Joseph Todaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 9411422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Todaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Todaro |
| SIGNATURE | TODARO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Considerate to Challenging Texts
College students are expected to comprehend, analyze, and respond to texts that are often challenging, complex, and specialized. While the importance and value of reading in higher education is hardly disputed, postsecondary literacy frequently revolves around the reinforcement of rudimentary skills. Furthermore, the demands of writing instruction often push reading instruction to the side, leaving students to navigate texts on their own. Challen…
Assault
Assault is defined as a violent physical or verbal attack against another person. Commonly referred to as “assault and battery,” such attacks occur in one of two forms (aggravated or simple) and are theorized to occur due to various individual, environmental, and situational factors. Gender, age, race/ethnicity, familial situation, and socioeconomic status are major characteristics of both assailants and assault victims. The most recent findings …
Beccaria, Cesare
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminologist and economist best known for his 1764 publication On crimes and punishments , the first systematic statement of principles governing criminal punishment, in which he argued that the effectiveness of criminal justice depended more on the certainty of punishment than on its severity. The book greatly influenced criminal law reform in Western Europe. In later years, Beccaria lectured at Milan's Palatine S…
Researcher–practitioner partnerships and crime analysis
This paper describes a recent researcher–practitioner partnership designed to address the challenges faced by law enforcement agencies when implementing crime control and prevention strategies. Using an action research methodology, the project embedded a group of trained students within the law enforcement community to assist with local crime problems and supplement existing crime analysis and research capabilities in six agency units. Results of…
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Assault
Assault is defined as a violent physical or verbal attack against another person. Commonly referred to as “assault and battery,” such attacks occur in one of two forms (aggravated or simple) and are theorized to occur due to various individual, environmental, and situational factors. Gender, age, race/ethnicity, familial situation, and socioeconomic status are major characteristics of both assailants and assault victims. The most recent findings …
Beccaria, Cesare
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminologist and economist best known for his 1764 publication On crimes and punishments , the first systematic statement of principles governing criminal punishment, in which he argued that the effectiveness of criminal justice depended more on the certainty of punishment than on its severity. The book greatly influenced criminal law reform in Western Europe. In later years, Beccaria lectured at Milan's Palatine S…
Researcher–practitioner partnerships and crime analysis
This paper describes a recent researcher–practitioner partnership designed to address the challenges faced by law enforcement agencies when implementing crime control and prevention strategies. Using an action research methodology, the project embedded a group of trained students within the law enforcement community to assist with local crime problems and supplement existing crime analysis and research capabilities in six agency units. Results of…
From Considerate to Challenging Texts
College students are expected to comprehend, analyze, and respond to texts that are often challenging, complex, and specialized. While the importance and value of reading in higher education is hardly disputed, postsecondary literacy frequently revolves around the reinforcement of rudimentary skills. Furthermore, the demands of writing instruction often push reading instruction to the side, leaving students to navigate texts on their own. Challen…
Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)