Evading The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Schools (K-12) And The Regulation Of Cyberbullying, 2016 SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Evading The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Schools (K-12) And The Regulation Of Cyberbullying, Philip Lee
Utah Law Review
Cyberbullying has received increasing societal attention in the aftermath of the tragic suicides of some of its youngest and most vulnerable victims. In this Article, I have argued that cyberbullying is so harmful, in and of itself, that it should be afforded diminished First Amendment protections. I have also advocated for a narrow definition of cyberbullying that incorporates the three elements of the prevailing social scientists’ definition of “bullying” as it relates to cyberbullying: (1) intent to harm; (2) repetition; and (3) power imbalance between cyberbully and victim.
The Guardian Ad Litem As The Child's Privilege Holder, 2016 University of Colorado Law School
The Guardian Ad Litem As The Child's Privilege Holder, Starla Doyal
University of Colorado Law Review
Children in therapy have a strong interest in maintaining the confidentiality of communications with their therapists. Without the assurance of confidential communications, children may not be as open with their therapists, which can make therapy less effective. Although children have privilege rights to their psychotherapist-patient communications just as adults do, their parents generally hold and exercise that privilege. Many courts have recognized that a parent should not hold a child's privilege when the parent and child have divergent interests. This raises the question of who should hold the privilege in the parent's place. In L.A.N. v. L.M.B., the Colorado Supreme …
Minors, Parents, And Minor Parents, 2015 University of San Francisco School of Law
Minors, Parents, And Minor Parents, Maya Manian
Maya Manian
In Loco Aequitatis: The Dangers Of "Safe Harbor" Laws For Youth In The Sex Trades, 2015 Selected Works
In Loco Aequitatis: The Dangers Of "Safe Harbor" Laws For Youth In The Sex Trades, Brendan M. Conner
Brendan M. Conner
In Re P.S., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 95 (Dec. 24, 2015), 2015 Nevada Law Journal
In Re P.S., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 95 (Dec. 24, 2015), Rob Schmidt
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Supreme Court of Nevada held that under NRS § 62B.030 the district court has discretion over whether to conduct a hearing de novo after reviewing the recommendations of a master of the juvenile court when timely requested.
An Administrative Stopgap For Migrants From The Northern Triangle, 2015 University of Kentucky College of Law
An Administrative Stopgap For Migrants From The Northern Triangle, Collin Schueler
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
From 2011–2014, the United States Department of Homeland Security recorded an extraordinary increase in the number of unaccompanied children arriving at the southern border from Central America’s “Northern Triangle”—the area made up of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In fact, in fiscal year 2014, United States Customs and Border Protection apprehended over 50,000 unaccompanied children from the Northern Triangle. That is thirteen times more than just three years earlier. This Article examines the intersecting humanitarian and legal crises facing these children and offers an administrative solution to the problem. The children are fleeing a genuine humanitarian crisis—a region overrun by …
Gender Injustice, 2015 Boston College Law School
Gender Injustice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
The Dimming Light Of The Idea: The Need To Reevaluate The Definition Of A Free Appropriate Public Education, 2015 Pace University School of Law
The Dimming Light Of The Idea: The Need To Reevaluate The Definition Of A Free Appropriate Public Education, Sarah Lusk
Pace Law Review
This paper has five parts. Part I examines Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), explains the definition of a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”), and explores IDEA’s protections for special-education students facing school discipline. Part II discusses the Supreme Court’s interpretation of IDEA and FAPE, as well as how lower courts have interpreted IDEA. Part III focuses on how schools implement IDEA and treat special-education students. Part IV explores the disproportionate effects of school suspension on disabled students and explains the negative impacts, such as the Pipeline. Part V argues that Congress and the Supreme Court must reevaluate what constitutes …
In Loco Juvenile Justice: Minors In Munis, Cash From Kids, And Adolescent Pro Se Advocacy—Ferguson And Beyond, 2015 Brigham Young University Law School
In Loco Juvenile Justice: Minors In Munis, Cash From Kids, And Adolescent Pro Se Advocacy—Ferguson And Beyond, Mae C. Quinn
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
We Don’T Always Mean What We Say: Attitudes Toward Statutory Exclusion Of Juvenile Offenders From Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, 2015 Montclair State University
We Don’T Always Mean What We Say: Attitudes Toward Statutory Exclusion Of Juvenile Offenders From Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, Tina Zotolli, Tarika Daftary Kapur, Patricia A. Zapf
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In the United States, juvenile offenders are often excluded from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court on the basis of age and crime type alone. Data from national surveys and data from psycholegal research on support for adult sanction of juvenile offenders are often at odds. The ways in which questions are asked and the level of detail provided to respondents and research participants may influence expressed opinions. Respondents may also be more likely to agree with harsh sanctions when they have fewer offender- and case-specific details to consider. Here, we test the hypothesis that attitudes supporting statutory exclusion laws …
Human Rights And Justice For Juveniles, 2015 Georgia State University College of Law
Human Rights And Justice For Juveniles, Jonathan Todres
Jonathan Todres
No abstract provided.
Amicus Brief In "Obergefell V. Hodges", 2015 Georgia State University College of Law
Amicus Brief In "Obergefell V. Hodges", Tanya M. Washington, Catherine Smith, Lauren Fontana, Susannah Pollvogt
Tanya Monique Washington
Supreme Court precedent establishes that the government may not punish children for matters beyond their control. Same-sex marriage bans and non-recognition laws (“marriage bans”) do precisely this. The states argue that marriage is good for children, yet marriage bans categorically exclude an entire class of children – children of same-sex couples – from the legal, economic and social benefits of marriage.
This amicus brief recounts a powerful body of equal protection jurisprudence that prohibits punishing children to reflect moral disapproval of parental conduct or to incentivize adult behavior. We then explain that marriage bans punish children of same-sex couples because …
The History Of Children's Hearsay: From Old Bailey To Post-Davis, 2015 Selected Works
The History Of Children's Hearsay: From Old Bailey To Post-Davis, Thomas D. Lyon, Raymond Lamagna
Thomas D. Lyon
The papers in this symposium were originally prepared for the Section on Evidence of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.
The Productivity Of Wh- Prompts In Child Forensic Interviews, 2015 University of Cambridge
The Productivity Of Wh- Prompts In Child Forensic Interviews, Elizabeth C, Ahern, Samantha J. Andrews, Stacia N. Stolzenberg, Thomas D. Lyon
Thomas D. Lyon
Child witnesses are often asked wh- prompts (what, how, why, who, when, where) in forensic interviews. However, little research has examined the ways in which children respond to different wh- prompts and no previous research has investigated productivity differences among wh- prompts in investigative interviews. This study examined the use and productivity of wh- prompts in 95 transcripts of 4- to 13-year-olds alleging sexual abuse in child investigative interviews. What-how questions about actions elicited the most productive responses during both the rapport building and substantive phases. Future research and practitioner training should consider distinguishing among different wh- prompts.
Evading Miller, 2015 Seattle University School of Law
Evading Miller, Robert S. Chang, David A. Perez, Luke M. Rona, Christopher M. Schafbuch
Seattle University Law Review
Miller v. Alabama appeared to strengthen constitutional protections for juvenile sentencing that the United States Supreme Court recognized in Roper v. Simmons and Graham v. Florida. In Roper, the Court held that executing a person for a crime committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In Graham, the Court held that sentencing a person to life without parole for a nonhomicide offense committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In Miller, the Court held that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a homicide offense committed by a juvenile is also unconstitutional under …
Gender Injustice And Girls In Massachusetts, 2015 Boston College Law School
Gender Injustice And Girls In Massachusetts, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Current Issues In State Law: How Policy Advocacy Can Benefit Girls, 2015 Boston College Law School
Current Issues In State Law: How Policy Advocacy Can Benefit Girls, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
Provided overview material for national Roundtable of organizations working with girls in the juvenile justice system for the National Girls Initiative and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
A New Law To "Save" Youth From Survival Sex Will Force Them Into State Custody, 2015 University of the District of Columbia David A Clarke School of Law
A New Law To "Save" Youth From Survival Sex Will Force Them Into State Custody, Brendan M. Conner Esq.
Brendan M. Conner
It’s not novel that minors in the US can, in very rare cases, be sentenced to reform programs or secure confinement for actions that wouldn’t be illegal if adults did them. But the system used to punish youth for the likes of skipping school or drinking has never been used systematically to address cases where minors engage in survival sex – meaning, youths who exchange sex for money, shelter, food, drugs or other needs.
That is about to change, even though treating juveniles charged with prostitution like truants will increase arrests and extend court-involvement and institutionalization of victims.
On 29 …
Lessons In Access To Justice: Racialized Youths In Ontario's Safe Schools, 2015 Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Lessons In Access To Justice: Racialized Youths In Ontario's Safe Schools, Janet E. Mosher
Janet Mosher
Access to justice is often equated with access to institutionalized dispute resolution processes, and the objective barriers that hinder such access-costs and delay most particularly-are commonly identified as the primary objects of reform efforts. In sharp contrast, when interviews and focus groups were conducted with racialized youths in Toronto regarding their experiences of access to justice in the context of school disciplinary matters, accounts of access to dispute resolution processes being impeded by costs and delay did not figure prominently. The interviews and focus groups revealed that many racialized youths scarcely ever considered accessing institutionalized dispute resolution processes largely because …
Real-Time Data Integration To Advance Research And Policy For Girls In The Justice And Related Public Systems, 2015 Boston College Law School