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Federal Forfeiture: Law, Policy And Practice, Greg Warchol, Dennis Payne, Brian Johnson

Greg Warchol

The purpose of this research is to first describe the origins and current state of federal asset forfeiture law, then examine of how property seized under the forfeiture laws for drug law violations is proceeded against by the federal government. The methodology, which is primarily exploratory, utilizes both qualitative and quantitative data. A sample of over 6000 federal administrative and judicial drug forfeiture cases are described and analyzed to construct a profile of the federal government's use of this policy. Findings raise questions about the use of forfeiture and the government's intent. Implications and suggestions for future research are included.

The Effects Of Negative Political Advertisements: A Meta-Analytic Assessment, Richard Lau, Lee Sigelman, Caroline Heldman, Paul Babbitt

Caroline Heldman

The conventional wisdom about negative political advertisements holds that no one likes them, but they work, that is, they have the consequences their sponsors intend. Moreover, many analysts have expressed concern over the detrimental effects of such negativism on the American political system. We examine the accuracy of the conventional wisdom and the legitimacy of the fears about the consequences for the political system via meta-analysis, a systematic, quantitative review of the literature. The data do not support either contention. Negative political ads appear to be no more effective than positive ads and do not seem to have especially detrimental …

Welfare Reform A Success?, Laura Stivers

Laura Stivers

The Power Of Cyberlearning: An Empirical Test, Peter Navarro

PETER NAVARRO

No abstract provided.

Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, Asayehgn Desta

Asayehgn Desta

Review Of Communicating For Development: Human Change For Survival., Ruth Connell

Ruth R. Connell

No abstract provided.

Comparative Morphology. Verb Taxonomy In Indonesian, Tagalog And Dutch: Jan Voskuil, Holland Institute Of Generative Linguistics 21, 1996, Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.

Radiocarbon Chronology And Δ13c Analysis Of Mid-To Late-Holocene Aeolian Environments, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, Usa, David Wilkins, Donald Currey

David E. Wilkins

The Red Dunes of Guadalupe Mountains National Park are quartzose sand sheets and dunes stabilized by sparse plant cover. Stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, and δ13C analysis were examined in two of the larger arroyos for correlating evidence of aeolian deposition, which in this basin is taken as an indication of arid conditions. Four quartz-sand lithostratigraphic units, representing intervals of aeolian activity, are identified. Radiocarbon dates provide constraint on the timing of the three youngest quartz-sand units. A mid-Holocene aeolian interval, represented by a single radiocarbon date of 6350± 70 BP, is interpreted as transitional to an altithermal regime. A neopluvial period, …

Women, Work, And Wages, Laura Stivers

Laura Stivers

Individual Differences In Multiple Dimensions Of Aggression: A Univariate And Multivariate Genetic Analysis, Philip Vernon, Julie Mccarthy, Andrew Johnson, Kerry Jang, Julie Harris

Andrew M. Johnson

Previous behaviour genetic studies of aggression have yielded inconsistent results: reported heritabilities for different types of aggressive behaviour ranging from 0 to 0.98. In the present study, 247 adult twin pairs (183 MZ pairs; 64 same-sex DZ pairs) were administered seven self-report questionnaires which yielded 18 measures of aggression. Univariate genetic analyses showed moderate to high heritabilities for 14 of these 18 measures and for a general aggression factor and three correlated aggression factors extracted from the measures. Multivariate genetic analyses showed sizeable genetic correlations between the different dimensions of aggression. Thus, individual differences in many types of aggressive behaviour …

Developmental Changes In The Sources Of Loneliness Among Children And Adolescents: Constructing A Theoretical Model, J.T. Parkhurst, Andrea Hopmeyer Gorman

Andrea Hopmeyer Gorman

No abstract provided.

Examining The Effect Of Industry Trends And Structure On Welfare Caseloads, Timothy Bartik, Randall Eberts

Timothy J. Bartik

No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Role Of Public Employees And Managers In Privatization, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

The contracting out of routine services and some sensitive functions has grown rapidly at every level of government in the United States. It not only has become a new method for human resource managers to provide needed public services, but it also poses new challenges for personnel management and for the training responsibilities of future public administrators. What accounts for the growth of privatization in recent years, despite strong and persistent opposition? This article suggests that the disappearance of some revenue sources accounts for the growth. Another factor is that the intellectual climate supports a shift away from public programs …

Picturing The Past: Media, History, And Photography, Bonnie Brennen, Hanno Hardt

Bonnie Brennen

Photographs shape not only what we remember but also how we remember. Picturing the Past explores the relations between photojournalism and history. Its contributors discuss dramatic changes in the American press's coverage of presidential death from McKinley through Kennedy and the curious distillation of enormous collections of photographs taken during cataclysmic events such as the Civil War and the Holocaust into a handful of images that have become cultural icons. Ranging from the idealization of American life in 1930s photojournalism to the issue of authenticity in documentary photography, these thought-provoking essays examine how photographs influence collective memory, generate a sense …

Walking The Straight And Narrow: Performative Sexuality And The First Amendment After Hurley, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

This article looks at a US Supreme Court case, Hurley v GLIB (1995), to consider the United States Constitution’s First Amendment both as a tool and as a site for contesting hegemonic ideas about sexuality. In Hurley, the Court allowed Boston St Patrick’s-Evacuation Day Parade organizers to exclude a group of openly gay Irish-Americans (and their supporters) who wished to march in the annual parade. The parade organizers maintained that they were not excluding the gay group as such, but rather the pro-gay message. The Court accepted this argument, ostensibly on First Amendment grounds. I argue that the holding has …

On Passive In Malagasy, Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

This paper examines two different passive formations in Malagasy. Although one passive appears to promote certain types of adjuncts, it is shown that these adjuncts can appear in an NP argument position. Passive in Malagasy is thus argued to uniquely promote NP arguments to subject position.

How Nations Make Peace, Charles Kegley, Jr., Greg Raymond

Greg Raymond

No abstract provided.

Russian Periodical Index Digital Project (Letopis' Zhurnal'nykh Statei, 1956-1975), Kristine Brancolini

Kristine R. Brancolini

No abstract provided.

The Legitimation Of Capitalism In The Postcommunist Transition: Public Opinion About Market Justice, 1991-1996, James Kluegel, David Mason, Bernd Wegener

David S. Mason

Functions Of The Great Debates: Acclaims, Attacks, And Defense In The 1960 Presidential Debates, W. Benoit, Allison Harthcock

Allison Harthcock

Raising The Caroline, Timothy Kearley

Timothy G. Kearley

This article examines the Caroline case, which articulates when one state can lawfully use force in the territory of another state in peacetime against another state that has been unable or unwilling to prevent its territory from being used to harm the state taking action. It analyzes how the doctrine arising from this case has been misconstrued by some to apply to all uses of force in self defense.

The Treatment Of Gay And Lesbian Fiction For Young Adults In The Reviewing Media, Paulette Rothbauer, Lynne Mckechnie

Paulette Rothbauer

No abstract provided.

The World Bank: New Agendas In A Changing World, Michelle Miller-Adams

Michelle Miller-Adams

No abstract provided.

Jobs, Productivity, And Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have For The Role Of Government?, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

No abstract provided.

Eliciting Compliance From Warlords: The Ecowas Experience In Liberia, 1990–1997, Emmanuel Aning

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

This article examines the strategies initiated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to elicit compliance with its disarmament policies from belligerents in Liberia's 1989–96 civil conflict. I propose to tackle the task within a linked and holistic four‐fold approach. First, I situate ECOWAS's intervention in Liberia from 1990 to 1997 within the changing context of international perceptions of multilateral organisation involvement in civil wars. ECOWAS's intervention had different diplomatic phases. The first phase under the Standing Mediation Committee lasted from May 1990‐June 1991, The Committee of Five Process from June 1991‐August 1992, and the Committee of Nine …

Optimization Methods For Logical Inference, Vijay Chandru, John Hooker

John Hooker

No abstract provided.

The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

No abstract provided.

Lives In Motion: Composing Circles Of Self And Community In Japan. Edited By Susan Orpett Long, Susan Long

Susan O Long

From the deathbed to the commuter railway station, from the marriage market to the fish market, from the baseball field to the grave, this volume explores the diversity of contemporary Japanese society by studying how people "compose" their families, their communities, and their own identities. Challenging fixed boundaries characteristic of institutional analysis, these essays comprise an anthropology of real people who age, who play, and whose lives speak to ours even over chasms of cultural differences and misunderstandings. The contributors are historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of Japan who engage these ideas in their research and who have been inspired over …

The Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids’ Attack On The Tobacco Industry, W. Benoit, Allison Harthcock

Allison Harthcock

Analyzes a print advertising campaign against the tobacco industry for trying to influence the United States Congress through campaign contributions and the addiction of children. Use of multiple strategies for enhancing the offensive nature of the industry's acts; Augmentation of the effectiveness of the campaign through the use of the concept of presence.

Decision-Making Within The Social Course Of Dementia: Accounts By Chinese American Caregivers., M Hicks, M Lam

Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks

No abstract provided.