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A Comparison Of The Establishment Of The Organizational Structure Of A Citizen Review Board At The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department And The City And County Of Denver Public Safety Review Commission, Glenn Glover

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The study focuses on the issue of establishing a citizen review board at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) for the purpose of reviewing allegations of misconduct. With the recent increase of police officer misconduct the LVMPD has come under a great deal of scrutiny by residents of the community. The credibility of the department has been jeopardized as a result of the current complaint investigations process which is conducted by the Internal Affairs Bureau. Community activist have demanded that a citizen review board be established to investigate complaints of police misconduct. The purpose of setting up a citizen …

Broadly Speaking - November, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod

Crimes Against Children Research Center

The American justice system is in the midst of an effort to evaluate and reform its handling of the criminal victimization of children and youth. Juveniles are unusually vulnerable to crime victimization (Hashima and Finkelhor, 1999), but concerns have been raised about the effectiveness and sensitivity of the justice system’s response to these crimes. The findings presented in this Bulletin indicate that a majority of victimizations of juveniles ages 12 to 17 are not being reported to police or other authorities. Even serious victimizations involving weapons and injury are significantly less likely to be reported when they happen to juveniles …

Broadly Speaking - October, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Brief Statement Of Balance For Division Of Women And Crime, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Brief statement of the Division of Women and Crime's balance as of 8/31/99.

Broadly Speaking - August 19, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Homicidal Fantasies And Dangerousness, James C. Peterson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Aggressive behavior is a serious problem in the United States and has been studied from a variety of perspectives. Psychologists in many different settings are frequently asked to assess the risk of future dangerous behavior by individuals. Due to their important role, research into the prediction of dangerousness has dramatically increased in the past ten years. However, to date, research has offered few reliable predictors that can be used in such assessments. This exploratory study was designed to examine whether homicidal fantasies can be used to reliably discriminate between violent and non-violent individuals. Undergraduate male students (N=l42) completed a questionnaire …

Swat In The Commonwealth: Trends And Issues In Paramilitary Policing, Peter B. Kraska

Kentucky Justice and Safety Research Bulletin

Movies and television shows depicting a future where law enforcement officers look like military soldiers may not be wholly inaccurate. In the last ten years, SWAT teams, or "police paramilitary units" (PPC's) have become an influential force in contemporary policing.

Academic research and the news media have recently taken note of this development and have highlighted several important trends and issues related to paramilitary policing. These include the rapid growth of PPU's, their movement into mainstream police functions and the potential negative consequences of such a shift. This study overviews national trends in paramilitary policing using two national surveys. It …

Probation Policies, Corrections Laws, And Sentencing Guidelines Systems: An Application Of Weber's And Ritzer's Typologies, Edward G. Simmons, Jr.

Theses & Honors Papers

The purpose of this thesis is to apply and extend the Weberian and Ritzerian typologies of formal rationality and “McDonaldization” to explain the development of Virginia’s sentencing guidelines system, recent changes in probation and parole policies, and changes in Virginia’s corrections laws. The theories of formal rationality and bureaucracy were utilized in a qualitative methodological approach. The present research suggested that the previously mentioned developments and changes were not a repudiation of earlier rehabilitative models nor were they an effort to move toward punitive correctional models. Rather, the changes were implicitly rationalized or “McDonaldized” the affected systems and procedures.

Video Games And Teen Violence: Is It Related?, Lynn Marlene Tomaro

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

A research study was conducted involving parents feedback on whether they felt video games were related to teen violence. Despite technologies efforts to promote computer and video games in a positive mode by focusing on forms such as "developing important skills as concentration and problem-solving in children", the violent acts contained in these games are downplayed and basically defended by the makers of the games.

Teen violence has escalated in the past several years with the school shootings being in the forefront. The mention of video games and lack of parental supervision has become the focus of this violent behavior, …

On The Border Of Poligenic Crime, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes one aspect of the environmental contribution to criminal behavior.

Broadly Speaking - March, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Kentucky's Response To The Lautenberg Act: Curbing Domestic Violence Among Police, Victor E. Kappeler

Kentucky Justice and Safety Research Bulletin

This study empirically investigates the impact of the Lautenberg Act on policing in Kentucky to determine whether a significant proportion of law enforcement agencies have been affected by the law and to ascertain whether a significant percentage of Kentucky officers will be forced to find alternative employment.

Broadly Speaking - February, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Nevada's High Technology Crime Task Force, Dorinda A. Hollenbeck

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

With the dramatic advances in computer technology in recent decades, the increase of crimes committed using high technology has skyrocketed. Losses to corporations and governmental agencies have totalled millions if not billions of dollars per year. Victims are beginning to speak out and ask for help. Law enforcement agencies throughout the country are teaming together to create specialized crime units and task forces in an attempt to successfully combat computer related crimes. Nevada is one of the many states which is in the infancy stages of developing such a task force. The Sacramento Valley High Tech Crime Task Force has …

Inaugural Issue - Overview Of The Series, Gary W. Cordner

Kentucky Justice and Safety Research Bulletin

This bulletin is the first in a series devoted to important justice and safety issues in Kentucky. The bulletin series is a major scholarly product of Eastern Kentucky University's (EKU's) Program of Distinction in Justice and Safety, established in 1998 within EKU's College of Law Enforcement.

General Correspondence. 1999., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Nicole H. Rafter, Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette, Debra L. Stanley

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters between DWC chairs and members of the Executive Board, Committees and Task Forces; Nicole H. Rafter

Dwc Election Ballot, 1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Correspondence Related To The Dwc Listserv, 1999., Majorie Zatz

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

DWC Listserv instructions

Good Practice Committee Correspondence And Working Bibliography, 1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Nicole Rafter

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Fifteenth Anniversary Committee Emails 1998-1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Nicole Rafter

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Correspondence Related To Dwc Newsletter Divisionews, 1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Nicole Rafter, Susan Sharp

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Four Models Of The Criminal Process, Kent Roach

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Denying Fifth Amendment Protections To Witnesses Facing Foreign Prosecutions: Self-Incrimination Discrimination, Steven J. Winger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Law Enforcement Program For The State Of Illinois, Earl H. De Long, Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Public Safety V. Individual Civil Liberties: The Prosecutor's Stand, Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Playing God: 5 To 4 (The Supreme Court And The Police), Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Technical Appendix

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Liberty Interested In The Preventive State: Procedural Due Process And Sex Offender Community Notification Laws, Wayne A. Logan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Police Interrogation--A Practical Necessity, Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.