Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Don't forget your discount on SAGE books!
SAGE Reference’s new Key Issues in Crime and Punishment series explores hotly debated Criminal Justice issues
Los Angeles (March 30, 2011) Should assisted suicide be legal? Should violent juvenile offenders be tried as adults? Should hate crimes reap a more severe punishment? From the earliest days of the police as peace-keeping constabularies in England, to dealing with modern-day crimes like Columbine, criminals like Bernie Madoff, and new types of evidence, such as DNA, managing crime and punishment has been hotly debated.
SAGE Reference’s much-needed new series, Key Issues in Crime and Punishment, presents the issues and the answers in five focused books, offering pro/con examinations of controversial programs, practices and issues, all from varied perspectives. Written by eminent scholars and experts, each volume explores a broad range of questions in one of the five main Criminal Justice subfields, covering such issues as:
An Introduction by the series editor sets the debate stage for each volume’s approximately 20 chapters, which offer a succinct exploration of the topics covered. Further Readings conclude each chapter, highlighting different approaches to, or perspectives on, the issue at hand.
Series Editor William J. Chambliss is Professor of Sociology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A former president of the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems, he has written and researched extensively in the areas of Criminology and Sociology of Law.
Los Angeles (March 30, 2011) Should assisted suicide be legal? Should violent juvenile offenders be tried as adults? Should hate crimes reap a more severe punishment? From the earliest days of the police as peace-keeping constabularies in England, to dealing with modern-day crimes like Columbine, criminals like Bernie Madoff, and new types of evidence, such as DNA, managing crime and punishment has been hotly debated.
SAGE Reference’s much-needed new series, Key Issues in Crime and Punishment, presents the issues and the answers in five focused books, offering pro/con examinations of controversial programs, practices and issues, all from varied perspectives. Written by eminent scholars and experts, each volume explores a broad range of questions in one of the five main Criminal Justice subfields, covering such issues as:
- Volume 1 – Crime and Criminal Behavior: age of consent, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gambling, guns, internet pornography, drug laws, religious convictions, and terrorism
- Volume 2 – Police and Law Enforcement: accountability, arrest practices, bounty hunters, entrapment, Miranda warnings, police privatization, profiling, and zero-tolerance policing
- Volume 3 – Courts, Law, and Justice: DNA evidence, double jeopardy, expert witnesses and “hired guns,” insanity defense, plea bargaining, polygraphs, and victims’ rights
- olume 4 – Corrections: capital punishment, early release, gangs and prison violence, healthcare for prisoners, prison labor, prison overcrowding, prison privatization, and religious rights
- Volume 5 – Juvenile Crime and Justice: age of responsibility, boot camps, death penalty for juvenile offenders, gangs, scared-straight programs, and violent juvenile offenders
Key Issues in Crime and Punishment
- June, 2011 350 pages each Print: $80 each Electronic: $100 each Crime and Criminal Behavior Print ISBN: 978-1-4129-7855-2 eISBN: 978-1-4129-9411-8
- Police and Law Enforcement Print ISBN: 978-1-4129-7859-0 eISBN: 978-1-4129-9409-5
- Courts, Law, and Justice Print ISBN: 978-1-4129-7857-6 eISBN: 978-1-4129-9412-5
- Corrections Print ISBN: 978-1-4129-7856-9 eISBN: 978-1-4129-9410-1
- Juvenile Crime and Justice Print ISBN: 978-1-4129-7858-3 eISBN: 978-1-4129-9413-2
Forensics cut will be 'disastrous' for victims of injustice | Law | The Guardian
Forensics cut will be 'disastrous' for victims of injustice Law The Guardian: "Miscarriages of justice will not be corrected and public confidence in the criminal justice system will be damaged if proposed changes to the forensic science service go ahead, according to Richard Foster, chairman of the criminal cases review commission. He said the proposals would be 'disastrous' to the work of the CCRC, and that any changes to the FSS could reduce the commission's ability to act effectively. He also warned of 'significant risks to the wider criminal justice system arising directly out of the decision to close the FSS'." Full article here.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Florida lawmakers look to privatize prisons - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com
Florida lawmakers look to privatize prisons - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com
"In what could signal a massive private takeover of public prisons, the Florida Senate quietly slipped language into its newly proposed budget Monday that seeks to give corporations the chance to run correctional facilities and probation services in 18 counties
The move — which could shift nearly $600 million to private firms — surprised prison guards, their unions and even the head of the Senate’s Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee, Mike Fasano, who said his committee was opposed to the idea of privatizing prisons when it was proposed by Gov. Rick Scott’s aides . “We made it clear that we weren’t interested. We moved on without doing it,” said Fasano, R-New Port Richey. “And now it appears in the budget. I’m not pleased. It is a huge, substantive issue. It’s a major policy change and it should have at least been discussed publicly.”
"In what could signal a massive private takeover of public prisons, the Florida Senate quietly slipped language into its newly proposed budget Monday that seeks to give corporations the chance to run correctional facilities and probation services in 18 counties
The move — which could shift nearly $600 million to private firms — surprised prison guards, their unions and even the head of the Senate’s Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee, Mike Fasano, who said his committee was opposed to the idea of privatizing prisons when it was proposed by Gov. Rick Scott’s aides . “We made it clear that we weren’t interested. We moved on without doing it,” said Fasano, R-New Port Richey. “And now it appears in the budget. I’m not pleased. It is a huge, substantive issue. It’s a major policy change and it should have at least been discussed publicly.”
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
FMHAC Today!
Did you recieve the IACFP email this month? It included the new CJB Table of Contents and some info on FMHAC. Let us know if you found that useful, email ia4cfp@gmail.com
If you missed FMHAC this year, day one was the busiest I've seen in years. And the IACFP coffee was a hit, or it could have been the cookies!
At today's meeting? Find me at Linda Garrett's session "Everything You Need to Know About the Increasing Federal and State Enforcement of Patient Confidentiality Rights." It starts at 10:30!
If you missed FMHAC this year, day one was the busiest I've seen in years. And the IACFP coffee was a hit, or it could have been the cookies!
At today's meeting? Find me at Linda Garrett's session "Everything You Need to Know About the Increasing Federal and State Enforcement of Patient Confidentiality Rights." It starts at 10:30!
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| IACFP info at all the tables |
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| FMHAC crowd begins to form for the IACFP coffee break |
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| Full IACFP coffee break |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Prison of Texas escapee has high rate of phone smuggling | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Prison of Texas escapee has high rate of phone smuggling Houston & Texas News Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "The Beaumont prison from which an inmate escaped with the help of a cellphone earlier this month has one of Texas' worst track records for prison personnel bringing cellphones into the facility.
That's according to a Texas Watchdog analysis of prison system data procured by WOAI-Channel 4 in San Antonio.
Stiles Unit, the maximum-security facility from which David Puckett, 27, escaped and made his way to Nebraska, had the third-highest number of incidents in which Texas Department of Criminal Justice workers were accused of bringing or allowing cellphones, phone components or accessories into prison confines between 2006 and mid-2010, the data show. It had 42 such cases.
With nearly 3,000 inmates and 800 employees, Stiles tied with Neal Unit, another maximum-security prison near Amarillo, for the highest number of overall reported cellphone-related disciplinary infractions for state staff, with 46, the database shows. TDCJ oversees 113 adult prison and state jail facilities."
From Chron.com
That's according to a Texas Watchdog analysis of prison system data procured by WOAI-Channel 4 in San Antonio.
Stiles Unit, the maximum-security facility from which David Puckett, 27, escaped and made his way to Nebraska, had the third-highest number of incidents in which Texas Department of Criminal Justice workers were accused of bringing or allowing cellphones, phone components or accessories into prison confines between 2006 and mid-2010, the data show. It had 42 such cases.
With nearly 3,000 inmates and 800 employees, Stiles tied with Neal Unit, another maximum-security prison near Amarillo, for the highest number of overall reported cellphone-related disciplinary infractions for state staff, with 46, the database shows. TDCJ oversees 113 adult prison and state jail facilities."
From Chron.com
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Judge ends 21-year-old suit on California inmate abuse - San Jose Mercury News:
Judge ends 21-year-old suit on California inmate abuse - San Jose Mercury News:
"A legal case that has lasted more than two decades and brought systemic changes to California's prison system ended Monday after a federal judge determined the state corrections department had made sufficient reforms to protect inmates from being abused by guards.
The lawsuit led to policies limiting guards' use of force and added protection for mentally ill inmates. It also prompted the state to create an independent inspector general in the corrections department and an office to oversee investigations of alleged employee wrongdoing.
The reforms were the result of a lawsuit filed in 1990 alleging that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in Del Norte County were being abused."
"A legal case that has lasted more than two decades and brought systemic changes to California's prison system ended Monday after a federal judge determined the state corrections department had made sufficient reforms to protect inmates from being abused by guards.
The lawsuit led to policies limiting guards' use of force and added protection for mentally ill inmates. It also prompted the state to create an independent inspector general in the corrections department and an office to oversee investigations of alleged employee wrongdoing.
The reforms were the result of a lawsuit filed in 1990 alleging that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in Del Norte County were being abused."
Monday, March 21, 2011
Now Available from SAGE: Introduction to Policing
Introduction to Policing by Gene L. Scaramella, Steven M. Cox and William P. McCamey is a high-quality, affordable text, appropriate for your Policing course.
Focusing on the thought-provoking, contemporary issues that underscore the challenging world of policing, this easy-to-understand text balances theory, research, and practice to give students a comprehensive overview of both the foundations of policing and the expanded role of today’s police officers.
Table of contents
Sample chapters
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This text incorporates valuable ancillaries, including access to our password-protected Instructor Teaching Site and the open-access Student Study Site, which offer a variety of additional teaching and learning resources. If you plan to teach this course online, or if you are looking for course management resources, we also have Blackboard-ready content available.
Request your complimentary review copy, or request your online exam copy through CourseSmart to receive instant access to this text while promoting sustainability!
Focusing on the thought-provoking, contemporary issues that underscore the challenging world of policing, this easy-to-understand text balances theory, research, and practice to give students a comprehensive overview of both the foundations of policing and the expanded role of today’s police officers.
Table of contents
Sample chapters
Key Features
This text incorporates valuable ancillaries, including access to our password-protected Instructor Teaching Site and the open-access Student Study Site, which offer a variety of additional teaching and learning resources. If you plan to teach this course online, or if you are looking for course management resources, we also have Blackboard-ready content available.
Request your complimentary review copy, or request your online exam copy through CourseSmart to receive instant access to this text while promoting sustainability!
Youth a 'ceaseless' child killer | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Youth a 'ceaseless' child killer Canada News Toronto Sun
From the Toronto Sun
"WINNIPEG - A Manitoba teen slashed a nine-year-old boy's throat just to see him die, a court heard Friday.
The now 18-year-old man previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to seven years custody and community supervision, the maximum sentence allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Tristian Dunsford died June 28, 2008, in Little Grand Rapids, Man.
The accused was baby-sitting three of the victim's young cousins when he attacked Tristian in a bedroom, Crown attorney Kusham Sharma told court. The accused tried choking Tristian and smothering him with a pillow before stabbing at his neck with a butter knife. When the knife failed to penetrate Tristian's skin, the accused grabbed a filleting knife and sawed at his neck, severing his jugular vein and nearly decapitating him..."
From the Toronto Sun
"WINNIPEG - A Manitoba teen slashed a nine-year-old boy's throat just to see him die, a court heard Friday.
The now 18-year-old man previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to seven years custody and community supervision, the maximum sentence allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Tristian Dunsford died June 28, 2008, in Little Grand Rapids, Man.
The accused was baby-sitting three of the victim's young cousins when he attacked Tristian in a bedroom, Crown attorney Kusham Sharma told court. The accused tried choking Tristian and smothering him with a pillow before stabbing at his neck with a butter knife. When the knife failed to penetrate Tristian's skin, the accused grabbed a filleting knife and sawed at his neck, severing his jugular vein and nearly decapitating him..."
Thursday, March 17, 2011
VPR News: Bradley’s Legacy To Vermont Criminal Justice Remembered
VPR News: Bradley’s Legacy To Vermont Criminal Justice Remembered
"A man who helped change forever the way drug crime investigations are conducted in Vermont passed away last week at the age of 58.
Kevin Bradley was a rookie cop in Burlington in the 1970's when he was teamed up to work undercover with Paul Lawrence, a hot shot veteran detective from St. Albans who was brought in on loan to Vermont's largest city to help make drug busts.
Lawrence had a reputation for uncovering evidence and arresting people for drug crimes that seemed almost too good to be true, because it was. And Kevin Bradley is the cop who exposed him..."
Link to Article from VPR News
Link to VPR Podcast
"A man who helped change forever the way drug crime investigations are conducted in Vermont passed away last week at the age of 58.
Kevin Bradley was a rookie cop in Burlington in the 1970's when he was teamed up to work undercover with Paul Lawrence, a hot shot veteran detective from St. Albans who was brought in on loan to Vermont's largest city to help make drug busts.
Lawrence had a reputation for uncovering evidence and arresting people for drug crimes that seemed almost too good to be true, because it was. And Kevin Bradley is the cop who exposed him..."
Link to Article from VPR News
Link to VPR Podcast
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Texas Forced To Change Drug Used For Executions
Texas Forced To Change Drug Used For Executions:
"Texas has been forced to change one of the drugs it uses to execute condemned inmates because of a shortage of the drug the state has used for 30 years."
Full Article here.
(picture taken from kwtx.com)
"Texas has been forced to change one of the drugs it uses to execute condemned inmates because of a shortage of the drug the state has used for 30 years."
Full Article here.
(picture taken from kwtx.com)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Domestic violence bill faces opposition | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Domestic violence bill faces opposition | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram:
"Domestic violence bill faces opposition
The measure would allow tracking devices as a condition of bail in cases involving protection orders.
By Rebekah Metzler rmetzler@mainetoday.com
MaineToday Media State House Writer
AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow courts to require electronic monitoring of people charged with or convicted of violating a protection from abuse order ran into opposition Monday during a public hearing before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee..."
Full article here.
The full text of L.D. 495 is available online at www.mainelegislature.org/
LawMakerWeb/search.asp
"Domestic violence bill faces opposition
The measure would allow tracking devices as a condition of bail in cases involving protection orders.
By Rebekah Metzler rmetzler@mainetoday.com
MaineToday Media State House Writer
AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow courts to require electronic monitoring of people charged with or convicted of violating a protection from abuse order ran into opposition Monday during a public hearing before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee..."
Full article here.
The full text of L.D. 495 is available online at www.mainelegislature.org/
LawMakerWeb/search.asp
Monday, March 14, 2011
Supreme+Court+Rules+DNA+Evidence+Accessible+for+Death+Row+Inmate
Supreme+Court+Rules+DNA+Evidence+Accessible+for+Death+Row+Inmate
"The role of a crime scene investigator was given significant importance in a recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld an inmate’s right for access to DNA evidence previously withheld in his conviction.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 6-3 in favor of allowing access to then inadmissible DNA evidence collected in the 1995 murder trial of Henry “Hank” Skinner in Texas.
In a state that executes more Death Row prisoners than any other in the Union, capital punishment advocates and legal pundits alike are quick to note that the roulette wheel of the state and federal appeals process keeps criminal cases in play for far longer than need be, adding unnecessary cost to the delivery of justice..."
Read the entire post from Criminal Justice Degree Schools.
"The role of a crime scene investigator was given significant importance in a recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld an inmate’s right for access to DNA evidence previously withheld in his conviction.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 6-3 in favor of allowing access to then inadmissible DNA evidence collected in the 1995 murder trial of Henry “Hank” Skinner in Texas.
In a state that executes more Death Row prisoners than any other in the Union, capital punishment advocates and legal pundits alike are quick to note that the roulette wheel of the state and federal appeals process keeps criminal cases in play for far longer than need be, adding unnecessary cost to the delivery of justice..."
Read the entire post from Criminal Justice Degree Schools.
Friday, March 11, 2011
L.A. priest abuse cases: Retired judge overseeing L.A. priest abuse cases favors release of priests' personnel files - latimes.com
L.A. priest abuse cases: Retired judge overseeing L.A. priest abuse cases favors release of priests' personnel files - latimes.com:
"A retired federal judge overseeing clergy sexual abuse cases involving the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said Thursday he was inclined to publicly release most priests' personnel files, but said the names of church officials who dealt with the claims of abuse should be kept from disclosure."
Follow the link to read the entire LA times article.
"A retired federal judge overseeing clergy sexual abuse cases involving the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said Thursday he was inclined to publicly release most priests' personnel files, but said the names of church officials who dealt with the claims of abuse should be kept from disclosure."
Follow the link to read the entire LA times article.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Justice Advances in Illinois - NYTimes.com
Justice Advances in Illinois - NYTimes.com: "Gov. Patrick Quinn of Illinois has done the right thing in signing legislation that abolishes the death penalty in his state. Since 1977, Illinois’s criminal justice system has wrongly condemned at least 20 people to death. Governor Quinn courageously put aside his own longtime support for the death penalty to ensure that the state does not commit any more such horrors."
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Docs v. Glocks, Round 1 – Central Florida Political Pulse – Orlando Sentinel
Docs v. Glocks, Round 1 – Central Florida Political Pulse – Orlando Sentinel: "TALLAHASSEE — Doctors would be barred from asking most of their patients if they own guns under a measure that passed in a House panel on Tuesday after it was amended in response to doctors’ concerns – though not enough to win over the medical establishment.
By a 9-6 vote, the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee approved a National Rifle Association-backed bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford. The proposal would bar physicians, nurses and other medical personnel in non-emergency settings from asking patients if there are guns in the home, a query backers say oversteps a physician’s authority and infringes on Second Amendment gun rights."
By a 9-6 vote, the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee approved a National Rifle Association-backed bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford. The proposal would bar physicians, nurses and other medical personnel in non-emergency settings from asking patients if there are guns in the home, a query backers say oversteps a physician’s authority and infringes on Second Amendment gun rights."
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Does gender matter at the International Criminal Court? » The Hague Justice Portal
Does gender matter at the International Criminal Court? » The Hague Justice Portal: "Danya Chaikel reflects on gender justice and crimes against women on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, Danya Chaikel, an advocate for women's rights and justice, analyses the treatment of sexual violence by the institutions of international justice. She examines the development of gender-based crimes, outlines the current proceedings and looks at the methods used by the courts to ensure representation of women both as lawyers and as victims"
On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, Danya Chaikel, an advocate for women's rights and justice, analyses the treatment of sexual violence by the institutions of international justice. She examines the development of gender-based crimes, outlines the current proceedings and looks at the methods used by the courts to ensure representation of women both as lawyers and as victims"
Monday, March 7, 2011
States Prosecute Fewer Teenagers in Adult Courts
"A generation after record levels of youth crime spurred a nationwide movement to prosecute more teenagers as adults, a consensus is emerging that many young delinquents have been mishandled by the adult court system. "
From the NYTimes
From the NYTimes
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