DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES OF LEGAL SOCIALIZATION AMONG SERIOUS ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS
The "crime" of mental illness: extension of "criminal" procedural safeguards to involuntary civil commitments
Fourteenth amendment--the right to refuse antipsychotic drugs masked by prison bars
NOVEL SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF INTOXICATION: ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE RECORDINGS FROM THE EXXON VALDEZ
Managed health care in prisons as cruel and unusual punishment
CHILD WITNESSES AND THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE
Crawford v. Washington that a criminal defendant's right to confront the witnesses against him is violated by the admission of testimonial hearsay that has not been cross-examined, lower courts have overturned convictions in which hearsay from children was admitted after child witnesses were either unwilling or unable to testify. A review of social scientific evidence regarding the dynamics of child sexual abuse suggests a means for facilitating the fair receipt of children's evidence. Courts should hold that defendants have forfeited their confrontation rights if they exploited a child's vulnerabilities such that they could reasonably anticipate that the child would be unavailable to testify. Exploitation includes choosing victims on the basis of their filial dependency, their vulnerability, or their immaturity, as well as taking actions that create or accentuate those vulnerabilities.
An appraisal of human experimentation in international law and practice: the need for international regulation of human experimentation
Physician assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia: some relevant differences
The vagueness of partial-birth abortion bans: deconstruction or destruction?
Big brother and his science kit: DNA databases for 21st century crime control?
Confidentiality in criminological research and other ethical issues
Court upholds parental notice requirement before allowing abortions on minors
Physician-assisted suicide: the problems presented by the compelling, heartwrenching case
The court upholds a state law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide
Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Well-Being: Life Course Contingencies and Other Moderators
Parental incarceration has been found to be associated with a wide range of negative outcomes in both childhood and adolescence. This Article uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to focus on the conditions under which associations of paternal incarceration with adolescent delinquency and depression are strongest. Paternal incarceration is most consistently and positively associated with adolescent delinquency. Associations of paternal incarceration with adolescent depression are weaker and more contingent on gender and other moderating factors. One important moderator is the respondent's retrospective reports that he or she was physically or sexually abused by a parent or other adult caregiver during childhood. For example, in the absence of sexual abuse, paternal incarceration is associated with higher depression among girls. When coupled with reports of sexual abuse, in contrast, paternal incarceration is not associated with girls' depression, suggesting a potential protective effect. The child having ever coresided with his or her father is also found to moderate associations, with paternal incarceration most strongly associated with delinquency and depression among girls who had ever coresided with their fathers. Examination of the duration and timing of paternal incarceration also pointed to gender differences.
