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Court Personnel Attitudes Towards Medication-Assisted Treatment: A Statewide Survey, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Meghan Gabriel, Jody L. Madeira, Rod D. Silverman
Court Personnel Attitudes Towards Medication-Assisted Treatment: A Statewide Survey, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Meghan Gabriel, Jody L. Madeira, Rod D. Silverman
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Background: Despite its efficacy, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is rarely available in the criminal justice system in the United States, including in problem-solving courts or diversionary settings. Previous studies have demonstrated criminal justice administrators' hostility towards MAT, especially in prisons and jails. Yet, few studies have examined attitudes among court personnel or compared beliefs among different types of personnel. Also, few studies have explored the relationship between MAT education/training and attitudes. Finally, few studies have directly compared attitudes towards methadone, oral buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone in the criminal justice system.
Methods: We modified a survey by Matusow et al. (2013) to …
"No Person . . . Shall Ever Be Molested On Account Of His Mode Of Worship Or Religious Sentiments . . . .": The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787 And Strader V. Graham, Allan W. Vestal
Marquette Law Review
The Article looks at the first article of compact of the Northwest Ordinance,
the religious liberty guarantee: “No person . . . shall ever be molested on
account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments . . . .” Congress
provided that the Northwest Ordinance articles of compact would “forever
remain unalterable.” But in a fugitive slave case from 1851, Strader v. Graham,
Chief Justice Roger Taney declared the articles of compact to be no longer in
force.
In evaluating Chief Justice Taney’s reasoning, the question posed at the
dawn of the 20th Century by historian Professor Andrew McLaughlin …