Space Time Dynamics of Insurgent Activity in Iraq Michael Townsley a , Shane D. Johnson b and Jerry H. Ratcliffe c a School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffi th University , Qld 4111 , Australia . E-mail: m.townsley@griffi th.edu.au b UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London, Second Floor, Brook House, 2-16 Torrington Place, London, WC1E ...

Document No.: Date Received: Award Number: Analysis of the Effect of a Variety of PCR Inhibitors on the Amplification of DNA using Real Time PCR, Melt Curves and STR Analysis Bruce McCord, Arianna Pionzio, Robyn Thompson 249148 September 2015 2010-DN-BX-K204 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this federally fu...

Generally protection against possible litigation and good clinical practice go hand in hand. Situations in which the law has special relevance for people with epilepsy, those who work with them, and their clinicians are reviewed with special reference to the topics of driving, employment, duties of social carers, the clinician's everyday role, the responsibilities of researchers and epilepsy an...

This study investigates the associations of recent criminal justice involvement with perceived need for alcohol treatment and alcohol treatment utilization, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics. We examined a national sample of adults with alcohol use disorders (N=4390) from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Almost 15% reported criminal justice involvement in th...

This article discusses and analyzes the introducing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in criminal litigation, which refers to the process of dispute resolution, denotes the idea of making the system of delivering justice friendly to the disputed parties and ensuring quick resolution of the cases. For its simplicity the popularity of this system is increasing day by day. The justice seekers o...

Background: Most women involved in the criminal justice system are not incarcerated, but rather on probation or parole. We examined the receipt of health services and social vulnerability among women on parole or probation in the past year. Methods: In a community-based sample of 776 women who use crack cocaine or injection drugs, we compared those who had been on probation or parole in the pas...

A large proportion of offenders in the criminal justice system have alcohol-related problems. Therefore, it makes sense to implement alcohol screening and brief intervention programs for people in this setting, particularly for impaired driving offenders, who are likely to be alcohol dependent. Although most States mandate screening for impaired drivers, not much effort has been put forth to de...

Despite the general theoretical support for the value and use of randomized controlled experiments in determining Fwhat works_ in criminal justice interventions, they are infrequently used in practice. Reasons often given for their rare use include that experiments present practical difficulties and ethical challenges or tend to over-simplify complex social processes. However, there may be othe...

The last ten or fifteen years have seen a quiet revolution in criminology and criminal justice. There has been a vast improvement in the quality and quantity of data, and in the availability of that data to decisionmakers. Sufficient information is now available so that basic indicators related to criminal justice issues can be measured with a degree of precision that was not only unknown a few...

Denise C. Gottfredson, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Gottfredson’s research interests include delinquency and delinquency prevention, and particularly the effects of school environments on youth behavior. Brook W. Kearley is a researcher at Social Solutions, Inc. Her primary research interests include the evaluation of drug t...