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The Emerging Problem Of Preppie Gangs In America, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The purpose of this presentation is to examine the growing problem of "Preppie Gangs" in America. Involved youngsters generally come from the affluent upper class and participate in activities similar to traditional gang members. However, they tend to operate in a much safer environment than traditional street gangs and are predominantly "rich white kids". This paper will examine how these groups are currently manifesting themselves as Delinquent Gangs (Mimicking Other Street Gangs), Ideological Gangs (Specific Ideology or Belief System), or Occultic Gangs (Alternative Belief System Connections). Finally the unique issues of activities, causes, and solutions will be discussed .

An Evaluation Of Washington State's First-Time Offender Waiver (Ftow), Marianne Galgon

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

Considering the current staggering number of people under various forms of government supervision, reducing recidivism is a serious concern of the criminal justice system. A possible solution to this problem may lie in intensive supervision programs (ISPs) that were implemented in every state by 1990. This thesis evaluates Washington State's First-Time Offender Waiver (FTOW) to determine whether it is a viable alternative to prison for eligible nonviolent offenders. Specifically, I want to know: (1) Is there is a bias in who is sentenced with FTOW based on demographic variables? (2) Do FTOW recipients recidivate more or less compared to eligible …

From Correctional Custody To Community: The Massachusetts Forensic Transition Program, Stephanie W. Hartwell, Donna Haig Friedman, Karin Orr

New England Journal of Public Policy

Offenders with mental illness who are serving correctional sentences are released to the community.Without support systems linking their transition to community-based programs following release from prison, the services necessary for their community reintegration are often fragmented and attenuated. Nearly two thirds of all inmates return to prison, and offenders with mental illness face major challenges during reintegration and have an even more difficult time living in the community without specialized, informed services. This article describes a Massachusetts program designed to bridge the transition of offenders with mental illness from incarceration to the community.The authors review historical and recent trends that …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Brown, Abbey. The Four-Year Plan: An Unlikely Achievement
• Dawes, Jennifer. Mail Theft At Campus Post Office
• Moore, Brian. Western Wins Discrimination Lawsuit – Robert Dye
• Hall, Rex. Western’s NCAA Tickets Sell Out – Basketball
• Faculty Member to Present Piano & Flute Recital – Charles Smith
• Walsh, Erica. Jazz Band Offering Free Concert April 10
• Four Winners & More than 15,000 Losers – Student Government Association Election
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: SGA Election Ballot
• Vilines, Elaine. Western is No Hero – Health Services
• Tran, Linh. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Williams, Travis. One Chance to Dance – Basketball
• Moore, Brian. Discrimination Trial Starts Today – Robert Dye
• Corcoran, Kate. All-nighter in Downing University Center Ends Charity Campaign – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Alumna to Study at Oxford – Leslie Davis
• New Auxiliary Services Director – Rob Chrisler Walsh, Erica. Art Project Applications
• Moore, Brian. Western Demands Local Apartments Change Name – Hilltopper Place
• Lord, Joseph. Interfraternity Council Receives Excellence Award
• Trying to Schedule a Little More Respect – Basketball
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Clark, Ryan. Different Faiths, One Goal – Basketball
• Walsh, Erica. Students Allege Hazing – Kappa Alpha Psi
• Dawes, Jennifer. Arson Attempts Continue – Schneider Hall
• Alumni Relations Receives Award
• Walsh, Erica. Western Encouraging Diversity
• Corcoran, Kate. A Black Panther’s Past – Saundra Ardrey
• Hard to Stomach – Drinking
• A Burning Sensation – Arson
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Arsonists
• Haarstad, Havard. Herbertism Clarified
• Hall, Rex. Thompson Complex Vandalized
• Brown, Abbey. Webmail System to be Revamped
• Hoang, Mai. Students Kick Off Lent Celebration with Ash Wednesday …

Broadly Speaking - March, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Williams, Travis. Sun Belt Conference Champs – Basketball
• Dawes, Jennifer. Arson Incidents Spread Across Campus – Schneider Hall, Keen Hall, Barnes-Campbell Hall
• Hall, Rex. Concert Tonight in Van Meter Hall – Music
• Walsh, Erica. Saxophonist Coming to the Hill – Clifford Leaman
• Walsh, Erica. Tim Gilbert Crowned Coming Home King
• Moore, Brian. Collegiate Health Care Deal Still Pending – Health Services
• Disabled Face Uphill Battle
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Wheelchair Access
• Cassman, Robert. Making Love is for Making Babies
• McKee, Kathy. Condom Writer Should …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 40, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Hall, Rex. The Hill a Mountain for Disabled Students
• Dawes, Jennifer. Arson Attempts in Dorm – Schneider Hall
• Corbin, Brett. Groups Gather for Night of Common Worship
• Walsh, Erica. Student Government Association Questions Tuition Changes
• Proposed Tuition Changes Absurd
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Tuition
• Ransdell, Gary. Ransdell Touts Engineering Week
• Moore, Brian. Officers’ Lawsuit Closer to Trial – Anthony Purcell, Jeffrey Welch
• McCabe, Jaclyn. Finding Freedom – Jennifer Denton, Disabled Persons
• Shinall, Dave. Correspondent Offers Advice to Students
• Walsh, Erica. College Heights Herald Wins …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 37, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Hightower, Kyle. Athletic Logo, Markings Will Get Makeover by Fall
• Dawes, Jennifer. Date Rape Reported in Dorm – McCormack Hall
• Moore, Brian. Committee Defends Choice of Collegiate Health Care
• Youngman, Sam. Corvette Makers Sued for $120 Million
• Walsh, Erica. Chris Groves Recovering, Happy to Be at Home
• Hindsight Proves Clinic Deal Dumb – Collegiate Health Care, Health Services
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Health Services
• Rasdall, Joyce. Interior Design a Timeless Enterprise
• Corbin, Brett. Harlem Globetrotters Dazzle Diddle Arena
• Kickin’ Up Dust – Rodeo
• Dawes, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Moore, Brian. Collegiate Health Care Likely to Go Under – Health Services
• Dawes, Jennifer & Abbey Brown. Student’s Sex Crime Punished – Lamar Sales
• Corbin, Brett. Commissioner, Western Graduate Dies – Mark Black
• Choral Group’s Valentine Concert Set for Saturday – Bowling Green/Western Choral Society
• Help Needed for Earthquake Victims – El Salvador, India
• Hardin Planetarium Starts Searching for ET
• Walsh, Erica. Web Weather Information Topic of Internet Workshop
• Brown, Abbey. Campaign for Western Ahead of Schedule – Investing in the Spirit
• Broome, Rusty. I’d …

Crime Victims’ Satisfaction With Police Services: An Assessment In One Urban Community, Richard Tewksbury, Angela D. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

A 3‐month study examined crime victims’ satisfaction with police response to calls for service. Respondents were asked to rate officers with whom they interacted in overall satisfaction, and in courtesy/politeness, speed of response, concern, and helpfulness. Results indicate consistently high overall ratings. Nonparametric statistics indicate that female respondents rated officers significantly higher than male respondents, but no other demographic (age, race, education) or experiential variables (reason for call, location of problem, prior contact with police) significantly impacted ratings. Nonparametric correlations indicated that an officer's perceived helpfulness was the strongest correlate of overall satisfaction, while speed of response was the weakest.

High Technology Cargo Theft: A New Multibillion Dollar Criminal Industry, John Robert Yakstas

Theses Digitization Project

The central theme of this study is to explore the growth and causes of a relatively new form of "property crime" - the large scale theft of high technology products while the products are in transit from the point of manufacture to the point of market (retail stores, end users). For the purpose of this study, high technology products may be defined as computers, computer monitors, computer hard drives, microchips and other computer peripherals.

A Description And Assessment Of A Youth Accountability Board, Tamara Dawn Sorensen

Theses Digitization Project

This paper will provide an examination of a Youth Accountability Board currently operating in San Bernardino County, California.

Educational Strategies Meet The Needs Of Juvenile Offenders, Patricia Lynn Wilson

Theses Digitization Project

This study shows how correctional educators incorporate traditional as well as nontraditional teaching methods to address the specific problems associated with juvenile offenders.

Broadly Speaking - January, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

The Decline In Child Sexual Abuse Cases., Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Of all crimes against children, sexual abuse has arguably captured the greatest share of attention from child advocates, professionals, policymakers, and the general public. During the 1980’s, increasing numbers of victims were identified each year (American Association for the Protection of Children, 1988) and concerns about this crime intensified. However, a dramatic shift in child sexual abuse trends has occurred. Data from child protective services (CPS) agencies across the country indicate that the increases of the 1980’s were followed by an extensive period of marked declines in the 1990’s. Unfortunately, little effort has been expended to uncover the reasons why …

Deviant Homicides: An Empirical Analysis Of Deviant Homicides In Chicago, Sean P. Varano, Jeffrey Michael Cancino

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

A survey of the literature suggests that victim-offender relationship and motive are two primary characteristics that have traditionally been used to disaggregate homicide events. Previous research has clearly identified normative homicide characteristics as expressive motives between intimates and instrumental motives between strangers. However, the present research examines the prevalence of deviant homicides, or homicides with nonnormative characteristics, in Chicago. The authors test the hypothesis that deviant homicides are more likely among individuals with weak ties to social institutions. Results of a logistic regression analysis support the hypothesis that the likelihood of deviant circumstances is significantly greater when homicides involve Hispanics, …

Sentencing Eddie, Gerard E. Lynch

Faculty Scholarship

The mandatory minimum sentences attached to federal narcotics violations have come in for plenty of criticism. The United States Sentencing Commission in 1991 submitted a lengthy report critical of the mandatory minimum provisions. A political protest organization, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, has been formed, and has gotten some media attention. Newspaper columnists,professional commentators, judges, and academics, have criticized the statutes. Amidst the controversy over President Clinton's last-minute pardons of various offenders, his pardons of a number of marginal defendants sentenced to lengthy terms under these statutes have drawn little or no objection. Even Chief Justice Rehnquist, a strong voice for …

Principles In Public Reasoning About Criminal Justice : Victim Vulnerability, Trust, And Offender Status, Dianne R. Mckillop

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

It is popularly assumed that the public is highly punitive toward criminal offenders and that its reasoning about criminal offences is emotionally and morally based. This assumption has been challenged by social scientists who cite influences of news media and methodological flaws in empirical studies as contributing causes. Public sentiment is a basis for law and the increasing responsiveness of legislator to what is perceived to be public opinion on crime means that accurate information on enduring principles in the public's intuitive reasoning about criminal justice is vital. An initial exploratory study (N = 34) presented members of the public …

Master Of Science In Criminal Justice An Interdisciplinary Approach To Criminal Justice Programs Offered Online 2001, Nova Southeastern University

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Fourth Amendment Privacy Interests, William C. Heffernan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Jurisprudence Of The Plra: Inmates As Outsiders And The Countermajoritarian Difficulty, James E. Robertson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Forecasting Sexual Abuse In Prison: The Prison Subculture Of Masculinity As A Backdrop For Deliberate Indifference, Christopher D. Man, John P. Cronan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Commonsense Theory Of Deterrence And The Ideology Of Science: The New York State Death Penalty Debate, James M. Galliher, John F. Galliher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Change Of Heart Or A Change Of Law - Withdrawing A Guilty Plea Under Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure 32(E), Kirke D. Weaver

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Crimes Without Punishment: White Neighbors' Resistance To Black Entry, Leonard S. Rubinowitz, Imani Perry

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Reconstructing Consent, Marcy Strauss

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.