Reduced Culpability Without Reduced Punishment: A Case for Why Lead Poisoning Should be Considered a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Sentencing
Reduced Culpability Without Reduced Punishment: A Case for Why Lead Poisoning Should be Considered a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Sentencing The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where residents discovered dangerous…
Parental Prisoners: The Incarcerated Mother’s Constitutional Right to Parent
Parental Prisoners: The Incarcerated Mother's Constitutional Right to Parent The United States prison population has grown at alarming and unprecedented rates in recent decades, with certain states imprisoning more individuals…
The Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Police Activity and Police-Citizen Encounters: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Police Activity and Police-Citizen Encounters: A Randomized Controlled Trial Many have suggested that placing body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police officers improves the civility of…
A Broken Windows Theory of Sexual Assault Enforcement
A Broken Windows Theory of Sexual Assault Enforcement The law of sexual assault is in conflict. Jurisdictions struggle with the conceptual shift from thinking of rape as forcible sex to…
Former Prince George’s County, Maryland, Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice
Former Prince George’s County, Maryland, Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice Anthony McIntosh, a former correctional officer at the Prince George’s County Detention Center, in Upper Marlboro, Md.,…
Former Owner of Employee Leasing Company Pleads Guilty in Salt Lake City to Federal Employment Tax Crime
Former Owner of Employee Leasing Company Pleads Guilty in Salt Lake City to Federal Employment Tax Crime Richard R. Whatley, a former owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc., pleaded guilty…
Foreign National Pleads Guilty in Houston to Human Smuggling Charges
Foreign National Pleads Guilty in Houston to Human Smuggling Charges A foreign national pleaded guilty today to federal human smuggling charges for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented…
Pittsburgh Ex-Convict Pleads Guilty to Tax Obstruction
Pittsburgh Ex-Convict Pleads Guilty to Tax Obstruction Michael Carlow, a resident of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty today to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service. Go to Source
U.S. Soldier Sentenced in Texas to 18 Months in Prison for His Role in Fraudulent Military Recruiting Referral Bonus Scheme
Soldier Sentenced in Texas to 18 Months in Prison for His Role in Fraudulent Military Recruiting Referral Bonus Scheme A member of the military was sentenced today to serve 18…
Alone in isolation: A clinician’s guide to women in solitary confinement
Alone in isolation: A clinician's guide to women in solitary confinement Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 217-222, June 2018. AliWinters Read the syndicated article here
Prison mental health care in Northern Ireland
Prison mental health care in Northern Ireland Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 223-226, June 2018. AdrianEast Read the syndicated article here
U.S. Attorneys Loretta E. Lynch and Sally Yates to Lead Attorney General’s Advisory Committee
Attorneys Loretta E. Lynch and Sally Yates to Lead Attorney General’s Advisory Committee Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointment of Attorney for the Eastern District of New York…