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Communities As Allies, Joseph Schafer, Sean P. Varano, Nicholas Libby Jan 2011

Communities As Allies, Joseph Schafer, Sean P. Varano, Nicholas Libby

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

A popular axiom attributed to British policing is the police are the public and the public are the police. Inherent in this term is a blurring of the distinction between the police and the public they serve; the police are cast as being little different from the citizenry and citizens are cast into a role of responsibility for the safety and well-being of the community. In effect, communities are framed as allies in the fight to ensure safe and secure neighborhoods. Across space and time this idea has held uneven sway within American policing ideologies. This essay considers the relationship …


Social Contracts, Fair Play, And The Justification Of Punishment, Richard Dagger Jan 2011

Social Contracts, Fair Play, And The Justification Of Punishment, Richard Dagger

Political Science Faculty Publications

In recent years, the counterintuitive claim that criminals consent to their own punishment has been revived by philosophers who attempt to ground the justification of punishment in some version of the social contract. In this paper, I examine three such attempts—“contractarian” essays by Christopher Morris and Claire Finkelstein and an essay by Corey Brettschneider from the rival “contractualist” camp—and I find all three unconvincing. Each attempt is plausible, I argue, but its plausibility derives not from the appeal to a social contract but from considerations of fair play. Rather than look to the social contract for a justification of punishment, …


The Self-Regulation Model Of Sexual Offending: Validation And Relationship To Offender Type And Criminal Versatility/Specialization, Alejandro Leguizamo, Danielle Harris, Mackenzie Lambine Oct 2010

The Self-Regulation Model Of Sexual Offending: Validation And Relationship To Offender Type And Criminal Versatility/Specialization, Alejandro Leguizamo, Danielle Harris, Mackenzie Lambine

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

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Bad Moon On The Rise? Lunar Cycles And Incidents Of Crime, Joseph A. Schafer, Sean P. Varano, John P. Jarvis, Jeffrey M. Cancino Jan 2010

Bad Moon On The Rise? Lunar Cycles And Incidents Of Crime, Joseph A. Schafer, Sean P. Varano, John P. Jarvis, Jeffrey M. Cancino

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

Popular cultures in Western societies have long espoused the notion that phases of the moon influence human behavior. In particular, there is a common belief the full moon increases incidents of aberrant, deviant, and criminal behavior. Using police, astronomical, and weather data from a major southwestern American city, this study assessed whether lunar cycles related with rates of reported crime. The findings fail to support popular lore, which has suggested that lunar phase influenced the volume of crime reported to the police. Future research directions examining qualitative rather than quantitative aspects of this problem may yield further inform the understanding …


A Tale Of Three Cities: Crime And Displacement After Hurricane Katrina, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey M. Cancino, Scott H. Decker, Jack R. Greene Jan 2010

A Tale Of Three Cities: Crime And Displacement After Hurricane Katrina, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey M. Cancino, Scott H. Decker, Jack R. Greene

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, it greatly disrupted both the physical and social structures of that community. One consequence of the hurricane was the displacement of large numbers of New Orleans residents to other cities, including Houston, San Antonio, and Phoenix. There has been media speculation that such a grand-scale population displacement led to increased crime in communities that were recipient of large numbers of displaced New Orleans residents. This study was a case study of three cities with somewhat different experiences with Katrina's diaspora. Time series analysis was used to examine the pre- and post-Katrina …


Teaching Tips: Personal Criminal History Analysis Paper, Gordon Crews, Angela Crews Nov 2008

Teaching Tips: Personal Criminal History Analysis Paper, Gordon Crews, Angela Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

Students often have difficulty visualizing the practical application of criminological theory. The following activity assists instructors to develop students‘ abilities in evaluating behaviors and determining the theoretical perspectives that potentially could be used to explain those behaviors. It also is designed to assist students in comprehending how their own experiences impact their views on law-violating behavior and its etiology. This exercise facilitates students‘ awareness of how their beliefs about the causes of law-violating behavior inevitably impact their beliefs about potential solutions or responses to this type of behavior. Eventually, students unfailingly begin to realize the artificial dichotomy between us, as …


Police Criminal Charging Decisions: An Examination Of Post-Arrest Decision-Making, Scott W. Phillips, Sean P. Varano Jan 2008

Police Criminal Charging Decisions: An Examination Of Post-Arrest Decision-Making, Scott W. Phillips, Sean P. Varano

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

Scholars have encouraged studies of police decision-making to move beyond the arrest decision into research that broadens the understanding of police behavior. The criminal charge placed by officers against offenders is largely an untouched area of study. Examining criminal charging decisions goes beyond simple dichotomous decisions, such as arrest, but instead explores the area of police leniency or punitiveness. Randomly constructed vignettes describing a domestic violence incident were given to officers from four agencies. Officers indicated the criminal charges they would likely list against an offender if they were to make an arrest. Serious criminal charges were often supported by …


Gangs, Guns, And Drugs: Recidivism Among Serious, Young Offenders, Beth M. Huebner, Sean P. Varano, Timothy S. Bynum Jan 2007

Gangs, Guns, And Drugs: Recidivism Among Serious, Young Offenders, Beth M. Huebner, Sean P. Varano, Timothy S. Bynum

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

The primary goal of this study is to understand the factors that best explain recidivism among a sample of 322 young men aged 17 to 24 years released from prison in a Midwestern state. Specific attention is paid to the predictive validity of gang membership, gun use, and drug dependence on the timing of reconviction and the current research on desistance frames the analyses. Results from a series of proportional hazard models indicate that race, gang membership, drug dependence, and institutional behavior are critical factors in predicting the timing of reconviction. Contrary to expectations, gun use was not related to …


Police Information Systems, Sean P. Varano, Jeffrey M. Cancino, James Glass, Roger Enriquez Jan 2007

Police Information Systems, Sean P. Varano, Jeffrey M. Cancino, James Glass, Roger Enriquez

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


An Ecological Assessment Of Property And Violent Crime Rates Across A Latino Urban Landscape: The Role Of Social Disorganization And Institutional Anomie Theory, Jeffrey Michael Cancino, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Roger Enriquez Jan 2007

An Ecological Assessment Of Property And Violent Crime Rates Across A Latino Urban Landscape: The Role Of Social Disorganization And Institutional Anomie Theory, Jeffrey Michael Cancino, Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, Roger Enriquez

Justice Studies Faculty Publications

The present research put forth an integrated theoretical framework aimed at providing a more holistic community- level approach explaining crime across a heavily populated Latino city. Guided by social disorganization and institutional anomie theory, this study used several data sources and OLS regression techniques to examine the impact of social disorganization, economic and noneconomic institutional characteristics on rates of property and violent crime across 1,016 census block groups in San Antonio, Texas. While several findings emerged, interactions between alcohol density and concentrated disadvantage were significant and positively associated with property and violent crime. Interactions between welfare generosity and concentrated disadvantage …


The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor Nov 2002

The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the construct of profiling in the aftermath of the arrest of two suspects in the recent sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.


Broadly Speaking - April, 2002, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2002

Broadly Speaking - April, 2002, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - January, 2002, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2002

Broadly Speaking - January, 2002, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - November, 2001, Nova Southeastern University Nov 2001

Broadly Speaking - November, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - March, 2001, Nova Southeastern University Mar 2001

Broadly Speaking - March, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - January, 2001, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2001

Broadly Speaking - January, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - October, 2000, Nova Southeastern University Oct 2000

Broadly Speaking - October, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - May, 2000, Nova Southeastern University May 2000

Broadly Speaking - May, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - April, 2000, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2000

Broadly Speaking - April, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - February, 2000, Nova Southeastern University Feb 2000

Broadly Speaking - February, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - December, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Dec 1999

Broadly Speaking - December, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - November, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Nov 1999

Broadly Speaking - November, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - October, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Oct 1999

Broadly Speaking - October, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - August 19, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Aug 1999

Broadly Speaking - August 19, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - March, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Mar 1999

Broadly Speaking - March, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - February, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Feb 1999

Broadly Speaking - February, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - October 16, 1998, Nova Southeastern University Oct 1998

Broadly Speaking - October 16, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - August 24, 1998, Nova Southeastern University Aug 1998

Broadly Speaking - August 24, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - April 27, 1998, Nova Southeastern University Apr 1998

Broadly Speaking - April 27, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Broadly Speaking - April, 1998, Nova Southeastern University Apr 1998

Broadly Speaking - April, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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