Introduction

Overview

1 The History of Criminal Justice Statistics: A Cautionary Tale

Patricia Loveless (Empire State College)

Bar Charts

2 Drug Testing in Community Corrections: A Comparative Program Analysis

Gennaro F. Vito (University of Louisville)

Stephen T. Holmes (University of Cincinnati)

Thomas J. Keil (University of Louisville)

Deborah G. Wilson (University of Louisville)

Measures of Central Tendency

3 The Academic Achievement of Juvenile Delinquents Relative to Intellectual Ability: Implications for Research and Educational Program Development

Carol and Louis Veneziano (Southeast Missouri State University)

4 Identifying Employment Criteria and Requisite Skills for the Position of Police Chief: Preliminary Findings

M. L. Dantzker (Georgia Southern University)

Crime Rates

5 The Nature of Gang Violence

Gerry Riposa and Carol Dersch (California State University, Long Beach)

Chi Square

6 The Legacy of Domestic Violence: Juvenile Delinquency

Philip W. Rhoades and Sharon L. Parker (Texas A and M, Corpus Christi)

Pearson's XXX

7 Criminal Justice Students' Perceptions of Satanism: Debunking Myths

James B. Wells (Eastern Kentucky University)

Brian P. Nicoletti (North Georgia College)

Patricia R. Roerig (Truett-McConnell College)

Regression

8 Regression Analysis Applied to Local Correctional Systems

Randall Guynes and Tom McEwen (Institute for Law and Justice, Inc.)

9 Community Policing in the Eye of the Beholder: Perceptions of the Community-Oriented Model

Allan Y. Jiao (Rowan University)

Student's and Manova

10 Examining Students' Perceptions of Policing and the Effect of Completing a Police-Related Course

M. L. Dantzker (Georgia Southern University)

Nicky Ali-Jackson (Purdue University, Calumet)

Anova

11 The Influence of Race on Prison Sentences for Murder in Twentieth-Century Texas

Deon E. Brock (Sam Houston State University)

Jon Sorensen (University of Texas Pan American

James W. Marquat (Sam Houston State University)

Index