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Charging A Police Officer In Fatal Shooting Case Is Rare, And A Conviction Is Even Rarer, Philip M. Stinson May 2017

Charging A Police Officer In Fatal Shooting Case Is Rare, And A Conviction Is Even Rarer, Philip M. Stinson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Inmate Death In Private And Public Prisons, Alexis Acevedo May 2017

Inmate Death In Private And Public Prisons, Alexis Acevedo

Student Theses

Despite the vast body of research on privatization of prisons in the United States, little is known about the relationship between these types of facilities and death in custody. The literature on privatization compares private prisons to public prisons on many factors such as recidivism and cost-benefit analyses. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding death in custody in public and private facilities. This study focuses on both individual and facility level differences in Florida and Texas to explore potential difference in death in custody between public and private prisons. The research focuses on differences in the number …


Task Force On Decarceration And Resolution For Nonviolent Offenders. 1995-1997, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Karlene Faith, Vickie Brewer May 2017

Task Force On Decarceration And Resolution For Nonviolent Offenders. 1995-1997, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Karlene Faith, Vickie Brewer

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Nwsa Women And Crime Task Force, 1992-1993, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Imogene Moyer, Shelly Bannister, Kathlene Faith, Delwe Humphries, Lynne Goodstein May 2017

Correspondence: Nwsa Women And Crime Task Force, 1992-1993, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Imogene Moyer, Shelly Bannister, Kathlene Faith, Delwe Humphries, Lynne Goodstein

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence, Task Force On Decarceration, 1990-1995, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Kathlene Faith, Strength In Sisterhood May 2017

Correspondence, Task Force On Decarceration, 1990-1995, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Kathlene Faith, Strength In Sisterhood

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence Related To Division Archives Project, 1995-1996, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime May 2017

Correspondence Related To Division Archives Project, 1995-1996, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Task Force On Criminalization Of Pregnancy, 1991-1992, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Carole Garrison, Drew Humphries, Timothy J. Flanagan May 2017

Correspondence: Task Force On Criminalization Of Pregnancy, 1991-1992, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Carole Garrison, Drew Humphries, Timothy J. Flanagan

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Victim-Offender Relationships In Sexual Assault And Subsequent Disclosure And Reporting Styles, Amy R. Ramapuram May 2017

Victim-Offender Relationships In Sexual Assault And Subsequent Disclosure And Reporting Styles, Amy R. Ramapuram

Student Theses

There is a discrepancy between the number of perpetrated sexual assaults and the number of reported sexual assaults. Past research has shown that one factor that could contribute to this discrepancy in reporting and disclosure of sexual assaults is the victim-offender relationship. Furthermore, there is evidence that victims of sexual assault minimize when describing their offense and their offender, which could further impact reporting and disclosure. The current study seeks to look into whether the victim-offender relationship influences the disclosure, reporting, and use of minimization, in reference to sexual assault. The victim-offender relationships that were analyzed were “stranger”, “friend/acquaintance”, “partner”, …


Correspondence: Student Affairs Committee, 1995-97, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Chris Rasche, Kathryn Scarborough May 2017

Correspondence: Student Affairs Committee, 1995-97, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Chris Rasche, Kathryn Scarborough

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Outreach Committee, 1995-1997, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Chinita Heard May 2017

Correspondence: Outreach Committee, 1995-1997, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Chinita Heard

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Student Affairs Committee, 1992-1993, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Mona Danner, Lynne Goodstein May 2017

Correspondence: Student Affairs Committee, 1992-1993, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Mona Danner, Lynne Goodstein

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1999., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Carole Garrison, Lynne Goodstein May 2017

Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1999., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Carole Garrison, Lynne Goodstein

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

American Society of Criminology. Division on Women and Crime


Correspondence Related To The 1993-94 Dwc Awards, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Nicole Rafter May 2017

Correspondence Related To The 1993-94 Dwc Awards, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Nicole Rafter

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

From Correspondence, General. Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence Related To Dwc Awards, 1993-96, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Drew Humphries, Joanne Belknap, Lynne Goodstein May 2017

Correspondence Related To Dwc Awards, 1993-96, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Drew Humphries, Joanne Belknap, Lynne Goodstein

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: Committee For Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1991-1995., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Carole Garrison, Meda Chesney-Lind, Dorothy Chunn, Coramae Mann, Brenda Miller, Chris Rasche, Helen Eigenberg, Sathi Dasgupta, Sarah Hall May 2017

Correspondence: Committee For Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1991-1995., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Carole Garrison, Meda Chesney-Lind, Dorothy Chunn, Coramae Mann, Brenda Miller, Chris Rasche, Helen Eigenberg, Sathi Dasgupta, Sarah Hall

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence Related To Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1988-89, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Kathy Daly, Inger Sagatun May 2017

Correspondence Related To Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1988-89, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Kathy Daly, Inger Sagatun

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence Related To Dwc Awards, 1995-1997., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Joanne Belknap, Drew Humphries, Chris Rasche May 2017

Correspondence Related To Dwc Awards, 1995-1997., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Joanne Belknap, Drew Humphries, Chris Rasche

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: 1991-1992 Awc Committees, Nominations, And Elections, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Marjorie Zatz, Carole Garrison, Kathleen Daly, Susan Caringella-Macdonald May 2017

Correspondence: 1991-1992 Awc Committees, Nominations, And Elections, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Marjorie Zatz, Carole Garrison, Kathleen Daly, Susan Caringella-Macdonald

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: 1992-1993 Asc Nominations, Elections, And Curriculum Guide., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Jerome Skolnick, Lynne Goodstein May 2017

Correspondence: 1992-1993 Asc Nominations, Elections, And Curriculum Guide., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Jerome Skolnick, Lynne Goodstein

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Asc Nominations And Elections, 1992-93, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Florence Bonner, Kathleen Daly May 2017

Asc Nominations And Elections, 1992-93, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Florence Bonner, Kathleen Daly

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence Committee. 1990-1999. Women And Publication Patterns In Criminal Justice Journals., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Meda Chesney-Lind, Helen Eigenberg, Agnes Baro, Tammy Desnoyers May 2017

Correspondence Committee. 1990-1999. Women And Publication Patterns In Criminal Justice Journals., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Meda Chesney-Lind, Helen Eigenberg, Agnes Baro, Tammy Desnoyers

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: Asc Nominations And Elections, 1993-95, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Susan Martin, Joan Mccord, Doris Mackenzie May 2017

Correspondence: Asc Nominations And Elections, 1993-95, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Susan Martin, Joan Mccord, Doris Mackenzie

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: Between Dwc Task Forces And Committees. 1990-1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Susan T. Krumholz, Chris Rasche, Susan L. Millar May 2017

Correspondence: Between Dwc Task Forces And Committees. 1990-1999, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Evelyn Gilbert, Susan T. Krumholz, Chris Rasche, Susan L. Millar

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Correspondence: Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1991-94., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Jane Foraker-Thompson, Meda Chesney-Lind, Margaret Farnworth, Sally Simpson, Elizabeth Stanko May 2017

Correspondence: Dwc Nominations And Elections, 1991-94., American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime, Lynne Goodstein, Jane Foraker-Thompson, Meda Chesney-Lind, Margaret Farnworth, Sally Simpson, Elizabeth Stanko

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues.


Rape Culture, Victim Blaming, And The Role Of Media In The Criminal Justice System, Lily K. Thacker May 2017

Rape Culture, Victim Blaming, And The Role Of Media In The Criminal Justice System, Lily K. Thacker

Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

Rape culture and the practice of victim blaming are inherently linked phenomena, and both are prevalent in American society. The existence of a rape culture which normalizes sexual violence and blames rape victims for the attacks against them strongly affects the American criminal justice system, influencing both the outcomes of rape trials and the treatment of rape victims. In particular, the media’s methods of discussing and portraying rape are examined as primary sources for the perpetuation of rape culture, and the effects of these media representations of rape on the outcomes of real rape trials are also examined. The problematic …


Minimum Education Requirements For Crime Scene Investigators, Araseli Saldivar May 2017

Minimum Education Requirements For Crime Scene Investigators, Araseli Saldivar

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

The initial crime scene investigation is critical since it is the primary step in the investigative process; therefore, individuals assigned to process a scene should be highly educated. Improperly educated (or uneducated) crime scene investigators (CSIs) can mishandle evidence during an investigation, affecting the outcome of cases. The minimum education requirement for CSIs should transition from a high school diploma—the current requirement—toward a bachelor’s degree. The importance of acquiring a college-level education is observed in a study conducted on crime scene examiners in Australia. To determine the educational requirement for CSIs in the United States, information was gathered electronically from …


Optimizing Collection Of Trace Biological Samples From Vehicle Headrests, Kevin Tang, Jesse Ramirez, John Bond, Jocelyn Weart, Yvette Delatorre, Ian Fitch, Steven Lee May 2017

Optimizing Collection Of Trace Biological Samples From Vehicle Headrests, Kevin Tang, Jesse Ramirez, John Bond, Jocelyn Weart, Yvette Delatorre, Ian Fitch, Steven Lee

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Tape-lifting and swabbing are two methods commonly used for collecting biological samples in the United Kingdom and United States to investigate vehicle crimes. Determining the optimal collection method may lead to an increase in generating DNA profiles and crime-solving. The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of adhesive tape and the double-swab collection methods for investigating vehicle crimes with possible touch DNA samples. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the use of tape-lifts and swabs on spiked common vehicle fabric materials. The efficiency of recovery between the two collection methods was performed using qPCR. The results from …


How Japan’S Cultural Norms Affect Policing: A Side-By-Side Comparison With The United States, Katrina Tran May 2017

How Japan’S Cultural Norms Affect Policing: A Side-By-Side Comparison With The United States, Katrina Tran

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

The ways of policing have been critiqued throughout the years—some have advocated for a direct approach while others value diplomatic techniques. Consideration is emphasized by how culture affects policing in the United States and Japan. In the United States, the customs of policing involve violence, individualism, pragmatism, social mobility, and low power distance, whereas Japan encourages non-violence, face-saving, conservatism, and high power distance. The difference in these cultural norms reflects how policing is conducted in these two countries. To understand how policing in these two countries are different, this paper examines the difference of cultural norms and its impact on …


Narcissistic Traits Of Police Officers In America, Paloma Moran May 2017

Narcissistic Traits Of Police Officers In America, Paloma Moran

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

The narcissistic traits of police officers aged 17 to 78 in the United States affect American citizens in various degrees. Improvements made to pre-employment psychological evaluations, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), the L (Lie) Scale, and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), may detect and screen out police officer candidates with underlying Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). It is important that candidates with NPD be screened out as, if they become officers, they may commit acts of police misconduct, which greatly affect the safety and trust of the American people.


Body-Worn Cameras: Reducing Citizen Complaints And Improving Relationships, Julie Bui May 2017

Body-Worn Cameras: Reducing Citizen Complaints And Improving Relationships, Julie Bui

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Video recordings of police-citizen interactions, most notably those obtained from the dashboard cameras (dashcams) of police cars, have been successful in objectively capturing police-citizen exchanges. However, since police-civilian interactions do not solely occur in front of police cars, dashcams present significant limitations. Off-camera violent, and sometimes fatal, encounters (such as the notorious Ferguson case) have fueled increased public support for body-worn cameras. This is especially true in cases with conflicting accounts from the officer(s), victim(s), and witness(es). Requiring officers to wear bodycams may reduce incidents of force and citizen complaints, and increase officer accountability. This paper will present peer-reviewed research …