Department of Political Science & Criminal Justice

Critical Issues in Justice & Politics ISSN 1940-3186

  • Volume 1 - Number 1  March 2008
    • And Why Aren't We Ashamed of Ourselves?  Sandi Levy
    • The Interview and Interrogation of juvenile Suspects and Offenders  Christopher J. Andreychak
    • The Militarization of the American Police Force:  A Critical Assessment  John Paul and Michael L. Birzer
    • Tracking the Beast:  Techno-Ethics Boards and Government Surveillance Programs  Peter A. Mameli
    • Racial Disparity Begins in Childhood:  How Disproportionality in Child Abuse Cases Inpacts Adult Justice System Inequalities  Alicia Summers
    • "He Ain't My Brother... He's My Friend"  Friendship in Medium Security Prison  Eric Bronson
  • Volume 1 - Number 2  October 2008
    • Racial Disparity in Pennsylvania Prisons:  A Theoretical Explanation, Causes, Consequences, and Partial Solution  Avdi S. Avdija
    • Effect of Politics on Legal Norms in International Boundary Disputes  Saghir Munir Mehar
    • Natrona County Drug Court Evaluation:  Applying the Recently Published National Process Evaluation and Performance Measurement Standards to a Local Program  Cary Heck
    • Book Review:  Lines and Shadows   Edward J. Schauer
  • Volume 2 - Number 1February 2009
    • Post-Secondary Education in Prison:  Evaluating Program Outcomes   Charlene Bates Freyberg
    • Robert Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and the Road to War on Organized Crime:  Politics and the Transformation of Ideas to Effective Actions, 1961-1967  James D. Calder
    • Thucydides and Prognosis:  Foresight and Statecraft in History and Modern International Affairs  G. Michael Stathis
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.:  Justice and the Beloved Community  Ron Large
    • The Power of Class Actions  Catherine Piché
  • Volume 2 - Number 2  June 2009
    • College Education as a State-Wide Licensing Requirement:  An Analysis of the Minnesota Model 30 Years Later  Susan M. Hilal & Timothy E. Erickson
    • The Justice of 'Just Desserts:' An Examination of the Crossroads Correctional Center  Andela G. Dunlap & Dennis Hill
    • The Rhetoric of a Liberal Judiciary  Michael Bogner & Luke Perry
    • Legislative Opinions Concerning Terrorism Response Funding and Likelihood of Attack:  The Case of Texas  James J. Vardalis & Shannon N. Waters
    • Which Came First, the Bond or Self-Control?  A Test of Hirschi's Revision of Low Self-Control  Michael S. Cretacci
    • Police Corruption of Police Productivity?  Officers Perceptions of Moonlighting in U.S. Agencies  David A. Jenks
    • Criminal History That Repeats....and Punishes.....Severely:  How Career Drug Offenders Relive Their Past Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines  Richard H. Hubbard
  • Volume 2 - Number 3  November 2009
    • Caveat Emptor and Jackpot Justice:  Money in Alabama's Judicial Elections  Phillip B. Bridgmon
    • Clash of the Titans:  A Theoretical Competition Between Self-Control and Social Bond  Michael A. Cretacci
    • How Social Sciences Can Right Thirty-Five Years Worth of Obscenity Wrongs  Alicia Summers and Monica K. Miller
    • Earthly Powers:  Religious Justifications for Non-State Political Violence and the Strategy of "De-Coupling"  Tyler Rauert
    • An Evidence-Based Treatment Model for Persons with Co-Occurring Diagnoses in the Criminal Justice System  Kendra N. Bowen
  • Volume 3 - Number 1  May 2010
    • Fighting Campus Crime:  Perceptions of Police Canines at a Metropolitan University  Ross Wolf, Charlie Mesloh, Mark Henych
    • White Collar Criminals on Capitol Hill:  Case Studies in Political Skullduggery  Bradford W. Reyns
    • Examining Environmental Inequality and Social Disorganization in Upstate New York Cities  Paul Schupp, Timothy O. Ireland, Craig Rivera
    • Community Policing:  Developing an Action Plan  Avdi S. Avdija
  • Volume 3 - Number 2  October 2010
    • Art Behind Bars:  An Examination of the Correctional Setting as an Art World  John Paul, Kathryn Cook-Vesely
    • Using Cell Phones to Put Rogue Cops on Front Street:  Citizens in Search of Justice  Judson L. Jeffries, Charles E. Jones
    • The War on Drugs:  Counting Our Victories  Jim Mann
    • Book Review:  In Place of Justice:  A Story of Punishment and Deliverance  Robert Costello
  • Volume 4 - Number 1  May 2011
    • What Factors Influence the Criminal Justice Policymaking Process?:  A Case Study of Policy Decisions About Correctional Boot Camps in North Carolina  Tiffany Bergin
    • Local Politics and the Police:  Influence and Behavior  Sannon N. Waters, Shawn B. Snyder, James J. Vardalis
    • Where Is the Christian Left?  The Social Gospel and the Democratic Party  Christopher Cronin
    • Stalking Regulation:  Issues and Recommendations  Laura Woods Fidelie
  • Volume 5 - Number 1  May 2012
    • Gang Investigators' Perceptions of Military-Trained Gang Members (MTGM)  Carter F. Smith and Yvonne Doll
    • Changing Public Confidence in the Supreme Court During Confirmations:  1971 - 2007  Shauna Reilly
    • Should They Stay or Should They Go?  Comparing Modern Clashes Over Secession  Luke Perry and John Howell
    • Justice from Injustices Through Social Conflicts  Leonard Mazzone
  • Volume 5 - Number 2  December 2012
    • The Father, Hugo Chavez, and The Holy Spirit - Power From Oratory  Rachel W. Kirk
    • Corruption and Revolution:  Transformations of Crime Into Political Capital in the Philippines  Christopher N. Magno
    • The Extent of the Implementation of the Practices in Police Community Relations in Districts 1 and 2 of the Province of Cavite  Alrien F. Dausan
    • The Road Not Taken:  Political Action and the Crisis of Democratic Values and Stability in Post-Independence Equatorial Guinea  David Aworawo
    • Book Review:  Critical Criminology in Canada: New Voice, New Directions  Stéphane Lefebvre
  • Volume 6 - Number 1
    • Dark Geopolitics:  The Beijing-Moscow Nexus in Sudan and Syria   Jeff Roquen
    • Education and Turnout in New Electoral Systsems: The Eiropean Union Case  Shauna Reilly
    • Best Practices: Process Evaluation of a Diversion Program  Jinnifer L. Huck, Kendra N. Bowen
    • Third Party Policing:  Is It a Viable Strategy for Reducing Crime and Disorder in Rental Properties?  Greg Koehle
    • Book Review: New Directions in Media and Politics  Alison Novak