Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Custodial History

This collection was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.

Preferred Citation

Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains reports and booklets of the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center at William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law.  The records include an interim report of the Center, a survey of citizen opinions on crime, and booklets on the following topics: A Comparative Analysis of Police Organizations; Deferrence of Crime: A Reformulation of Chambliss' Typology of Deferrence; The Deferrent Effects of Sanctions; Discretion of Law Enforcement Officials; Juvenile Court Intake; On the Measurement of Social Role Adaptation in the Prison Community; Pilot City Project; Sanctions and Social Control; Sociological Perspective on Public Support for Capital Punishment; and Student Drug Use.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Booklets
• College of William and Mary. Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center
• Criminal justice studies
• Reports