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TERRORISTS, RELIGIOUS RADICALS & HOUSES OF WORSHIP:  ISSUES FOR 21ST CENTURY CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Chair:  Joe Auten, North Carolina Justice Academy

Security for Houses of Worship:  Criminal Justice Students Bridge Theory to Practice and Protect a Vital Institution
  Phil Purpura, Florence-Darlington Technical College

Radical Religion
  Chester Quarles, University of Mississippi

CRIME IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES:  HOW TO BEAT THE SYSTEM

Chair:  Max L. Bromley, University of South Florida

Setting the Groundwork for School Violence:  An  Examination of Teachers’ Attitudes toward Violence and the Community
  John Krimmel, The College of New Jersey
  E. Houston, University of Tennessee

Crime on Campus:  A Survey of Space Users
  Kenneth E. Mullen, Appalachian State University
  Matthew B. Robinson, Appalachian State University

Comparing COP Practices of Campus and Municipal Police Agencies
  Max  L. Bromley, University of South Florida
 Brian Reaves, Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

College Athletes and Non-Athletes:  An Empirical and Literary Assessment of Criminality
  Scott Harb, Western Carolina University

EDUCATION, CORRECTIONS & THE FUTURE:  IS IT TIME FOR CHANGE?

Chair:  John T. Whitehead, East Tennessee State University

An Exploratory Look at the Urica Scores among Committed Youth
  Jill A. Gordon, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Patricia Reyes, Virginia Commonwealth University

The Future of Probation: Reintroducing the Spiritual Dimension into Correctional Practice
  John T. Whitehead, East Tennessee State University
  Michael Braswell, East Tennessee State University

ROUNDTABLE:  TEACHING PATROL OFFICER PROBLEM SOLVING AND SOLUTIONS IN ACADEMIC COURSES

Convenor: John Memory, Justice Research Association

Participants: Randall Aragon, Lumberton (NC) Police Department
  David Camp, Georgia State University
  Diane Daane, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg
  Mark Dantzker, University of Texas-Pan American
  Ron Hunter, State University of West Georgia
  Richard Kania, University of North Carolina-Pembroke

WORKSHOP:  TERRORISM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Convenors: Joe Auten, North Carolina Justice Academy
  Bob Ruth, Davidson College

PRESIDENTIAL ROUNDTABLE:  AFROCENTRISM AND PEACEMAKING

Convenor:   John Fuller, State University of West Georgia

Participants: Florence Ferguson, State University of West Georgia
Kathrine Johnson, University of West Florida at Pensacola
Sedgrid Lewis, State University of West Georgia
  Etta F. Morgan, Penn State University-Harrisburg
  Angela West-Cockfield, University of Louisville

PRESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP:  OFFENDER NEEDS VS. PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS:  THE CHALLENGE OF A BALANCED RESPONSE

  Mr. William Catoe, Director
  South Carolina Department of Corrections
  Introduction:  Dr. Angela West-Cockfield
  University of Louisville

THE INTERNET:  THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE?

Chair:  Terry D. Edwards, University of Louisville

Teaching CJ Courses Online:  In Search of Excellence
  Darl Champion, Methodist College
  Larry Marshall, Methodist College

Professor’s Dilemma:  An Essay on Barriers to Quality in CJ Education and Faculty Responses
  W.T. Jordan, Florida Gulf Coast College
  Roger Green, Florida Gulf Coast College

Designing and Implementing an Online CJ Program
  William Hyatt, Western Carolina University

EMPLOYEES & OFFENDERS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE:  ARE THEY BEING SERVED?

Chair:  Bill Ruefle, University of South Carolina

In the Best Interest of Youth
  Amber Finlen, University of South Carolina-Spartansburg

Attitudes and Perceptions of Juvenile Correctional Officers in South Carolina:  Why  South Carolina Officers May Potentially Leave the Job
  Jeffrey A. Tipton, South Carolina Department of Public Safety

Perceptions of the Work Environment among Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Group Home Employees
  James B. Wells, Eastern Kentucky University
  Stacey L. Woofter, Eastern Kentucky University
  Kathy Black-Dennis, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

Gestational and Neonatal Injury as Precursor to Crime
  Tom Sullenberger, Southeast Louisiana University
  Hil Harper, Valdosta State University
  Robert Evans, Valdosta State University

WORKSHOP:  COMPUTER CRIME

Convenor:   Marji Britz, The Citadel

Participants: Chip Johnson, South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
  Billy Crumpton, South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
 

JUSTICE SYSTEMS & POLICING:  BRAINS OR BEEF?

Chair:  Darl H. Champion, Methodist College

Police as Critical Thinkers:  Implications  for Community Policing, the Criminal Justice System and Society in the 21st Century
  Darl H. Champion, Methodist College

Developing a Machiavellian Personality in the Social Milieu of Policing
  John T. Krimmel, The College of New Jersey
  Paul Lindenmuth, Kings College

Real Justice in the 21st Century:  Modeling  Law Enforcement and Policing from a Comprehensive Justice Perspective
  Stanley Swart, University of North Florida
 

ROUNDTABLE:  INTEGRATING CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE THROUGH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Convenor: Jana Bufkin, Drury University

Participants: Elizabeth H.  McConnell, Charleston Southern University
  Laura Moriarty, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Reta Roberts, Jacksonville Community College
Amie R. Scheidegger, Charleston Southern University
 
 

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Panel 13
Date:  Thursday, October 5, 2000
Time:  8:30 am – 9:45 am
Where:  Laurens

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:  FROM EXTREME SUPPORT TO THE WAVERING OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE OLD CONFEDERACY

Chair:  Peter B. Wood, Mississippi State University

Kill the Bastards:  An Exploration of Extreme Support for Capital Punishment

  Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis
  David Giacopassi, University of Memphis

The Likelihood of Execution in Eleven Southern States:  1977-1997

 Peter B. Wood, Mississippi State University
 R. Gregory Dunaway, Mississippi State University

RACE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE:  STUDENT RESEARCH

Chair:  Daniel Guiterrez, Glenville State College

An Exploratory Study of White, Black, and Hispanic Violent Juvenile Offenders

  Daniel Gutierrez, Glenville State College
  D. Schiebner, Glenville State College

A Comparison between Urban and Rural High Schools, Weapon Incidents, and Student Perceptions of School Violence
  Daniel Gutierrez, Glenville State College
  S. Gilkenson, Glenville State College
  T. Moss, Glenville State College
  K. Brandon, Glenville State College

Firearm Acquisition Patterns and Motives for White, Black, and Hispanic Youth

  C. Mann, Glenville State College
  J. Goree, Glenville State College

An Exploratory Study of Death Row Inmates from 1993-1997:  What Differences Exist between White, Black, and Hispanic Inmates and is Disparity an Issue?

M. Alltop, Glenville State College
A. Starcher, Glenville State College
T. Williams, Glenville State College
A. Martin, Glenville State College
A. Sholes, Glenville State College
W.   Smith, Glenville State College

POLICE:  TRAINING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCURE, & USE OF FORCE

Chair:  William P. Bloss, The Citadel

A Validation Study of Exam Items Used in Police Academy Training

  James B. Wells, Eastern Kentucky University
  Kimberly A. Cobb, Eastern Kentucky University
  Beverly Lawrence, Eastern Kentucky University
  Kevin I. Minor, Eastern Kentucky University
  Irina Sonderstrom, Eastern Kentucky University

Police Use of Force:  An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics
  John M. MacDonald, University of South Carolina
  Geoffrey Alpert, University of South Carolina
  Angela R. Gover, University of South Carolina
  Alex Piquero, Northeastern University
  Nicole Leper Piquero, Northeastern University

Creating Critical Thinkers:  A New Paradigm in Police Training
  William P. Bloss, The Citadel

Police Violence:  Analysis of Public Police Systemic Organizational Structures and Techniques of Reproducing Violent Ideologies and Practices
  James Hogsdon, Longwood College

ROUNDTABLE:  BECAUSE THE STUDENTS KEEP ASKING:  THE OJ SIMPSON CASE – FACTS AND ISSUES

Convenor: Bill Cassie, Appalachian State University

Participants: Ken Mullen, Appalachian State University
  Matt Robinson, Appalachian State University

EQUALITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Chair:  Joe Sanborn, University of Central Florida

Criminal Justice Students and the Crystallization of Guilt Perceptions
  Philip E. Carlan, University of North Alabama

In re Equality:  Framing the Open Systems Understanding of Full Person, Citizens, Behavioral Dynamics, and the Elusive Summum Bonum
  Thomas E. Reed, Eastern Kentucky University

Innocent Bias in the Criminal Justice System
  Matthew B. Robinson, Appalachian State University

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Private Security Employment Practices:  Legal Implications for the Psychscreen
  Tad Hughes, University of Louisville

CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS:  TAXING THE RICH OR TAXING THE POOR?

Chair:  Julie Kunselman, University of West Florida at Pensacola

A Case Study of a North Carolina Community Corrections Program:  Preliminary Results, Hopeful Conclusions
  Barbara H. Zaitzow, Appalachian State University

A Cost Analysis of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Outcomes on Crack-Cocaine versus Powdered Cocaine Offenders
  Patricia Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University

Penal Austerity:  The Effect of Perceived Utility on Public Attitudes toward Prison Amenities.
  Brandon K. Applegate, University of Central Florida

Analysis of Release Performance among Kentucky’s Violent PFO’s
  Julie Kunselman, University of West Florida at Pensacola
  Gennaro F. Vito, University of Louisville

PRESIDENTIAL ROUNDTABLE:  THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE U.S.

Convenor: Robert Bohm, University of Central Florida

Participants: Michael Blankenship, East Tennessee State University
  Richard Janikowski, University of Memphis
  Sue Titus Reid, Florida State University
  Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis
  Gennaro F. Vito, University of Louisville

PRESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP ON THE COURTS:  Child Exploitation in the Computer Age

  Mr. Max Cauthen
  Assistant Attorney General
  South Carolina Attorney General’s Office
  Introduction:  Dr. Marji Britz
  The Citadel

SPECIALIZED JUVENILE COURTS:  A REALISTIC ALTERNATIVE TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM?

Chair:  Brandon Applegate, University of Central Florida

Do Juvenile Gun Courts Work?  An Evaluation of the Jefferson County Family Courts Juvenile Gun Court

  John J. Sloan, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Janice O. Sorrell, Jefferson County (AL) Family Court
  Larry Hooks, Jefferson County (AL) Family Court

Alternatives to Juvenile Court:  An Analysis of a Police Diversion Program
 Robert Ford, University of  Central Florida

Juvenile Drug Courts:  A Comparative Analysis of Their Scope and Nature
  John Sloan, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  John Smykla, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Krista Kuykendall, Jefferson County (AL) Family Court

The ‘Redneck’ Goth:  The Influence of the Goth, Vampire, and Occult Movement on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency in the South
  Gordon A. Crews, Jacksonville State University
  Lane Harper, Technical College of the Lowcountry
  Amy Eunice, Valdosta State University

SELECTED U.S. SUPREME COURTCASES RELATED TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE & CRIMINOLOGY, AND EDUCATION OF OFFENDERS

Chair:  Tad Hughes, University of Louisville

Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases for the 2000-2001 Term
  Chad Shook, Upshaw, Williams, Beckham, Biggers & Riddick, LLP

From Terry v. Ohio into the New Millennium:  The Supreme Court and the Evolution of Stop and Frisk as a Constitutional Principle
  Michael Reese, North Georgia College and State University

The Lautenberg Amendment:  An Erosion of Civil Liberties
  Ferris Roger Byxbe, North Georgia College and State University
  Philip E. Carlan, University of North Alabama

The Effects of Education on Violent and Non-Violent Offenders
John Stuart Batchelder, North Georgia College and State University
 

WORKSHOP:  TEACHING CRIMINAL JUSTICE ON THE INTERNET

Convenor:  Michael B. Blankenship, East Tennessee State University
 

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Panel 24
Date:  Friday,  October 6, 2000
Time:  10:00 am – 11:15 am
Where:  Calhoun

PRESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP ON POLICING:  RACIAL PROFILING

  Chief Rueben Greenberg
  Charleston Police Department
  Introduction:  Dr. Gennaro F. Vito
  University of Louisville

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM:  CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Chair:  Laura Moriarty, Virginia Commonwealth University

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Membership Support for Peer Review and Minimum Standards
  Donna C. Hale, Shippensburg University
  Thomas L. Austin, Shippensburg University
  Richard C. Eagle, Shippensburg University

Meeting the Challenge of Diversity in the Criminal Justice Curriculum:  Analysis, Process and Action
  Vicky E. Dorworth, Montgomery College
  Sonya Chiles, Montgomery College

Professional Model v. Liberal Model:  Act 5
  James Madden, Lake Superior State University

Equality in Justice Employment:  The Case for Education.
  Bertus R. Ferreira, East Carolina University

PERSPECTIVES ON POLICING:  POLICE STRESS,  ACCREDITATION STANDARDS , AND THE PUBLIC ATTITUDES

Chair:  Elizabeth Mustaine, University of Central Florida

Law Enforcement Accreditation:  A Comparison of Accredited versus Non-Accredited Agencies
  Kimberly McCabe, University of South Carolina

Crime Victims’ Satisfaction with Police Services:  Louisville Division of Police 5th District
  Angela West-Cockfield, University of Louisville
  Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville

Job Stress in Police Work:  Views From Police Officials Around the South
  William Doerner, Florida State University
  Ronald Hunter,  State University of West Georgia
  Mark Dantzker, University of Texas-Pan American

Homicide Scenes a Public Form of Entertainment:  A Review of Thirty-six Homicides in Richmond, VA
Robyn Diehl, Virginia Commonwealth University
 

ROUNDTABLE:  HATE CRIMES:  PC IN THE LEGAL ARENA OR JUST DESERTS

Convenor: Leo C. Downing Jr.,  North Georgia College and State University

Participants: Philip Carlan, University of North Alabama
  Mike Reese, North Georgia College and State University
  Ferris Byxbe, North Georgia College and State University
  Hil Harper, Valdosta State University
 

LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS, GANG GENDER ROLES, AND LIFE IN PRISON

Chair:  B. Joyce Stephens, SUNY at Fredonia

Lifestyle Factors Associated with the Sexual Assault of Men:  A Routine Activities Theory Analysis
  Richard Tewksbury, University of Louisville
  Elizabeth Mustaine, University of Central Florida

It’s Still a Man’s World:  A Look at Gender Roles in Gangs
  Sandra S. Stone, State University of West Georgia

Life in Prison:  Female Offenders Speak to Management
  Etta F. Morgan, Penn State University-Harrisburg

Inmates’ Attitudes Toward the Conjugal Visitation Program in Mississippi Prisons
  Christopher Hensley,  Morehead State University
  Sandra Rutland, U.S. Probation
  Phyllis Gray-Ray, University of Southern Mississippi

WORKSHOP:  TEACHING CRIMINAL JUSTICE ON THE INTERNET

Convenor:   Michael B. Blankenship, East Tennessee State University

HIGH PRESSURE & LOW PAY:  ISSUES RELATED TO POLICE EXECUTIVES

Chair:  James Merritt, Southern State Police Benevolent Association:

Analyzing Supervisory Performance:  The MARTA Job-Task Analysis
  Damon D. Camp, Georgia State University
  Joe Auten, North Carolina Justice Academy
  Todd Locklear, Florida Metropolitan University

An Analysis of Salaries of Chiefs and Officers from Police Departments across the South
  Terry Nowell, Southern State Police Benevolent Association
  James Merritt, Southern State Police Benevolent Association

Breaking Barriers:  Profiling African American Leaders in North Carolina’s Criminal Justice System
Paul Knepper, East Carolina University

The Changing Nature of Police Executive Leadership
  William F. Walsh, Southern Police Institute
 

IDEOLOGICAL VIEWS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM:  ARE YOU AN ELEPHANT OR A DONKEY?

Chair:  Reid H. Montgomery, Jr., University of South Carolina

The Legislative History of the University of South Carolina College of Criminal Justice
  Reid H. Montgomery Jr., University of South Carolina

Stenberg v. Carhart:  What Does It Mean?
  Mary Atwell, Radford University

1975 was a Very Good Year for Conservatives in Criminal Justice
  Hil Harper, Valdosta State University

LEGAL POTPOURRI:  POST-WARREN COURTS, REENTRY COURTS, MENS REA & THE ALLEN CHARGE

Chair:  Dennis D. Murphy, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Post-Warren Court and the 4th Amendment
  Jack E. Call, Radford University

Reentry Court:  Prospects and Limitations
  Michael Siegfried, Coker College

Motive as Part of Mens Rea:  The Peculiar Case of Hate Crimes
  Dennis D. Murphy, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Allen Charge:  A Rare Empirical Assessment
  Mark Lanier, University of Central Florida
  Cloud Miller, Troy State University
  Roy Manning, University of Central Florida

A KINDER, GENTLER CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? :  PERCEPTIONS, CHALLENGES, AND REFORMS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Chair:  Truc-Nhu Ho, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Perceptions Related to Ethics and Police Officers:  Results from a SSBA Survey
  Mark L. Dantzker, University of Texas Pan American
  William G. Doerner, Florida State University
  Ronald D. Hunter, State University of West Georgia

Reforms to Make the Criminal Justice System Just
  Matthew Robinson, Appalachian State University

Threats and Opportunities Facing Creation of a Kinder, Gentler Criminal Justice System
  Gene Stephens, University of South Carolina
 

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SATURDAY

Panel 34
Date:  Saturday,  October 7, 2000
Time:  8:30 am – 9:45 am
Where:  Laurens

VIOLENCE IN PUBLIC SETTINGS:  PREVENTION PROGRAMS, MEDIA INVOLVEMENT AND SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES

Chair:  Ronald Burns, Texas Christian University

Violence in the Workplace:  A 21st Century Challenge
  Ralph Key, Charleston Southern University

Successful CPTED Strategies in American Schools
  Matt Robinson, Appalachian State University

Reforming Crime:  Assessing Media Coverage of Corporate Violence
  Ronald Burns, Texas Christian University
  Lindsey Orrick, Texas Christian University

Popular Crime Fiction and Actual Crime:  The “Hard-Boiled” Novelists
  Richard R.E. Kania, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

PUBLIC & POLICE PERCEPTIONS:  CHILD ABUSE, RACIAL PROFILING, AND COMMUNITY POLICING

Chair:  Deborah Robinson, Valdosta State University

What Cops Believe about Child Abuse
  Jeffrey P. Rush, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  Stacey Moak, Northeast Louisiana University

Racial Profiling and the Police:  A Multivariate Analysis of Traffic Stop Data from Richmond, VA
  Michael R. Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Matthew Petrocelli, California State University-Hayward

Community Policing:  A Comparison of Officer and Citizen Perceptions
  Deborah Robinson, Valdosta State University
  Chet Ballard, Valdosta State University

Policing Public Order,  Democratic Values and Individual Rights
                             James J. Vardalis, Florida International University

COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE:  EXTENDING BEYOND TRADITIONAL BOARDERS & BOUNDARIES

Chair:  R. Bankole Thompson, Eastern Kentucky University

Explaining Organized Crime:  Finding Common Links among Individuals, Groups, and Locations in the U.S. and Ukraine
  Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University

Confronting the New Century:  Critical Forces Impacting Crimes and Social Control in Asia and the Pacific
  Victor Shaw, California State University-Northridge

Crime in the Carolinas:  A County Level Analysis
  Malcolm Abel II, Western Carolina University

EXAMINING CRIME ISSUES:  UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS, CRIME MAPPING,  STATE LEGISLATION, AND CHANGING PATTERNS OF JAILS

Chair:  Kimberly Coffman, University of North Florida

The UCR Felony Larceny-Theft Rate:  Are We Really Comparing Apples and Oranges?
  Kimberly A. Coffman, University of North Florida
  Craig N. Winston, University of North Florida

Crime Mapping:  Domestic Violence in Kentucky
Georgett V. Higgs, University of Louisville
  Elizabeth L. Grossi, University of Louisville

Criminal Justice Policy in the States
  Jackson Williams, University of Illinois at Chicago

Changing Patterns of Jails
Ken Kerle, American Jail Association
 

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