The “appropriate adult”: What they do and what they should do in police interviews with mentally disordered suspects
The “appropriate adult”: What they do and what they should do in police interviews with mentally disordered suspects Abstract Background In almost all countries worldwide, the first point of contact…
Georgia Woman Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Human Trafficking of Two Young Women from Nigeria
Georgia Woman Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Human Trafficking of Two Young Women from Nigeria Bidemi Bello, 42, formerly of Suwanee, Ga., was sentenced today in Atlanta by…
Two Charged with Conspiracy and Filing False Tax Returns in a Corporate Scheme Based in South Florida
Two Charged with Conspiracy and Filing False Tax Returns in a Corporate Scheme Based in South Florida Elmo Antonio George and Nasheba Necia Hunte were indicted today by a federal…
Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Travel Claims Totaling Nearly $500,000
Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Travel Claims Totaling Nearly $500,000 John R. Brock, 52, of Crofton, Md., pleaded guilty today before District Court Judge Robert…
Attorney General Holder Joins White House in Honoring “Champions of Change”
Attorney General Holder Joins White House in Honoring “Champions of Change” Attorney General Eric Holder was joined today by Senior Counselor for Access to Justice Mark Childress at a White…
Department of Justice Announces the Defending Childhood Task Force
Department of Justice Announces the Defending Childhood Task Force Today at the national conference of the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Associate Attorney General Tom…
Taking sides: Gender and third‐party partisanship in disputes*
Taking sides: Gender and third‐party partisanship in disputes* Abstract We examine the role of a norm protecting women in understanding third‐party partisanship in verbal and violent disputes. Our analyses are…
Development of impulsivity and risk‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control*
Development of impulsivity and risk‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control* Abstract In Gottfredson and Hirschi's self‐control theory, introduced in 1990, they contend that self‐control is a unidimensional…
Consequences of mental and physical health for reentry and recidivism: Toward a health‐based model of desistance*
Consequences of mental and physical health for reentry and recidivism: Toward a health‐based model of desistance* Abstract During the last few decades, criminologists have identified several adult roles and statuses,…
Reimagining Sutherland 80 years after white‐collar crime*
Reimagining Sutherland 80 years after white‐collar crime* Abstract Eighty years ago, Edwin H. Sutherland conceptualized and defined white‐collar crime. In this article, I engage retrospectively with Sutherland's ideas and work…
Learning on the job: Studying expertise in residential burglars using virtual environments*
Learning on the job: Studying expertise in residential burglars using virtual environments* Abstract In this article, we describe a quasi‐experiment in which experienced incarcerated burglars (n = 56), other offenders (n = 50), and…
Lifelong Conviction Pathways and Self-Reported Offending: Towards a Deeper Comprehension of Criminal Career Development
Lifelong Conviction Pathways and Self-Reported Offending: Towards a Deeper Comprehension of Criminal Career Development AbstractThis article investigates to what extent life-course self-reported offending is related to the four developmental pathways…