Dec 6, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
Computer systems that record data about automobile functioning have been inseparable components of many airbag systems since the early 1970s. With the full support of government agencies, the promise and utility of these ”black boxes” initially lay in...
Dec 2, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
When Antje Croton took her three-month-old daughter, Clara, on a trip from New York to Berlin in December 2003 to visit family in Germany, she never could have imagined the ordeal that she would encounter upon her return to JFK airport. The wife of a United States...
Dec 2, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
Recording a suspect’s entire interrogation provides substantial protection of the suspect’s rights as well as the rights of the police officers involved. Contrary to stated concerns, in jurisdictions that routinely record interrogations, recording has...
Dec 2, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
Indian gaming is big business. In 2004, Indian gaming facilities grossed over $19.4 billion and, since 1995, revenue increases have topped 10% each year. Currently, over 200 tribes operate more than 400 gaming facilities in twenty-eight states. Along with impressive...
Dec 2, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
On the night of February 1, 2002, a southbound Ford Windstar Minivan collided head-on and killed twenty-year-old Dawn Richardson, when her northbound Ford Explorer veered across the Beltway outside Washington D.C., and collided head on with a southbound Ford Windstar...
Dec 2, 2005 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 39
Almost from the inception of the modern police force, American police officers have carried guns. Recently, in addition to guns, police forces have started using newly-developed less-lethal weapons. Because the safety of many of these weapons is not clear, several...