![]() |
P.S. Ruckman, Jr. |
| Associate Professor of Political Science | |
| Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL. | |
| Editor: Pardon Power Blog | |
| Author: Pardon Me, Mr. President: Adventures in Crime Politics and Mercy (Forthcoming) | |
| PSRuckman@aol.com | |
| Phone at Office Desk 815-921-3392 | |
|
Publications-Research / Media / Citations / Classes / Former Students / Ultimate Political Science Links |
|
| PUBLICATIONS | |
|
Author: Pardon Me, Mr. President: Adventures in Crime, Politics and Mercy. Forthcoming. Agent: Sam Fleishman, Literary Artists Representatives, New York. |
|
|
Monograph: Pardons and Remissions. 1793-1893. National Archives and Records Service: Washington D.C. Forthcoming. |
|
| Contributer. The Final Four of Everything. 2009. (Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir, eds) Simon and Schuster. | |
|
Article (invited): "Pardon Me." National Review Online, July 6, 2007. |
|
|
Article (invited): "Respite for Scooter." National Review Online. June 14, 2007. |
|
|
Letter: “Bush Can Give Libby Respite, Delay Decision on Pardoning.” The Hill, June 12, 2007. |
|
|
Editorial: “Memorial Day.” Rockford Register Star, May 25, 2007. |
|
|
Editorial: “For Judge: Legal Qualifications v. Personal Distractions.” Rockford Register Star, November 5, 2006. |
|
|
Editor. Test Bank for The Challenge of Democracy. 8th Edition. Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry and Jerry Goldman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editor: Test Bank for American Government - Brief Edition. 8th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editorial: "Stewart May Try Pardon Route." Rockford Register Star, April 4, 2004. |
|
|
Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. |
|
|
Editorial: "Keys to Clemency Reform: Knowledge, Transparency." Jurist. March 7, 2001. |
|
|
Editorial: "Voters Still Base Choice on More than Pocketbook." Rockford Register Star, January 14, 2001. |
|
|
Letter: "The Supreme Court and Politics." Christian Science Monitor, December 12, 2000. |
|
|
Editorial: "Releasing FALN Members Presidential Prerogative." Rockford Register Star, September 26, 1999. |
|
|
Editorial Board. Annual Editions: Juvenile Delinquency. 2000-6. Dushkin / McGraw Hill: Guilford, Connecticut. |
|
|
Article (refereed): "Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making." (with David Kincaid), 29 Presidential Studies Quarterly 84-99 (Winter 1999). |
|
|
Contributor: Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia (Frank Schmalleger and Gordon M. Armstrong, eds). 1997. Greenwood Publishing: Westport, Connecticut. |
|
|
Article (refereed): "Executive Clemency in the United States: Origins, Development, and Analysis (1900-1993)." 27 Presidential Studies Quarterly 251-71 (Spring 1997). |
|
|
Article (editor's discretion): "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (with David Kincaid), 1 Journal of the Illinois Political Science Association, 28-32 (1995). |
|
|
Research Note (refereed): "Presidential Character and Executive Clemency: A Reexamination." 76 Social Science Quarterly 213-221 (1995). |
|
|
Book Review: "Making Law: The State, the Law, and Structural Contradictions." 4 Legal Studies Forum, 527-530 (1995). |
|
|
Research Note (refereed): "The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." 55 Journal of Politics 793-805 (1993). |
|
| PROFESSIONAL PAPERS | |
|
"Seasonal Clemency Revisited: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2009). |
|
|
"John Wilson Ruckman: Scholar, Soldier and Public Figure. Presented at the Annual Conference On Illinois History, Springfield, IL (October 2007). |
|
|
"Last Minute Pardon Scandals: Fact and Fiction." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, IL (April 2004). |
|
|
"The Pardoning Power: The Other Civics Lesson." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 2001). |
|
|
"President-centered and Presidency centered Explanations of Federal Executive Clemency Policy." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (October 1998). |
|
|
"Federal Executive Clemency in the United States, 1934-1994: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1996). |
|
|
"Qualifications as 'Universal' Factors in the Outcomes of Supreme Court Nominations." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Rockford, Illinois (November 1995). |
|
|
"Executive Clemency 1789-1993, A Preliminary Report." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Tampa, Florida (November 1995). |
|
|
"The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (co-authored with David Kincaid). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (November 1994). |
|
|
"Policy as an Indicator of Original Understanding: Executive Clemency in the Early Republic (1789-1817)." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1994). |
|
|
“Executive Clemency in the United States, 1900-1993: an Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: New York, New York (September 1994). |
|
|
"The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association: San Francisco, California (March 1992). |
|
|
"The Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices: Gauging the Effects of Overlooked Variables in a Dynamic Process." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association: Madison, Wisconsin (June 1989). |