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Chronic Early Absenteeism: Preliminary Analysis Of Kisd Public School Attendance Policies, Christine Yalda, Erica Curry Van Ee Dec 2010

Chronic Early Absenteeism: Preliminary Analysis Of Kisd Public School Attendance Policies, Christine Yalda, Erica Curry Van Ee

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.


Moving Beyond Our Methodological Default: A Case For Mixed Methods, John Brent, Peter Kraska Nov 2010

Moving Beyond Our Methodological Default: A Case For Mixed Methods, John Brent, Peter Kraska

Peter Kraska

Within criminal justice/criminology exists a host of available research methods that generally default along qualitative and quantitative lines. Studying crime and justice phenomena, then, generally involves choosing one approach or the other. Although this binary tradition of qualitative vs. quantitative has predominated, our field's methodological infrastructure has recently demonstrated a willingness to adopt more inclusive practices. The purpose of this study is to discuss the nascent yet probable transformation of re-orienting our field toward a new paradigm of inclusiveness that acknowledges the use of mixed methods research as being both legitimate and beneficial. This paper examines the role methodological exclusivism …


Girls And Boys, Apples And Oranges: A Theoretically Informed Analysis Of Gender-Specific Predictors Of Delinquency, Charlene Taylor-Kindrick Nov 2010

Girls And Boys, Apples And Oranges: A Theoretically Informed Analysis Of Gender-Specific Predictors Of Delinquency, Charlene Taylor-Kindrick

Charlene Y. Taylor

A widely accepted tenet of corrections is the necessity of the effective assessment and the targeting of offender needs to reduce recidivism. In large part, current assessment tools and correctional practice have been based on theories and characteristics of male offending. However, some theorists argue that correctional assessment and intervention should be gender specific, based on the premise that the risk factors for delinquency and crime differ between males and females. This dissertation will identify and compare the risk factors for male and female juvenile offenders in large Midwestern city. Examining a sample of juveniles under various levels of community …


The Csi Effect On The Public Perception Of Police Response To Crime, Brian Kingshott Sep 2010

The Csi Effect On The Public Perception Of Police Response To Crime, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Logical Reasoning And Critical Thinking, Neil Sobol Sep 2010

Introduction To Logical Reasoning And Critical Thinking, Neil Sobol

Neil L Sobol

No abstract provided.


Toolkit On Police Integrity, Brian Kingshott Aug 2010

Toolkit On Police Integrity, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

Roundtable discussion and presentations by all authors of Toolkit on Police Integrity


Phenomena Of Erosion Of The States' Monopoly On The Legitimate Use Of Physical Force And Of The Privatization Of Police Competences, Brian Kingshott Jun 2010

Phenomena Of Erosion Of The States' Monopoly On The Legitimate Use Of Physical Force And Of The Privatization Of Police Competences, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


The Social Implications Of Emerging Technologies, Katina Michael Jun 2010

The Social Implications Of Emerging Technologies, Katina Michael

Professor Katina Michael

As the Program Committee Chair, I would like to first and foremost thank the forty person strong international program committee for their support, feedback and contributions from the outset. The Committee itself was made up of researchers from 11 countries, covering diverse disciplines and expertise. In their own right members of the program committee are renowned researchers, cited in many of the papers appearing in this year’s ISTAS full proceedings, and over the years appearing in associated publications such as IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. It was such an honour to work with persons possessing a truly collaborative spirit, some …


Engaging The Muslim World, Brian Kingshott Mar 2010

Engaging The Muslim World, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Serious Crime: Managing The Media, Brian Kingshott Feb 2010

Serious Crime: Managing The Media, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Study Guide For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 2009

Study Guide For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

No abstract provided.


Capturing The Culture Of Control Within Cook County Jail: A Thematic Analyses Of Urban Jail Overcrowding 1993-2003, John Walsh Dec 2009

Capturing The Culture Of Control Within Cook County Jail: A Thematic Analyses Of Urban Jail Overcrowding 1993-2003, John Walsh

John Walsh

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plans For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 2009

Lesson Plans For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

No abstract provided.


Instructor's Resource Manual And Test Bank For Siegel's Criminology: Theory, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 2009

Instructor's Resource Manual And Test Bank For Siegel's Criminology: Theory, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

No abstract provided.


Conservatism And American Political Development, Brian Glenn Dec 2009

Conservatism And American Political Development, Brian Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.


Model Syllabus For Siegel's Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl Dec 2009

Model Syllabus For Siegel's Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

Joanne Ziembo-Vogl

No abstract provided.


Trafficking In Bodily Perfection: Examining The Late‐Modern Steroid Marketplace And Its Criminalization, Peter Kraska, Charles Bussard, John Brent Dec 2009

Trafficking In Bodily Perfection: Examining The Late‐Modern Steroid Marketplace And Its Criminalization, Peter Kraska, Charles Bussard, John Brent

Peter Kraska

Illicit steroid and human growth hormone use by professional athletes has received significant media and political attention in the last five years. The resulting political pressure has compelled federal law enforcement to prosecute serious new control initiatives. To date, no academic research inquiring into the nature of this illicit industry exists. This study fills this void through the mixed methods approach—employing both ethnographic field research and quantitative content analysis. The ethnographic data demonstrate a fascinating late‐modern trafficking scheme where the central informant established an apartment‐based manufacturing operation, converting raw steroid chemical compounds ordered off the Internet into injectable solutions. Content …


Never In Trouble? Using Moffitt's Typology To Explain Abstention Among Older Adolescents, S. Bowman, Christopher Kierkus Dec 2009

Never In Trouble? Using Moffitt's Typology To Explain Abstention Among Older Adolescents, S. Bowman, Christopher Kierkus

Christopher A. Kierkus

No abstract provided.


Review Of Timothy J. Sullivan. New York State And The Rise Of Modern Conservatism: Redrawing Party Lines. (State University Of New York Press, 2008), Brian Glenn Dec 2009

Review Of Timothy J. Sullivan. New York State And The Rise Of Modern Conservatism: Redrawing Party Lines. (State University Of New York Press, 2008), Brian Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.


What Makes A Good Criminal Justice Professor? An Analysis Of 5 Years Of Student Evaluation Forms, Patrick Gerkin, Christopher Kierkus Dec 2009

What Makes A Good Criminal Justice Professor? An Analysis Of 5 Years Of Student Evaluation Forms, Patrick Gerkin, Christopher Kierkus

Christopher A. Kierkus

No abstract provided.