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Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista Jan 2009

Protecting Pregnant Women: A Guide To Successfully Challenging Criminal Child Abuse Prosecutions Of Pregnant Drug Addicts, Krista Stone-Manista

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason Jan 2009

Surgery With A Meat Axe: Using Honest Services Fraud To Prosecute Federal Corruption, Randall D. Eliason

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds Jan 2009

Strategery's Refuge, Christopher Seeds

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger Jan 2009

The Dna Of An Argument: A Case Study In Legal Logos, Colin Starger

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon Jan 2009

Aces And Eights: Why The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Resides In Dead Man's Land In Attempting To Further Curb Online Gambling And Why Expanded Criminalization If Preferable To Legalization, Jonathan Conon

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle Jan 2009

Enhancing Sentences For Past Crimes Of Violence: The Unlikely Intersection Of Illegal Reentry And Sex Crimes, Abby Pringle

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland Jan 2009

Duress And The Underlying Felony, Russell Shankland

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Understanding Deviant Behaviors Through Coercion And Social Support Theory, Maria Nicte-Ha Uribe Jan 2009

Understanding Deviant Behaviors Through Coercion And Social Support Theory, Maria Nicte-Ha Uribe

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Mark Colvin, Francis T. Cullen and Thomas Vander Ven (2002) developed an integrated theory of crime called "coercion, social support, and crime" which hypothesizes that coercion and social support are inversely related and that these variables have direct effects on criminal and deviant behavior as well as a combined effect. Specifically if an imbalance between coercion and social support exists, crime is more likely to occur because coercion induces weak social bonds and low self control thereby increasing crime. On the other hand, social support prevents criminal involvement through organized networks of human relations that assist people in meeting their …


A Validation Study Of Risk Management Systems, Bridget Kelly Jan 2009

A Validation Study Of Risk Management Systems, Bridget Kelly

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive validity of Risk Management Systems (RMS) as a risk assessment instrument. To date, a published validation study does not exist for the RMS. The study employs secondary data analysis to examine the predictive validity of RMS recidivism and violence scores on three outcomes: arrest, unsuccessful termination from supervision, and technical violations. The study sample consisted of 830 probationers from the United States Probation Office, District of Nevada. The analyses showed that RMS recidivism and violence scores were moderately predictive of all three outcomes.


Cj Times Volume 2, Issue 1, Department Of Criminal Justice May 2008

Cj Times Volume 2, Issue 1, Department Of Criminal Justice

CJ Times (Newsletter)

No abstract provided.


Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison And Jail Populations, Mark Rubin Feb 2008

Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison And Jail Populations, Mark Rubin

Justice Policy

Overcrowding and rising costs in Maine’s corrections system have become a serious problem. In the past twenty years, the average daily population in state prisons has grown 74 percent, while county jails have grown 193 percent. To accommodate this growth, Maine, in 2004, spent $127,343,971, not including debt service, to operate the prisons and county jails. This brief examines state prison, county jail, and probation population trends since 2004 and identifies key factors driving the number of prisoners


The Politics Of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration In The Federal Reform Of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Kami Chavis Simmons Jan 2008

The Politics Of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration In The Federal Reform Of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Kami Chavis Simmons

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 2008

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Crime Of Complicity In Genocide: How The International Criminal Tribunals For Rwanda And Yugoslavia Got It Wrong, And Why It Matters, Daniel M. Greenfield Jan 2008

The Crime Of Complicity In Genocide: How The International Criminal Tribunals For Rwanda And Yugoslavia Got It Wrong, And Why It Matters, Daniel M. Greenfield

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Arguing For An Integrated Approach To Resolving The Crisis In Darfur: The Challenges Of Complementarity, Enforcement, And Related Issues In The International Criminal Court, Christopher D. Totten, Nicholas Tyler Jan 2008

Arguing For An Integrated Approach To Resolving The Crisis In Darfur: The Challenges Of Complementarity, Enforcement, And Related Issues In The International Criminal Court, Christopher D. Totten, Nicholas Tyler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Grand Jury Legal Advisor: Resurrecting The Grand Jury's Shield, Thaddeus Hoffmeister Jan 2008

The Grand Jury Legal Advisor: Resurrecting The Grand Jury's Shield, Thaddeus Hoffmeister

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Un-Incorporating The Bill Of Rights: The Tension Between The Fourteenth Amendment And The Federalism Concerns That Underlie Modern Criminal Procedure Reforms, Justin F. Marceau Jan 2008

Un-Incorporating The Bill Of Rights: The Tension Between The Fourteenth Amendment And The Federalism Concerns That Underlie Modern Criminal Procedure Reforms, Justin F. Marceau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


State Intentions And The Law Of Punishment, Alice Ristroph Jan 2008

State Intentions And The Law Of Punishment, Alice Ristroph

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Free To Leave - An Empirical Look At The Fourth Amendment's Seizure Standard, David K. Kessler Jan 2008

Free To Leave - An Empirical Look At The Fourth Amendment's Seizure Standard, David K. Kessler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Review Jan 2008

Book Review

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Let The Punishment Fit The Crime: Should Courts Exercise The Power Of Appellate Sentence Review In Cases Involving Narcotics And Other Stigmatized Crimes, Lee Dionne Jan 2008

Let The Punishment Fit The Crime: Should Courts Exercise The Power Of Appellate Sentence Review In Cases Involving Narcotics And Other Stigmatized Crimes, Lee Dionne

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


An Unholy Alliance: Perceptions Of Influence In Insurance Fraud Prosecutions And The Need For Real Safeguards, Aviva Abramovsky Jan 2008

An Unholy Alliance: Perceptions Of Influence In Insurance Fraud Prosecutions And The Need For Real Safeguards, Aviva Abramovsky

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Robinson V. California In The Wake Of Jones V. Los Angeles: Avoiding The Demise Of The Criminal Law By Attending To Punishment, Martin R. Gardner Jan 2008

Rethinking Robinson V. California In The Wake Of Jones V. Los Angeles: Avoiding The Demise Of The Criminal Law By Attending To Punishment, Martin R. Gardner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Empirics Of Prison Growth: A Critical Review And Path Forward, John F. Pfaff Jan 2008

The Empirics Of Prison Growth: A Critical Review And Path Forward, John F. Pfaff

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Felony Murder Rule In Illinois: The Injustice Of The Proximate Cause Theory Explored Via Research In Cognitive Psychology, Martin Lijtmaer Jan 2008

The Felony Murder Rule In Illinois: The Injustice Of The Proximate Cause Theory Explored Via Research In Cognitive Psychology, Martin Lijtmaer

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Of Vice And Men: A New Approach To Eradicating Sex Trafficking By Reducing Male Demand Through Educational Programs And Abolitionist Legislation, Iris Yen Jan 2008

Of Vice And Men: A New Approach To Eradicating Sex Trafficking By Reducing Male Demand Through Educational Programs And Abolitionist Legislation, Iris Yen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Symposium On Redefining International Criminal Law Jan 2008

Foreword: Symposium On Redefining International Criminal Law

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Pretrial And Preventive Detention Of Suspected Terrorists: Options And Constraints Under International Law, Douglass Cassel Jan 2008

Pretrial And Preventive Detention Of Suspected Terrorists: Options And Constraints Under International Law, Douglass Cassel

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The New Wars And The Crisis Of Compliance With The Law Of Armed Conflict By Non-State Actors, M. Cherif Bassiouni Jan 2008

The New Wars And The Crisis Of Compliance With The Law Of Armed Conflict By Non-State Actors, M. Cherif Bassiouni

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


From Incitement To Indictment - Prosecuting Iran's President For Advocating Israel's Destruction And Piecing Together Incitement Law's Emerging Analytical Framework, Gregory S. Gordon Jan 2008

From Incitement To Indictment - Prosecuting Iran's President For Advocating Israel's Destruction And Piecing Together Incitement Law's Emerging Analytical Framework, Gregory S. Gordon

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.