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• MUST-READ: Jennifer Roback Morse explains why two-parent families matter

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 500
  Article here in Policy Review , a publication of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Excerpt: A free society needs people with consciences. The vast majority of people must obey the law voluntarily. If people don’t conform themselves to the law, someone will either have to compel them to do so or protect ...
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• Part 2 of 4: Our Children’s Future in Our Hands

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 167
  Part 2 of 4 explores the use of punishment and violence within our society. In particular, how “violence is your ticket through the prison system”. It has never been a deterrence for crime. Its inadequacies are only inflicted back on our society in a vicious cycle. The costs socially and financially are ...
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• Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases by Daniel G. Saunders, Ph.D. (Revised 2007)

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 439
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Risk Factors, and Safety Concerns (Revised 2007) Daniel G. ...
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• Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases by Daniel G. Saunders, Ph.D. (Revised 2007)

  
  Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody..!! — Authority: 144
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Risk Factors, and Safety Concerns (Revised 2007) Daniel G. ...
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• Global Cities - Global Gangs

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 739
  Global Cities - Global Gangs: Global cities linking global economic circuits are also home to transnational criminals and global gangs . [ via ] Article sources for first link: Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency (.pdf) Irregular Warfare: Brazils Fight Against Urban Guerrillas (pdf)
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• VIDEO: Obama Asked About Legalized Prostitution To Stimulate Economy

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  "I was just wondering .. weve been studying some criminology. I was wondering if maybe if you checked out some of the statistics about legalizing prostitution, gambling, drugs and non-violent crime in order to stimulate some of the economy." Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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• Capital Punishment Not Likely A Murder Deterrent: Study

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 511
  Thats the headline at the Crime Report from John Jay Colleges Center on Media, Crime and Justice .  LINK Contrary to the common belief that capital punishment detersmurderers, a study by Tomislav Kovandzic, Lynne Vieraitis, and DenisePaquette Boots of the University of Texas at Dallas concludes that ...
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• Criminology

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 488
  A few days back, there were a bundle of articles on conditions of jails and the mistreatment done with the inmates in jails. During that particular period, I took interest in the issue and went to Attock jail for a better understanding of the whole issue but to my amazement, the situation there was not as dire as I ...
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• An Online Criminal Justice Degree Offers a Plethora of Career Opportunities

  
  Blog Your Site — Authority: 162
  Do you remember playing cops and robbers when you were a kid? Consider the anticipation of watching CSI or the rush you feel when you solve the case on Law and Order just minutes before the end of the TV show. Increasingly, since 9/11, the news media has asked the question what can private citizens [...]
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• Aussie boys more violent than American boys: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Sydney, November 27 (ANI): Australian boys are more aggressive and violent than their American counterparts, according to a new study.Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in collaboration with the University of Washington quizzed 4000 students, between the age group of 12 to 16, on violent behaviour.The boys were ...
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• Uganda to Host Great Lakes Conference on Sexual Violence

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  Uganda is to play host to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) expected to bring together representatives of security forces from eleven member states to review the state of the crime of sexual violence in the region as well as share mechanisms in place to address it. According to a release ...
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• 11:20 - An Institute of Criminology report finds more than 8 in 10 Australians dont trust our justice system ... (audio)

  
  Australian Broadcasting Corp. | abc.net.au — Authority: 806
  Anna Hipsley is speaking with the report co-author David Indermaur
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• Homicide and Envy

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The Roots of Killing in America "Nearly 1 of every 200 children born today will be murdered," writes Randolph Roth in his new book, American Homicide. He adds that, ever since the early 19th century, we have been the most homicidal country in the West. The statistics are not in dispute, but what about the reasons? ...
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• **UPDATED**Should Fort Bragg Disinvite Sarah Palin? What are People Smoking in Cumberland County?

  
  Myron's Mixer — Authority: 113
  UPDATE:  Fort Bragg has decided to let the media cover the Palin book-signing. According to a release, ”the decision has been reached in order to acommodate the rights of the media while maintaining Army regulations.” It shouldn’t have taken the press raising a stink to be able to cover a public event. But ...
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• Is Minnesota Nice Dead?

  
  Newsvine - MinnieApolis's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 122
  Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being Minnesota Nice. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.
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• Criminology For Dummies

  
  FileBeta — Authority: 147
  Your thorough guide to comprehending and combating crime Are you fascinated by criminology, forensics, and detective work? This you-are-there guide takes you deep into the world of crime, giving you a better understanding of the dark recesses of the criminal mind and how law enforcement officials investigate crime. ...
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• Rick Casey on Deterrence

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 511
  The Houston Chronicle columnists latest is, " A murder mystery by the numbers ." This is a different kind of murder mystery. For years, social scientists have tried to determine whether the deathpenalty has a deterrent effect. Put another way, does the death penaltysave lives? In1967, sociologist Thorsten Sellin ...
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• New Program Launched in London to Cut Youth Crime

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  A pioneering project dedicated to making London safer by helping young offenders turn their backs on crime was launched this week by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The Heron Unit is the UK’s first dedicated resettlement unit for 15 – 17 year olds who have demonstrated a ...
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• Prostitution and the difference between left and right

  
  Ian Andrew Bell — Authority: 104
  I read a really salient comment today on an otherwise not terribly interesting article @ CBC News.  After an article describing high-end street-walking prostitutes being herded out of Vancouver’s Yaletown in advance of the oncoming Olympic onslaught, commenter NixONeill posted: This goes to the heart of the ...
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• Biological Theories of Crime

  
  EduBook — Authority: 156
  There are four different theories of a crime. These include psychological theories, social-biological theories, sociological theories, and biological theories of crime. Many early positivists absolutely believed that genetic abnormalities were the cause of criminal behavior. Lombroso, an early positivist, stated ...
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