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From Rapists To Superpredators: What The Practice Of Capital Punishment Says About Race, Rights And The American Child, Robyn Linde
Faculty Publications
At the turn of the 20th century, the United States was widely considered to be a world leader in matters of child protection and welfare, a reputation lost by the century’s end. This paper suggests that the United States’ loss of international esteem concerning child welfare was directly related to its practice of executing juvenile offenders. The paper analyzes why the United States continued to carry out the juvenile death penalty after the establishment of juvenile courts and other protections for child criminals. Two factors allowed the United States to continue the juvenile death penalty after most states in …
A Dangerous Professor Loses A Friendship, Michael C. Vocino
A Dangerous Professor Loses A Friendship, Michael C. Vocino
Technical Services Department Faculty Publications
A brief essay/short story based on the author's experience as a gay university professor and how creative teaching methods ended one of his vital friendships.