Crime control is but one of many areas of life where governments attempt to influence the lives of their citizens through formal state institutions. Within the context of Third World countries, the ‘reality’ of government as nation is something which must be tested if we are to interpret more accurately comparative crime and crime control information. Utilizing Eckstein’s distinction between… Read more →
Category: International
Lessons from the Third World for Understanding American Criminal Justice – 1984
This article was developed as part of a faculty curriculum development project designed to assist faculty from a variety of disciplines in integrating information and perspectives from 3rd world countries into their courses. One important lesson related to crime and criminal justice is the behaviors committed by individuals against other individuals = crime (through legal fiction are fictional ‘social harms… Read more →
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD – 2014 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Abstract : This study seeks to contribute to knowledge of the implementation of the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Focus was restricted to one of eight General Measures of Implementation – involvement of civil society, in particular, non-government organisations (NGOS), in the implementation and monitoring of the CRC. The study had three aims: (1) to develop initial… Read more →
Law Reform, Child Maltreatment and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – 2016 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko and Ian Bolling)
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS “Law Reform, Child Maltreatment and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child”, Karen A. Polonko, PhD; Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, USA; kpolonko@odu.edu; Lucien X. Lombardo, PhD. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA,USA, llombard@odu.edu; Ian Bolling, MA, JD, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA USA, ibolling@odu.edu Abstract Scholars and practitioners stress the need for… Read more →
Comparative Analysis of US and Human Rights Approach to Corporal Punishment Law – 2005 (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko)
Human Dignity and Childhood: Operationalizing a Human Rights Concept (Co-Authored with Karen A. Polonko) 2005
This is an exploratory study of perceptions of human dignity in childhood as recalled by young adults. Our goal is to discover the range of dimensions, sources and experiences, both those that supported and violated, of the concept of human dignity. This research, drawing on responses from over two hundred university students, may help to develop a language with which… Read more →