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James R. Acker

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17

Publications

516

Citations

13

H-Index

1990

Active since

Affiliations

University at Albany, State University of New York(Current)

Guilford College

George Mason University

Albany State University

James R. Acker is an author at University at Albany, State University of New York specializing in criminal justice, law, and criminal law.

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LawCriminal LawCriminal JusticeJusticePenologyPublic PolicyCriminal CodeSocial SciencesCriminal Justice ReformConstitutional Law

Publications per year

1990–2020

17

Publications

17

America's Experiment with Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction

Marian J. Borg, James R. Acker, Robert Böhm et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1999 · 170 citations

Penology, Public Policy, Criminal Justice System +8

the death penalty: An American history

James R. Acker · Contemporary Justice Review · 2003 · 58 citations

Penology, Criminal Code, Criminal Justice System +9

Merciful Justice: Lessons From 50 Years of New York Death Penalty Commutations

James R. Acker, Talia Roitberg Harmon, Craig Rivera · Criminal Justice Review · 2009 · 33 citations

The criminal costs of wrongful convictions

Robert J. Norris, Jennifer Weintraub, James R. Acker et al. · Criminology & Public Policy · 2019 · 32 citations

Criminal Code, Criminal Justice Reform, Innocent People +16

Social science in Supreme Court criminal cases and briefs: The actual and potential contribution of social scientists as amici curiae.

James R. Acker · Law and Human Behavior · 1990 · 27 citations

Forensic Psychology, Social Science Materials, Constitutional Law +19

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