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Stage Production Of Fahrenheit 451, Governors State University

The Big Read

Presented by GSU's Theatre and Performance Studies program, this powerful theatrical drama brings Ray Bradbury's gripping science fiction masterpiece to life on stage. This visionary look at a society gone awry showcases the danger of censorship and weaves a tale that is both disturbing and poetic.

The Comparative Overview Of The Phenomenon Of Money Laundering In Certain European Union And Western Balkan’S, Fatos Haziri

UBT International Conference

The Republic of Kosovo has issued several legal acts which are in place to prevent and combat the phenomenon of money laundering. These acts determine the issue of state response and other institutional mechanisms which have competence in the field of law enforcement to strike this criminal phenomenon. Until now, prevention of money laundering is regulated by: UNMIK Regulation, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorist Financing and the Law on Extended Powers for Confiscation of Assets Acquired by Criminal Offence.

Increasing Counselor Engagement With Survivors Of Sex Trafficking: Considerations For A Holistic Approach To Mental Health Services, Brittannie E. Moroz, Jessica Skean

2014-2016 Graduate

No abstract provided.

Third Session: Freedom Of Religion And Expression, Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Professor Robert A. Katz, Asma T. Uddin, Professor Spearit

FIU Law Review Symposia

This panel will explore the implications of various cases on the freedom of expression and religion. Professor Ravitch’s article goes in depth on religious freedom claims and, focusing on government employees, he will explain when accommodation for specific religious freedoms are appropriate and when they conflict with the rights of others. Professor Katz’s article discusses the connection between the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage and the religious freedoms of individuals and entities who oppose same-sex marriage and same-sex relations on religious grounds. In Asma T. Uddin’s article, she examines the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris and focuses on the …

School Inequality: Challenges And Solutions, Catherine Lhamon, Kimberly Robinson, David Hinojosa, Molly Hunter, Lisa Scruggs, Javaid Siddiqi, Jerusha Conner, Jason Nance, Marilyn Armour, Pamela Meanes, Meredith Harbach, Preston Green Iii, Gerard Robinson

University of Richmond Law Review Symposium

“Welcome Remarks” were given by Wendy Collins Perdue, Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law, and Dr. Ronald Crutcher, President of the University of Richmond. (9:05 a.m.–9:15 a.m.)

“Keynote” by Catherine Lhamon, U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. (9:15 a.m.–10:00 a.m.)

“State-Level School Finance Panel” by Kimberly Robinson, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law; David Hinojosa, National Director of Policy with the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA); and Molly Hunter, Director of the Education Law Center’s Educational Justice program. (10:00 a.m.–11:10 a.m.)

“Innovation in Addressing School Inequality Panel” by Lisa …

A 'Revolution Of Values' In Immigrant Rights Advocacy (Abstract), Jamie Longazel

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

We have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights,” Martin Luther King Jr. told Southern Christian Leadership Conference members in 1967 as they prepared to launch the Poor People’s Campaign, “an era where we are called upon to raise certain questions about the whole society.” King called for a “revolution of values” and a recognition of the interconnectedness “of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.” The goal of the campaign was economic security for all so that poor people can maintain dignity and “control their own destiny.”

This paper lays out advocacy strategies applicable …

International Criminal Law’S Millennium Of Forgotten History, Ziv Bohrer

Faculty Colloquia

No abstract provided.

Teaching Honors Cross-Divisional & Active-Learning Courses: Terrorism & Torture From A Global Perspective, Araceli Hernandez-Laroche, Catherine G Canino, Samantha Hauptman

Global Education Summit

How do we engage undergraduate students in intercultural awareness and global citizenship? One way is to better prepare them for a service-oriented, complex, multi-lingual, and globally focused workplace. Our panel will present how a public university with a metropolitan mission encourages interdisciplinary, cross-divisional, and co-taught courses where French and criminal justice professors collaborate for a global education cause.

Proceedings Of The 14th Annual South Florida Education Research Conference, College Of Education, Florida International University

South Florida Education Research Conference

Full proceedings of the 14th Annual South Florida Education Research Conference held on June 6, 2015.

Editor is Chief:

Sarah M. Nielsen, Ed.D.

Associate Professor, English, DeVry University

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Appropriate Use Of Cognitive Bias Terminology In Forensic Science Literature, Courtney A. Winters, Evelyn M. Buday, Trevor I. Stamper

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium

Cognitive bias occurs without a person’s awareness and can affect decision-making abilities. In forensic science, bias can be especially detrimental to making accurate decisions about the evidence in a criminal investigation. There are many academic studies in identifying, describing, and suggesting ways to mitigate cognitive biases in forensic science. Many authors will give a known cognitive science concept a new name or create their own bias. This is a problem in the literature because nobody knows for sure how many published studies are referring to or testing the same phenomena since authors are using different definitions or terminology to describe …

Watering The Spark: How We Can Give Our Online Courses Back To Our Students, Tim Goss

SIDLIT Conference

In higher education, two opposing themes are emerging--competency-based education and collaborative learning. “Watering the Spark” takes a broad look at these themes, examining ways educators can design online environments that promote active meaning-making, deep learning, and adaptive knowing in order for students to better develop the 21st century skills required to become more creative, successful students and professionals.

The Effects Of Marijuana Decriminalization On Youth, Nancy Ramirez Hernandez

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

Research suggests that physical and psychological health problems, as well as the inability to perform well academically and professionally, can be attributed to marijuana use, especially when individuals start smoking or consuming at an early age. Cannabis is not a federally legal substance, thus no regulatory agency exists that assures marijuana and marijuana-laced products are efficient and safe for the public. The lack of this substance’s control has lead to the accidental consumption of marijuana edibles by children, which are a population of particular concern along with adolescents due to the drug’s greater negative effect on their developing brain. Opponents …

Tracking Criminals On Facebook: A Case Study From A Digital Forensics Reu Program, Daniel Weiss, Gary Warner

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

The 2014 Digital Forensics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) focused its summer efforts on tracking criminal forums and Facebook groups. The UAB-REU Facebook team was provided with a list of about 60 known criminal groups on Facebook, with a goal to track illegal information posted in these groups and ultimately store the information in a searchable database for use by digital forensic analysts. Over the course of about eight weeks, the UAB-REU Facebook team created a database with over 400 Facebook groups conducting criminal activity along with over 100,000 unique users …

Resolanapaving Paths Toward Transformation With Incarcerated Women, Carolyn L. Sandoval, Lisa M. Baumgartner

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to elicit the experiences of women who participated in a gender-responsive program in jail. Results indicate the holistic programming and learning environment was an emancipatory container where transformation could occur through interpersonal and intrapersonal engagement. Findings have implications for the education of incarcerated women.

Deception Detection In Clinical Interview, Olivia Preston, Melissa Lewis

Student Research Symposium

The objective of Forensic Assessment of Client Truthfulness (FACT) measure is to detect deception in forensic psychology consultations. A statistically significant tool using verbal content analysis was created, based a synthesis of previous research in the field. This presentation reviews the research project and highlights one phase of the study where ratings true and deceptive statements in cases of accused sex offenders or insanity defense claimants were compared. Multiple ANOVAs, t-tests, and factor analyses were conducted. When FACT scores were dichotomized, 86% of the ratings characterized the true statements as true, and 81% of the ratings categorized the false statements …

Attributes Of True And False Statements Of Criminal Defendants, Camilla Cummings, Olivia Preston, Nicolette Wise, Shawn A. Johnston

Student Research Symposium

The research study uses a verbal content analysis measure, the Forensic Assessment of Client Truthfulness, derived from the most empirically-supported measures in deception detection (i.e. Criterion-Based Content Analysis and Reality Monitoring). This measure is employed in the study to distinguish between true and false statements in forensic psychological evaluations. The study contains four research conditions including the true and false statements of men accused of sex offenses and of men claiming an insanity defense. Using a repeated measures design, the four statements were rated by 127 university students. Using factor analyses, ANOVA analyses, and t-tests, the results showed that the …

Common Sense Solutions For Management Of Global Carbon Emissions, Kimery Vories

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Mothers’ Decisions To Leave Abusive Intimate Partners: A Qualitative Meta-Summary, Brooke King

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

No abstract provided.

Coercion And Motivation: Construct Analysis And Factor Association In Entering Treatment For Substance-Abuse, Arthur Tabrizi

Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)

Informed by the theoretical underpinnings of Self-determination theory (SDT), we aimed to examine relationships between motivation and independent measures of external pressure and explore whether or not a directional association exists between perceived coercion and motivation. Using the Circumstance, and Motivation subscales of the CMR and availability sampling method, we surveyed 63 clients seeking substance abuse treatment under legal coercion, social coercion, and voluntarily. Results suggest that motivation to engage in substance abuse treatment is not reliably inferred from referral source. Treatment seeking groups appear to experience greater external pressures to leave treatment than to enter treatment. Results are consistent …

2015 Armstrong Student Scholars Symposium Program, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Student Scholars Symposium (2014-2017)

2015 Armstrong Student Scholars Symposium Program

6th Amendment: Indigent Right To Counsel, Melissa Knott

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Physical Appearance On Police Decision Making, Victoria Cruz, Blanca Garcia, Ethan Hammock

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Personal Hygiene And Arrest Rates, Taylor L. Gann

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Keynote Speaker: Hon. Justice Dr. Centus Chima Nweze, Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Nigeria. Re-Mapping The Contours: Interrogating The Ontology Of International Law In A Rapidly Changing World., Hon. Justice Dr. Centus Chima Nweze

Fulbright Symposium

Keynote Address at the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the Annual Fulbright Symposium, Golden Gate University, School of Law, San Francisco, California, USA, Friday, March 27, 2015

Opportunities: Linking Administrative And Survey Data For Statistical Purposes, Lynn Barr-Telford

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

No abstract provided.

New Data: Sources, Governance, Infrastructure, Analysis, Tim Holt

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

No abstract provided.

A Holler To My Sisters On Welfare: Mothers In The Works Of Shakur And Hughes, Wesley Turner

BYU English Symposium

For the purposes of this paper, I will juxtapose the work of Tupac Shakur with Langston Hughes in order to reveal Shakur’s engagement with African American literary history. Both Hughes and Shakur have recurring maternal relationships in their works. However, both artists incorporate these relationships very differently. Hughes primarily discussed mothers and children in order to show how far African Americans have come in gaining equal rights in their country. His mother-child relationships are ones that hope for continued steps towards equality and a breakdown of the black/white color line. Shakur, however, discusses children and mothers in the context of …

The Draft 2015 Indiana Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Roger D. Manning

Purdue Road School

Indiana’s ability to expend federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds requires implementing a data-driven Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), which guides the types of roadway infrastructure countermeasures preferred for HSIP funding. Learn about what an analysis of the nearly two million police crash reports filed in Indiana since 2004 reveals about the state’s traffic safety improvement needs and what emphasis areas are targeted in the draft 2015 SHSP.

School Resource Officer And Patrol Officer Perceptions Of Roles And Job Satisfaction, Trisha Rhodes

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Despite growing research on police in schools, there is relatively little known about how the school environment influences officers. School resource officer (SRO) programs increase the range of traditional roles and include activities that may conflict with law enforcement roles, such as mentoring, advising, and teaching. Officers who experience ambiguous or conflicting role expectations may be less satisfied with their work. Officer job satisfaction may also be influenced by individual characteristics, such as locus of control. Importantly, job satisfaction is linked with work performance, and SROs’ work affects the lives of youth, parents, and school staff. The present study examined …

Legal Issues Department Chairs Often Face, Dr. Fernando C. Gomez

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

This workshop covers legal principles and issues that arise frequently in college and university administration - including due process, freedom of speech, sexual misconduct (Title IX), termination of employment and/or tenure, retaliation and defenses in the event of a lawsuit - with reference to the latest court cases. The presenter defines and describes the principles and, with participant interactions, analyzes hypothetical situations so as to enable participants to gain a real-world understanding of legal areas discussed. Workshop materials analyze the law and provide numerous plain-English guidelines for future reference.