The study of criminal phenomenon in criminology also occurs with a greater focus on the individual offender. Measures and activities governing the abused children among the victims who are particularly vulnerable ,Before victimization, by eliminating factors influencing victimization of children - including individual factors( biological, psychological factors), general factors ( economic, soci...

The focus of this manuscript is on the challenges faced by individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities within the criminal justice system. Prevalence data are cited and these data are interpreted in light of possible rationales for the disproportionate number of individuals with disabilities present within the system. Then the specific challenges faced by individuals with disab...

While males continue to comprise the majority of criminal offenders, the number of female offenders involved in the criminal justice system continues to grow at a much faster rate (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007). Rapidly rising numbers draw attention to the treatment programs available to this unique population. More specifically, interest is growing in the recently developed gender-respon...

Crime laboratories play an important prosecution. Yet just how frequently charging, plea negotiations, trial, and role in our criminal justice system by -and effectively-is forensic evisentencing? Is forensic science "overexamining physical evidence in supdence actually used at various stages burdened and underutilized," as port of investigations and subsequent of the criminal justice processsu...

This article examines one-year of publicly available criminal judgments from one basic-level rural county court and one intermediate court in Henan Province in order to better understand trends in routine criminal adjudication in China. I present an account of ordinary criminal justice in China that is both familiar and striking: a system that treats serious crimes, in particular those affectin...

The independent, nonfederal Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force), which directs development of the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide), has conducted a systematic review of published scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness of laws and policies that facilitate the transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal justice system, on either preventing or...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence of alcohol use disorders within the different stages of the criminal justice system in the UK. Furthermore it reviewed the worldwide evidence of alcohol brief interventions in the various stages of the criminal justice system. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A rapid systematic review of publications was conducted from the year 2000 to 20...

This article assesses the influence of race and gender in the functioning of the São Paulo State criminal justice system. Through the use of longitudinal analysis, that is, analysis that tracks individuals as they make their way through the criminal justice system (in this case, from indictment to the serving of the sentence for robbery), one may observe the different treatments accorded to wom...

This is the most important book on public policy to be published in a long time. Benson takes on the most pervasive government activity, the criminal justice system, and addresses the critical issue of our high crime rate. There are no clear “academic” solutions to this problem, but Benson presents a clear and sensible solution derived from the insights of Austrian economics—the privatization o...