New directions in criminal behavior studies: revisiting the unresolved questions.

Revisiting the Role of Delinquent Attitudes on Criminal Behavior

Title of Dissertation: REVISITING THE ROLE OF DELINQUENT ATTITUDES ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR Kyle J. Thomas, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation Directed By: Associate Professor, Jean McGloin, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice By employing global attitude measures, which ask respondents to evaluate the abstract idea of a behavior absent of context, rather than specific measures that...

Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture

Indiana v. Davis: revisiting due process rights of permanently incompetent defendants.

With its landmark Jackson v. Indiana (406 U.S. 715 (1972)) decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states may not indefinitely confine criminal defendants solely on the basis of incompetence to stand trial. While this decision led to widespread state statutory and procedural changes, the Jackson court left unresolved whether states could indefinitely maintain criminal charges again...

Revisiting the Motivational Bases of Public Service: Twenty Years of Research and an Agenda for the Future

How has research regarding public service motivation evolved since James L. Perry and Lois Recascino Wise published their essay “Th e Motivational Bases of Public Service” 20 years ago? Th e authors assess subsequent studies in public administration and in social and behavioral sciences as well as evolving defi nitions of public service motivation. What have we learned about public service moti...

Revisiting the Motivational Bases of Public Service

How has research regarding public service motivation evolved since James L. Perry and Lois Recascino Wise published their essay “Th e Motivational Bases of Public Service” 20 years ago? Th e authors assess subsequent studies in public administration and in social and behavioral sciences as well as evolving defi nitions of public service motivation. What have we learned about public service moti...