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After two years of experience in overseeing groups of undergraduate and graduate criminal justice students in an Innocence Case Review course at the University of Central Missouri (UCM), the authors reviewed the structure of the course and the attitudes of the participating students. An examination of Innocence Case Review current procedures in undergraduate institutions and law schools provides background for course design. This article summarizes the findings of the students’ experiences, reactions, and attitudes of their yearlong case screening efforts, and to the criminal justice system in general. The first part of this article examines the literature on innocence case review classes at both undergraduate institutions and law schools exploring different learning styles and strategies inherent in this type of class. It also explores the skills necessary for case review, and the skills students can take to other classes and professions. The second part reviews the structure of our courses as initially ...

The study concerned 100 consecutive admissions to the Houston VA Hospital Drug Abuse program. Drug history and various demographic and personality factors were investigated both in regards to the population as a whole and three subgroups; (1) opiate users, (2) active duty personnel and (3) drug users involved with drugs other than opiates. The subgroups did differ on economic and criminality measures as well as presenting different clinical pictures based on personality and symptomatic factors.