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Chronic Early Absenteeism: Preliminary Analysis Of Kisd Public School Attendance Policies, Christine Yalda, Erica Curry Van Ee
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
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 …
Cohabiting, Family And Community Stressors, Selection, And Juvenile Delinquency, Christopher Kierkus, Brian Johnson, John Hewitt
Cohabiting, Family And Community Stressors, Selection, And Juvenile Delinquency, Christopher Kierkus, Brian Johnson, John Hewitt
Christopher A. Kierkus
Prior research has established that children from traditional, two-parent nuclear families experience a lower risk of delinquency than children raised in alternative family structures. However, many studies have ignored the effect of parental cohabiting on delinquent development. A growing body of research suggests that cohabiting (even among biological parents) may be harmful to children. This study tests the hypothesis that cohabiting is associated with four different types of delinquent behavior. It examines two theoretical models, a family stress model and a community stress/selection model, as possible explanations of ‘‘the cohabiting effect.’’ The analysis reveals that cohabiting is generally associated with …
The Csi Effect On The Public Perception Of Police Response To Crime, Brian Kingshott
The Csi Effect On The Public Perception Of Police Response To Crime, Brian Kingshott
Brian F. Kingshott
No abstract provided.
Toolkit On Police Integrity, Brian Kingshott
Toolkit On Police Integrity, Brian Kingshott
Brian F. Kingshott
Roundtable discussion and presentations by all authors of Toolkit on Police Integrity
Unbundling Of Legal Services: Selected Resources, Ruth Stevens
Unbundling Of Legal Services: Selected Resources, Ruth Stevens
Ruth Stevens
No abstract provided.
Juvenile Recidivism Based On Length Of Incarceration : A Pilot Study In Elmore, Minnesota, Michelle Lynn Jurkovski
Juvenile Recidivism Based On Length Of Incarceration : A Pilot Study In Elmore, Minnesota, Michelle Lynn Jurkovski
Culminating Projects in Criminal Justice
How to handle juvenile offenders has been an issue that goes back and forth from rehabilitation to holding juveniles accountable with incarceration. Recidivism or re-offending rates have been studied to get a better picture into how effective treatment interventions are. This pilot study seeks to determine if juveniles incarcerated in Elmore Academy, a private correctional residential treatment facility, for shorter lengths of time (1-3 months) recidivated at higher rates than their peers who were incarcerated longer (4-9 months). The sample consisted of Ramsey County, Minnesota juvenile males ages 16-18 that were released from Elmore Academy between August 1, 2005 and …
Phenomena Of Erosion Of The States' Monopoly On The Legitimate Use Of Physical Force And Of The Privatization Of Police Competences, Brian Kingshott
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.
Autonomía Del Ministerio Público Y La Procuración De Justicia En México, Max Garcia
Autonomía Del Ministerio Público Y La Procuración De Justicia En México, Max Garcia
Max Garcia Sanchez
No abstract provided.
Engaging The Muslim World, Brian Kingshott
Serious Crime: Managing The Media, Brian Kingshott
Serious Crime: Managing The Media, Brian Kingshott
Brian F. Kingshott
No abstract provided.
Forensic Science Evidence And Judicial Bias In Criminal Cases, Hon. Donald E. Shelton
Forensic Science Evidence And Judicial Bias In Criminal Cases, Hon. Donald E. Shelton
Hon. Donald E. Shelton
Although DNA exonerations and the NAS report have raised serious questions about the validity of many traditional non-DNA forms of forensic science evidence, criminal court judges continue to admit virtually all prosecution-proferred expert testimony. It is is suggested that this is the result of a systemic pro-prosecution bias by judges that is reflected in admissibility decisions. These "attitudinal blinders" are especially prevalent in state criminal trial and appellate courts.
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Reducing Crime Through Electronic Monitoring Of Parolees And Probationers, Stuart S. Yeh
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Reducing Crime Through Electronic Monitoring Of Parolees And Probationers, Stuart S. Yeh
Stuart S Yeh
Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the benefits and costs of using electronic monitoring (EM) and home detention to reduce crime committed by parolees and probationers. Method: Data from a national survey of state prison inmates was adjusted and used to estimate the number of crimes that would have been committed by all parolees and probationers over the course of one year in the absence of EM and home detention. The data were analyzed in combination with existing analyses of the effectiveness and costs of EM and home detention and the economic costs of crime to estimate …
Study Guide For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
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
John Walsh
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plans For Siegel's Criminology: Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
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
Instructor's Resource Manual And Test Bank For Siegel's Criminology: Theory, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
No abstract provided.
Model Syllabus For Siegel's Theories, Patterns, And Typologies, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
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
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 …
Johnny Cash: The Criminologist Within, Patrick Gerkin, Aaron Rider, John Hewitt
Johnny Cash: The Criminologist Within, Patrick Gerkin, Aaron Rider, John Hewitt
Patrick Gerkin
This paper examines the criminological underpinnings of song lyrics in the collection of Johnny Cash. We have examined the lyrics of 60 songs performed by Johnny Cash (although not necessarily written by Cash) that reflect on issues including crime, prison, chain gangs, the death penalty, and redemption. Using a content analysis of these lyrics, we examined Cash’s criminological view of crime and punishment. While not versed in criminological theory, Cash nonetheless sang eloquently of a rational choice model of crime in which offenders accepted responsibility for their acts, punishment was justified, and yet incarceration should be humane and rehabilitative.
Hidden In Plain Sight: What Cost-Of-Crime Research Can Tell Us About Investing In Police, Paul Heaton
Hidden In Plain Sight: What Cost-Of-Crime Research Can Tell Us About Investing In Police, Paul Heaton
Paul Heaton
Many state and local governments are facing significant fiscal challenges, forcing policymakers to confront difficult trade-offs as they consider how to allocate scarce resources across numerous worthy initiatives. To achieve their policy priorities, it will become increasingly important for policymakers to concentrate resources on programs that can clearly demonstrate that they improve their constituents' quality of life. To identify such programs, cost/benefit analysis can be a powerful tool for objectively adjudicating the merits of particular programs. On the surface, all such programs aim to improve quality of life, but whether they actually achieve — or will achieve — what they …
Never In Trouble? Using Moffitt's Typology To Explain Abstention Among Older Adolescents, S. Bowman, Christopher Kierkus
Never In Trouble? Using Moffitt's Typology To Explain Abstention Among Older Adolescents, S. Bowman, Christopher Kierkus
Christopher A. Kierkus
No abstract provided.
Property Crimes At O'Hare International Airport Post 9/11: The Impact Of Increased Security, Brian Johnson, Christine Yalda, Christopher Kierkus
Property Crimes At O'Hare International Airport Post 9/11: The Impact Of Increased Security, Brian Johnson, Christine Yalda, Christopher Kierkus
Christopher A. Kierkus
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks permanently transformed aviation security, generating more intensive security-related practices. Although these enhanced security measures primarily sought to prevent future terrorist attacks, they also may have provided a secondary benefit of reducing property crimes at airports. The present case study examines changes in airport security at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport post-9/11 in the context of routine activities theory. The study first posits that increased security measures at O'Hare should have resulted in increased capable guardianship, thereby reducing the number of suitable targets and criminal opportunities for motivated offenders. After identifying various changes in airport security …
Methamphetamine Use And Criminal Behavior, Michael Gizzi, Patrick Gerkin
Methamphetamine Use And Criminal Behavior, Michael Gizzi, Patrick Gerkin
Patrick Gerkin
This research seeks to broaden our understanding of methamphetamine’s (meth’s) place within the study of drugs and crime. Through extensive court records research and interviews with 200 offenders in local jails in western Colorado, this research contributes to the creation of a meth user profile and begins to identify the place of meth in the drug—crime nexus. The study compares the criminal behavior of meth users with other drug users, finding that meth users are more likely than other drug users to be drunk or high at the time of arrest and claim their crimes were related to drug use …
Property Crime At O'Hare International Airport: An Examination Of The Routine Activities Approach, Brian Johnson, Christine Yalda, Christopher Kierkus
Property Crime At O'Hare International Airport: An Examination Of The Routine Activities Approach, Brian Johnson, Christine Yalda, Christopher Kierkus
Christine A. Yalda
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks permanently transformed aviation security, generating more intensive security-related practices. Although these enhanced security measures primarily sought to prevent future terrorist attacks, they also may have provided a secondary benefit of reducing property crimes at airports. The present case study examines changes in airport security at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport post-9/11 in the context of routine activities theory. The study first posits that increased security measures at O'Hare should have resulted in increased capable guardianship, thereby reducing the number of suitable targets and criminal opportunities for motivated offenders. After identifying various changes in airport security …
What Makes A Good Criminal Justice Professor? An Analysis Of 5 Years Of Student Evaluation Forms, Patrick Gerkin, Christopher Kierkus
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.
The Business Of Punishing: Impediments To Accountability In The Private Corrections Industry, Stephen Raher
The Business Of Punishing: Impediments To Accountability In The Private Corrections Industry, Stephen Raher
Stephen Raher
No abstract provided.