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39 U. La Verne L. Rev. 143 (2017-2018)
The Politics of Political Crime: An Analysis of Circuit Court Decision-Making in Terrorism Appeals

handle is hein.journals/jjuvl39 and id is 159 raw text is: THE POLITICS OF POLITICAL CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF CIRCUIT COURT DECISION- MAKING IN TERRORISM APPEALS WESLEY S. MCCANN, PH.D.* ABSTRACT ............................................. 144 INTRODUCTION ............................... ..... 144 I. REVIEW OF LITERATURE ....................... .....1 45 A. Theories on Appellate Judge Decision-Making ........... 146 B. Appellate Decision-Making Overall ..... ......... 147 II. METHODS ................................. ..... 153 A. Hypotheses ........................ ........ 154 B. Variables.......................... 55 C. Sample Descriptives ............................... 156 D. Analysis Plan.............................. 160 III. RESULTS ............................ ................ 163 IV. DISCUSSION .............................. ...... 165 A. Limitations................................ 167 B. Recommendations for Researchers.................. 170 CONCLUSION. ................................. ..... 171 * Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. I would like to thank Craig Hemmens, J.D., Ph.D., for all of the time, effort, and direction he has provided me over the years and during this project, for which I am eternally grateful. Also, I would like to thank Zachary Hamilton, Ph.D., David Brody, J.D., Ph.D., and Thomas Preston, Ph.D. for the time and feedback that they have provided me over the course of this project as well. I would like to also thank Christopher Shields, J.D., Ph.D., and Brent L. Smith, Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas' Terrorism Research Center for providing me with the baseline data needed to conduct this study. 143

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