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Western Journal of Criminal Justice - Current Issues

Volume 7, Issue 1 - Spring 2015

• The Effects of Testimony Training on Law Enforcement Officer Self-Assessment of Testimony Skills
  By Erica L. Baer -  Florida Gulf Coast University
• Marijuana Reform: A Critical Examination  Of the Arguments For and Against Legalization
  By Gregg Nozum - Assistant Professor Western Illinois University
• Preppers: A Primer for Public Safety Professionals
  By Hal Marchand, Ph.D. -  Western Illinois University
• Are you a five-tool player?
  By Lt. Eric Deroian Burbank Police Department

Volume 6, Issue 2 - Fall 2014

Use of Deadly Force and Choice of Justice Career:  Are There Differences Between Criminology Students Who Wish To Become a Law Enforcement Officer Versus Those Who Choose Another Justice-Related Career?
By George E. Coroian, Jr., J.D., Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre

Sexual Assaults  Among  Male  Inmates in Georgia Correctional Institutions
By Sharon Denise Ware, M. S. Georgia State University & Richard H. Martin, Ed. D. Mercer University

The Constitutionality of Cell Phone Searches Incident to an Arrest:  Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie
By R. Neal McIntyre, Jr., DPA, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Valdosta State University

The “21 Foot Rule” – Forensic Fact or Fantasy?
Ron Martinelli, Ph.D.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - Spring 2014

• A Training and Education Partnership for the Transformation and Sustainable Reform of Law Enforcement in Puerto Rico: Theory and Practice
  By Dr. Jeffrey W. Goltz

• Civil Confinement of Sex Offenders
  By Camero A. Logan

• A Test of Pennsylvania’s Law Regarding Law Enforcement Use of Deadly Force: A Tennessee V. Garner Compliance Warning to Pennsylvania and Other States?
  By George E. Coroian, Jr., J.D., Ph.D. -  Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre

• Stand Your Ground As Legalized Murder: A Commentary
  By Robert L. Bing III, Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington And  Brandy Albano, MA Candidate, University of Texas at Arlington

Volume 5, Issue 2 - Fall 2013

• The Strange Case of the Russian Tax Police
  By Gary Dickson
• Crime, Criminal Justice, and Homelessness in the modern era
  By Jason P. Santiago
• Blowing the Whistle on Police Corruption: The Dahlia Decision: Restoring Constitutional Protections For Police Whistleblowers In The Ninth Circuit
  By Michael P. Stone and Muna Busailah  Stone Busailah, LLP
• New Statute Protects Against “Brady List” Excesses. New Section 3305.5 Is Added To Bill Of Rights Act (POBRA)
  By Michael P. Stone and Muna Busailah
• Reviewing the structure of the state award system
  By Alexander Kapustkin,  Law Institute at  Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletov

Volume 5, Issue 1 - Spring 2013

• Porn and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
  By Cheryl George - Lincoln Memorial University-Duncan School of Law
• Text Control: digital mobile communication and the impact on domestic relationships
  By Lynn A. Tovar - Lewis University, Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies
• A Discussion on Modern Public Sector Thinking in a Lean Economy and Law Enforcement: A Local Municipality’s Leadership Guide to Economic Crime and Digital Masked Bandits and Asset Forfeiture in the 21st Century.
  By Rande W. Matteson, Thomas J. Price, Stephen G. Matteson,  - Saint Leo University
• Successfully Changing the Dynamics of Gun Control
  By Moe Glenner, PURELogistics,Inc.
• Pitches Motions in Administrative appeal Hearings? Court of Appeal Holds That The Motions May Be Brought In Appeals of Imposed Discipline To Support The Disparate Treatment Defense.
  By Michael P. Stone and  Muna Busailah - Stone Busailah, LLP

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