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When The "Blues" Come To Call: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward And Responses To Domestic Violence, Christine Reneé Crossland Jul 1996

When The "Blues" Come To Call: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward And Responses To Domestic Violence, Christine Reneé Crossland

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

As a result of the growing popularity of arrest in domestic assault cases, many studies have focused on the relationship between police arrest policies and incidence rates of domestic violence. However, few actually assess direct input from police officers concerning their attitudes and perceptions of these policies, or how they feel about dealing with domestic violence. Since police officers are the first point at which domestic disputes are brought to the public's attention, the information provided by police officers concerning domestic violence can provide essential knowledge which could impact future policies and training on domestic violence. This study addresses the …


Fax: The White House Office Of The Press Secretary, May 17, 1996, The White House May 1996

Fax: The White House Office Of The Press Secretary, May 17, 1996, The White House

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A fax sent regarding Megan’s Law requiring every state in the country to tell communities when a dangerous sexual predator moves into the area and the Presidents mission to make schools safer by strengthening the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act.


Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick Jan 1996

Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Criminal-Civil Distinction And The Utility Of Desert, Paul H. Robinson Jan 1996

The Criminal-Civil Distinction And The Utility Of Desert, Paul H. Robinson

All Faculty Scholarship

The communist Chinese have distinct criminal and civil systems, as do the democratic Swiss, and the monarchist Saudis.1 The criminal-civil distinction also is a basic organizing device for Islamic Pakistan, Catholic Ireland, Hindu India, and the atheistic former Soviet Union, industrialized Germany, rural Papua New Guinea, the tribal Bedouins, wealthy Singapore, impoverished Somalia, developing Thailand, newly organized Ukraine, and the ancient Romans. Apparently every society sufficiently developed to have a formal legal system usesthe criminal-civil distinction as an organizing principle. Why? Why has every society felt it necessary to create a system to impose criminal liability distinct from civil liability?


Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police Jan 1996

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1996.


The Current Status Of Comparative Policing In The Curriculum, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 1995

The Current Status Of Comparative Policing In The Curriculum, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.