Word: criminologists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...advertisement attacking TIME for its report ((July 17)) on 464 gun deaths that occurred in the U.S. in a single week, chosen at random. "Legally-owned firearms saved the lives of far more Americans than those lost during ((TIME's)) 'seven deadly days,' " the advertisement stated. "According to noted criminologist Dr. Gary Kleck of Florida State University, every year some 650,000 Americans use firearms to thwart criminal assault. That's 12,500 a week...
...reason: Cameron was just one of at least 103 Aborigines to die while in police custody or prison since 1980. Says criminologist David Biles of the shockingly high death toll: "An Aboriginal person is 20 times more likely than a white to die in custody...
...critics argue that these standards stack the deck against a member of a minority group; they are likened to the literacy tests once used to prevent Southern blacks from voting. "Some of the criteria that sound neutral and non-racially discriminatory are in effect proxies for race," says Criminologist Marvin Wolfgang...
...women are rational. Declares District Attorney Ray Gricar, who handled the Comitz case: "Obviously, Sharon was depressed and 'lost it,' but there's no way she was out of her mind. She had to know exactly what she was doing and had a clear head to do it." Criminologist Daniel Katkin of Pennsylvania State University sees a dangerous fallacy here. "The mistake is to think that ; insane people are incapable of making plans," he explains. "The reality is that crazy people also make plans, but they make crazy plans." Whether Lucrezia Gentile is prosecuted will be decided by a grand...
...these friends is Shattuck Professor of Government James Q. Wilson, a noted criminologist...