by Adam Quirk | Jun 26, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Incarceration, Prison, Scholarly Research
Mandatory minimum sentences, three-strike policies, and mass incarceration are buzzwords that are commonly tossed around by many politicians, in particular by those running for President. Many people believe the U.S. needs major reforms in a broken criminal justice...
by Adam Quirk | Apr 22, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Incarceration, Prison, Scholarly Research
Heroin and Oxycontin Epidemic In the United States, it seems as though each generation finds itself mired in one drug epidemic or another. In the 1980’s, the rampant and rapidly spreading use of crack cocaine spurred President Reagan’s war on drugs. The...
by Adam Quirk | Mar 30, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Police, Scholarly Research
To protect and serve: it’s the motto of the brave men and women who choose to be police officers. Last week veteran police detective Jason Weiland was tragically killed in the line of duty, shocking the residents of rural Wisconsin, as well as his fellow law...
by Adam Quirk | Dec 22, 2015 | Criminal Justice, Scholarly Research
An Overview of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) from Adam Quirk
by Adam Quirk | Sep 4, 2015 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Scholarly Research
In the following paper written in 2006, Adam Quirk discusses the late Thomas J. Bernard’s thesis on juvenile delinquency after reading Prof. Bernard’s The Cycle of Juvenile Justice (1992). Thomas J. Bernard, who sadly passed away in the summer of 2009,...
