Criminal Justice Section Criminal Justice Magazine | ![]() |
Summer 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FEATURES
Opening Daubert's Gate: Testing the Reliability of an Expert's Experiences after Kumho.
What kind of experience, as defined by the law, qualifies an individual as an "expert"? Author discusses how a judge's decision on whether to allow or limit such testimony can affect white-collar criminal cases.
By Marc N. Garber
Drop in Crime Rate Bypasses Child Victims
Child victims often become adolescent victimizers. Author looks at preventive strategies to help children avoid being victims, and devises intervention programs to treat children once they become victims.
By Jane Brady
Questions & Answers with Former Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson
Former CJ Section Chair Myrna Raeder interviews former Section director who recently left the post of assistant attorney general with the Department of Justice's Office of the Justice Programs.
Interview by Myrna Raeder
Winner of the Section's William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition, the article answers the question, "Should stops, detentions, seizures, arrests, and searches based on profiles that include race and national origin factors be considered constitutional?"
By Camille Knight
Immaturity, Culpability & Competency in Juveniles: A study of 17 cases
A look at 17 cases in which the author analyzed the thought processes of juvenile defendants, who offer stunning examples of how immaturity may have affected their ability to understand and competently participate in the criminal justice system.
By Marty Beyer
DEPARTMENTS
A look back to view the future
Rhetorical questioning
Fourth Amendment update
Election results
Federal prison designation and placement: an update
Designations, Locations for BOP Institutions
Religious wars of independence
Bad Kids and Actual Innocence
Collateral consequences of juvenile proceedings: Part I
Spotlight on Alabama and West

