The Institute for Criminal  Justice Research & Consulting (ICJRC)

The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR) Publications

Welcome to the Publication Page of the Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR).  On this page, you will find the entire collection of JCJR publications.  As JCJR has adopted a "running publication" schedule, new publications are added immediately following acceptance and can appear at anytime on this page.

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         The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR)                Volume 1, Number 1

Author: Anthony L. Sciarabba, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Criminal Justice Research

• Research Article: Empathy Among College Freshman: Examining Predispositional Traits and the Roles of Education and Maturation (Download Now)

Authors: Kevin E. Courtright, David A. Mackey, & Susan H. Packard

• Research Article: Because It’s One! Two! Two Strikes You’re Out? Does A Second Simple Possession Conviction Automatically Qualify As A Recidivist Aggravated Felony In The Immigration Context Simply Because It Could Have Been Tried As Such? 

Author: Sunjay Mathews (Download Now)

• Research Article: The Media and Criminal Trial Coverage: Limiting Press Protection in the United States

Author: Algeria R. Ford (Download Now)

• Research Article:Corporate Crime News as Ideology: News Magazine Coverage of the  Enron Case

Authors: David E. Barlow & Melissa Hickman Barlow (Download Now)

•  Research Article: Complaints Against Police:The Complainant's Experience

Authors: Tim Prenzler, Troy Allard, Steven Curry, Stuart Macintyre (Download)

•  Research Article:The Tragic Quality of Contract Guards: A Discussion of the Reach and Theory of Private Security in the World Today

• Review of Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. (2nd Edition).  Book authored by Eammon Carrabine, Pam Cox, Ken Plummer, and Nigel South.  Book Review authored by Michael A. Cretacci, State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo -    (Download Now)