This thesis presents an exploratory assessment of the public safety potential of Megan's Law in Connecticut if a proactive notification system were instituted. Secondary data were used for 1,761 Connecticut Department of Correction incarcerated...
Family services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Crime prevention -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Human services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain
This thesis describes the evaluation of two community programs run by the Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc.: the Family Support Program and the Crime Prevention Program. These programs were reviewed as part of a contract negotiated...
This study proposes to investigate community policing styles and their influence on misdemeanor arrest rates, and serious property and violent crime. Participants in the study include all police agencies within the state of Connecticut serving...
This study looks at the Criminal DNA Database system and the submission requirements. DNA testing results have become a relevant and reliable source of evidence in criminal proceedings since 1988. Law enforcement uses a few different types of...
The relationship between IQ and delinquency has three theoretical relationships: a direct relationship between IQ and delinquency, with IQ directly affecting delinquency; no relationship between IQ and delinquency, with a possible third variable...
Insurance crimes; Citizen crime reporting; Offenses against property
The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of a person to recognize and report insurance fraud in comparison to property crimes. It was hypothesized that individuals are less likely to recognize and report insurance fraud when compared...
The occupation of police officer is a profession with many unique characteristics. Research on police work has shown that officers are continuously exposed to threats, must maintain a constant vigilance against crime, feel as if they must be in...
Post-traumatic stress disorder in children -- Prevention -- Connecticut
The identification of the diagnostic category of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (1994) has sharpened the focus on the psychological aspects...
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Connecticut
Status offenders are juveniles who have not committed a crime, but have engaged in behavior that society deems inappropriate due to their age. Status offenses are only applicable to children under the age of 16. The juvenile court has attempted to...
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- United States; Veterans -- Mental health -- United States; War -- Psychological aspects; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Risk factors
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects thousands of veterans returning from deployments worldwide. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between PTSD and geography, examining whether there is a relationship between the...
Police agencies across the nation have utilized citizen surveys as one tool in
measuring the success of their agency. For policy-makers, citizen surveys provide key
information to help agencies adapt their practices to best meet the needs and...
Photo lineups in the State of Connecticut are currently comprised of eight suspect photographs. Connecticut’s use of eight photos is grounded in the belief that more photos will reduce the number of misidentifications. This study compared the...
Liability has become an increasing concern to police officers. This study extended existing research by expanding the definition of liability to include internal discipline, criminal arrests, in addition to civil lawsuits against police officers. ...
It is no secret that law enforcement is a paramilitary profession. One aspect of a paramilitary organization is the presence of discipline. Very few police officers last their 20 to 30 year career without receiving some type of discipline. The...
It is argued that rapid neighborhood change has long been characteristic of
American cities. Whether experiencing a demographic change, a decline in physical
condition, or renewal and revitalization, thousands of U.S. urban neighborhoods have...
In Connecticut, a valid state issued pistol permit allows residents to legally own, operate, and conceal a handgun. Much of the previous research investigating pistol permits examines aggregate level characteristics and focuses on handgun...
A significant amount of criminology research and theory has focused on criminals’ past criminal behavior and social-psychological conditions as a way to predict future criminal behavior. Little attention is given to events and transitions that...
Transitional justice; War crime trials; Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946; Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1963-1965
