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Student Criminality: The Influence Of Strain, Family And Peers, Annie Cvetan

Theses and Dissertations

General strain theory suggests that a number of conditioning factors affect who is more likely to respond to strain with crime. Research has also demonstrated that an individual's self-complexity plays a role in how an individual responds to strain. Self-complexity refers to (1) the number of identities individuals perceive as important to themselves; and (2) the varied characteristics they ascribe to these identities. This research study analyzed if college students were committing crime, whether the crimes were major or minor in nature, and if criminality was a new behavior or an imported one. This study also looked at who, if …

Identifying Program Needs Of Women Detainees In A Jail Environment, Jeanna Michele Rodda

Theses and Dissertations

Since the 1980s, the population of incarcerated women has been steadily increasing. Approximately 200,000 women are incarcerated in prisons and jails in the United States (Clarke, Phipps, Tong, Rose, and Gold, 2010). There is an increasing level of comorbidity among the population of incarcerated women, with the majority requiring mental health, physical health, substance abuse and pregnancy services at the time of their incarceration or soon afterwards. Incarcerated women face a number of challenges; they are cut off from their primary support system and their children. Their physical health deteriorates, they lack appropriate coping skills, and often experience withdrawal symptoms. …

Police Officer Job Satisfaction And Officer-Sergeant Educational Levels: A Relational Demography Perspective, Sung Uook Lee

Theses and Dissertations

One immediate component of officers' work environment that has the potential to have a significant influence on officers' job satisfaction is front-line supervision. Frontline supervisors have been found to impact officers' attitudes in general (Engel, 2000). Additionally, Van Maanen (1983) found that supervisors may impact officers by rewards or punishment. Although it has been researched that supervisors impact officers' attitudes or behavior (Terrill, 2001; Davis & Mateu-Gelabert, 1999), Walker (2007) concluded that there is still little research on the impact of supervisors on officer job satisfaction. As aforementioned in this thesis, police officers' job satisfaction has largely been studied in …

A Moral Panic? A Content Analysis Of Prominent Newspapers And Their Portrayal Of Tik Addiction, Chiara Keune

Theses and Dissertations

The rise of tik (methamphetamine) in the Western Cape of South Africa was an issue of contention for government and health care officials. Tik is the label given to the homemade crystal methamphetamine in South Africa, and the primary substance of abuse for many addicts seeking help. This paper sets out to examine tik from a moral panic perspective to understand if tik is an actual threat or a moral panic phenomenon. Two prominent newspapers were examined using content analysis. The Cape Times and Cape Argus were sampled to understand the social construction of tik. A moral panic is simply …

Location, Location, Location, The Impact Of Registered Sex Offenders On Home Sale Prices: A Case Study Of Mclean County, Illinois, John C. Navarro

Theses and Dissertations

Borrowing from broken windows theory, this paper addresses the impact of sex offenders' residences on neighborhood's property values in McLean County, Illinois. Three data sets were combined to explore the relationship: the addresses of registered sex offenders (RSOs) in McLean County, Illinois, the location and property characteristics of homes sold in McLean County between December 2012 to December 2013, and variables from the 2010 U.S. Census. ArcGIS was utilized to create buffers up to 0.2 of a mile around a sold home to measure the concentration of RSOs and sexual predators (SPs) and to calculate the distance from the nearest …

A Quantitative Examination Of Known Exonernations And The Factors That Have Contributed To The Wrongful Convictions Of Innocents, Meagan Andrea Semmelroth

Theses and Dissertations

Wrongful convictions have been gaining attention both in the public and academic arenas. The knowledge that has been gained about wrongful convictions has been gained mostly by looking at cases of exonerations based on factual innocence. The use of DNA in the adjudication process, mainly in helping to defend and free innocent people brought the detriments of wrongful convictions into the lives of the public through the use of media. Since this time, innocence projects have opened, more cases of exonerations have been found, and more cases of wrongful conviction have been overturned. However, the frequency with which wrongful convictions …

Key Strains, Anger And Delinquency: The General Strain Theory Test On Sourth Korean Youths From Low-Income Households, Jihye Park, Dae-Hoon Kwak

Graduate Research - Criminal Justice

General Strain Theory: Negative relations of strains create unpleasant emotions (e.g., anger and depression), which lead strained people to commit crimes as their coping methods. Strains are more likely to lead to crimes.

06-15-1983 Memorandum To The Conference, William H. Rehnquist

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Justice Rehnquist discusses Colorado v. Quintero, No. 82-1711, with respects to Illinois v. Gates, No. 81-430.

06-15-1983 Memorandum To The Conference, William H. Rehnquist

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Rehnquist refers to No. 82-963 - Massachusetts v. Sheppard in regard to the good faith reliance on the search warrant.

06-02-1983 Correspondence From Blackmun To Renhquist, Harry A. Blackmun

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Memo from Justice Blackmun to Justice Rehnquist to join him.

05-31-1983 Correspondence From Rehnquist To Blackmun, William H. Rehnquist

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Rehnquist to Blackmun accepting changes.

05-25-1983 Correspondence From Burger To Rehnquist, Warren E. Burger

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Chief Justice Burger to Rehnquist indicating that he joins him.

05-25-1983 Clerk Memo, Alan S. Madans

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Mr. Justice:

The CJ has now joined WHR's draft. You are the only one out in this case, and your vote will determine whether WHR gets a Court for his opinion.

Opinion Of The Court, William H. Rehnquist

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the court on Illinois v. Gates - 3rd draft.

05-11-1983 Correspondence From Marshall To Brennan, Thurgood Marshall

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Marshall to Brennan asking him to join him in his opinion.

Justice Brennan, Dissenting, William J. Brennan

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Justice Brennan's draft opinion on Illinois v. Gates.

05-08-1983 Clerk Memo, Alan S. Madans

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Law clerk memo outlining the current positions of the US Supreme Court Justices' on Ill. v. Gates, and recommending joining Chief Rehnquist's opinion pending certain corrections.

Justice White, Concurring, Byron R. White

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Justice White's concurring opinion on Illinois v. Gates.

05-31-1983 Correspondence From Blackmun To Rehnquist, Harry A. Blackmun

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Corrections suggested to Rehnquist by Blackmun regarding Illinois v. Gates.

04-28-1983 Correspondence From Powell To Rehnquist, Lewis F. Powell

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Powell to Rehnquist requesting him to join him in his opinion.

04-25-1983 Correspondence From White To Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from White to Rehnquist, saying he will write separately.

04-21-1983 Correspondence From Brennan To Stevens, William J. Brennan

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Brennan to Stevens, asking him to join him in Steven's dissent.

04-21-1983 Correspondence From Brennan To Rehnquist, William J. Brennan

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from Brennan to Rehnquist saying that he is writing his own dissent.

04-13-1983 Correspondence From O'Connor To Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Correspondence from O'Connor to Rehnquist asking him to join her.

03-04-1983 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Harry A Blackmun's handwritten notes during the oral argument of Illinois v. Gates.

03-01-1983 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Harry A Blackmun's handwritten notes during the oral argument of Illinois v. Gates.

02-27-1983 Notes From Oral Argument, Harry A. Blackmun

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

Harry A Blackmun's handwritten notes during the oral argument of Illinois v. Gates.

Bench Memorandum, Alan S. Madans

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

This Court granted cert to decide whether a partially corroborated anonymous informer's tip provided probable cause for the issuance of a warrant. At Conference a majority voted to hold that the warrant was valid, but also expressed interest in exploring a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule. The Court restored the case to the calendar so this question could be briefed and argued.

Motion Of The Solicitor General For Leave To Reply Brief As Amicus Curiae, David A. Schlueter

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

After the Court restored this case to the calendar for re argument, the SG filed an amicus brief. Resps and other amici filed briefs and directed many of their arguments to the SG ' s brief. The SG now moves for special leave to file a reply brief as amicus so that he might address those arguments. He recognizes that Rule 36.5 of this Court's Rules disallows such filings but contends that the importance of the Fourth Amendment issue presented and the United States' substantial interest warrant an exception.

Preliminary Memorandum, Unknown

Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983)

The state contends that a letter from an anonymous informer, together with corroborating circumstances, was sufficient probable cause under Aguilar for issuance of a search warrant.

This case boils down to a factual dispute over whether it is more like Spinelli or Draper. Three Illinois courts decided that the corroboration in this case did not demonstrate that a tip in an anonymous letter provided probable cause. Although the tip ultimately proved correct, there was no reason to believe that the author of the letter would tell the truth, and the police investigation revealed no criminal activity. The Illinois S Ct …