Racial Bias in Mock Juror Decision-Making: A Meta-Analytic Review of Defendant Treatment
Racial Bias in Mock Juror Decision-Making: A Meta-Analytic Review of Defendant Treatment Abstract Common wisdom seems to suggest that racial bias, defined as disparate treatment of minority defendants, exists in…
Ethical challenges to research in the criminal justice system
Ethical challenges to research in the criminal justice system Penelope Brown Read the syndicated article here
Shining lights in dark corners of people’s lives: Reaching consensus for people with complex mental health difficulties who are given a diagnosis of personality disorder
Shining lights in dark corners of people's lives: Reaching consensus for people with complex mental health difficulties who are given a diagnosis of personality disorder Norman Lamb, Sue Sibbald, Alex…
Do terrorists suffer from alexithymia?
Do terrorists suffer from alexithymia? Edwin J. Burns Read the syndicated article here
Justice Department Finds Pennsylvania State Prison’s Use of Solitary Confinement Violates Rights of Prisoners Under the Constitution and Americans with Disabilities Act
Justice Department Finds Pennsylvania State Prison’s Use of Solitary Confinement Violates Rights of Prisoners Under the Constitution and Americans with Disabilities Act The Justice Department issued a findings letter detailing…
For-Profit School in Texas to Pay United States up to $2.5 Million for Allegedly Submitting False Claims for Federal Student Financial Aid
For-Profit School in Texas to Pay United States up to $ Million for Allegedly Submitting False Claims for Federal Student Financial Aid American Commercial Colleges Inc. (ACC) has agreed to…
Justice Department Signs Agreement with the City of West Columbia, S.C. to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities
Justice Department Signs Agreement with the City of West Columbia, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the City of West…
Rockville, Md., Property Purchased with Nigerian Corruption Proceeds Forfeited Through Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Initiative
Rockville, Md., Property Purchased with Nigerian Corruption Proceeds Forfeited Through Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Initiative A forfeiture judgment was executed today against real property with an estimated value of more than…
North Carolina Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
North Carolina Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud William Robert Hupman Jr., pleaded guilty today to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct or impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws.…
Court evaluations of young children’s testimony in child sexual abuse cases
Court evaluations of young children's testimony in child sexual abuse cases PurposeProsecutors working with child sexual abuse (CSA) cases involving young children have raised concerns that reliability criteria from the…
Contents of Volume 16
Contents of Volume 16 Read the syndicated article here
Gender-Role Stereotypes and Perceptions of Heterosexual, Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence
Gender-Role Stereotypes and Perceptions of Heterosexual, Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence Abstract Although domestic violence occurs in all types of relationships, non-prototypical cases (, gay male, lesbian, female-against-male) are often…