Volume 2, Issue 1 (2014) Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science, Spring 2014
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Immigration Control and the Punitive Turn
Eduardo Batista
The Stigmatization of Individuals Convicted of Sex Offenses: Labeling Theory and The Sex Offense Registry
Carla Schultz
Neuroimaging and Eyewitness Testimony
Madysen Gardner
The Lingering Killer: Agent Orange
Sharon Ungerfeld
Police Academy Training: An Evaluation of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Police Academies
Olga Bykov
The Unfair Sentencing Act: Racial Disparities and Fiscal Consequences of America's Drug Laws
Kristin Zimmerman
Attitudes Toward the Way Courts Deal with Criminals
Chelsea van Aken
Yakuza Past, Present and Future: The Changing Face of Japan's Organized Crime Syndicates
Silke Higgins
I am Not Your Victim: Anatomy of Domestic Violence - Analysis of the Beth Sipe Autobiography
Shawna Germain
DNA Typing Compatibility with a One Step Saliva Screening Test
Nicole Roda, Steven B. Lee, Brooke Barloewen, and Tahnee Mehmet
Themis Editors
- Managing Editor
- Jen Rushforth
- Associate Editors
- Kavita Alejo
- Olga Bykov
- Ashish Chand
- Madysen Gardner
- Munirih Ghodsi
- Gabriela Gonzalez
- Manaar Khalil
- Davis Mendelsohn
- Emily Tunquist
- Sharon Ungerfeld
- Brian Werner
- Faculty Advisor
- Mary Juno, MSc