Articles, papers, presentations, and other materials authored by faculty from the Criminal Justice department of Loyola University Chicago's College of Arts & Sciences.
Submissions from 2022
“Satan’s Minions” and “True Believers”: How Criminal Defense Attorneys Employ Quasi-Religious Rhetoric and What It Suggests about Lawyering Culture, Elizabeth H. Webster, Kathleen Powell, Sarah E. Lageson, and Valerio Baćak
Let's Start Talking: A Reflective Essay on Minority Students' Experiences in Academic Spaces, Publishing, and Journal Involvement, Ryan S.C. Wong and Kayla M. Martensen
Submissions from 2021
Digitizing and Disclosing Personal Data: The Proliferation of State Criminal Records on the Internet, Sarah Lageson, Elizabeth H. Webster, and Juan Sandoval
Submissions from 2020
Postconviction Innocence Review in the Age of Progressive Prosecution, Elizabeth H. Webster
The Prosecutor as a Final Safeguard Against False Convictions, Elizabeth H. Webster
Submissions from 2019
The Impact of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Deferred Prosecution Program, Christine George, John Orwat, Don Stemen, Jennifer Cossyleon, and Whitney Key
Race, Ethnicity, and Prosecution in Cook County, Illinois, Besiki Luka Kutateladze, Rebecca Richardson, Ryan Meldrum, Don Stemen, David Olson, Elizabeth H. Webster, Maria Arndt, Dylan Matthews, and Sadhika Soor
Submissions from 2018
Ghosting: It’s Time To Find Uniformity on Ghostwriting, Jona Goldschmidt
Submissions from 2017
Can Community Policing Increase Residents' Informal Social Control? Testing the Impact of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, Robert M. Lombardo and Chistopher M. Donner
Beyond the War: The Evolving Nature of the U.S. Approach to Drugs, Don Stemen
The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Don Stemen
Submissions from 2015
Leaving the Gang: A Review and Thoughts on Future Research, Dena C. Carson and J. Michael Vecchio
Submissions from 2014
Capital Punishment Reforms in Illinois: Comparing the Views of Police, Prosecutors, and Public Defenders, Robert M. Lombardo and David Olson
Youth Gangs: An Overview of Key Findings and Directions for the Future, Terrance J. Taylor and J. Michael Vecchio
The Role of Violence within and across Self-identified Gang Youth, J. Michael Vecchio
Submissions from 2013
Drivers of the Sentenced Population: Probation Analysis, David E. Olson, Donald Stemen, Sema Taheri, and Michelle D. Mioduszewski
An Examination of Felony Case Processing in the Circuit Court of Cook County, 2000-2012, Don Stemen
Once Bitten, Thrice Wise: The Varying Effects of Victimization on Routine Activities and Risk Management, J. Michael Vecchio
Submissions from 2012
A Profile of Women Released Into Cook County Communities from Jail and Prison, Gipsy Escobar and David Olson
Population Dynamics and the Characteristics of Inmates in the Cook County Jail, David E. Olson and Sema Taheri
Submissions from 2011
Characteristics of Inmates in the Cook County Jail, David E. Olson
Illinois Felony Sentencing: A Retrospective, David E. Olson and Donald Stemen
The Impact of Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR) and Time Served on IDOC's Population, David E. Olson and Donald Stemen
Submissions from 2010
The Forty-Two Gang: The Unpublished Landesco Manuscripts, Robert M. Lombardo
Study Methodology, Jody Miller, Mark DeBarr, Hyan Namgung, J. Michael Vecchio, and Stephanie Wiley
Cook County Sheriff's Reentry Council Quarterly Update (Volume 2, Issue 1: February 2010), David E. Olson
Cook County Sheriff's Reentry Council Quarterly Update (Volume 2, Issue 2: October 2010), David E. Olson
“Messin’ With Drugs…You Could Lose Your Life”: the Effect of Victimization on Routine Activities and Risk Management, J. Michael Vecchio
Submissions from 2009
Organizational Approaches to Drug Law Enforcement by Local Police Departments in the United States: Specialized Drug Units and Participation in Multi-Agency Drug Task Forces, Robert M. Lombardo and David E. Olson
Cook County Sheriff's Reentry Council Quarterly Update (Volume 1, Issue 1: September, 2009), David E. Olson
Submissions from 2007
Chicago’s Little Sicily, Robert M. Lombardo
Community Policing: Broken Windows, Community Building, and Satisfaction with the Police, Robert M. Lombardo and Todd Lough
Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions for Reducing Crime, Don Stemen
Submissions from 2005
Finding the Jury: State Legislative Responses to Blakely v. Washington, Don Stemen and Daniel F. Wilhelm
Submissions from 2004
Aggravated Sentencing: Blakely v. Washington, Jon Wool and Don Stemen
Changing Fortunes or Changing Attitudes: Sentencing and Corrections Reforms in 2003, Jon Wool and Don Stemen
Submissions from 1994
The Organized Crime Neighborhoods of Chicago, Robert M. Lombardo
Submissions from 1990
Asset Forfeiture: Civil Remedies Against Organized Crime, Robert M. Lombardo
