Laura B Myers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura B Myers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura B |
| FAMILY NAME | Myers |
| SIGNATURE | MYERS L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sam Houston State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Identifying the required knowledge elements for the effective detection, investigation, and prosecution of high technology crime
Preparing for high technology crime
The primary objective of this study was to determine the extent to which undergraduate criminal justice and criminology students were exposed, under current academic curricula, to the essential knowledge elements associated with high technology crime investigation. The study also explored the degree of changing, or the likelihood for changing, the criminal justice curriculum to accommodate the increasing level of sophistication of crime in societ…
Criminal justice computer literacy
This article discusses the need to provide criminal justice graduates with the computer skills that will be required of criminal justice practitioners and researchers in the twenty-first century. The discussion describes the need for integrating computerization with criminal justice curricula, the importance of computer literacy in criminal justice education, and the use of computer hardware and software in the criminal justice field. Computer kn…
The importance of county context in the measurement of sentence disparity
The evaluation of criminal justice programs
The quality of criminal justice programs has been evaluated by methods which assume that quality standards are associated primarily with research excellence and are clearly defined. Because these standards are still emerging in our discipline, a more appropriate method of assessment is introduced, which takes into account the evolving standards of quality in criminal justice. With this method, programs can evaluate themselves continuously not onl…
Impediments to Cross-national Research
Extrapolating from experiences in three European countries, the authors enumerate some of the practical problems in conducting criminal court research and gathering data cross-nationally. Within the context of the key concepts of validity and reliability, the impact of substantial research problems are discussed. The authors conclude that although compromises must be made, if care is taken, the compromises do not have to damage the ultimate worth…
Prosecutorial decisionmaking in the Netherlands
Impediments to Cross-national Research
Extrapolating from experiences in three European countries, the authors enumerate some of the practical problems in conducting criminal court research and gathering data cross-nationally. Within the context of the key concepts of validity and reliability, the impact of substantial research problems are discussed. The authors conclude that although compromises must be made, if care is taken, the compromises do not have to damage the ultimate worth…
Prosecutorial decisionmaking in the Netherlands
The importance of county context in the measurement of sentence disparity
Prosecutorial decisionmaking in the Netherlands
Impediments to Cross-national Research
Extrapolating from experiences in three European countries, the authors enumerate some of the practical problems in conducting criminal court research and gathering data cross-nationally. Within the context of the key concepts of validity and reliability, the impact of substantial research problems are discussed. The authors conclude that although compromises must be made, if care is taken, the compromises do not have to damage the ultimate worth…
The evaluation of criminal justice programs
The quality of criminal justice programs has been evaluated by methods which assume that quality standards are associated primarily with research excellence and are clearly defined. Because these standards are still emerging in our discipline, a more appropriate method of assessment is introduced, which takes into account the evolving standards of quality in criminal justice. With this method, programs can evaluate themselves continuously not onl…
Criminal justice computer literacy
This article discusses the need to provide criminal justice graduates with the computer skills that will be required of criminal justice practitioners and researchers in the twenty-first century. The discussion describes the need for integrating computerization with criminal justice curricula, the importance of computer literacy in criminal justice education, and the use of computer hardware and software in the criminal justice field. Computer kn…
The importance of county context in the measurement of sentence disparity
Preparing for high technology crime
The primary objective of this study was to determine the extent to which undergraduate criminal justice and criminology students were exposed, under current academic curricula, to the essential knowledge elements associated with high technology crime investigation. The study also explored the degree of changing, or the likelihood for changing, the criminal justice curriculum to accommodate the increasing level of sophistication of crime in societ…
Identifying the required knowledge elements for the effective detection, investigation, and prosecution of high technology crime
Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Criminal justice (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)