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Interview With Pamela Hayes, Pamela Hayes, Heather Oriana Petrocelli
Interview With Pamela Hayes, Pamela Hayes, Heather Oriana Petrocelli
Carole Pope Oral History Collection
Interview with the Pamela Hayes by Heather Petrocelli on November 14, 2016. At the time of this interview, Hayes was a student in the Criminal Justice department at Portland State University. Interview at Portland State University Library in Portland, OR.
Assessing For Racial Disparity In The Use And Effects Of Disciplinary Segregation: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis, Ryan M. Labrecque
Assessing For Racial Disparity In The Use And Effects Of Disciplinary Segregation: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis, Ryan M. Labrecque
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Presentation focuses on impact of disciplinary segregation in correctional institutions
Domestic Violence Risk Assessments: Considerations For Selection And Use, Ryan M. Labrecque
Domestic Violence Risk Assessments: Considerations For Selection And Use, Ryan M. Labrecque
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Focuses on Senate Bill 789 (Increases penalty for crime of strangulation) and what to consider when mandating law enforcement officers to perform domestic violence risk assessments.
Improving Police-Community Partnerships: A Review Of The Literature, Portland State University. Criminology And Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Improving Police-Community Partnerships: A Review Of The Literature, Portland State University. Criminology And Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone Project
Our examination of community-based policing research and literature includes thirty-two articles. The articles contained original information on departmental procedure, training, and interactions, both positive and negative, between law enforcement organizations and the communities they serve. The overall goal of community-based policing is to improve the relationships between police and their local communities. Community-based policing promotes positive relationships and collaboration between the police and the citizens in communities in which they serve. In order to improve police legitimacy and community relations throughout the country, proper training and a set of new performance standards needs to be implemented nationwide. Maintaining trust with …
Perceptions Regarding Public Safety In Portland’S King Neighborhood, Kris R. Henning, Greg Stewart
Perceptions Regarding Public Safety In Portland’S King Neighborhood, Kris R. Henning, Greg Stewart
Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute Research Research Briefs
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is partnering with Portland State University (PSU) and neighborhood groups to develop new strategies for improving police-community relations and reducing crime. Our most recent initiative seeks to provide residents with greater voice in where PPB officers work in their neighborhood and what steps the City takes there to address public safety concerns.
The King neighborhood in Northeast Portland was chosen as the starting point for this work following a recent gang related shooting at King School Park. Officers from North Precinct had already begun outreach to the community and they wanted additional input from the …
Can Expert Testimony Sensitize Jurors To Variations In Confession Evidence, Kelsey S. Henderson, Lora M. Levett
Can Expert Testimony Sensitize Jurors To Variations In Confession Evidence, Kelsey S. Henderson, Lora M. Levett
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Confession evidence can be extremely damaging in the courtroom; jurors are more willing to convict based on the presence of a confession than eyewitness evidence and character testimony (Kassin & Neumann, 1997). To date, no research has examined whether jurors notice variations in confession evidence based on whether the confession is consistent or inconsistent with the crime evidence (a likely low quality confession). In Study 1, mock jurors read a trial summary in which a suspect’s confession was consistent or inconsistent with other case facts. Jurors were marginally more likely to convict if the confession and case facts were consistent …