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Awareness Of Copyright Infringement Among Undergraduates Of The State Universities In Sri Lanka, Iqbal Saujan Mr.

The Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies

Abstract

Copyright infringement is known as the use of copyrighted works without the permission of the creators, copyright holders or authors. It is a form of dishonesty and a violation of the authors' economic and exclusive rights. In general, copyright infringement activities have taken place in various ways such as theft, piracy, reuse and plagiarism among students pursuing degree programmes in higher education institutions in Sri Lanka. In this backdrop, this study aims to examine awareness of copyright infringement among students pursuing undergraduate degree programmes at state universities in Sri Lanka. The primary and secondary data have been used in …

Police And Gangs: Undergraduates’ Perceptions Of The Similarities And Differences, Seroyah Williams

Honors College Theses

Police have been said to be the largest gang in America with badges. With recent events occurring throughout the United States, including police shootings of unarmed citizens, some may say that the police have shown various characteristics similar to those of gangs. Does the public also view officers, in general, in the same perspective? Surveys were administered to a large class of Georgia Southern University students to acquire their perceptions of both the police and gangs. Each student listed characteristics of the police and gangs, their opinion, and different ways those perceptions have been formed. The data collected revealed more …

Presumption Instructions And Juror Decision Making, John M. Schmolesky

Faculty Articles

Examined the effects of 3 types (conclusive, mandatory, permissive) of presumptions (“PRs”) on verdicts in a 4 (defendant culpability) by 6 (PR instruction) factorial design. 264 undergraduates read a case summary and completed a questionnaire about the summary. Only the conclusive PR significantly increased overall guilty verdicts. Additional analyses indicated that as defendant culpability decreased there was a greater tendency to nullify the PR instructions. The mandatory PR instruction intended to shift the burden of production elicited the most misapplications of the PR instructions (guilty verdicts that are inconsistent with the PR instruction).