The underlying thesis of this paper is that crime control policy is politically constructed. In developing our thesis and its implications, we depart from much of the conventional wisdom in three basic ways. First, in demonstrating the political derivations of crime control policy we reveal how, why, and to what extent criminological knowledge is marginalized in the policymaking process. Second...

1 Gary LaFree is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park. Robert J. Bursik, Sr., is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. James Short is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University. Ralph B. Taylor is a Professor in the Departm...

This note accompanies the DCA algorithm [1] proposed by Daniels et. al. The algorithm relies on assigning channels while satisfying a cumulative interference criteria. All channel assignments must satisfy the constraint S( ci, ci) ∑ j =i S( ci, cj) ≥ B, where S( ci, cj) represents the signal measured at cell ci due to a transmitter in cell cj , both operating over the same channel. The approach...

OBJECTIVE Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening is controversial. A community jury allows presentation of complex information and may clarify how participants view screening after being well-informed. We examined whether participating in a community jury had an effect on men's knowledge about and their intention to participate in PSA screening. DESIGN Random allocation to either a 2-day c...

The Deligne-Simpson problem (DSP) (resp. the weak DSP) is formulated like this: give necessary and sufficient conditions for the choice of the conjugacy classes Cj ⊂ GL(n,C) or cj ⊂ gl(n,C) so that there exist irreducible (resp. with trivial centralizer) (p + 1)-tuples of matrices Mj ∈ Cj or Aj ∈ cj satisfying the equality M1 . . .Mp+1 = I or A1+ . . .+Ap+1 = 0. The matrices Mj and Aj are inter...

Necessary inferences (e.g., The jury was not able to deliver its verdict by 3 o'clock. The jury did not deliver its verdict by 3 o'clock.) depend on linguistic knowledge. Invited inferences, (e.g., The jury was able to deliver its verdict by 3 o'clock. The jury delivered its verdict~y 3 o'clock.) depend on knowledge about the world. Responses were faster to necessary than to invited inferences ...

A field experiment tested the effect of an Arizona civil jury reform that allows jurors to discuss evidence among themselves during the trial. Judges, jurors, attorneys, and litigants completed questionnaires in trials randomly assigned to either a Trial Discussions condition, in which jurors were permitted to discuss the evidence during trial, or a No Discussions condition, in which jurors wer...