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What is the nature of patients’ rights in the criminal justice system? Is it according to Hoffiildi’s analysis of right, a duty (responsibility) or a right-privilege? In this article, besides elaborating on the nature of patient’s rights in the criminal justice system and explaining its effects, we will try to analyze the dimensions of this right in various stages of imple...

Ideology and Criminal Justice Policy: Some Current Issues

Policies , Processes , and Decisions of the Criminal Justice System

This volume examines issues related to decisionmaking in criminal justice. We began with the idea of producing a volume that would examine “changes in decisionmaking and discretion in the criminal justice system.” However, we quickly recognized that such a focus suggests a far too narrow, traditional view of decisionmaking, in which criminal justice officials make choices about processing indiv...

theoretical and practical application of loose Coupling: a Study of Criminal Justice agencies in the State of florida

Karl Weick’s (1976) application of loose coupling theory to the study of organizations presented an opportunity to explore how social service agencies interact in exchange relationships. However, there has been little empirical research in the social sciences that applies loose coupling to social service organizations since that time. This is especially problematic as public agencies, such as c...

Racial disparity and the legitimacy of the criminal justice system: exploring consequences for deterrence.

Minority (over) representation in the criminal justice system remains a puzzle, both from a policy and an intervention perspective. Cross-sectional reviews of the policies and practices of the criminal justice system often find differential rates of involvement in the criminal justice system that are associated with the nature of the criminal charge/act or characteristics of the offender; howev...