Urbanism and criminal crime control ideology are important correlates to state legislators ’ attitudes and positions on criminal justice policy issues. Three characteristics of New York state lawmakers—party affiliation, ur-banism and crime control ideology—were consistently related to legislators’ positions on capital punishment, handgun control, and expansion of the parole system. These findings are based on a survey of members of the New York State legislature conducted in 1991, and affirm the conclusion of a similar survey conducted in 1985. We argue that better understanding of the relationship between ideology and criminal justice policy has important and practical benefits, including improved public policy develop...
Abstract. Criminal policy may be assessed in a framework that is defined by the logical basic elemen...
This paper assembles some theoretical resources for a project that investigates the ways in which th...
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The early 1990s saw a flurry of activity in criminal justice legislation on both the state and feder...
The rapid adoption of the initial sex offender registration and notification laws during the 1990s p...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 56-66.Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The politics ...
There is a truth about the criminal law that scholars evade as much as they criticize: the criminal ...
The dramatic expansion of federal criminal law jurisdiction and policing responsibilities in recent ...
This study examined the politics of definite sentencing in Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Connect...
Why do some criminal justice public policies spread rapidly throughout U.S. states, and other polici...
376 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.This dissertation presents a ...
One strand of agenda-setting research examines the news media's influence on citizens' cog...
In Illinois v. Wardlow, the Supreme Court announced that mere presence in a high-crime area is a con...
The most significant development in criminal sentencing in recent decades has been the shift from in...
In this article, the author contemplates the way the criminal justice system is portrayed in the med...
Abstract. Criminal policy may be assessed in a framework that is defined by the logical basic elemen...
This paper assembles some theoretical resources for a project that investigates the ways in which th...
In his latest book, Hans Zeisel argues that law enforcement, important and essential as it is, cann...
The early 1990s saw a flurry of activity in criminal justice legislation on both the state and feder...
The rapid adoption of the initial sex offender registration and notification laws during the 1990s p...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 56-66.Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The politics ...
There is a truth about the criminal law that scholars evade as much as they criticize: the criminal ...
The dramatic expansion of federal criminal law jurisdiction and policing responsibilities in recent ...
This study examined the politics of definite sentencing in Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Connect...
Why do some criminal justice public policies spread rapidly throughout U.S. states, and other polici...
376 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.This dissertation presents a ...
One strand of agenda-setting research examines the news media's influence on citizens' cog...
In Illinois v. Wardlow, the Supreme Court announced that mere presence in a high-crime area is a con...
The most significant development in criminal sentencing in recent decades has been the shift from in...
In this article, the author contemplates the way the criminal justice system is portrayed in the med...
Abstract. Criminal policy may be assessed in a framework that is defined by the logical basic elemen...
This paper assembles some theoretical resources for a project that investigates the ways in which th...
In his latest book, Hans Zeisel argues that law enforcement, important and essential as it is, cann...