FIRSTNAME LASTNAME AFFILIATION TITLESUBMISSION ABSTRACT This presentation describes the evaluation of a collaborative focused deterrence initiative in the Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville (MA) Police Departments, as part of the Smart Policing Initiative. Using an experimental design, researchers evaluated the effects of focused deterrence on recidivism and other Evaluating the Impact of Community Outreach/ Focused outcomes. To identify candidates a regional database was created/merged; and an algorithm was created to determine offenders who engaged in the most Deterrence: A Randomized Control Trial in Three social harm. The top 150 offenders were then randomly assigned to treatment and control groups using a block design. After a 13-month intervention period, Craig 0 Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. Jurisdictions researchers analyzed data from criminal histories to determine whether focused deterrence had an effect on recidivism. The insanity defense is rare in the United States, but its reputation is controversial. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Utah do not offer the insanity defense while the remaining states differ in what constitutes insanity. The authors present the history of the insanity defense and a review of statutory definitions and requirements for the use of the insanity plea. The authors examine how the statutes define insanity, whether insanity defense is offered, and what the Unfit to be Tried: A Statutory Analysis of the Insanity requirements are to determine insanity. This research aims to further develop the field?s knowledge of possible connections between crime and what is Mia Abboud Washington State University Defense in the United States deemed insanity. In Finnish society, citizens trust the police more than they trust their clergy. It is the belief of some scholars that much of the current criticism of, and dissatisfaction with the police results from confusion over the appropriate role of the police and the misleading and unreasonable expectations that arise as a result of that confusion. As police intervene in our daily lives, many people of color are suspicious of their motives and uneasy in their presence. The findings The Blacksburg VA Police: A Model of Social Justice and of a Blacksburg, VA police study indicates that the department should serve as a model for social justice and police uprightness. Bakhitah Abdul-Ra'uf Radford University Uprightness Learning about racial diversity examines the development of racial-ethnic identities and how people learn?through families, peers, and education-- about diversity and inequality in society. A major emphasis is placed on developing a student understanding of cross-cultural variation and its impact on justice; and, the effect that race has on the lives of people within the context of contemporary issues of justice. Educating for Social Justice: Teaching Race and Ethnicity to Bakhitah Abdul-Ra'uf Radford University Criminal Justice Students Sierra Leone has undergone tremendous conflict and turmoil in recent years, including managing a national health crisis, placing considerable strain on the relationship between citizens and government institutions. Specific to the police, qualitative and ethnographic research highlights a lack of integrity Gassan Abess John Carroll University Police Integrity in Sierra Leone contributing to issues of legitimacy and trust. This research examines variations in police integrity within police agencies located in the capital city. Previous research has shown that individuals with executive function deficits and high approach/low avoidance phenotypes may have poorer treatment outcomes than clients without these concerns. A novel treatment that may address these issues is neurofeedback, a type of neuropsychological treatment Effectiveness of neurofeedback with treatment resistant that is directed by the client. It has been widely used with ADHD and anxiety clients, and some with at-risk, incarcerated, or substance using populations. The Margaret Achee Western Carolina University criminal justice populations literature on this technique as well as the nuts and bolts of the procedure will be discussed in this presentation. Durrant and Ward (2012) note a nearly complete absence of evolutionary concepts in the explanations of crime and punishment. They argue for the inclusion of evolutionary approaches, or at least incorporations, to criminological analyses. Kaighobadi, Shackelford, and Goetz (2009) identify male-female homicide as the most significant victim-offender relationship. It is clear that evolution can help to explain a variety of behaviors. This review serves to examine our Human Evolution and the Criminology of Intimate Partner knowledge on intimate partner violence (IPV) from an evolutionary perspective. Current explanations, as well as, current interventions concerning the crime of Daniel Acton University of Florida Violence IPV are discussed. Recommendations for investigating and addressing IPV are provided. Police are increasingly using military weaponry, employing military tactics and framing their mission using military terminology? (Schneier, 2013). Recent tragic events such as the death of Yvette Smith, an unarmed female shot and killed in Bishop Texas, and the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson Missouri have stirred up emotional outcries. Using telephone interviews, 200 surveys were collected. Preliminary results suggest that police Examiing African Americans' Perception of the militarization is a leading factor in the growing divide between the police and community. The minority community view the military style tactics as a tool used Charles Adams Bowie State University Militarization of Local Enforcement only against people of color The crime of kidnapping persons is clandestine and complex. The crime thrives mostly underground and sometimes spans over several jurisdictions, making detection and enforcement tedious. The article reviews the trend of kidnapping in Nigeria with a view to determining the involvement of criminal justice agencies. Existing literature on the subject matter were reviewed. The study revealed that kidnapping has become a serious issue, where abductors demand for ransom which those abducted could not afford. Therefore, governments need to review security policies in order to adequately protect the citizenry. KIDNAPPIONG AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CRY FOR ADELEKE ADELERE OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY JUSTICE Keywords: Kidnapping, Crime, Security, Development, Government Chemical Castration as Means of Reducing Recidivism This presentation will explore Guam's chemical castration law requiring sex offenders to voluntarily submit to chemical castration as a condition of release, Ronald B Aguon, Esq University of Guam Among Sex Offender Parolees with focus on the implementation process, obstacles to effective implementation, and anticipated recidivism outcomes. Advances in neuroscience has helped criminologists understand the structural and functional correlates of antisocial behavior. Less attention, however, has been paid to how neuroscience can help us assess individuals' culpability and criminal responsibility within criminology. This panel will address this gap by: (1) The implications of neuroscience for law and criminal discussing from a theoretical point of view how advances in neuroscience can change how we assess responsibility, and (2) discussing the current empirical Eyal Aharoni RAND Corporation responsibility literature on how neuroscience may/may not inform our assessments of responsibility. Police officer involved domestic violence has been recognized by some police managers to be the second cause, behind drunk driving, for disciplinary action relating to officers' off duty behavior. This paper is a literature review and an examination of federal and state statutes relating to police officer involved domestic violence. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) model policy and current policies of police agencies will also be reviewed. This paper Janice Ahmad University of Houston-Downtown Police Officer Involved Domestic Violence: An Action Plan will result in a suggested plan of action that the IACP can implement in an effort to reduce incidents of police officer involved domestic violence. The main objective of this paper is to examine Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey from an organizational approach and analyze within the securitization literature in order to understand whether Turkish approach securitize or desecuritize Syrian refugee issue. Since the beginning of Syrian crisis, 2011, Turkey alone has Securitization vs. desecuritization of migration: A dilemma been hosting more than 2 million refugees. European Commission declares that ?the Syria conflict has caused the world?s largest humanitarian and security Arif Akgul Mugla Sitki Kocman University, TURKEY of Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey disaster.? This study explores the consequences of mass movement of Syrians and evaluates Turkey?s migration and security policy. Rape is one of the most silent brutal sexual offences in Bangladesh. Despite strong laws against it, the evil of rape continues to rise in the country. Bangladesh has witnessed various types of violence against women (VAW), such as, dowry related violence, sexual violence, torture, acid violence, eve teasing, physical violence and psychological violence. According to the Bangladesh Police statistics, rape is the second most commonly reported form of VAW. According to the Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK),