New York Juvenile Justice Initiative: New Hope For The State's Youth Offenders?
"NEW YORK -- Public and private funds have flooded all manner of experimental education programs, from charter schools to Race to the Top initiatives.
But as America tries to ensure its children have a fighting chance in the 21st century, resources have been slow to come to one sector in particular: school-aged youth charged with criminal offenses."
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
3 Students Arrested After Admitting to Drawing Swastikas and Hate Graffiti at Calabasas High: LAist
3 Students Arrested After Admitting to Drawing Swastikas and Hate Graffiti at Calabasas High: LAist:
"Three male students were cited for felony vandalism and suspended from school after admitting their involvement in creating racist graffiti that was spotted last weekend on the grounds of Calabasas High School. While the trio of all 11th graders could face criminal charges, they will not face hate-crime charges related to the incident, according to officials who say the teenagers did not target a specific group."
"Three male students were cited for felony vandalism and suspended from school after admitting their involvement in creating racist graffiti that was spotted last weekend on the grounds of Calabasas High School. While the trio of all 11th graders could face criminal charges, they will not face hate-crime charges related to the incident, according to officials who say the teenagers did not target a specific group."
Monday, April 25, 2011
Police Using Analytics to Track Offenders - PCWorld Business Center
Police Using Analytics to Track Offenders - PCWorld Business Center:
"Two high-profile murders of college students in North Carolina during 2008 have led to the creation of CJLEADS (Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services), an analytics project that aggregates a slew of disparate data stores and is designed to give law enforcement officials a complete picture of a suspect's criminal history and status.
The suspects charged in the deaths of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student Eve Carson and Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato were on probation at the time of the slayings. Officials believe the centralized repository of court, probation and arrest records and other data CJLEADS provides will help law enforcement workers keep closer tabs on offenders, speed investigations and possibly prevent future crimes."
"Two high-profile murders of college students in North Carolina during 2008 have led to the creation of CJLEADS (Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services), an analytics project that aggregates a slew of disparate data stores and is designed to give law enforcement officials a complete picture of a suspect's criminal history and status.
The suspects charged in the deaths of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student Eve Carson and Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato were on probation at the time of the slayings. Officials believe the centralized repository of court, probation and arrest records and other data CJLEADS provides will help law enforcement workers keep closer tabs on offenders, speed investigations and possibly prevent future crimes."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Benjamin Todd Jealous: We Can Stop the Execution of Troy Davis
Benjamin Todd Jealous: We Can Stop the Execution of Troy Davis:
"Innocent until proven guilty.
These four words helped establish our criminal justice system. But in a nation that prides itself in our belief in liberty and justice for all, why is Troy Davis -- with an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to his innocence -- facing execution?
Twenty years ago, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a white police officer. He was sentenced to death solely on the basis of nine eyewitness accounts. Since then, seven of the nine recanted their statements, new witnesses have come forward identifying another man as the murderer, and the alleged murder weapon has still not been found."
"Innocent until proven guilty.
These four words helped establish our criminal justice system. But in a nation that prides itself in our belief in liberty and justice for all, why is Troy Davis -- with an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to his innocence -- facing execution?
Twenty years ago, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a white police officer. He was sentenced to death solely on the basis of nine eyewitness accounts. Since then, seven of the nine recanted their statements, new witnesses have come forward identifying another man as the murderer, and the alleged murder weapon has still not been found."
The science of justice: I think it's time we broke for lunch… | The Economist
The science of justice: I think it's time we broke for lunch… The Economist:
"AROUND the world, courthouses are adorned with a statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales and a sword: Justice personified. Her sword stands for the power of the court, her scales for the competing claims of the petitioners. The blindfold (a 15th-century innovation) represents the principle that justice should be blind. The law should be applied without fear or favour, with only cold reason and the facts of the case determining what happens to the accused. Lawyers, though, have long suspected that such lofty ideals are not always achieved in practice, even in well run judicial systems free from political meddling. Justice, say the cynics, is what the judge had for breakfast. Now they have proof."
"AROUND the world, courthouses are adorned with a statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales and a sword: Justice personified. Her sword stands for the power of the court, her scales for the competing claims of the petitioners. The blindfold (a 15th-century innovation) represents the principle that justice should be blind. The law should be applied without fear or favour, with only cold reason and the facts of the case determining what happens to the accused. Lawyers, though, have long suspected that such lofty ideals are not always achieved in practice, even in well run judicial systems free from political meddling. Justice, say the cynics, is what the judge had for breakfast. Now they have proof."
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Better Protecting Prisoners - NYTimes.com
Better Protecting Prisoners - NYTimes.com:
"The Justice Department is finalizing new rape-prevention policies that will become mandatory for federal prisons and state correctional institutions that receive federal money. The rules, based on recommendations from a Congressionally mandated commission, would be a major improvement. But the department needs to remedy several weaknesses before it issues final regulations.
Rape and other forms of sexual abuse by fellow inmates or correctional officers are a chronic hazard in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities across the country. According to federal estimates, 200,000 adult prisoners and jail inmates suffered some form of sexual abuse during 2008."
"The Justice Department is finalizing new rape-prevention policies that will become mandatory for federal prisons and state correctional institutions that receive federal money. The rules, based on recommendations from a Congressionally mandated commission, would be a major improvement. But the department needs to remedy several weaknesses before it issues final regulations.
Rape and other forms of sexual abuse by fellow inmates or correctional officers are a chronic hazard in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities across the country. According to federal estimates, 200,000 adult prisoners and jail inmates suffered some form of sexual abuse during 2008."
Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Research and Application
Third Edition
Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol
Click here to view the SAGE site.
A fully revised and updated edition of this best-selling undergraduate textbook. Focusing on the practical application of current research, this popular introduction now:
- includes more real-life case studies
- places a greater emphasis on clinical psychology throughout
- exposes students to the many careers related to forensic psychology
- emphasises a multicultural perspective
- is accompanied by an expanded companion website
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
NewsRoomAmerica.com - Study Says U.S. Should Consider Foreign Justice Policies
NewsRoomAmerica.com - Study Says U.S. Should Consider Foreign Justice Policies: "Study Says U.S. Should Consider Foreign Justice Policies
By Jon E. Dougherty at 8:37 am Eastern
(Newsroom America) – A new study by a legal reform group says the U.S. should adopt some criminal justice policies of other nations in order to reduce the number of jailed Americans and thereby lower overall costs of incarceration.
The study, titled, “Finding Direction: Expanding Criminal Justice Options by Considering Policies of Other Nations,” by the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute, examines incarceration policies in use by five other Western countries – Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Finland and Germany. Its principle author, Amanda Petteruti, associate director of JPI, said though there are differences between those nations and the United States, “there are enough significant similarities that U.S. policymakers should consider that some of their policies could work here.”
“Simply put, these nations handle law-breaking behavior in fundamentally different ways than the United States,” she said. “Instead of relying heavily on incarceration, other countries successfully use community-based responses, treatment for addiction, and services to ensure that once a person is released from prison he or she does not return."
By Jon E. Dougherty at 8:37 am Eastern
(Newsroom America) – A new study by a legal reform group says the U.S. should adopt some criminal justice policies of other nations in order to reduce the number of jailed Americans and thereby lower overall costs of incarceration.
The study, titled, “Finding Direction: Expanding Criminal Justice Options by Considering Policies of Other Nations,” by the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute, examines incarceration policies in use by five other Western countries – Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Finland and Germany. Its principle author, Amanda Petteruti, associate director of JPI, said though there are differences between those nations and the United States, “there are enough significant similarities that U.S. policymakers should consider that some of their policies could work here.”
“Simply put, these nations handle law-breaking behavior in fundamentally different ways than the United States,” she said. “Instead of relying heavily on incarceration, other countries successfully use community-based responses, treatment for addiction, and services to ensure that once a person is released from prison he or she does not return."
Monday, April 18, 2011
3 men charged in 4-decade-old Massachusetts murder mystery - CNN.com
3 men charged in 4-decade-old Massachusetts murder mystery - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Three men have been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy, potentially bringing a close to a murder mystery more than four decades old, a Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday. Edward A. Brown, 59, Walter Shelley, 60, and Michael Ferreira, 57, face charges surrounding the asphyxiation murder of John McCabe on September 27, 1969, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said in a written statement. 'These charges are the result of an incredible turn of events in what has been an unsolved case for over 40 years,' he said."
News from SAGE: Alternatives
SAGE begins publishing Alternatives: Global, Local, Political
Los Angeles, CA (April 18, 2011) – SAGE has begun to publish the journal Alternatives: Global, Local, Political.
Established in 1975, Alternatives has long sought to promote a wide range of approaches to political, social, cultural and ecological developments, and to encourage more creative and imaginative ways of thinking and acting globally.
“We’re excited that Alternatives has found a new home at SAGE,” said Editor Professor R.B.J. Walker. “We’re proud of the opportunity to team up and make a larger impact on analyses of, and responses to, the transformative dynamics of our increasingly shared but also differentiated world.”
Alternatives is published in association with the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (India). It encourages submission of articles that engage contemporary political problems in a way that is applicable to people across the world while maintaining theoretical rigor, empirical precision and a culturally sensitive imagination.
“SAGE is pleased to add Alternatives to our journals publications family,” said Jayne Marks, SAGE Vice President and Editorial Director, Library Information Group. “We look forward to working together to help provide a forum of conversation about the political problems of people from all over the world.”
A peer-reviewed journal, Alternatives explores the possibilities of new forms of political practice and identity under increasingly global conditions. Specifically, the editors focus on the changing relationships between local political practices and identities and emerging forms of global economy, culture, and polity. http://alt.sagepub.com
Los Angeles, CA (April 18, 2011) – SAGE has begun to publish the journal Alternatives: Global, Local, Political.
Established in 1975, Alternatives has long sought to promote a wide range of approaches to political, social, cultural and ecological developments, and to encourage more creative and imaginative ways of thinking and acting globally.
“We’re excited that Alternatives has found a new home at SAGE,” said Editor Professor R.B.J. Walker. “We’re proud of the opportunity to team up and make a larger impact on analyses of, and responses to, the transformative dynamics of our increasingly shared but also differentiated world.”
Alternatives is published in association with the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (India). It encourages submission of articles that engage contemporary political problems in a way that is applicable to people across the world while maintaining theoretical rigor, empirical precision and a culturally sensitive imagination.
“SAGE is pleased to add Alternatives to our journals publications family,” said Jayne Marks, SAGE Vice President and Editorial Director, Library Information Group. “We look forward to working together to help provide a forum of conversation about the political problems of people from all over the world.”
A peer-reviewed journal, Alternatives explores the possibilities of new forms of political practice and identity under increasingly global conditions. Specifically, the editors focus on the changing relationships between local political practices and identities and emerging forms of global economy, culture, and polity. http://alt.sagepub.com
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Program offers students look at criminal justice system
Program offers students look at criminal justice system "Students from Marlboro High School were able to see firsthand how the criminal justice system works in Monmouth County, as part of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Prison Awareness (SPA) program. Twenty-six students from the school’s Business Learning Center/Business Law class toured several law enforcement facilities onMarch 15 to observe and learn about day-to-day operations. “This is an eye-opening experience for these students,” Sheriff Shaun Golden said. “Seeing what goes on and speaking directly to law enforcement officials provides students with insight into the criminal justice system.” SPA program coordinators Capt. Daniel Baker and Lt. Shawn Althouse guided the students on a tour of the Monmouth County Police Academy in Freehold Township to see the type of training that is required of law enforcement officers. "
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Criminal Justice student finds salvation after human trafficking nightmare - Houstonian - Campus
Criminal Justice student finds salvation after human trafficking nightmare - Houstonian - Campus: "Breanna Bryant did not grow up like most girls. When she was just three years old, a man broke into her mother's apartment late at night. He held a gun and an extension cord. He demanded money. Her mother told him that she couldn't pay him, and he beat her and threatened to electrocute her to death. In fear, Bryant cried out. Her innocent cry of terror saved her mother's life that night, but the cost was her childhood. She was kidnapped. He took her as a payment for her mother's debt – then he sold her. So instead of doing all the things young girls take for granted – going to school, making friends, playing with toys and dolls – Bryant was sold into the dark underworld of human trafficking, dramatically altering her life forever. 'The next two and a half years of my life were horrific,' said Bryant, now a junior Criminal Justice major as Sam Houston State University. 'I was taken 17,000 miles away from my home and lived among a few other girls. But this group home was much different than any other I had been to. We were conditioned to do what we were told, to satisfy the gruesome desires of men. My identity, value and innocence were stolen from me.'"
Monday, April 11, 2011
Criminal justice: Prison-related cuts may cost counties more » Abilene Reporter-News
Criminal justice: Prison-related cuts may cost counties more » Abilene Reporter-News: "Proposed cuts to Texas' probation and parole program might bring short-term savings for the state but could result in drastic increases in costs to counties. Ana Correa, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, a policy think-tank based in Austin, said parole and probation currently costs the state $3.74 per offender per day. Cuts to that program, Correa said, will reduce the state's cost for the probation program but likely will result in more incarcerations in county jails. It currently costs Taylor County $26.37 per day to house an inmate in the Taylor County Jail. Under Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1, prison diversion programs, like the community corrections and misdemeanor probation programs, will suffer drastic cuts."
Friday, April 8, 2011
California’s 174 Criminal Justice Colleges Compete For Excellence | Breaking Story
California’s 174 Criminal Justice Colleges Compete For Excellence Breaking Story: "Justice Colleges or Criminal Justice schools provide courses online and on campus to complete a degree and certificate programs. To those who are aspiring law enforcement professionals and who wants to advance their academic endeavors should really take a more closer look about everything a criminal justice college can offer, and these are criminal justice, homeland security, law enforcment administration, forensic sciences, criminology, transnational crime to name a few."
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Not guilty plea from sex offender in Jaycee Dugard kidnapping - LA Daily News
Not guilty plea from sex offender in Jaycee Dugard kidnapping - LA Daily News: "PLACERVILLE, Calif. - A convicted sex offender pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two decades. The plea came as a surprise after an attorney said Phillip Garrido had made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty. It would have sent him to prison for the rest of his life. But Phillip Garrido's attorney, Susan Gellman, contended the grand jury was improperly selected and did not act appropriately during its proceedings. Gellman did not elaborate in court. 'There are issues about the process itself before the grand jury,' said Judge Doug Phimister."
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Supreme Court Stays First Pentobarbital Execution — Death Penalty | The Texas Tribune
Supreme Court Stays First Pentobarbital Execution — Death Penalty The Texas Tribune: "The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 30-day stay for death row inmate Cleve Foster, who was scheduled tonight to become the first Texas inmate executed using the state's new three-drug lethal injection cocktail. Although Foster's attorneys have challenged the drug change in court, the Supreme Court action today was not based on the state's new drug protocol. The court granted Foster a rehearing in a separate challenge to his sentence claiming that the state-appointed attorney who represented his appeals was ineffective. Foster appealed his original death sentence, arguing that he was innocent and that his roommate, who was also convicted and died in prison, was to blame for the rape and murder of a Fort Worth woman."
Criminal Justice and Behavior OnlineFirst Alert
Criminal Justice and Behavior OnlineFirst Alert (for the period 21 Mar 2011 to 1 Apr 2011):
Articles
Evaluation of a Violence Risk (Threat) Assessment Program for Police and Other Criminal Justice Professionals
Jennifer E. Storey, Andrea L. Gibas, Kim A. Reeves, and Stephen D. Hart
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 1 April 2011, 10.1177/0093854811403123
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811403123v1
The Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R) and Australian Offenders: Factor Structure, Sensitivity, and Specificity
Ching-I Hsu, Peter Caputi, and Mitchell K. Byrne
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 25 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402583
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402583v1
Social Bonds, Self-Control, and Adult Criminality: A Nationally Representative Assessment of Hirschi’s Revised Self-Control Theory
Robert G. Morris, Jurg Gerber, and Scott Menard
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 23 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402453
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402453v1
An Examination of Changes in LSI-R Scores Over Time: Making the Case for Needs-Based Case Management
Melinda D. Schlager and Daniel Pacheco
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 23 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402300
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402300v1
Articles
Evaluation of a Violence Risk (Threat) Assessment Program for Police and Other Criminal Justice Professionals
Jennifer E. Storey, Andrea L. Gibas, Kim A. Reeves, and Stephen D. Hart
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 1 April 2011, 10.1177/0093854811403123
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811403123v1
The Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R) and Australian Offenders: Factor Structure, Sensitivity, and Specificity
Ching-I Hsu, Peter Caputi, and Mitchell K. Byrne
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 25 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402583
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402583v1
Social Bonds, Self-Control, and Adult Criminality: A Nationally Representative Assessment of Hirschi’s Revised Self-Control Theory
Robert G. Morris, Jurg Gerber, and Scott Menard
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 23 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402453
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402453v1
An Examination of Changes in LSI-R Scores Over Time: Making the Case for Needs-Based Case Management
Melinda D. Schlager and Daniel Pacheco
Criminal Justice and Behavior published 23 March 2011, 10.1177/0093854811402300
http://cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0093854811402300v1
Monday, April 4, 2011
Three more sets of human remains found in possible serial killer case
Some awful news from back home:
Supreme Court shields prosecutors in wrongful convictions - latimes.com
Supreme Court shields prosecutors in wrongful convictions - latimes.com: "Reporting from Washington— One innocent man, from Arizona, was sent back to prison for raping a child when the Supreme Court ruled he had no right to evidence that would later set him free. Another innocent man, from Louisiana, was convicted of murder and came within weeks of being executed because prosecutors had hidden a blood test that later freed him. The two men were linked at the Supreme Court last week by Justice Antonin Scalia, who argued that criminal defendants have no right to 'potentially useful evidence' that 'might' show they were innocent."
Friday, April 1, 2011
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