Trends in teaching public administration: a view from the proceedings of the national conferences on teaching public administration

This article identifies trends in research on teaching public administration. Topics receiving substantial amounts of attention within years, within multiple years, and across time are identified. Cumulation of research on certain topics is identified. This study is based on data from the Proceedings of the National Conferences on Teaching Public Administration between 1978 and 1989.     

Fifty years of research on illegal enterprise: an interview with Mark Haller

This interview with professor emeritus Mark Haller, conducted in August 2010, discusses Haller’s career and his research on organized crime. Haller studied crime in Chicago and Philadelphia, in particular the business activities of Al Capone and Angelo Bruno and their respective associates, concluding that illegal businesses have to be distinguished analytically and empirically from fraternal organizations of criminals.     

Ideology and dangerousness: The case of Lisa Colleen neve

On November 17, 1994, a superior court judge in Alberta, Canada, declared that Lisa Neve was a dangerous offender (DO) and sentenced her to serve an indeterminate (life) term. A young Aboriginal prostitute, she had been in and out of psychiatric institutions and jails since a teenager; and was before the court for sentence on a robbery and assault with a weapon charge. Using a case study approach, this essay explores the issues of class conflict, racism, sexism, and sociology of psychiatric diagnosis. Her DO designation was subsequently reversed on appeal, revealing the fortuitous intersection of race, gender, and class.