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Sexual Abuse: A Multi-Faceted Problem, Marcus Venable

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

On average, US citizens have experienced approximately 400,000 sexual assaults per year, which results in enormous immediate and long-term consequences for individuals, as well as society in general.

In the U.S., the principal method of combatting this crime has been the creation of Sex Offender Registries used to notify the public of the identity and location of convicted sex offenders who may be living in proximity to their residence. In addition to the Registry, laws have been passed forbidding convicted sex offenders from residing within buffer zones around areas of high child concentration [schools/parks/etc.].

The efficacy and consequences of these …

Conflict And Race In Literature & Law. The Case Of Americanah, Emanuela Ignatoiu Sora

Comparative Woman

In Americanah, the 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, there is a scene when one of the characters, Laura, speaks of her Ugandan classmate who did not get along with an African-American colleague. Laura is surprised as, for her, all persons of color are similar, with no understanding for their differences in background, personal stories and experiences. The novel depicts and critiques this very categorization of race, which flattens differences, conflating groups and individuals who might share very little, if anything. For a long time, law (with its stipulations, precedents and rulings) has operated in a similar manner, disengaging …

Natural Lights & Natural Rights: The Problem Of The New Classical Natural Law Theory, Charles Neville Cacciatore

LSU Master's Theses

The present work examines the natural law jurisprudence of John Finnis. It argues that Finnis’s teaching is a genuinely new natural law theory. Finnis’s jurisprudence is not a re- presentation of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas because its central element—a doctrine of natural rights—is a departure from Aquinas’s natural law teaching. In support of these claims, the present work relies upon the scholarship of Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. Following Fr. Fortin, it presents an understanding of the natural law that endorses a clear distinction between natural right and natural rights—between premodern political philosophy and modern political philosophy.

S23rs Sgfb No. 2 (Res Life), Rami Abdalla, Saad Tanveer

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

To appropriate $1080.72 from the inititives fund for the college of science residential life Pre-Health students to attend the Our Lady of the Lake Open House

Accurately Valuing Blue Carbon Sequestration And Storage To Foster Coastal Conservation Via Evidence-Based Policymaking And Model Environmental Services Statute Methodologies, John Shelton Penton Jr

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Blue carbon ecosystems, especially mangrove forests, provide one of nature’s most effective means for sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in subsurface soils. The six nearshore coastal morphologies found in tropical and subtropical regions each possess a conspicuous environmental signature that can be employed to accurately estimate and predict mangrove forests’ carbon storage in above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, and the soils by system type. The consistent geomorphology and geophysical processes within each of these coastal environmental settings, that is, the wave and tidal forcings, the rate of coastal sediment accretions, nutrient load and limitations (e.g., nitrogen-to-phosphorus …

F22rs Sgcr No. 2-7, 10-49, 51-85 (Appointments And Vacancies), Olivia Devall

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

To appoint a member or fill a vacancy

Court Legitimacy & The Shadow Docket, Colton Tilley

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

What Is Working To Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence-Based Solutions, Elizabeth Winchester, Timothy T. Reling, Kristina Little, Leanna Cupit, Melanie Fields, Judith F. Rhodes

Reports

The purpose of this review is to examine and evaluate current approaches to reducing violent crime. The review reports on supportive techniques, strategies, programs, and practices that are evidence-informed to combat criminal activity, delinquency, and community disorder. Ineffective techniques, strategies, and programs are also included. The review provides potential strategies and programs that require additional empirical research to show whether they work. This review includes the integration of education, employment, social services, and public health services into efforts to reduce crime and ease the burden on law enforcement and justice systems. Recommendations for reducing violent crime are included.

The Predictive Influence Of Challenging Behavior On Parent Stress In Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Paige Weir

LSU Master's Theses

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication, restricted interest, and repetitive patterns of behavior. Individuals with ASD also exhibit challenging behaviors that affect parent and caregiver stress directly. However, researchers have not yet examined the predictive influence of specific challenging behaviors on parent stress, particularly in young children (i.e., infants and toddlers) with ASD. Therefore, the current study expands existing literature by a) investigating the influence that challenging behaviors of young children with ASD have on parent stress and b) examining the unique contribution that each behavior (i.e., aggressive/disruptive behavior, stereotypy, and self-injurious …

S21rs Sgcr No. 21 (Senate Vacancy, Carie Fralick), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Carie Fralick as a Senator for the College of Human Sciences & Education

S21rs Sgcr No. 20 (Senate Vacancy, Trinity Saltaformaggio), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Trinity Saltaformaggio as a Senator for the College of Human Science & Education

S21rs Sgr No. 36 (Asl), Alexander Du Plooy, Julius Pallotta

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to recognize and offer American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language course

Censorship Concerns In College Media: A Multiple Case Study Analysis On The Silencing Of Student Journalists, Haley Nicole Matlock

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The aim of this qualitative study was to conduct a multiple case study that provides an analysis of censorship concerns at campus newspapers affiliated with public, four-year universities. Eighteen individuals from seven institutions participated in interviews. Interviewees consisted of former and current student journalists and advisers who worked at university publications where allegations of censorship have occurred within the last decade. The Student Press Law Center routinely investigates claims of censorship and provides pro bono legal counsel to student journalists (Zagier, 2011). While courts commonly sided with students in disagreements regarding free speech, Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1988) scaled back freedoms …

S21rs Sgcr No. 23 (Senate Vacancy, Tori Crockett), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Tori Crockett as a Senator for the College of Humanities & Social Sciences

S21os Sgb No. 1 (Budget), Olivia Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To establish the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year Student Government Budget

Women Leaders And Policy Compliance During A Public Health Crisis, Nichole M. Bauer, Jeong Hyun Kim, Yesola Kweon

Faculty Publications

How does the gender of a political leader affect policy compliance of the public during a public health crisis? State and national leaders have taken a variety of policy measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with varying levels of success. While many female leaders have been credited with containing the spread of COVID-19, often through implementing strict policy measures, there is little understanding of how individuals respond to public health policy recommendations made by female and male leaders. This article investigates whether citizens are more willing to comply with strict policy recommendations about a public health issue when those recommendations …

Baton Rouge Collective Healing Initiative: Final Report, Jada Thomas-Smith, Judith F. Rhodes, Kristie Perry

Reports

In response to recent and historic traumatic events that caused distrust and strained relationships between law enforcement and their communities, the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime (OVC), selected five demonstration sites to invest in restorative and healing activities to repair community-police relationships.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) worked closely with the sites over the three-year grant period to improve relations through evidence-based interventions, technical assistance, and peer learning. The program, Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve: Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm began in the selected cities, which included …

The Criminal Justice Response To The Opioid Crisis In East Baton Rouge Parish, Elizabeth Winchester, Kristina Little, Timothy T. Reling, Gabriele Richardson, Judith F. Rhodes

Reports

This report describes: 1) the history and current state of the opioid crisis in East Baton Rouge Parish; 2) the current and planned efforts of the Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating Violent Crime and Illegal Opioids (IPS) grant to respond to the crisis; and 3) recommendations for criminal justice practitioners regarding the opioid crisis in our community. The goal of the IPS grant is to reduce opioid-related deaths by fostering interagency collaboration to disrupt local opioid supply chains, educate the community about the dangers of opioid abuse and addiction, and provide support for individuals with opioid use disorder.

The rising …

Liability Of The Structural Engineer: Establishing, Quantifying, And Managing Risks, Justin Thomas Ittmann

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Liability is an important topic to all practicing professionals—including practicing engineers. However, the topic of liability does not receive the necessary attention required relative to other professions. Further, engineers that desire to learn more about liability in relation to their practice do not have many university options within an engineering curriculum or from outside materials available to a non-legally trained engineer. The goal of the study is to provide a comprehensive overview of liability directed towards an intelligent practicing engineer, while avoiding unnecessary over-simplification of the material. This study initially provides an in depth survey of the legal standard of …

F19rs Sgb No. 3 (Sg Budget), Cheatwood

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend the Student Government budget.

S19rs Sgb No. 6 (Budget), Jack Green

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend the Student Government budget.

Social Class And Elementary Education: The Elementary Education Act Of 1870, Cameron Lowry

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

F18rs Sgb No. 2 (Budget), Tyler Porche

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

F18rs Sgb No. 2 (Budget), Tyler Porche

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend the Student Government budget.

S18rs Sgr No. 19 (Asl Class), Jordyn Warren

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to recognize and offer American Sign Language (ASL) as a language course.

S18rs Sgb No. 2 (Amend Budget), Cassidy Riley

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend the Student Government budget

F17rs Sgb No. 2 (Honors College Council), Christina Black

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the Student Government College Council Constitution and Bylaws

F17rs Sgr No. 2 (Best Wishes Scalise), Jordan Landry, Bailey Allmon, Frederick Bell, Ahmad El-Rachidi, Maxwell Martin, Tyler Porche, Johnathon Price, Andrew Vaughn

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

Conveying Best Wishes to Rep. Steve Scalise on His Recovery

F17rs Sgb No. 5 (Budget), Cassidy Riley

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to ammend the Student Government budget.

F17rs Sgr No. 5 (Summer School), Katherine Becquet

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the Office of Academic Affairs to standardize all Academic Colleges in giving more opportunities than solely the summer semester in completing a course required for graduation.