Volume 2, Issue 1

In this invited essay, author Julie Kiernan Coon, a professor of criminal justice, summarizes and analyzes her lived experience serving as a juror in a criminal case.

Heidi S. Bonner, Michelle Stacy, and Megan Davidson explore the knowledge and perceptions of firearm laws among a sample of undergraduate college students at one public university in North Carolina in the semester following the change in carrying provisions.

Dyan McGuire examines which variables impact correct eyewitness identification.

Michelle M. Waston and Melanie K. Worsley discuss the case of Lee v. United States (2017), in which the U.S. Supreme Court held for the first time that a defendant had been prejudiced by his counsel’s misinformation about the deportation consequences of a guilty plea.

Sesha Kethineni and Gowtami Rajendran review legislation and scholarly sources to assess the laws, court decisions, and enforcement issues related to filial responsibility. The 29 states that currently have statutes vary widely in defining the concept and in enforcement of law.