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2011
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“Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development of programs and services offered by NIC. This report, now in its 6th editio... Read More
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2010
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Results are provided from a national opinion poll “that was designed to further insights into public awareness and perceptions” regarding sex offender management (p. 1). Findings include: primary source of public knowledge and information about sex o... Read More
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2009
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The "intersection of media coverage of youth crime, public perception, public policy, and true trend and issues in youth crime" in Dallas, Washington, DC and San Mateo (CA) is examined (p. ii). Sections of this report after an executive summary inclu... Read More
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2009
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2009
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Increasing dissatisfaction with the criminal justice system is examined. This article covers: international and Australian research; the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA); confidence in police; confidence in criminal courts; confidence in... Read More
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2009
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The impact of the belief in redeemability combined with the belief of what causes crime – a person’s disposition of the situation they find themselves in – on the publics’ attitudes toward crime is examined. Sections following an abstract include: ac... Read More
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2008
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"This chapter lays out the emerging psychological principles that underlie citizens' intuitions regarding punishment" (p. 1). Sections following an abstract are: retributive justice in relation to other kinds of justice; what motivates the desire to... Read More
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2008
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2008
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The opinions of Washington State adults regarding the state's Community Protection Act are recorded. This report has these sections: summary; state and federal community notification laws; sex offenders in Washington; telephone surveys; familiarity ... Read More
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2008
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Respondents' opinions about two juvenile justice policy alternatives - incarceration and rehabilitation (which is more effective) - are compared. The "public is willing to pay nearly 20 percent more in additional taxes annually for programs that offe... Read More
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2008
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Results from an opinion poll of Michigan voters is provided. Detroiters (64%) want the incarceration rate decreased whereas the rest of the state is divided on this issue at 39.6% for reducing incarceration and 48.1% for remaining at the current rate... Read More
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2008
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The "discrepancy [that exists] between what people want (both deterrence and retribution), and the actions that people perceive as just (retributive justice)" is examined (p. 17). Sections following an abstract are: introduction; Study 1 -- method a... Read More
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2008
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The impact on youth later in their lives of being convicted as adults is explained. Topics discussed in this report include: impact of war on drugs on youth; misguided addiction policies have fueled incarceration; perpetual punishment -- the lasting... Read More
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2000
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This workshop looks at principles of effective intervention and how these principles can be applied to controlling and changing offenders' behavior. Sections include: treatment v. punishment; what works -- overview of treatment effectiveness; crimina... Read More
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