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Zarr, Melvyn – Journal of Legal Education, 1984
A way is described to expose first-year law students to a whole case and thus to blend in appellate decisions, statutes, and scholarly articles as they might be discovered and used by the parties and the court. (MLW)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Hayden, Mary, Ed.; Ransom, Barbara, Ed.; Obermayer, Liz, Ed. – Impact, 1997
This feature issue of "Impact" focuses on persons with developmental disabilities and the justice system. Articles include: "The Invisible Victims" (Daniel D. Sorensen), which discusses the high rate of people with developmental and other severe disabilities who become victims of crime; "The ADA in the Justice System"…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Criminal Law, Developmental Disabilities
Illenberger, Abbie, Ed.; Wallach, Jason, Ed. – 1998
Popular education is "political education for everyday people." It is"people coming together to discuss problems of injustice and inequality and learning how to confront these problems collectively." To be effective in movement building, this guide calls for people who can act in concert to fundamentally change the world. It…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Consciousness Raising, Criminal Law

Ross, C. Thomas – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Many athletes are filing court suits alleging that schools have exploited their athletic abilities and ignored their educational needs. The National Collegiate Athletic Association solution to the problem of exploitation is higher academic standards. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletics, Court Litigation, Criminal Law

Letwin, Alita Zurav – Social Studies Review, 1983
Course outlines and timelines for a junior high school elective, "Youth and the Law," and a senior high school elective, "Criminal and Civil Law," are provided. A sample brochure about a supplementary television series for the junior high course is also included. (SR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Criminal Law, Educational Television, Interdisciplinary Approach

Conrad, John P. – Crime and Delinquency, 1982
Suggests that the Golden Age of criminal justice research has ended with an impending era of austerity. Reviews the work done in the past forty years and recommends a return to the people-oriented research that characterized the Chicago School of the early '20s rather than systems research. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Criminal Law, Humanism, Professional Recognition, Recidivism

Kurtz, Paul M. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
A study to examine the structure of the criminal justice curriculum in the American law school is described. An analysis of what courses are being offered, how many hours of classroom instruction are available, and when during the educational process the student is exposed to criminal law courses is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Criminal Law, Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements
Giuliani, Betty – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1979
Some noncredit university continuing education programs are more readily subject to impact evaluation than most. Impact studies are reported for two such programs, one on governmental accounting and one on criminal justice. (CT)
Descriptors: Accounting, Continuing Education, Criminal Law, Higher Education
American Indian Journal, 1979
A panel of seven international jurists and lawyers has found a pattern of human and legal rights violations against Native Americans and other minorities in the United States. Their three-week investigation focused on political prisoners and discovered abuses of both the activists and the criminal process. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation

McCarthy, Francis Barry – Crime and Delinquency, 1977
The legal concept of juvenile delinquency as administered for the last 150 years began to die with the Gault decision. Delinquency jurisdiction should be removed from juvenile courts and be allowed to revert to criminal courts, where interests which are highly valued in our society can be protected more fully. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Crime, Criminal Law, Delinquency

Asquith, Stewart – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Examines issues posed by cases involving murder of children by children, including the Bulger case in England and the Redergard case in Norway, which, though not typical, articulate how changes in notions of childhood mesh with change in major social institutions. Addresses concerns about pursuit of justice for children and analyzes relationships…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Constructivism (Learning), Crime

Conway, Claire – Update on Law-Related Education, 1989
Discusses the issue of providing adequate legal representation for persons condemned to death. Asks if the rights of a poor capital defendant charged with a capital crime in the South enjoys fewer rights than one in Los Angeles and whether this creates a dual system of justice. Suggests that state action for improvement may be slow in coming. (KO)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Civil Rights, Courts, Criminal Law
Dynon, John; Loynes, Chris – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1990
Describes duties and responsibilities of outdoor instructors under British criminal and civil law. Discusses elements of negligence under civil law including damage, duty of care, standard of care, in loco parentis, students' duty of care, foreseeability, and employer's legal duty. Presents risk management in terms of primary, secondary, and…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adventure Education, Civil Law, Criminal Law

Genty, Philip M. – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses issues for child welfare workers seeking to preserve the relationship between incarcerated parents and their children in the wake of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; the Act advocates swift separation of parent and child and placement of children for adoption. Discusses this public policy, suggesting strategies for permanency…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Criminal Law

Dodrill, Earl – Inquiry, 2001
Presents a rebuttal to an earlier article that argued against the technical aspect of criminal justice education. Contends that both academic and technical education are crucial elements in criminal justice training programs. (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Community Colleges, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminal Law