Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.8169.84854
J. Rosenbaum
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Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.8169.84869
Anna M. Fine, Stephanie Le, Monica K. Miller
Artificial intelligence (AI) uses computer programming to make predictions (e.g., bail decisions) and has the potential to benefit the justice system (e.g., save time and reduce bias). This secondary data analysis assessed 381 judges’ responses to the question, “Do you feel that artificial intelligence (using computer programs and algorithms) holds promise to remove bias from bail and sentencing decisions?” The authors created apriori themes based on the literature, which included judges’ algorithm aversion and appreciation, locus of control, procedural justice, and legitimacy. Results suggest that judges experience algorithm aversion, have significant concerns about bias being exacerbated by AI, and worry about being replaced by computers. Judges believe that AI has the potential to inform their decisions about bail and sentencing; however, it must be empirically tested and follow guidelines. Using the data gathered about judges’ sentiments toward AI, we discuss the integration of AI into the legal system and future research.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.8169.84855
Jessica M. Doucet, L. Eargle
The current study examines the macro-level covariates influencing law enforcement officers (LEOs) shot and killed in the line of duty. Social disorganization theory, as well as literature on police training, police presence, and gun availability, creates the theoretical framework underpinning the current investigation. LEO firearm deaths between 2011 and 2019 were obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), aggregated to the county level, then merged with county- and state-level data from secondary sources. Negative binomial regression was utilized to examine the effect of social disorganization, police training, police presence, and gun availability on LEO firearm deaths. Of the social disorganization measures, resource disadvantage is found to have the strongest impact on LEO firearm deaths. While population instability and density also significantly increase these deaths, ethnic heterogeneity has a significant negative effect. Furthermore, police presence has a protective effect against these murders, while gun availability increases these deaths. Limitations of the study, along with policy implications and suggestions for future research, are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.7115.74096
J. Helfgott, E. Gunnison
A growing body of research has examined female psychopathy, yet gaps remain. Recent research has explored links between early trauma, psychopathic traits, and behavioral outcomes. Utilizing data collected as part of the evaluation of the Seattle Women’s Reentry (SWR) Initiative, this study investigates the relationship between early trauma and psychopathic traits in female post-prison reentry outcomes. The role of psychopathic traits as a protective resilience factor that moderates early trauma for women leaving prison and reentering the community is explored. Background information, survey data, and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) scores are analyzed in relation to recidivism three-years post release for 85 women released from the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Washington State. Results indicated that the majority of the women in the study have early trauma backgrounds, PCL-R scores predict recidivism while trauma did not, and PCL-R scores did not moderate the relationship between trauma and recidivism. Results also found that PCL-R scores were associated with higher levels of self-esteem. Findings are consistent with prior research showing a link between psychopathic traits and recidivism but do not offer support for psychopathic traits as a moderating resilience protective factor between trauma and recidivism.
{"title":"Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes","authors":"J. Helfgott, E. Gunnison","doi":"10.54555/ccjls.7115.74096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54555/ccjls.7115.74096","url":null,"abstract":"A growing body of research has examined female psychopathy, yet gaps remain. Recent research has explored links between early trauma, psychopathic traits, and behavioral outcomes. Utilizing data collected as part of the evaluation of the Seattle Women’s Reentry (SWR) Initiative, this study investigates the relationship between early trauma and psychopathic traits in female post-prison reentry outcomes. The role of psychopathic traits as a protective resilience factor that moderates early trauma for women leaving prison and reentering the community is explored. Background information, survey data, and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) scores are analyzed in relation to recidivism three-years post release for 85 women released from the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Washington State. Results indicated that the majority of the women in the study have early trauma backgrounds, PCL-R scores predict recidivism while trauma did not, and PCL-R scores did not moderate the relationship between trauma and recidivism. Results also found that PCL-R scores were associated with higher levels of self-esteem. Findings are consistent with prior research showing a link between psychopathic traits and recidivism but do not offer support for psychopathic traits as a moderating resilience protective factor between trauma and recidivism.","PeriodicalId":36774,"journal":{"name":"Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81427573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.7115.73896
G. Walters, Jonathan M. Kremser, Lindsey Runell
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether perception preceded belief when it came to predicting delinquency. Perceived parental competence served as the first stage of a socialization process designed to reduce delinquency. The second stage of this process entailed obstructing antisocial belief in the form of moral neutralization or cognitive impulsivity. We hypothesized that moral neutralization and cognitive impulsivity would mediate the relationship between perceived parental competence and delinquency in a model where perception preceded belief but that perceived parental competence would not mediate the relationship between neutralization/impulsivity and delinquency in a model where belief preceded perception. This hypothesis was tested in a group of 845 (406 boys, 439 girls) middle school (Grades 6-8) youth. Results from a three-wave prospective study revealed that moral neutralization and cognitive impulsivity both mediated the perceived parental competence-delinquency relationship, whereas parental competence did not mediate the neutralization/impulsivity-delinquency relationship. When the two components of perceived parental competence—parental support and parental monitoring/control—were analyzed separately, only the monitoring-to-neutralization-to-delinquency path achieved significance.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.7115.73940
Cheyenne Hodgen, Kathryn Wuschke
Greenspaces play an important role in the urban landscape, with prior research suggesting that they are associated with numerous health and social benefits for residents. Despite this, research conflicts regarding the relationship between greenspaces and crime, with some studies finding these locations to be criminogenic and others finding them to be protective against local crime. This study examines this relationship in Portland, Oregon, considering different greenspace types as well as different crime types. Further, this study presents a novel methodological adaption to measure crime concentration and specialization around discrete location types by integrating a street network buffer into the standard Location Quotient (LQ) metric. Results suggest that Portland’s greenspaces as a whole do not experience a concentration of crime; however, varying patterns emerge when examining different greenspace and crime types. This study identifies diverse crime concentrations in proximity to small parks, while finding other greenspace categories to be associated with crime-specific concentrations nearby. Others, still, have lower than expected counts of crime concentrating nearby, potentially demonstrating protective trends. These results highlight the importance of disaggregating both crime and location types to better understand the complex relationship between greenspaces and crime.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.7115.73939
Cory R. Lepage
A holistic public defense model is more comprehensive than a traditional model of public defense representation. Holistic defense seeks to address extralegal needs that are a nexus to the criminal charge rather than focusing solely on addressing the current criminal charge of the individual. This model is a collaborative approach that has traditionally included social workers and civil legal workers in a team approach with a criminal lawyer. Prior research on holistic defense has demonstrated efficacy in addressing individuals’ social legal needs thus reducing recidivism and justice system costs. In this research, I describe and evaluate a pilot project of a holistic defense model employed in Southwest Alaska and outline similar models in use in other jurisdictions in the United States. This evaluation supports previous research that indicates the importance of addressing defendants’ extralegal needs in reducing recidivism and costs while improving individual case outcomes. I discuss the policy implications of this research and provide recommendations to enhance future evaluations of a holistic defense model.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.5382.56225
Jason R. Silva
This study provides a crime script analysis of fatal police shootings in New York from 2013 to 2020. This work examines incident rates and subject demographics, as well as the initial situation context, subject-officer encounter, and incident conclusion stages of fatal police shootings. Findings identify an average of 19 incidents per year (N = 152). Subjects were most commonly male, aged 26–35, and Black. Situations initiating police presence often involved violent crimes, mental health/welfare checks, and domestic disputes. During the subject-officer encounter, subjects were often armed with a weapon, and half were armed with a firearm. Despite these potentially dangerous weapons, incidents rarely concluded with non-subject deaths or victim injuries. A discussion of findings highlights implications for understanding and addressing fatal police shootings including curbing illegal gun obtainment, pairing officers with crisis intervention teams and mental health workers, using less-lethal devices, and strengthening officer field tactics.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.5382.56908
Kelsey S. Henderson, Reveka V. Shteynberg
Since Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), discussions about and research on the dichotomy between court-appointed and privately-retained attorneys have been pervasive, most frequently casting court-appointed attorneys in a negative light (e.g., work for the “state,” overworked and under-resourced) relative to their privately-retained counterparts (e.g., work for the “client,” autonomous and self-sufficient). In our survey, we re-visit these perceptions and include an exploratory experimental test in which we varied attorney resumes by attorney type. Consistent with prior research, participants had more positive attitudes of privately-retained attorneys and believed that they were more likely to generate favorable case outcomes than court-appointed attorneys. These attitudes were informed by participants’ perceptions about the attorneys’ resource amounts (caseload considerations, time, and energy), questions of adversarial allegiance, and sentiments of respect and altruism. In the experimental test, there were no differences in attorney ratings between participants “represented” by a public defender and those “represented” by a private defense attorney; rather, it was when asked to compare types of attorneys did these attitudes diverge. Overall, these results suggest that negative attitudes of court-appointed attorneys are somewhat engrained; however, there is now an increasing awareness of the systemic constraints that court-appointed attorneys face, as well as an appreciation for the work they do for indigent and under-served populations and society.
自1963年吉迪恩诉温赖特案(Gideon v. Wainwright)以来，关于法院指定律师和私人聘请律师之间二分法的讨论和研究一直很普遍，最常见的是将法院指定律师与私人聘请律师(例如，为“国家”工作，过度劳累和资源不足)相对于为“客户”工作，自主和自给自足)。在我们的调查中，我们重新审视了这些看法，并包括一个探索性的实验测试，我们根据律师类型改变了律师简历。与先前的研究一致，参与者对私人聘请的律师持更积极的态度，并相信他们比法院指定的律师更有可能产生有利的案件结果。这些态度是由参与者对律师资源数量(案件数量、时间和精力)、对抗性忠诚问题、尊重和利他主义情绪的看法所决定的。在实验测试中，由公设辩护人“代表”的参与者与由私人辩护律师“代表”的参与者对律师的评分没有差异;相反，当被要求比较不同类型的律师时，这些态度才出现分歧。总的来说，这些结果表明，法院指定的律师的消极态度是根深蒂固的;然而，现在人们越来越意识到法院指定的律师所面临的系统限制，并对他们为贫困和服务不足的人口和社会所做的工作表示赞赏。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.54555/ccjls.5382.56907
Joslyn K. Wallenborn
As a systemic practice, law enforcement across jurisdictions nationwide have not submitted hundreds of thousands of collected sexual assault kits for forensic DNA testing over the past several decades. It is critical to understand why police have been setting aside this valuable evidence, as DNA is a unique and powerful criminal justice tool that can help identify suspects, uncover serial offenders, and exonerate the wrongly convicted. The growing body of research tackling this issue has been largely fragmented by locality and sample, leaving a limited understanding of shared and divergent findings across jurisdictions. Drawing from a body of 16 research articles from 2004 through 2021, the present study brings together findings that span samples and locales to illuminate connections across data that paint a more cohesive picture of how the systemic practice of not submitting sexual assault kits for forensic DNA testing occurred. Through a systematic literature review, it is revealed that research in this area is not dichotomized between decision-making by police based on either practical concerns or extralegal factors, but, rather, it comes together to tell a complex story of why SAKs remained unsubmitted for forensic testing throughout the criminal justice system as a consequence of shared responsibility across several disciplines and how researchers shape this story through the methodological choices they make. Practical multidisciplinary policy considerations are discussed.
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