Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology articles from June 2006

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology archives from June 2006

A fresh look at the responsible relation doctrine.
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Recent corporate scandals--Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth, Tyco, Adelphia, Cendant, and more--have refocused attention on efforts to reign in corporate wrongdoing. Criminal enforcement, and in particular prosecuting...

Desert, democracy, and sentencing reform.
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Exactly how much punishment an offender deserves is something of a metaphysical mystery, or so it has appeared to be in the past. Recently, a number of scholars and the American Law Institute (ALI) have advocated renewed...

Videotaping investigative interviews of children in cases of child sexual abuse: one community's approach.
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION Despite recent encouraging signs that child sexual abuse may be on the decline, it remains a critical social problem. (1) Proving child sexual abuse in criminal proceedings is notoriously difficult. (2) Because of a lack of...

Intimacy and violence: exploring the role of victim-defendant relationship in criminal law.
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION The degree of intimacy that exists between victims and defendants has traditionally been seen as a major explanatory variable in determining criminal justice outcomes in cases of violent crime. (1) Typically, it is argued...

Assessing the relative effects of state direct file waiver laws on violent juvenile crime: deterrence or irrelevance?
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION A separate and distinct juvenile justice system was founded on the Progressive Era belief that juvenile offenders were merely delinquent and in need of individualized treatment wherein the ultimate goal was their...

Bucking conventional wisdom: the Montana Public Defender Act.
June 22, 2006... I. INTRODUCTION In 1963, the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in Gideon v. Wainwright held that indigent defendants have a constitutional right to legal representation in state felony prosecutions. (1) In 1972, the Court in...

Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ALMOST EVERYTHING (Gene Healy ed., Cato Inst. 2004) 160 PP. Go Directly to Jail (1) is all about sentencing reform. Editor Gene Healy and his writers dedicated themselves to the task of making a...