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An Anthropological Note On Law And Development, Klaus F. Koch Jan 1979

An Anthropological Note On Law And Development, Klaus F. Koch

Faculty Book Chapters

Many minds, multiple energies and much cooperation has gone into the creation and production of this monograph. Principally it is the outcome of a seminar on the theme of "Law and Social Change: Problems and Challenges" which was organized and co-sponsored within the general framework of the Open University Seminar Series by the Department of Sociology-Anthropology-Psychology of the American University in Cairo and the National Center for Sociological and Criminological Research. The Open University Seminar, held annually, is a forum through which members of the AUC community and interested persons from the larger Egyptian community can come together to express …


Changing The Law On Personal Status Within A Liberal Interpretation Of The Sharia, Mohammed Al-Nowaihi Jan 1979

Changing The Law On Personal Status Within A Liberal Interpretation Of The Sharia, Mohammed Al-Nowaihi

Faculty Book Chapters

Many minds, multiple energies and much cooperation has gone into the creation and production of this monograph. Principally it is the outcome of a seminar on the theme of "Law and Social Change: Problems and Challenges" which was organized and co-sponsored within the general framework of the Open University Seminar Series by the Department of Sociology-Anthropology-Psychology of the American University in Cairo and the National Center for Sociological and Criminological Research. The Open University Seminar, held annually, is a forum through which members of the AUC community and interested persons from the larger Egyptian community can come together to express …


Pyramids Plateau Project, Ahmed Gami' Jan 1979

Pyramids Plateau Project, Ahmed Gami'

Faculty Book Chapters

Many minds, multiple energies and much cooperation has gone into the creation and production of this monograph. Principally it is the outcome of a seminar on the theme of "Law and Social Change: Problems and Challenges" which was organized and co-sponsored within the general framework of the Open University Seminar Series by the Department of Sociology-Anthropology-Psychology of the American University in Cairo and the National Center for Sociological and Criminological Research. The Open University Seminar, held annually, is a forum through which members of the AUC community and interested persons from the larger Egyptian community can come together to express …


The Sentence Bargaining Of Upperworld And Underworld Crime In Ten Federal District Courts, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, John Hagan Jan 1979

The Sentence Bargaining Of Upperworld And Underworld Crime In Ten Federal District Courts, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, John Hagan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This paper explores the use of different types of sentence bargaining tactics in ten federal district courts. We distinguish between proactive and reactive prosecutorial orientation, and hypothesize that proactive prosecution of upperworld crime is associated with more explicit sentence bargaining than is the reactive prosecution of underworld crime. We present evidence for and explanations of this relationship.


Conflict In Context: The Sanctioning Of Draft Resisters, 1963-76, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, John Hagan Jan 1979

Conflict In Context: The Sanctioning Of Draft Resisters, 1963-76, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, John Hagan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In this paper we examine the sanctioning of one type of political deviance, draft resistance, in two different social and political contexts: an era of coercive control and a period of cooptive control. A focus on the sanctioning of draft resisters allows a unique opportunity to examine the societal response to what the New Criminologists (Taylor et al., 1973:267) describe as the "purposive creator and innovator of action" whose crimes are the product of ". . . individual or collective action taken to Resolve... inequalities of power and interest." Our data cover a fourteen year period and consist of information …


Parole Board Decision Making: A Study Of Disparity Reduction And The Implact Of Institutional Behavior, Michael R. Gottfredson Jan 1979

Parole Board Decision Making: A Study Of Disparity Reduction And The Implact Of Institutional Behavior, Michael R. Gottfredson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1979

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Plea Bargaining: Its Effect On Sentencing And Convictions In The District Of Columbia, William M. Rhodes Jan 1979

Plea Bargaining: Its Effect On Sentencing And Convictions In The District Of Columbia, William M. Rhodes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Use Of Grand Jury Testimony At Trial Jan 1979

Fifth Amendment--Use Of Grand Jury Testimony At Trial

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amendment--Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy In Automobile Searches Jan 1979

Fourth Amendment--Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy In Automobile Searches

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Estimation Of Individual Crime Rates From Arrest Records, Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen Jan 1979

Estimation Of Individual Crime Rates From Arrest Records, Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Scope Of Bribery Under The Travel Act, D. Bruce Gabriel Jan 1979

The Scope Of Bribery Under The Travel Act, D. Bruce Gabriel

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Soviet Criminology After The Revolution, Louise Shelley Jan 1979

Soviet Criminology After The Revolution, Louise Shelley

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Rights Of Detainees Jan 1979

Fifth Amendment--Rights Of Detainees

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Unemployment And Imprisonment, Matthew G. Yeager Jan 1979

Unemployment And Imprisonment, Matthew G. Yeager

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fourteenth Amendment--Parole Release Determinations Jan 1979

Fourteenth Amendment--Parole Release Determinations

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1979

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Two Perspectives On Structuring Discretion: Justices Stewart And White On The Death Penalty, Larry I. Palmer Jan 1979

Two Perspectives On Structuring Discretion: Justices Stewart And White On The Death Penalty, Larry I. Palmer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Replacing Lawyers: A Case Study Of The Sequential Representation Of Criminal Defendants, Janet A. Gilboy, John R. Schmidt Jan 1979

Replacing Lawyers: A Case Study Of The Sequential Representation Of Criminal Defendants, Janet A. Gilboy, John R. Schmidt

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Burdening The Fifth Amendment: Toward A Presumptive Barrier Theory, Mark Berger Jan 1979

Burdening The Fifth Amendment: Toward A Presumptive Barrier Theory, Mark Berger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Prisoner Representative Organizations, Prison Reform, And Jones V. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union: An Argument For Increased Court Intervention In Prison Administration, Bradley B. Falkof Jan 1979

Prisoner Representative Organizations, Prison Reform, And Jones V. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union: An Argument For Increased Court Intervention In Prison Administration, Bradley B. Falkof

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law: Recent Trends Jan 1979

Criminal Law: Recent Trends

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Caseload Controversy And The Study Of Criminal Courts, Peter F. Nardulli Jan 1979

The Caseload Controversy And The Study Of Criminal Courts, Peter F. Nardulli

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


On The Perceived Severity Of Legal Penalties, Maynard L. Erickson, Jack P. Gibbs Jan 1979

On The Perceived Severity Of Legal Penalties, Maynard L. Erickson, Jack P. Gibbs

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Judicial Decisions And Sanction Patterns In Criminal Justice, Susette M. Talarico Jan 1979

Judicial Decisions And Sanction Patterns In Criminal Justice, Susette M. Talarico

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Incapacitation Of The Chronic Thug, The, Steve Van Dine, John P. Conrad, Simon Dinitz Jan 1979

Incapacitation Of The Chronic Thug, The, Steve Van Dine, John P. Conrad, Simon Dinitz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1979

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Delinquency, Opportunity, And Gender, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Peggy C. Giordano Jan 1979

Delinquency, Opportunity, And Gender, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Peggy C. Giordano

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Delinquency Causation: A Typological Comparison Of Path Models, Madeline G. Aultman Jan 1979

Delinquency Causation: A Typological Comparison Of Path Models, Madeline G. Aultman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Sentencing Disparities In The Juvenile Justice System, Terence P. Thornberry Jan 1979

Sentencing Disparities In The Juvenile Justice System, Terence P. Thornberry

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.