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Race was a persistent subtext of the controversy. "We don't know how much racism was involved," says Jerome H. Skolnick, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, "but I believe that racist police are more likely to be brutal and brutal police are more likely to be racist." When black people see a police car in Los Angeles, says state assemblyman Curtis Tucker, "they don't know whether justice will be meted out or whether judge, jury and executioner is pulling...
Recent months have brought a series of discoveries about the genetic mutations involved in breast cancer. "Information is accumulating at an astounding rate," says University of Utah geneticist Mark Skolnick. Changes in at least two types of genes play a role: those that direct cells to grow and divide; and those that issue commands to halt growth. Much of the research has focused on a growth-enhancing gene on chromosome 17, often referred to as the HER-2/neu oncogene. An estimated 30% of breast-cancer patients have somehow acquired abnormal quantities of this gene -- as many...
...owners and sociologists agree that the trend reflects a change of thinking, a rejection of traditional roles. Jerome Skolnick, a professor at the University of California law school at Berkeley, describes the increased gun ownership among women as a "gender revolution. The notion that only men protect is no longer valid." Agrees Teryl Jansons, a Massachusetts attorney: "People are less apt to take advantage of your situation, since you don't look like you're afraid -- because...
...county where they lived before they were convicted, and in Singleton's case that is Contra Costa. "When we make a decision to place someone, we make it on the department's experience and on legal grounds, not on emotion," explains Department Spokesman Robert Gore. Says Jerome Skolnick, a professor at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley: "If ((communities)) could reject notorious felons, no one would want them and where would they...
Whether in criminal or private cases, anyone has the right to refuse a test. Of course, this is hardly a safeguard for someone whose refusal-for whatever reason-may cost him a job. "It's a good social control policy," says Jerome Skolnick, director of the University of California's Center for the Study of Law and Society. "But is it acceptable?" Many businessmen have legitimate reasons for thinking so; but in a society where privacy is so highly prized, it may be a bad trade...