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The Language Of Consent In Police Encounters, Janice Nadler, J.D. Trout Jan 2009

The Language Of Consent In Police Encounters, Janice Nadler, J.D. Trout

Faculty Working Papers

In this chapter, we examine the nature of conversations in citizen-police encounters in which police seek to conduct a search based on the citizen's consent. We argue that when police officers ask a person if they can search, citizens often feel enormous pressure to say yes. But judges routinely ignore these pressures, choosing instead to spotlight the politeness and restraint of the officers' language and demeanor. Courts often analyze the language of police encounters as if the conversation has an obvious, context-free meaning. The pragmatic features of language influence behavior, but courts routinely ignore or deny this fact. Instead, current …


The Manly Sports: The Problematic Use Of Criminal Law To Regulate Sports Violence, Jeffrey Standen Jan 2009

The Manly Sports: The Problematic Use Of Criminal Law To Regulate Sports Violence, Jeffrey Standen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Criminalization Of Poverty, Kaaryn Gustafson Jan 2009

The Criminalization Of Poverty, Kaaryn Gustafson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Legal Disparities In The Capital Of Capital Punishment, Scott Phillips Jan 2009

Legal Disparities In The Capital Of Capital Punishment, Scott Phillips

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Beyond Retroactivity To Realizing Justice: A Theory On The Principle Of Legality In International Criminal Law Sentencing, Shahram Dana Jan 2009

Beyond Retroactivity To Realizing Justice: A Theory On The Principle Of Legality In International Criminal Law Sentencing, Shahram Dana

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista Jan 2009

Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason Jan 2009

Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland Jan 2009

Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates: The Views Of Leading Criminologists', Michael L. Radelet, Traci L. Lacock Jan 2009

Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates: The Views Of Leading Criminologists', Michael L. Radelet, Traci L. Lacock

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


What Can Rico Not Do: Rico And The Non-Economic Intrastate Enterprise That Perpetrates Only Non-Economic Racketeering Activity, Brian Nisbet Jan 2009

What Can Rico Not Do: Rico And The Non-Economic Intrastate Enterprise That Perpetrates Only Non-Economic Racketeering Activity, Brian Nisbet

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


When Is A Police Officer An Officer Of The Law: The Status Of Police Officers In Schools, Peter Price Jan 2009

When Is A Police Officer An Officer Of The Law: The Status Of Police Officers In Schools, Peter Price

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Deterrence In A Sea Of Just Deserts: Are Utilitarian Goals Achievable In A World Of Limiting Retributivism, Matthew Haist Jan 2009

Deterrence In A Sea Of Just Deserts: Are Utilitarian Goals Achievable In A World Of Limiting Retributivism, Matthew Haist

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Cognitive Psychology Of Mens Rea, Kevin Jon Heller Jan 2009

The Cognitive Psychology Of Mens Rea, Kevin Jon Heller

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon Jan 2009

Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds Jan 2009

Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Desistance And The Feared Self: Toward An Identity Theory Of Criminal Desistance, Ray Paternoster, Shawn Bushway Jan 2009

Desistance And The Feared Self: Toward An Identity Theory Of Criminal Desistance, Ray Paternoster, Shawn Bushway

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger Jan 2009

The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Off-Court Misbehavior: Sports Leagues And Private Punishment, Janine Young Kim, Matthew J. Parlow Jan 2009

Off-Court Misbehavior: Sports Leagues And Private Punishment, Janine Young Kim, Matthew J. Parlow

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


A Relational Sixth Amendment During Interrogation, Brooks Holland Jan 2009

A Relational Sixth Amendment During Interrogation, Brooks Holland

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Adolescent Transfer, Developmental Maturity, And Adjudicative Competence: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry , Brian G. Sellers, Bruce A. Arrigo Jan 2009

Adolescent Transfer, Developmental Maturity, And Adjudicative Competence: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry , Brian G. Sellers, Bruce A. Arrigo

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle Jan 2009

Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Foreword Jan 2009

Foreword

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Blue Sky Steroids, Geoffrey Rapp Jan 2009

Blue Sky Steroids, Geoffrey Rapp

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Smell Of Herring: A Critique Of The Supreme Court's Latest Assault On The Exclusionary Rule, Wayne R. Lafave Jan 2009

The Smell Of Herring: A Critique Of The Supreme Court's Latest Assault On The Exclusionary Rule, Wayne R. Lafave

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.