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Prison Overcrowding In Nebraska: The Feasibility Of Intensive Supervision Probation, Dennis Hoffman, Vincent J. Webb

Center for Public Affairs Research (UNO): Publications

This chapter analyzes the magnitude and causes of Nebraska's prison overcrowding problem. Nebraska's response to this problem has been to expand prison capacity and to implement programs to decrease length of stay. Another policy option - reducing prison admissions through intensive supervision probation - is examined in this chapter. Data from Nebraska Parole Board files indicate there is a category of current prison inmates that are not sufficiently dangerous to require imprisonment. Many of these nonviolent offenders with marginal criminal histories could be diverted into intensive probation programs that are more cost·effective than incarceration.

Job Security In The United States: Some Reflections On Unfair Dismissal And Plant Closure Legislation From A Comparative Perspective, William B. Gould Iv

Nebraska Law Review

I. Disciplinary Dismissals: The Problem

II. Economic or Collective Dismissals: The Problem

III. The Theory of Wrongful Discharge: The Proposed Legislation

IV. State Plant Closure Legislation ... A. Summary of State Legislation ... B. Constitutionality

V. Federal Plant Closure Legislation

VI. Obligations under International Labor Law

VII. Relevant Western European Law and Experience: The Substantive Standard for Dismissal ... A. Union Influence Prior to the Decision ... B. Notification and Consultation of Workers and Government Representatives

VIII. Conclusion

Adc In The U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Gerald J. Fichtner

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

ADC transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by Public Law 99-190. Parameters of ADC in USDA are that the program is biologically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically feasible. Major program components are cooperative operational control, education and information, and research. The National Animal Damage Control Advisory Committee is being formed. The American Society for Testing and Materials is helping on research priorities. A line-staff organization has been put in place within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in USDA.

Chapfer2 Understanding The Drought Phenomenon: The Role Of Definitions, Donald A. Wilhite, Michael H. Glantz

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

The occurrence of widespread, severe drought in Africa, India, North America, China, the USSR, Australia, and western Europe has once again underscored the vulnerability of developed and developing societies to drought The occurrence of severe drought during 1982-83 is shown in Fig. 1. These recent droughts have emphasized the need for more research on the causes as well as the impacts of drought and the need for additional planning to help mitigate the possible worst effects of future droughts. Drought has been the subject of a great deal of systematic study, particularly reconstructions of drought history, computations of drought frequency, …

The Confinement Of Juveniles In Nebraska Jails And Lockups, Lorie A. Fridell, Vincent J. Webb

Center for Public Affairs Research (UNO): Publications

Using adult jails and lockups for confining youths is a major issue in juvenile justice. Proponents of removing children from these facilities are concerned with the conditions of confinement, the .ate of suicide among youths held in adult facilities, the excessive use of secure confinement for youths, and the legal liability of jurisdictions that hold juveniles in adult facilities. Nebraska has made significant progress in reducing the number of youths confined in adult jails and lockups, but has yet to pass legislation or develop programs and facilities to complete the task. Policy options for reducing the use of secure confinement …

The Public Employee Can Disagree With The Boss—Sometimes: Cox V. Dardanelle Public School District, 790 F.2d 668 (8th Cir. 1986), Edward L. Dunlay

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Facts of Cox v. Dardanelle Public School District

III. Analysis ... A. What Is Speech Addressing a Matter of Public Concern and How Can You Recognize It? ... 1. Educational Policy ... 2. Criticisms of Personnel Policies as Affecting Teacher Morale ... 3. A Proposed Test ... B. The Balancing Test ... 1. Impairment of Ability to Perform Duties ... 2. Disruption: But Whose Fault? ... C. Would the Discharge Have Occurred Anyway?

IV. Conclusion

The Sociology And Experiences Of Pedestrians, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper introduces the sociological and experiential studies included in this special issue of Man-Environment Systems. Sociological and experiential perspectives and their interconnections are briefly explored. A sociology of sociology perspective is adopted and argues that architects, planners, engineers and other managers of vested, status guo interests fail to systematically incorporate the burgeoning social scientific work on pedestrianism due to the inherent and unavoidable political character of walking.

Biological Status Of Mountain Lions In California, E. Lee Fitzhugh, W. Paul Gorenzel

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

Mountain lions (Felis concolor) symbolize wilderness. The "wild west," a supreme predator, supreme quarry, destroyer of wildlife (game and nongame), livestock, and "trophy" hunting. They are the epitomy of controversy in California. In this paper we will review the history of management and present legal status of mountain lions in California, the political situation leading to the present status, and some of the biological factors that have been controversial, particularly relating to population status and trends.

The Probe, Issue 55 - August 1985

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
No. 55 August, 1985
To Russia, With Love?
Predators and Pesticides
Secondary Hazards to Owls
Phosphine Disposal Problems
Pro-Pesiticide Group
Letter to the Editor of Country Journal
1080 Toxic Collar
EPA
McKinzie Catalog
Forest-Animal Damage Control Research
USFWS Zinc Phosphide Formulations
Birds and Blueberries

Understanding The Drought Phenomenon: The Role Of Definitions, Donald A. Wilhite, Michael H. Glantz

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

The occurrence of widespread, severe drought in Africa, India, North America, China, the USSR, Australia, and western Europe has once again underscored the vulnerability of developed and developing societies to drought. The occurrence of severe drought during 1982–83 is shown in figure 1. These recent droughts have emphasized the need for more research on the causes as well as the impacts of drought and the need for additional planning to help mitigate the possible worst effects of future droughts. Drought has been the subject of a great deal of systematic study, particularly reconstructions of drought history, computations of drought frequency, …

United States Government Licensing Of Commercial Space Activities By Private Enterprise, E. Jason Steptoe

Space Law Documents

The paper describes the manner in which the United States is meeting its responsibilities under international law and treaty, including the Outer Space Treaty and the International Liability Convention, for national activities in outer space undertaken by means of launch vehicles or payloads launched from U.S. territory or facilities by private commercial enterprises organized or existing under the laws of the United States.

The paper refers to the international legal framework under which the Government of the United states is organizing to discharge its legal responsibility for such activities, and describes the basis in U.S. municipal law for the actions …

Water Current, Volume 17, No. 1, January/February 1985

Water Current Newsletter

Director's Report
1985 Nebraska Water Conference
Water Resources Research Proposals
20-Year Report Available
Aiken Reviews 1985 Water Bills
Research Review: Evaluation of Legal and Institutional Arrangements Associated with Ground Water Allocation in the Missouri River Basin States

Privacy, Confidentiality, And Autonomy In Psychotherapy, William J. Winslade, Judith Wilson Ross

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Concepts of Privacy and Confidentiality ... A. Background and Overview ... B. Privacy ... 1. Law ... 2. Economics ... 3. Anthropology ... 4. Philosophy ... 5. Psychology ... 6. Summary: Core Concepts of Privacy ... C. Confidentiality

III. Privacy and Confidentiality in Law ... A. Constitutional Law ... B. Tort Law ... C. Privilege Law ... 1. In Re Lifschutz ... 2. Caesar v. Mountanos ... 3. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California

IV. Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychotherapists' Professional Ethics Codes ... A. Overview of Ethics Codes ... B. Form and Content …

G84-727 Financing State And Local Government In Nebraska -- An Overview (Revised March 1992), A.L. (Roy) Frederick

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This is one of a series of NebGuides on financing state and local government. This publication provides an overview of key trends and issues.

Government's primary purpose is to provide public services. In the United States these services are provided by federal, state and local units of government. Sometimes one entity has full responsibility for providing for a common need, as the federal government does for national defense. Often, however, responsibilities are shared, as in public education.

A wide array of public services are provided because citizens have asked for them. Sometimes it is a minority of citizens who have …

An Equal Protection Analysis Of The Classifications In Initiative 300: The Family Farm Amendment To The Constitution Of The State Of Nebraska, Patricia Pansing Brooks

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The History of Corporate Farming Legislation in Nebraska

III. The Equal Protection Theories of the United States Supreme Court ... A. The Three Tiers of Scrutiny ... B. Minimal Scrutiny—The Rational Relationship Test ... 1. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz ... 2. Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. ... 3. Schweiker v. Wilson ... 4. Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.

IV. Application of the Court's Equal Protection Analysis to Initiative 300 ... A. The Search for an Articulated Purpose ... 1. The Initiative Petition, Amendment, and Ballot Summary ... 2. Legislative Hearings ... 3. Campaign Literature …

Credentialism As Monopoly, Class War, And Socialization Scheme: Some Historical Reflections On Modern Ways Of Determining Who Can Do A Job, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Social theorists in earlier periods have looked at credentialing from the perspective of its service to the economic or social system as opposed to its “protection of the public interest.” Adam Smith regarded the long education and the performance tests that the guilds required as monopolistic constraints on production; Karl Marx saw the same guild system as controlled by the propertied classes and uselessly exclusionary; and Emile Durkheim, unlike both Smith and Marx, regarded the occupational group with its entrance requirements as central to the stability of modern society. The application of the principles of Smith, Marx, and Durkheim, in …

Time, Place, And Manner Regulations Of Expressive Activities In The Public Forum: Heffron V. International Society For Krishna Consciousness, Inc., 101 S. Ct. 2559 (1981), Glen R. Anstine Ii

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Heffron Facts

III. Public Forum Background … A. Origin of Public Forum Constitutional Protection … B. Scope of the Public Forum Theory … 1. The Nature of the Place and the Type of Speech Activity Regulated … 2. Legitimate Government Interests Justifying Regulation of Speech in Public Forums … 3. Narrowly Tailored Regulations of Speech Activities in Public Forums

IV. Analysis of Heffron

V. Conclusion

Influences On Early Twentieth Century Bungalow Housing In Lincoln, Nebraska, Madeleine F. Panarelli

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Housing publications of the Bungalow era (1900 to 1930) containing over 1200 illustrated Bungalows and derivations, were compared with 717 photographed representatives in Lincoln, Nebraska. These samples were categorized by 10 types first described by writer Henry Saylor (1911). Interpretations of the style by local builders and architects in Lincoln, Nebraska, were traced to house pattern books, national and local publications, and state and city records, to determine how the style evolved locally. The search led to regional design features of the Bungalow, nearly square forms, and composite types.

Advisor: Mabel C. Skjelver.

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Double Jeopardy: Government Appeals Of Sentences: United States V. Difrancesco, 449 U.S. 117 (1980), David M. Lofholm

Nebraska Law Review

In the landmark decision of United States v. DiFrancesco, the Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decision, reversed the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and held that the appeal provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3576 (1976) did not violate the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment. This Note analyzes the DiFrancesco decision in the context of double jeopardy law and discusses the decision's effect on double jeopardy principles. This note also suggests that the majority opinion in DiFrancesco, ignoring as it does the tradition of double jeopardy protection, was not a completely satisfactory response to the issues …

Variances And Parcel Rezoning: Relief From Restrictive Zoning In Nebraska, Thomas Sattler

Nebraska Law Review

Zoning ordinances restrict the use of property in order to achieve and promote the goals of a city or county in protecting the public health, safety and welfare. These ordinances include various use, density, bulk, and other restrictions. As contemporary society controls development in this manner, conflicts inevitably arise between private property interests and the broad societal goals reflected in zoning legislation. Zoning restrictions are of particular concern to landowners and those involved with the acquisition of real estate. If an acquiring entity meets the requisite standing requirements, like the private property owner it has judicial or administrative recourse in …

Recent Developments In The Hospital Shared-Service Organization Controversy, Chris M. Goodrich

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Recent Developments

III. The Issues … A. The Section 502 Argument and Associated Hospital … 1. The Validity of the Section 502 Regulations … a. The Background of the Section 502 Regulations … b. The Hospital Bureau Case … c. Congressional Response to IRS Tenacity—Section 501(e) … d. Associated Hospital—A Break with Precedent … 2. The Application of Section 502 in Associated Hospital … B. The Section 501(c)(3) Argument

IV. Conclusion

Epa Profile Of Environmental Quality Nebraska, Kathleen Q. Camin

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, which make up EPA Region VII, are among the leading corn and wheat producing States in the Nation_ These States also produce a significant share of the soybean, grain sorghum, fat cattle, and finished hogs that are supplied to American and foreign markets.

Although the States in Region VII can best be characterized as rural, 65 percent of their nearly 12 million people live in urban areas. In Nebraska, metropolitan areas such as Omaha 4 have environmental problems resulting from major industrial operations, municipal services, transportation, and energy production. Metropolitan areas, however, do not have …

Dispersing Blackbirds And Starlings From Objectionable Roost Sites, Donald F. Mott

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 9th (1980)

Frightening devices and other methods of dispersing roosting blackbirds and starlings are described along with the techniques for their proper application. In a study in the southeastern United States, exploding shotgun shells and noise bombs were used to disperse roosts of up to 1 million birds. Five roosts containing up to 1 million blackbirds and starlings were 96 to 100% dispersed by two to five people during three to eight evenings of harassment. Dispersal cost between $80 and $535 per roost.

Legal Restrictions On Foreign Languages In The Great Plains States, 1917-1923, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

A major effect of World War I on American social history was that it focused attention on the nation's apparent difficulty in assimilating the millions of immigrants and their children who had streamed to the United States during the preceding two decades. The national mood, darkened by fears and resentments of long standing and deepened by systematic wartime propaganda, favored the adoption of stringent laws limiting the use of foreign languages, especially in the schools. During the war itself, restrictions were usually extralegal and often the consequences of intense social pressure recklessly applied. After the war, however, many state legislatures …

Missouri National Recreational River Nebraska And South Dakota General Design

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

The purpose of this document is to serve as a general design memorandum (GDM) that provides the basic data and delineates the general procedure for implementation of the authorized project. This document provides an extension of the conceptual management program identified in the Management Plan and provides an update of the project cost estimate from 1978 to 1980 price levels.

General scopes of work, based on information available from ongoing studies is presented for recreation, cultural, visual, and fish and wildlife resources and for the bank preservation program.

The other resources outlined in the Management Plan, though not considered essential …

Solving Urban Problems Associated With Small Animals, Sharon Whitten

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Small animals have been drawn into the urban setting, and as a consequence of their contact with man their populations are growing. The result of this growth is damage to man's property. We must take steps to reduce damage caused by wildlife in urban areas.

Acuta Enews September 1979, Vol. 8, No. 9

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

PARTY LINE

BILLS & PIECES

POTPOURRI

VIRGINIA VIEW

The Uniform Law Commissioners' Model Sentencing And Corrections Act: An Overview, Harvey S. Perlman, Josephine R. Potuto

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. General Approaches … A. The Need for Legislative Leadership and Responsibility … B. The Need for Specificity … C. The Need for the Rule of Law in Sentencing and Corrections

III. Major Underlying Themes … A. Establishment and Unification of Correctional Systems—Article 2 … 1. Overview of Article 2 … B. Sentencing—Article 3 … 1. Overview of Article 3 … C. Treatment of Offenders and Judicial Oversight—Article 4 … 1. Overview of Article 4 … D. Interests of Victims—Article 5

IV. The Drafting Process

V. Conclusion

Trial And Pretrial Publicity In English Criminal Justice, Colin Wakefield

Nebraska Law Review

This article aims to provide a statement of the law relating to trial and pretrial publicity in England. The discussion is limited to criminal cases because it is in this area that there has been the greatest controversy in the United States—and Nebraska in particular. English courts are not bound by entrenched constitutional principles, and it may appear to the American reader that when the English courts balance conflicting interests of a free press and a fair trial, they are rather arbitrary in their preference for the latter. The rights of the individual defendant are afforded the greatest protection—a premise …

Ec76-1742 Guide To Community Forestry Planning, Neal E. Jennings, Dennis M. Adams

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 76-1742 is a guide to community forestry planning.