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Readers' Copyright
(2011-06)
This essay is part of a project intended to help reclaim copyright for readers, listeners, and viewers. A system of copyright protection makes little sense unless it is designed to encourage the use and enjoyment of the ...
Cost/Benefit Analysis
(Sage Publications, 1973)
The techniques of cost/benefit analysis are presented in a general way in order to encourage decision-makers in the crim inal justice system to adopt a style of thought that will assist them in formulating decisional ...
"Need" and "Overt Act" in Juvenile Court Law
(Sage Publications, 1963)
The current trend of academic analysis of the juvenile court as a treatment organization and the emphasis on treatment aspects of juvenile court activities have led to a popular assump tion that the court applies a criterion ...
Published findings from the spouse assault replication program: A critical review
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-03)
Published reports from seven jointly developed experiments have addressed whether or not arrest is an effective deterrent to misdemeanor spouse assault. Findings supporting a deterrent effect, no effect, and an escalation ...
Social science in court
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-06)
This article discusses the role of social science in legal proceedings with special attention to the ethical situation of the expert psychologist asked to testify about the reliability of an eyewitness identification. It ...
The Informal System
(Sage Publications, 1968)
Juvenile correctional programs must bridge the gap between an institution's official system and the delinquent subculture or anti-official system. This paper describes how one program de veloped techniques to utilize the ...
Waiver of Jurisdiction
(Sage Publications, 1963)
A critical evaluation of the waiver process identifies certain inconsistencies between the goals and methods of the juvenile court movement and points out the difficulties resulting from procedures that attempt to reconcile ...
Understanding the Judicial Role in Addressing Gender Bias: A View from the Eighth Circuit Federal Court System
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-04)