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Should We Require the Police to Have a College Degree?
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Tovar, Lynn A. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2023
This paper probes whether a formal college education is linked to the quality of policing. Citizens desire a higher level of professionalism with ever-increasing demands placed on their police departments. Annual on-the-job training for police is common with proposed reform initiatives, however, the difference between police training and requiring…
Descriptors: Police Community Relationship, Police Education, Training, Bachelors Degrees
Theorizing Uptake and Knowledge Mobilization: A Case for Intermediary Genre
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Tachino, Tosh – Written Communication, 2012
Recent scholarship in genre studies has extended its focus from studying single genres to multiple genres, as well as how these genres interact with one another. This essay seeks to contribute to this growing scholarship by adding a new concept, "intermediary genre". That is, a genre that facilitates the "uptake" of a genre by…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literary Genres, Scholarship, Scientific Research
Blaming the Victim and Exonerating the Perpetrator in Cases of Rape and Robbery: Is There a Double Standard?
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Bieneck, Steffen; Krahe, Barbara – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Research in legal decision making has demonstrated the tendency to blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator of sexual assault. This study examined the hypothesis of a special leniency bias in rape cases by comparing them to cases of robbery. N = 288 participants received descriptions of rape and robbery of a female victim by a male…
Descriptors: Rape, Court Litigation, Victims of Crime, Decision Making
Exploring Methods to Investigate Sentencing Decisions
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Merrall, Elizabeth L. C.; Dhami, Mandeep K.; Bird, Sheila M. – Evaluation Review, 2010
The determinants of sentencing are of much interest in criminal justice and legal research. Understanding the determinants of sentencing decisions is important for ensuring transparent, consistent, and justifiable sentencing practice that adheres to the goals of sentencing, such as the punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, and incapacitation of…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Court Litigation, Social Justice
Specious Rights: Myth vs. Reality in the American Criminal Justice System
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Reinhardt, William R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Contrary to the dominant discourse metanarrative, this dissertation explores, re-exposes, and updates the generally hidden realities of what is actually taking place in the current operation of the American criminal justice system. The government/dominant discourse benefits from the amorphous ambiguity of the law in conjunction with its usage of…
Descriptors: Criminals, Justice, Criminal Law, Law Enforcement
Restorative Justice: Principles, Practices, and Application
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O'Brien, Sandra Pavelka – Prevention Researcher, 2007
A modern-day movement is transforming the way that communities and justice systems think about and respond to crime and wrongful occurrences. This response implements a holistic continuum of services, providing for prevention, intervention, diversion, commitment, probation, reentry, and aftercare. This approach--known as restorative justice--seeks…
Descriptors: Equal Protection, Justice, Crime Prevention, Criminal Law