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State Of Utah, Appellee, Vs. D.G., Appellant A Person Under 18 Years Of Age., Utah Supreme Court Dec 2014

State Of Utah, Appellee, Vs. D.G., Appellant A Person Under 18 Years Of Age., Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000– )

Appeal from an adjudication for aggravated sexual assault, a first degree felony punishable by fifteen-years-to life if committed by an adult, in violation of Utah Cose Section 76-5-405, see Utah Code 76-5-405 (2013), entered in the Third District Juvenile Court, in and for Salt Lake county, State of Utah, the Honorable Kimberly K. Hornak presiding. On certification to the Utah Supreme Court from the Utah Court of Appeals.


Viewpoint: Time To Abolish The 'Inquisitorial' Grand Jury System, Rachel A. Van Cleave Dec 2014

Viewpoint: Time To Abolish The 'Inquisitorial' Grand Jury System, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

The U.S. criminal justice system is long overdue for reform and the best place to start is the institution of the criminal grand jury. This archaic aspect of our system was originally intended to protect individuals suspected of a crime by including people from the community as a check on those with the power of the state to enforce the law. The grand jury no longer serves this purpose and should be abolished.


Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2014, Scholarworks Dec 2014

Scholarworks Statistics - January Through December 2014, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

During 2014, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 426,901 full-text downloads and 127,706 page views.


Admissions Report - Detailed Data - December 2014, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University Dec 2014

Admissions Report - Detailed Data - December 2014, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University

Admissions Reports

Detailed report of applicants to Wright State including data on county of residency, intended major, and ethnicity for Fall Semester 2015.


Department Of Audit, 2014 Annual Report, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury. Dec 2014

Department Of Audit, 2014 Annual Report, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.


State Of Utah, Plaintiff/ Appellee, V. Cooper John Anthony Van Huizen Defendant/ Appellant., Utah Court Of Appeals Dec 2014

State Of Utah, Plaintiff/ Appellee, V. Cooper John Anthony Van Huizen Defendant/ Appellant., Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

Appeal from the bindover order entered by the Second District Juvenile Court, the Honorable Michelle Heward presiding, transferring Cooper John Anthony Van Huizen to the District Court, the Honorable Ernie Jones presiding, pursuant to the Serious Youth Offender statute, see Utah Code§ 78A-6-702 (2013).


Class Notes, Georgia Southern University Dec 2014

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

CLASS Notes (2009-2017)

No abstract provided.


The Study Of Torture: Why It Persists, Why Perceptions Of It Are Malleable, And Why It Is Difficult To Eradicate, Erin M. Kearns Dec 2014

The Study Of Torture: Why It Persists, Why Perceptions Of It Are Malleable, And Why It Is Difficult To Eradicate, Erin M. Kearns

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavily debated this topic in the past decade. Yet, many puzzles remain about the practice of torture. Scholarship on torture spans academic disciplines, which adds diversity in perspectives brought to these questions but also can lead to redundancy and stunted progress in research on the issue as a whole. This article assesses the state of the multidisciplinary literature on torture in counterterrorism with specific focus on why democracies torture despite prohibiting it, how public perception of torture is malleable, and why so few countries are able to …


Trending@Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Ending 2014 With An Exclamation Point; Looking Forward To January..., Michael Yelnosky Dec 2014

Trending@Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Ending 2014 With An Exclamation Point; Looking Forward To January..., Michael Yelnosky

Law School Blogs

No abstract provided.


165th Commencement, Fall Dec 2014

165th Commencement, Fall

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


2014 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program, Boise State University Commencement Committee Dec 2014

2014 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program, Boise State University Commencement Committee

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


Winter Commencement: December 19, 2014, University Of North Dakota Dec 2014

Winter Commencement: December 19, 2014, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Winter Commencement program from December 19, 2014.


Penny For Your Thoughts? The Protective Effect Of Youths’ Attitudes Against Drug Use In High-Risk Communities, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan, Gillian M. Pichevsky Dec 2014

Penny For Your Thoughts? The Protective Effect Of Youths’ Attitudes Against Drug Use In High-Risk Communities, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan, Gillian M. Pichevsky

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Individual-level attitudes about drugs are strong predictors of substance use among adolescents, and aggregate-level community norms regarding deviancy and drug use may influence youth attitudes as well as their drug use. This study examined the direct effects of neighborhood norms about deviance, disadvantage, immigrant concentration, and residential stability on youths’ attitudes about drug harmfulness as well as their variety of past month substance use. The moderating effect of community norms on the relationship between youth attitudes and drug use was also examined. Results suggest that community norms favorable to deviance and drug use reduced youth’s attitudes that drugs were harmful. …


Meeting The Youthful Inmate Standard: Addressing Operations, Finding Promising Practices And Knowing The Law, Brenda V. Smith, Elissa Rumsey, Carmen Daugherty Dec 2014

Meeting The Youthful Inmate Standard: Addressing Operations, Finding Promising Practices And Knowing The Law, Brenda V. Smith, Elissa Rumsey, Carmen Daugherty

Presentations

No abstract provided.


The Murray Ledger And Times, December 15, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2014

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 15, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.


Actual Innocence In New York: The Curious Case Of People V. Hamilton, Benjamin E. Rosenberg Dec 2014

Actual Innocence In New York: The Curious Case Of People V. Hamilton, Benjamin E. Rosenberg

Res Gestae

It is rare for a case from the New York Appellate Division to be as significant as People v. Hamilton. The case, however, was the first New York appellate court decision to hold that a defendant might vacate his conviction if he could demonstrate that he was “actually innocent” of the crime of which he was charged. Although the precedential force of the decision is limited to the Second Department, trial courts throughout the state are required to follow Hamilton unless or until the appellate court in their own Department rules on the issue. Courts throughout the state are …


2014 Fall Commencement, Harding University Dec 2014

2014 Fall Commencement, Harding University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Harding University Commencement on December 13.

Commencement Speaker: Rex Nelson


Commencement Convocation Exercises - December 2014, Prairie View A&M University Dec 2014

Commencement Convocation Exercises - December 2014, Prairie View A&M University

Commencement and Convocation Exercises

No abstract provided.


Fall Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida Dec 2014

Fall Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Fall Commencement ceremonies.


Racial Justice Study: An Examination Of Ticket Citations In The City Of Mankato, Minnesota, Meagan Hammers, C. J. Hays, Hannah Laniado Dec 2014

Racial Justice Study: An Examination Of Ticket Citations In The City Of Mankato, Minnesota, Meagan Hammers, C. J. Hays, Hannah Laniado

Public Sociology Publications and Projects

This study examines if there is racial disparity in policing in the city of Mankato, Minnesota by examining all traffic ticket citations given for a six-month period in 2014. The authors created a data set and examined statistical relationships between the observed race of those receiving tickets and the types of tickets received. This study discovered statistically significant findings of over policing of minorities; while minorities represent roughly ten percent the population in Mankato, they make up approximately 22% of the population cited. Further, minorities were about three times more likely than whites to receive a ticket for administrative offenses, …


Race And Punishment: Demographic Disparities And Patterns In The Blue Earth County Court System, Aaron Guerdet, Alyssa Haugly, Kelsey Mischke Dec 2014

Race And Punishment: Demographic Disparities And Patterns In The Blue Earth County Court System, Aaron Guerdet, Alyssa Haugly, Kelsey Mischke

Public Sociology Publications and Projects

This study examines potential race and gender disparities in sentencing decisions in Blue Earth County, MN courts. Using qualitative field observations and a grounded theory approach, authors observed and analyzed court proceedings. In total, three researchers conducted seven weeks of observations; the final sample consisted of 95 observed court sessions, 50 of them being closed court cases. Results show little discrepancy in gender and charges and sentencing rates. Though there are racial discrepancies in charges that suggest discriminatory policing decisions, the data shows that minority members are being sentenced at a similar rate compared to white defendants. In all cases …


Senate Meeting, December 10, 2014, Academic Senate Dec 2014

Senate Meeting, December 10, 2014, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Jany, Roman, Gallegos-Ruiz, Long, Leh, Kohout Flc 14, Carmen Jany, Alexandru V. Roman, Thomas Long, Maria Gallegos-Ruiz, Amy Leh, Michal Kohout Dec 2014

Jany, Roman, Gallegos-Ruiz, Long, Leh, Kohout Flc 14, Carmen Jany, Alexandru V. Roman, Thomas Long, Maria Gallegos-Ruiz, Amy Leh, Michal Kohout

Faculty Learning Communities

No abstract provided.


The Current Volume 25 : Issue 15, Nova Southeastern University Dec 2014

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 15, Nova Southeastern University

The Current

No abstract provided.


What We Should Learn From Garner And Ferguson Cases, Jeffrey Bellin Dec 2014

What We Should Learn From Garner And Ferguson Cases, Jeffrey Bellin

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


To My Peers Dismayed By The Looting, Rashida Aluko-Roberts Dec 2014

To My Peers Dismayed By The Looting, Rashida Aluko-Roberts

SURGE

“…Violent acts of protesters.”
“…destruction of properties.”
“…looting stores.”

I tried to hide my frustration as I listened to the class discussion taking place. How can people be so easily influenced by mainstream media and focus on the acts of a few individuals instead of thousands of peaceful protesters? [excerpt]


12-08-2014 Swosu Students To Graduate In December, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Dec 2014

12-08-2014 Swosu Students To Graduate In December, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2014

Approximately 313 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees after the current Fall 2014 semester.


Narrative Life Review And Poetry-Writing With Older Adults, Cherita M. Black Dec 2014

Narrative Life Review And Poetry-Writing With Older Adults, Cherita M. Black

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis explores narrative life review and poetry writing with older individuals, as an alternative to support their successful aging. Four females, ages 66-93, participated in a two-part project. Phase I included: (a) completing a narrative life review, and (b) developing original poetry with the researcher. Phase II included: (a) poetry reflection and (b) completing an open-ended evaluation. Phase 1 results demonstrated four successful narrative life reviews, which composed the poetry-writing sessions. Phase II demonstrated that three out of four participants reported no significant positive influences in the evaluation. Implications suggest social well-being replicated study can possibly assess social well-being …


Determinants Of The Irish Bail System Before And After 1997., Adrian Berski Dec 2014

Determinants Of The Irish Bail System Before And After 1997., Adrian Berski

Reports

Bail can be defined as:

The setting at liberty of an accused person upon others becoming sureties for the accused at his trail. The decision to admit a person to bail is judicial matter and, consequently, the court cannot delegate the exercise of this judicial power to an administrative official[1].

According to the above definition it should be emphasized that an accused person has to ensure the State that he/she will return to the court proceedings or Garda Síochána Station at the particular time. It is imperative that bail is established on the fact that a criminal is …


Vawa @ 20: Building The Knowledge Base: Research Funding Through Vawa, Claire M. Renzetti, Rebecca M. Campbell, Allison Adair Dec 2014

Vawa @ 20: Building The Knowledge Base: Research Funding Through Vawa, Claire M. Renzetti, Rebecca M. Campbell, Allison Adair

Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.