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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Criminal justice, Administration of"”.
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Gender differences in policing: a consideration of care ethics
… that examine the relationship between police officers and ethics of care theory are further limited. This study evaluated gender differences in policing to determine whether ethics of care theories apply to female police officers. For the purposes of this study, approximately 400 sworn …
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Examining the quality of gender measurements in criminological and criminal justice research: pervasive apathy or bad research methods?
Criminology has often been criticized for its lack of gender inclusivity and ‘androcentrism,’ particularly by feminist and queer criminologists who note that the field rarely uses separate measures of gender and sex assigned at birth or ones that extend beyond the binary, severely limiting the …
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Stolen past: Shattered futures, aboriginal justice in Canada
It is acknowledged that Canada's criminal justice system has some major flaws, particularly with respect to its application to various ethnic subgroups. Aboriginal Canadians are one subgroup particularly sensitive to the problems in the system as is reflected by their disproportionately high rates …
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Perceptions of crime : a comparative study of Essen, Germany and Malta
This dissertation investigates the perceptions of crime in two contrasting settings: In contrast, Essen which is an industrial metropolitan area and Malta a Mediterranean island state. The study's main purpose is to examine how the urban context (taking into account the different aspects of it) …
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Legal system support of crime survivors and attitudes on justice
Researchers have demonstrated the impact of victimization on mental health, and survivor dissatisfaction with legal processes and services. Recent literature supports the efficacy of restorative justice programs that started in response to retributive justice and its inability to directly address …
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Immigration and sentencing: does geograhical region of citizenship influence sentence longevity?
A large volume of sentencing research has examined the effects of offender characteristics on sentencing outcomes. Most of this research has focused on offender race/ethnicity. Despite the growth of immigration debates in the United States, there is limited knowledge on the role played by …
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A comparative look of sentencing outcomes based on the defendant's country of citizenship
In the wake of negative stereotypes of immigrants from lower status countries, this study used federal sentencing data for 2015 to examine the effects of the defendant’s country of citizenship on sentence outcomes. Although the United States Sentencing Commission has long stipulated that national …
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Criminal Justice Responses to Emerging Computer Crime Problems
This study discussed the issue of computer crime as it relates to the criminal justice system, specifically law enforcement. The information was gathered through several books, academic journals, governmental documents, and the Internet. First, the nature and forms of computer crime, Internet …
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A survey of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission and its effect on the
This thesis examines the history of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission and its effectiveness within the criminal justice system. It is a private agency established fifty (50) years ago to monitor and investigate the criminal justice system. Today, it serves as a source of funding for criminal …
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The Integral Role of Training in the Implementation of Hate Crime Legislation
… law enforcement training and implementation of hate crime legislation. The Anti-Defamation League's state hate crime statutory provisions and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hate Crime Reporting by States data are examined. Section one includes the following: What Constitutes Hate?, The …
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A database of persons convicted of felonies in Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1990-2007
<p>This study is a database of information from Washtenaw County, Michigan, court records of approximately one-fourth of its convicted felons from 1990 to 2007. It includes 3,123 sentencing appearances for 3,992 crimes committed by 2,495 defendants. It includes 1126 probation violation …
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Community service in Uganda as an alternative to imprisonment: a case study of Masaka and Mukono districts
… taken up very strongly by the judiciary as part of the reform of the criminal justice system in Uganda. The successful enactment of the Community Service Act, Act no: 5/2000, was an achievement towards the implementation of the programme in the country. However, its implementation as an …
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Intercultural conflict styles in the criminal justice system and the implications for intercultural interventions
… and conflict style contrasts between criminal justice professionals and African American defendants that can interfere with the equitable administration of justice in the criminal justice system in Dane County, Wisconsin. The focus of this research was on the potential conflict style …
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Effects of joint trials on the proportion of guilty verdicts assigned to defendants
… in that they might have a greater likelihood of obtaining aguilty verdict than if they had separate trials. A review of the literature indicated that authors have several hypotheses why joint trials might be biasing, though there is no conclusive evidence that this is the case. This study used …
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Biases toward defendants in joint criminal trials
Under the Criminal Code Compilation Act 1913 (WA), any number of individuals may be joined as co-defendants in a single trial, fanning a situation known as a joint trial. The charge/s against each defendant are considered separately and given a separate verdict by the jury. There is considerable …
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Justice or differential treatment? : Adult offenders with an intellectual disability in the criminal justice system
The purpose of the study was to present a thorough examination of the extent of participation of adult offenders with an intellectual disability within all levels of the criminal justice system in Western Australia, that is, from arrest to charge, to court appearance and finally to conviction. …