-54, analyzes the reasons for the agency's initial reluctance and later activity in this area, discusses the results of these …


Stability And Fluctuation In Juvenile Delinquency In Israel, Ram A. Cnaan, Itzhak Hocherman Sep 1987

Stability And Fluctuation In Juvenile Delinquency In Israel, Ram A. Cnaan, Itzhak Hocherman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A review of the literature indicates two major approaches in official crime rate analysis. The first approach postulates a positive correlation between recorded crime rates and a number of factors including police strength, organizational structure of social control agencies, opportunity, and social pathologies. The second postulate is based on Erikson's hypothesis of stability of deviance over time, namely that recorded crime rates in a given society will remain comparatively stable over time. We tested these approaches based on 15 years of juvenile delinquency statistics in Israel. Official statistics on both recorded juvenile delinquents and their recorded crimes were tested through …


How To Criticize The Death Penalty, David Dolinko Jan 1987

How To Criticize The Death Penalty, David Dolinko

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Limiting Leon: A Mistake Of Law Analogy, Robert L. Misner Jan 1987

Limiting Leon: A Mistake Of Law Analogy, Robert L. Misner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Double Jeopardy Clause And Successive State Prosecutions: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again, The--Fifth Amendment: Heath V. Alabama, 106 S. Ct. 433 (1985), Sean Richard Berry Jan 1987

Double Jeopardy Clause And Successive State Prosecutions: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again, The--Fifth Amendment: Heath V. Alabama, 106 S. Ct. 433 (1985), Sean Richard Berry

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Due Process Rights At Sentencing--Fifth Amendment: Mcmillan V. Pennsylvania, 106 S. Ct. 2411 (1986), Anthony J. Dennis Jan 1987

Due Process Rights At Sentencing--Fifth Amendment: Mcmillan V. Pennsylvania, 106 S. Ct. 2411 (1986), Anthony J. Dennis

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Right To Inquire Into Jurors' Racial Prejudices--Sixth Amendment: Turner V. Murray, 106 S. Ct. 1683 (1986), Maria Wyckoff Jan 1987

Right To Inquire Into Jurors' Racial Prejudices--Sixth Amendment: Turner V. Murray, 106 S. Ct. 1683 (1986), Maria Wyckoff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Constituitional Rights Of The Insane On Death Row, The--Eighth Amendment: Ford V. Wainwright, 106 S. Ct. 2595 (1986), Sanford M. Pastroff Jan 1987

Constituitional Rights Of The Insane On Death Row, The--Eighth Amendment: Ford V. Wainwright, 106 S. Ct. 2595 (1986), Sanford M. Pastroff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Limits The Right To Privacy, The--Fourteenth Amendment: Bowers V. Hardwick, 106 S. Ct. 2841 (1986), Gary S. Caplan Jan 1987

Supreme Court Limits The Right To Privacy, The--Fourteenth Amendment: Bowers V. Hardwick, 106 S. Ct. 2841 (1986), Gary S. Caplan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Crime Severity On Perceptions Of Fair Punishment: A California Case Study, The , William Samuel, Elizabeth Moulds Jan 1987

Effect Of Crime Severity On Perceptions Of Fair Punishment: A California Case Study, The , William Samuel, Elizabeth Moulds

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Plea Bargaining Controversy, The , Douglas A. Smith Jan 1987

Plea Bargaining Controversy, The , Douglas A. Smith

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Dissent From The United States Sentencing Commission's Proposed Guidelines, Paul H. Robinson Jan 1987

Dissent From The United States Sentencing Commission's Proposed Guidelines, Paul H. Robinson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Commentary On The Preliminary Draft Of The Sentencing Guidelines Issued By The United States Sentencing Commission In September, 1986, Harvey M. Silets, Susan W. Brenner Jan 1987

Commentary On The Preliminary Draft Of The Sentencing Guidelines Issued By The United States Sentencing Commission In September, 1986, Harvey M. Silets, Susan W. Brenner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Attitude Structures Of Different Ethnic And Age Groups Concerning Police, Peggy S. Sullivan, Roger G. Dunham, Geoffrey P. Alpert Jan 1987

Attitude Structures Of Different Ethnic And Age Groups Concerning Police, Peggy S. Sullivan, Roger G. Dunham, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1987

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Do Criminal Offenders Have A Constitutional Right To Rehabilitation, Edgardo Rotman Jan 1987

Do Criminal Offenders Have A Constitutional Right To Rehabilitation, Edgardo Rotman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Constitutionality Of Warrantless Aerial Surveillance, The--Fourth Amendment: California V. Ciraolo, 106 S. Ct. 1809 (1986), Laura L. Krakovec Jan 1987

Constitutionality Of Warrantless Aerial Surveillance, The--Fourth Amendment: California V. Ciraolo, 106 S. Ct. 1809 (1986), Laura L. Krakovec

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Changing The Balance Of Miranda--Fifth And Sixth Amendments: Moran V. Burbine, 106 S. Ct. 1135 (1986), Horace W. Jr. Jordan Jan 1987

Changing The Balance Of Miranda--Fifth And Sixth Amendments: Moran V. Burbine, 106 S. Ct. 1135 (1986), Horace W. Jr. Jordan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Effective Assistance Of Counsel: A Defense Attorney's Right To Refuse Cooperation In Defendant's Perjured Testimony--Sixth Amendment: Nix V. Whiteside, 106 S. Ct. 988 (1986), David L. Jr. Beckman Jan 1987

Effective Assistance Of Counsel: A Defense Attorney's Right To Refuse Cooperation In Defendant's Perjured Testimony--Sixth Amendment: Nix V. Whiteside, 106 S. Ct. 988 (1986), David L. Jr. Beckman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Right To Counsel: Limited Postindictment Use Of Jailhouse Informants Is Permissible--Sixth Amendment: Kuhlmann V. Wilson, 106 S. Ct. 2616 (1986), Bruce D. Lundstrom Jan 1987

Right To Counsel: Limited Postindictment Use Of Jailhouse Informants Is Permissible--Sixth Amendment: Kuhlmann V. Wilson, 106 S. Ct. 2616 (1986), Bruce D. Lundstrom

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Swain Song Of The Racially Discriminatory Use Of Peremptory Challenges, The--Sixth And Fourteenth Amendments: Batson V. Kentucky, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986), Michael W. Kirk Jan 1987

Swain Song Of The Racially Discriminatory Use Of Peremptory Challenges, The--Sixth And Fourteenth Amendments: Batson V. Kentucky, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986), Michael W. Kirk

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Reexamining Judicial Vindictiveness--Fourteenth Amendment: Texas V. Mccullough, 106 S. Ct. 976 (1986), Glenn H. Kobayashi Jan 1987

Reexamining Judicial Vindictiveness--Fourteenth Amendment: Texas V. Mccullough, 106 S. Ct. 976 (1986), Glenn H. Kobayashi

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Restitution, Criminal Law, And The Ideology Of Individuality , Richard C. Boldt Jan 1987

Restitution, Criminal Law, And The Ideology Of Individuality , Richard C. Boldt

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Patterns Of Stranger And Serial Rape Offending: Factors Distinguishing Apprehended And At Large Offenders, James L. Lebeau Jan 1987

Patterns Of Stranger And Serial Rape Offending: Factors Distinguishing Apprehended And At Large Offenders, James L. Lebeau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Miranda In A Juvenile Setting: A Child's Right To Silence, Larry E. Holtz Jan 1987

Miranda In A Juvenile Setting: A Child's Right To Silence, Larry E. Holtz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Decision Theory And Due Process: A Critique Of The Supreme Court's Lawmaking For Burdens Of Proof, Richard S. Bell Jan 1987

Decision Theory And Due Process: A Critique Of The Supreme Court's Lawmaking For Burdens Of Proof, Richard S. Bell

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Justice In Sentencing: The Role Of Prior Record Of Criminal Involvement, Alexis M. Iii Durham Jan 1987

Justice In Sentencing: The Role Of Prior Record Of Criminal Involvement, Alexis M. Iii Durham

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


New York V. Class: A Little-Noticed Case With Disturbing Implications, Tracey Maclin Jan 1987

New York V. Class: A Little-Noticed Case With Disturbing Implications, Tracey Maclin

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Waiver After Request For Counsel--Sixth Amendment: Michigan V. Jackson, 106 S. Ct. 1404 (1986), Thomas Echikson Jan 1987

Waiver After Request For Counsel--Sixth Amendment: Michigan V. Jackson, 106 S. Ct. 1404 (1986), Thomas Echikson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Erosion Of Defendant's Right To An Impartial Jury And A Fundamentally Fair Trial--Sixth And Eighth Amemdments: Darden V. Wainwright, 106 S. Ct. 2464 (1986), Hillary L. Pettegrew Jan 1987

Erosion Of Defendant's Right To An Impartial Jury And A Fundamentally Fair Trial--Sixth And Eighth Amemdments: Darden V. Wainwright, 106 S. Ct. 2464 (1986), Hillary L. Pettegrew

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.