Marvin Zalman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6030664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marvin Zalman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Zalman |
| SIGNATURE | ZALMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Search for Criminal Justice Theory: Reflections on Kraska’s Theorizing Criminal Justice
This essay discusses the role of theory, law, and legal institutions in criminal justice teaching and research. It combines personal reflections of the author’s experiences from the early days of academic criminal justice with a review and critique of Kraska’s Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2004 Kraska, P. B. 2004. Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations, Long Grove, IL…
Physician-assisted suicide and the politics of problem definition
In the United States the issue of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) first reached the governmental agenda in the state of Michigan. This occurred because of the personal crusade of Dr Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, to legalize PAS. In June 1990 Kevorkian initiated his crusade by assisting Janet Adkins, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, to commit suicide. The bizarre nature of the suicide—conducted in the back end of Kevorkian's Volksw…
Who Favors Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide? The Vote on Michigan's Proposal B
At the November 1998 general election, Michigan citizens were given the opportunity to vote on Proposal B, an initiative that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS initiatives also have been held in Washington State, California, Oregon, and Maine, with only Oregon's passing. We use exit poll data to analyze the vote on Proposal B. Attributes associated with social liberalism -- Democratic Party identification, less frequent c…
Paging Dr. Death: The Political Theater of Assisted Suicide in Michigan
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist from Royal Oak, Michigan, created an instant sensation on June 4, 1990, when he assisted Janet Adkins in committing suicide by lethal injection. Kevorkian's activities, and the ineffectual efforts of public officials to stop him, generated social conflict, issue expansion, and political theater. In this case, political theater involved acts of civil disobedience that resulted in arrests, three high-profil…
Reflections on christopher smith's article “Teaching the irrelevance of law on criminal procedure”
Civil rights and criminal justice
Cultural literacy” in criminal justice: A preliminary assessment
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of commissioned articles in which distinguished criminal justice scholars address the question of criminal justice “literacy.” These articles are intended to provoke discussion and debate about the core ideas and foundational scholarship in our field. Readers' comments and reactions to these articles are welcome and encouraged
The future of criminal justice administration and its impact on civil liberties
Who Favors Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide? The Vote on Michigan's Proposal B
At the November 1998 general election, Michigan citizens were given the opportunity to vote on Proposal B, an initiative that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS initiatives also have been held in Washington State, California, Oregon, and Maine, with only Oregon's passing. We use exit poll data to analyze the vote on Proposal B. Attributes associated with social liberalism -- Democratic Party identification, less frequent c…
Paging Dr. Death: The Political Theater of Assisted Suicide in Michigan
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist from Royal Oak, Michigan, created an instant sensation on June 4, 1990, when he assisted Janet Adkins in committing suicide by lethal injection. Kevorkian's activities, and the ineffectual efforts of public officials to stop him, generated social conflict, issue expansion, and political theater. In this case, political theater involved acts of civil disobedience that resulted in arrests, three high-profil…
The future of criminal justice administration and its impact on civil liberties
Cultural literacy” in criminal justice: A preliminary assessment
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of commissioned articles in which distinguished criminal justice scholars address the question of criminal justice “literacy.” These articles are intended to provoke discussion and debate about the core ideas and foundational scholarship in our field. Readers' comments and reactions to these articles are welcome and encouraged
Reflections on christopher smith's article “Teaching the irrelevance of law on criminal procedure”
Civil rights and criminal justice
Paging Dr. Death: The Political Theater of Assisted Suicide in Michigan
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist from Royal Oak, Michigan, created an instant sensation on June 4, 1990, when he assisted Janet Adkins in committing suicide by lethal injection. Kevorkian's activities, and the ineffectual efforts of public officials to stop him, generated social conflict, issue expansion, and political theater. In this case, political theater involved acts of civil disobedience that resulted in arrests, three high-profil…
Who Favors Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide? The Vote on Michigan's Proposal B
At the November 1998 general election, Michigan citizens were given the opportunity to vote on Proposal B, an initiative that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS initiatives also have been held in Washington State, California, Oregon, and Maine, with only Oregon's passing. We use exit poll data to analyze the vote on Proposal B. Attributes associated with social liberalism -- Democratic Party identification, less frequent c…
Physician-assisted suicide and the politics of problem definition
In the United States the issue of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) first reached the governmental agenda in the state of Michigan. This occurred because of the personal crusade of Dr Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, to legalize PAS. In June 1990 Kevorkian initiated his crusade by assisting Janet Adkins, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, to commit suicide. The bizarre nature of the suicide—conducted in the back end of Kevorkian's Volksw…
The Search for Criminal Justice Theory: Reflections on Kraska’s Theorizing Criminal Justice
This essay discusses the role of theory, law, and legal institutions in criminal justice teaching and research. It combines personal reflections of the author’s experiences from the early days of academic criminal justice with a review and critique of Kraska’s Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2004 Kraska, P. B. 2004. Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations, Long Grove, IL…
Criminology (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Criminal justice (5 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Criminal law (3 works)