Thestudy “Immigration Enforcement, Policing, and Crime: Evidence from the Secure Communities Program” by Treyger, Chalfin, and Loeffler (2014, this issue) is a welcome addition to the literature, and one that is timely. Importantly, the study investigates the effects of the Secure Communities program on local crime rates and on the arrest behavior of municipal police agencies across the United ...

This paper sets out to examine the role of court and Islamic religious authorities in fighting extremism terrorism Malaysia. The judiciary has obligations protect people, guarantee freedom dispense justice. It is constitutional duty preserve religion, safeguard Muslim insulate teachings Islam Under federal framework country, civil government do not deal with matters because it comes under juris...

RICHARD CAVENDISH, The powers of evil in western religion, magic and folk belief, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975, 8vo, pp. ix, 299, £5.95. Evil supernatural agencies are part of every culture in degrees varying with their sophistication. As is to be expected, primitive man is surrounded by them, but they are of course still believed in by races who boast advanced social and cultural devel...

Regional planners, policy makers and policing agencies all recognize the importance of better understanding the dynamics of crime. Theoretical and application-oriented approaches which provide insights into why and where crimes take place are much sought after. Geographic information systems and spatial analysis techniques, in particular, are proving to be essential for studying criminal activi...

This paper was developed to accompany the Model Policy on Investigating Sexual Assaults developed by the IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center. The paper provides essential background material and supporting documentation to provide a greater understanding of the developmental philosophy and implementation required for the model policy. It also addresses field investigative procedures and...

The process and mechanism for settling criminal cases always progresses from time to time. One of the mechanisms in today's modern era is settlement through Restorative Justice. Although initially, its application was more informal limited, this concept has developed become part Criminal Justice System. Settlement that involve many related parties are oriented towards repair or restoration vari...

Civil liability for professional malpractice has become a major concern of child welfare workers and their agencies. For example, the 1982 Annual Meeting of the American Humane Association focused its agenda on caseworker liability. Also, the National Association of Social Workers has formed a special ad hoc group on caseworker liability, started publishing materials on the subject, and encoura...

In the fight against the racketeering and terrorism, knowledge about the structure and the organization of criminal networks is of fundamental importance for both the investigations and the development of efficient strategies to prevent and restrain crimes. Intelligence agencies exploit information obtained from the analysis of large amounts of heterogeneous data deriving from various informati...