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Full-Text Articles in Criminology
Correctional Officer Excessive Use Of Force: Civil Liability Under Section 1983, Howard M. Henderson
Correctional Officer Excessive Use Of Force: Civil Liability Under Section 1983, Howard M. Henderson
Howard M Henderson
Despite recent research demonstrating the impact of inmate perceptions of correctional legitimacy on order maintenance, the extant literature has failed to examine the contextual reality of correctional excessive use of force claims. Utilizing legal cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Courts, this article examines correctional officer excessive use of non-deadly force and identifies recurring themes in these claims. Findings highlight the common occurrence of retaliatory violence, negative attitudes, failure to listen to inmate concerns, inadequate training, and an inability to decipher reliable threat cues consistently present in correctional officer use of non-deadly force claims. Suggestions for …
The Criminological Cultivation Of African American Municipal Police Officers: Sambo Or Sellout, Howard M. Henderson
The Criminological Cultivation Of African American Municipal Police Officers: Sambo Or Sellout, Howard M. Henderson
Howard M Henderson
African American municipal police officers have been historically underrepresented and often face a double marginalization, arguably due to fellow officer and public perceptions. This study represents a first-step criminological cultivation analysis of the quantity and quality of African American municipal police officer depictions in the core cop film genre (1971–2011). Utilizing the unified film population identification methodology, 112 films were identified and examined to determine the overarching messages conveyed through the genre. Findings revealed that White officers were depicted in the lead or joint leading role in 89% (n ¼ 100) and African Americans in 19% (n ¼ 21) of …
Differential Racial/Ethnic Predictive Validity, Howard M. Henderson
Differential Racial/Ethnic Predictive Validity, Howard M. Henderson
Howard M Henderson
Recent findings indicate that including White offenders in the sample biases the predictability of risk and needs assessment instruments. As a result, this study examines the predictability of the Los Angeles County Needs Assessment Instrument (LAC) on a sample of African American and Hispanic juvenile probationers. Given that the extant literature focuses on regression analysis, to the curtailment of error analysis, this study also provides a unique examination of predictive error. The results suggest that the instrument under examination predicts better for Hispanics than African Americans. Of the two minority groups, the needs assessment instrument demonstrated the greatest effect size …