Justice Quarterly Research Articles

The criminality of the mentally ill: a dangerous misconception.

A longstanding controversy is the relative dangerousness and criminality of the mentally ill. The author presents observational data from 1,072 police-citizen encounters in an urban area. The data show that persons exhibiting signs of serious mental disorder were not suspected of serious crimes at a rate disproportionate to their numbers in the population. The patterns of crime for mentally disordered persons and for non-mentally-disordered persons were substantially similar. These data help dispel the myth that the mentally ill constitute a dangerous group prone to violent crime.

Reflections on capital punishment and the “campaign against crime” in the People's Republic of China

(1985). Reflections on capital punishment and the “campaign against crime” in the People's Republic of China. Justice Quarterly: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 127-137.

The criminal process in the People's Republic of China

(1985). The criminal process in the People's Republic of China. Justice Quarterly: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 117-125.

A Sociable God: A Brief Introduction to a Transcendental Sociology

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessA Sociable God: A Brief Introduction to a Transcendental SociologyROGER WALSHROGER WALSHSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.2.259AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "A Sociable God: A Brief Introduction to a Transcendental Sociology." American Journal of Psychiatry, 142(2), pp. 259–260 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 2Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Our Schools: A Review and Research-Informed Guidelines for School Mental Health Professionals28 April 2016 | Canadian Journal of School Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 2‘What to do with the cutters?’ – Best practices for offender self-injurious behaviors26 November 2015 | Criminal Justice Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1The Meaning of the Cut: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Prisoner Self-injury15 April 2013 | Justice Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth25 September 2014 | Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 1Women in Prison16 June 2014 | The Prison Journal, Vol. 94, No. 3Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 41, No. 6Archives of Suicide Research, Vol. 17, No. 1Advances in Eating Disorders, Vol. 1, No. 1Self-Injurious Behaviors in Corrections: Informal Social Control and Institutional Responses in a State Prison System27 December 2011 | Victims & Offenders, Vol. 7, No. 1Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 5American Journal of Health Education, Vol. 41, No. 2Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 5Current Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 4Psychiatry, Vol. 62, No. 4Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 23, No. 1-2Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 47, No. 3Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 18Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 20, No. 13Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 2New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 315, No. 16 Volume 142Issue 2 February 1985Pages 259-260 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 February 1985

Combatting drug abuse and trafficking: Some new directions

(1984). Combatting drug abuse and trafficking: Some new directions. Justice Quarterly: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 277-287.

The prediction of violent behavior: toward a second generation of theory and policy.

The "first generation" of research studies on the prediction of violent behavior found such prediction to be highly inaccurate. Many social policy changes were implemented or recommended on the basis of that research. More recently, a second generation of research and theory on violence prediction has begun to develop that emphasizes the limitations of the existing body of research, points to possible improvements in predictive technology, and evaluates public policies involving violence prediction only in the context of the feasible alternatives to those policies.

The deliberate self-harm syndrome.

Recent research has differentiated several distinct classes of self-destructive behavior. This paper describes the clinical characteristics of one class, the deliberate self-harm syndrome. Analysis of 56 published case reports of self-harm revealed a typical pattern of onset in late adolescence, multiple recurrent episodes, low lethality, harm deliberately inflicted upon the body, and extension of the behavior over many years. Since the clinical characteristics of the deliberate self-harm syndrome differ substantially from those of other classes of self-destructive behavior, the authors propose that DSM-IV classify deliberate self-harm as a separate diagnostic syndrome.

Civil Justice Quarterly. Vol. 1, Jan. 1982—Sweet and Maxwell in association with the Institute of Judicial Administration, University of Birmingham. Sweet and Maxwell, Subscriptions Department, North Way, Andover, SP10 5BE, England. (4x/year—£ 35 plus postage).

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Civil Justice Quarterly. General Editor: Jack I. H. Jacob. Q.C.; Editor: I. R. Scott. Vol. I. [London: Sweet and Maxwell in association with the Institute of Judicial Administration at the University of Birmingham. 1982. pp. 96. £10; annual subscription £35.

Usable Knowledge: Social Science and Social Problem Solving.Charles E. Lindblom , David K. Cohen

<i>Usable Knowledge: Social Science and Social Problem Solving.</i>Charles E. Lindblom , David K. Cohen

Life-Span Theories and Women's Lives

As the aging of the American population became apparent, the field of human development underwent an interesting pendulum swing over the years, from an earlier concentration on childhood to a focus on the elderly. Gerontology emerged as a specialty long before middle age received research attention. Now new attention is being paid to middle age. Prominent in the immediate background of this scrutiny was the Kansas City Study of Adult Life in the 1950s and 1960s, led by psychologists from the University of Chicago. The first of their many publications was the 1964 book, Personality in Middle and Late Life, followed four years later by an anthology that remains even today the best collection of essays on the middle years.2

The Cue Theory of Supreme Court Certiorari Jurisdiction: A Reconsideration

Previous articleNext article No AccessResearch NotesThe Cue Theory of Supreme Court Certiorari Jurisdiction: A ReconsiderationStuart H. Teger, and Douglas KosinskiStuart H. Teger Search for more articles by this author , and Douglas Kosinski Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 42, Number 3Aug., 1980 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2130555 Views: 42Total views on this site Citations: 29Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1980 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Maxwell Mak, Andrew H. 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Zorn Organized Interests and Agenda Setting in the U.S. Supreme Court Revisited, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2012).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2109497Udi Sommer How rational are justices on the Supreme Court of the United States? Doctrinal considerations during agenda setting, Rationality and Society 23, no.44 (Nov 2011): 452–477.https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463111425014Udi Sommer Beyond Defensive Denials: Evidence from the Blackmun Files of a Broader Scope of Strategic Certiorari, Justice System Journal 31, no.33 (Dec 2013): 316–341.https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2010.10767973Robert J. Hume Administrative Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court: The Importance of Legal Signals, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 4, no.33 (Nov 2007): 625–649.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2007.00101.xRorie Spill Solberg, Leonard Ray Capacity, Attitudes, and Case Attributes: The Differential Success of the States before the United States Courts of Appeals, State Politics & Policy Quarterly 5, no.22 (Aug 2016): 147–167.https://doi.org/10.1177/153244000500500203James Brent A Principal-Agent Analysis of U.S. Courts of Appeals Responses to Boerne V. Flores, American Politics Research 31, no.55 (Jul 2016): 557–570.https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X032551700Sara C. Benesh, Saul Brenner, Harold J. 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Dr. Kaufman Replies

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessDr. Kaufman RepliesEDWARD KAUFMANEDWARD KAUFMANSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.751-cAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Dr. Kaufman Replies." American Journal of Psychiatry, 137(6), pp. 751-c–752 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byThe Adult Male Rape VictimAmerican Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, Vol. 38, No. 3Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Vol. 24, No. 1References4 December 2013Prison Inmates’ Views of Whether Reporting Rape Is the Same as Snitching21 December 2012 | Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 28, No. 6New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 365, No. 9The Darkest Figure of Crime: Perceptions of Reasons for Male Inmates to Not Report Sexual Assault9 October 2009 | Justice Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 5Deviant Behavior, Vol. 30, No. 7Journal of Community Practice, Vol. 16, No. 1Conflict and Health, Vol. 2, No. 1Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 1Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 7Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 17, No. 3Psychiatric Prescribing Trends and Practices in Iowa's PrisonsBrian C. Lund, Pharm.D., Michael Flaum, M.D., Laura A. Adam, M.D., and Paul J. Perry, Ph.D.1 August 2002 | Psychiatric Services, Vol. 53, No. 8Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 7Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 37, No. 2The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 188, No. 9Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 39, No. 2Attributions of victim responsibility, pleasure, and trauma in male rape11 January 2010 | The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 36, No. 4Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 8Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 2Journal of American College Health, Vol. 45, No. 4Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, Vol. 8, No. 4Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 5Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 23, No. 3Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 23, No. 1Sex Roles, Vol. 30, No. 11-12Sex Roles, Vol. 27, No. 9-10Sex Roles, Vol. 27, No. 3-4Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 33, No. 1Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 18, No. 3Clinical Social Work Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 24, No. 1Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 24, No. 1Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 25, No. 4Psychopathological effects of solitary confinement1 April 2006 | American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 140, No. 11 Volume 137Issue 6 June 1980Pages 751-c-752 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 June 1980

Crime, Women, and the Quality of Urban Life

Although crime and the fear of crime affect both the men and women who live in cities, women are especially affected. In numerous studies they express significantly higher levels of fear than men. For example, according to a 1972 national poll,1 over half the women surveyed, compared with 20 percent of the men, said they were afraid to walk in their neighborhoods at night. The proportion of women reporting such feelings has grown in recent years.2 Accompanying this fear may be an increased use of certain safety precautions, such as staying home at night or avoiding certain parts of the city. This results in what Biderman3 has called "foregone opportunities." Beyond serving as means of protection for women, such restrictions may serve as instruments of social control. Feminist analyses of one crime, rape, have made this point eloquently:

Violence: Perspectives on Murder and Aggression

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessViolence: Perspectives on Murder and AggressionDOROTHY OTNOW LEWISDOROTHY OTNOW LEWISSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.2.271AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Violence: Perspectives on Murder and Aggression." American Journal of Psychiatry, 137(2), p. 271 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByLeaning into Perplexity: A Case of a Patient Who Did Not Want Treatment But Also Did Not Want to Leave29 January 2021 | Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Vol. 45, No. 4Treating Mentally Ill Offenders27 November 2018Community Mental Health Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 5Social class, ethnicity, and mental illness: the importance of being more than earnest.American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 88, No. 9The effect of race on juvenile justice decision making in Nebraska: Detention, adjudication, and disposition, 1988–199321 August 2006 | Justice Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Vol. 19, No. 1The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, Vol. 24, No. 4Neuropsychiatric and experiential correlates of violent juvenile delinquencyNeuropsychology Review, Vol. 1, No. 2Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 73, No. s328American Blacks and Psychiatry3 September 2016 | Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 Volume 137Issue 2 February 1980Pages 271-271 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 February 1980

Women's Depiction by the Mass Media

So angry at the blatant sexism of the mass media as to be blinded, students of the media's presentation of women have been more politically sophisticated than theoretically sound. In part, their research has been crippled by dependence upon the academic study of mass communications, a field hardly known for its intellectual vigor, but one whose problems must be understood in order to see why research on women and the media is theoretically stalled. The American Study of the Mass Media In the years following World War II, the media grew exponentially. So did study of the media. Perhaps because the media associated with the "mass" were insistently differentiated from high culture and intellectual substance, no academic field was willing to give such study a home. Instead, just as interdisciplinary teams of social scientists had cooperated during the war to study propaganda, they now cooperated to study the mass media. Perhaps defensively, the field became ponderously "scientific." To demonstrate that the media constituted an intellectually valid subject, researchers embraced the sophisticated techniques of modern social science and simultaneously hired themselves out as media consultants. Working for both Madison Avenue and the media conglomerates, they were asked to supply practical answers to seemingly

New Reflections on Ethics and Foreign Policy: the Problem of Human Rights

Previous articleNext article No AccessArticlesNew Reflections on Ethics and Foreign Policy: the Problem of Human RightsKenneth ThompsonKenneth Thompson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 40, Number 4Nov., 1978 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2129905 Views: 15Total views on this site Citations: 4Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1978 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jan Hancock Woodrow Wilson revisited: Human rights discourse in the foreign policy of the George W. Bush Administration, European Journal of International Relations 16, no.11 (Jan 2010): 57–76.https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066109344007Thomas E. Pasquarello Human Rights and US Bilateral Aid Allocations to Africa, (Jan 1988): 236–254.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10122-1_15William L. Benoit, Steve R. Wilson, Vincent F. Follert Decision Rules for the Policy Metaphor, Argumentation and Advocacy 22, no.33 (Jan 2018): 135–146.https://doi.org/10.1080/00028533.1986.11951312Kevin N. Wright, David L. Cingranelli Inhumane, cruel, and degrading treatment of criminal prisoners throughout the world, Justice Quarterly 2, no.33 (Aug 2006): 345–362.https://doi.org/10.1080/07418828500088601

The Distribution of Urban Police Services

1 See the discussion of this topic by William H. Lucy and Kenneth R. Mladenka, Equity and Urban Service Distribution (Washington, D.C.: National Training and Development Service), forthcoming; George E. Antunes and Kenneth R. Mladenka, "The Politics of Local Services and Service Distribution," in The New Urban Politics, ed. Louis H. Masotti and Robert L. Lineberry (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1976), 147-169; Robert L. Lineberry and Robert E. Welch, "Who Gets WVhat: Measuring the Distribution of Urban Public Services," Social Science Quarterly, 54 (March 1974), 700-712; and Bryan D. Jones and Clifford Kaufman, "The Distribution of Urban Public Services," Administration and Society, 6 (November 1974), 337-360. 2 Kenneth R. Mladenka and Kim Quaile Hill, "The Distribution of Benefits in an Urban Environment: Parks and Libraries in Houston," Urban Affairs Quarterly, 13 (September 1977), 73-94. Robert L. Lineberry, "Equality, Public

A Study of Sentencing in the Hennepin County and Ramsey County District Courts

Previous articleNext article No AccessA Study of Sentencing in the Hennepin County and Ramsey County District CourtsWilliam M. RhodesWilliam M. Rhodes Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Legal Studies Volume 6, Number 2Jun., 1977 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/467575 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 9Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1977 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Kathleen Daly, Rebecca L. Bordt Sex effects and sentencing: An analysis of the statistical literature, Justice Quarterly 12, no.11 (Mar 1995): 141–175.https://doi.org/10.1080/07418829500092601DARRELL STEFFENSMEIER, JOHN KRAMER, CATHY STREIFEL GENDER AND IMPRISONMENT DECISIONS, Criminology 31, no.33 (Aug 1993): 411–446.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1993.tb01136.xB. Keith Crew Sex differences in criminal sentencing: Chivalry or patriarchy?, Justice Quarterly 8, no.11 (Mar 1991): 59–83.https://doi.org/10.1080/07418829100090911Roger Douglas Does the magistrate matter? Sentencers and sentence in the victorian magistrates' courts, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 22, no.11 (Nov 2016): 40–59.https://doi.org/10.1177/000486588902200103JAMES D. UNNEVER, LARRY A. HEMBROFF The Prediction of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities: An Expectation States Approach, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 25, no.11 (Aug 2016): 53–82.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427888025001004Roger Douglas Tolerated contests? Plea and sentence in the Victorian magistrates' courts, Journal of Criminal Justice 16, no.44 (Jan 1988): 269–290.https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(88)90016-5DAN R. DALTON, WILLIAM D. TODOR GENDER AND WORKPLACE JUSTICE: A FIELD ASSESSMENT, Personnel Psychology 38, no.11 (Mar 1985): 133–151.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1985.tb00545.xAustin Lovegrove An empirical study of sentencing disparity among judges in an Australian criminal court, Applied Psychology 33, no.11 (Jan 1984): 161–176.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.1984.tb01425.xAIDAN R. VINING Developing Aggregate Measures of Disparity, Criminology 21, no.22 (May 1983): 233–252.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00260.x

A Statistical Analysis of Sentencing in Federal Courts: Defendants Convicted after Trial, 1967-1968

THE research reported on here is designed to illuminate the effects on sentence of presumably legitimate sentencing factors such as the crime committed, the defendant's age, and his prior record. Some illegitimate factors are suspected of having an effect on the sentencing decision, factors such as the type of counsel and the defendant's race; these too are explored. It is also widely believed that sentencing is intimately intertwined with and may be affected by the needs arising out of the conviction process. This creates the strong possibility that correctionally irrelevant factors may nevertheless determine some part of the sentence. A sentence arrived at as an "administrative accommodation" is unlikely to be a sentence derived from exclusive focus on deterrence or the "rehabilitative ideal." The specific question addressed here is whether the type of trial conviction--bench trial versus jury trial-is a sentencing factor, and if so, how important it is. Whether waiver of a jury in favor of a bench trial should result in a lower sentence for otherwise similarly situated defendants is precisely the type of question that might receive different responses from a prosecutor than from a correctional official.