The forensic use of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) is demonstrating significant success as a crime-solving tool. However, numerous concerns have been raised regarding the potential for DNA use to contravene cultural, ethical, and legal codes. In this article the expectations and level of knowledge of the New Zealand public of the DNA data-bank and…

Attempts to move beyond the current criminological frames of reference to examine how the field has evolved into its present state and proposes the need for an advanced criminology based on a deeper understanding of the psychological function that is used to create all patterns of thought. (Author)

Most dominant theories of crime and criminality underscore the saliency of the family in the etiology of offending behaviors. Recently, a small pool of research has suggested that elements of the family, especially parents, do not have a lasting impact on children. This line of inquiry argues that once the effects that the child has on the family…

Researchers usually explain individual offending in terms of background factors like low self-control and association with delinquent peers. Such factors reflect the routine or typical aspects of the individual's life over an extended period of time and they influence the individual's predisposition for crime. Researchers also sometimes explain…

Translates the principles of Psychology of Mind (Principles of Thought, Separate Realities, Levels of Consciousness, and Feelings and Emotions) into a neocognitive model of crime. Shows these four principles connect in an exact manner the variables of thought, perception, motivation, emotion, and behavior of all delinquent and criminal offenders.…

Describes forensic science as a career. Includes information on the nature of the work, employment and working conditions, earnings and outlook, and necessary qualifications and training. (JOW)

Background: Various lines of research point to the overrepresentation of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) in the criminal justice system. Studies have also shown that individuals with ID are vulnerable to mental health problems. To date there have been no Canadian studies of individuals with an ID in the criminal justice system.…

Clump, Bauer, and Bradley (2004) and Burchfield and Sappington (2000) previously found extremely low levels of reading in undergraduate psychology courses. The current study investigated whether these low levels of reading are also found with graduate students, or if this value is altered by only investigating individuals who show continued…

Building on several recent papers that have brought the study of criminal career lengths back to the attention of criminologists, this study used a sample of serious offenders to examine the length of their official criminal career. This study not only examined overall career length, but it also examined the career length for five categories of…

Concludes that cluster analysis is an unsuitable approach to the design of secondary services in the social sciences, although it may have some value in automatic retrieval systems. (Author/VT)

Interviews Stanton Samenow who explains his belief that environmental conditions and mental illness do not cause criminal behavior, and defends the clinical approach used in his work. Describes his recent book "Inside the Criminal Mind" and its recommendations for change of government policy toward criminals. (LLL)

This applied dissertation was an evaluation of the student engagement practices offered to students in a criminal justice program at a Midwestern technical college. The problem was that an evaluation of the practices had not been conducted to provide data to indicate whether the current practices were effective. The researcher developed an…

Using national data on homicide, rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, and robbery, this article examines assertions that violent crime in the United States is disproportionately interracial. Concludes that whatever measures are used, violent crimes are found to be intraracial (within racial classifications) to a far greater extent than…

Discusses studies of utopian communities conducted by Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Hugh Gardner. The studies found that mortification and transcendence are effective methods of social control. Studies of utopian theory and practice provide insights into the causes and control of deviance. Topics for further investigation are suggested. (AM)