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New York’S “Close To Home” Initiative — Lessons Learned, Jeffrey A. Butts

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The Close to Home initiative is a policy reform that brings young people home from far-away correctional institutions to be served by programs closer to their families. New York plans to implement a second phase of the program in March 2015, bringing back youth from “limited-secure” programs that house more serious offenders. The program appears to be effective in helping youth maintain positive connections to their families and communities, increasing Regent Exams scores of justice-involved youth, and returning youth to their neighborhood schools following placement. Although more research and analysis needs to be done on the effects of Close to …

Una Reflexión Sobre La Violencia Y La Construcción De Paz Desde El Teatro Y El Arte, Patricia Tovar

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Este artículo es una invitación a pensar en el arte y el legado de la violencia y la injusticia en la historia de la humanidad y en los esfuerzos trabajados desde diferentes proyectos artísticos en la resolución de conflictos y en la promoción de la paz en el mundo. Se presentan y analizan algunas de esas experiencias y se examina cómo han sido aplicadas por diferentes disciplinas para resolver o avanzar sobre algunos de los problemas que aquejan a la sociedad. Es también importante pensar en el uso del arte, del teatro y de la creatividad como estrategia metodológica y …

In Her Own Words: Make A (Mission) Statement, Diana V. Macri

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Creating a personal mission statement will allow faculty to remain focused on what their core purpose is. Remaining focused on this purpose will facilitate career growth and personal happiness.

Make A (Mission) Statement, Diana V. Macri

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Ethics are standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do; principles such as veracity, courage, integrity, forthrightness, consistency, creativity, humility, altruism, quality, accountability, excellence, compassion, innovation, social justice, wisdom, kindness, trust, balance and fairness. Creating a mission statement offers one the opportunity to establish which principles are most important and helps reinforce them when tested.

Staying Connected: Keeping Justice-Involved Youth “Close To Home” In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Laura Negredo, Evan Elkin

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When justice-involved youth are supervised by local agencies and placed with locally operated programs rather than being sent away to state facilities, they are better able to maintain community ties. They stay connected with their families, and they are more likely to remain in local schools. Policy reforms that localize the justice system are often called “realignment.” New York’s “Close to Home” (or C2H) initiative is a prominent example of youth justice realignment. Launched in 2012, it is the latest chapter in a decade-long commitment by New York State and New York City to improve the justice system for young …

Finding Private Suhre: On The Trail Of Louisa May Alcott’S “Prince Of Patients”, John Matteson

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The Future Of Community Policing. Testimony Before The Task Force On 21st Century Policing Created By President Barack H. Obama On February 24, 2015 In Washington, D.C., Jeremy Travis

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Memory Distortion For Traumatic Events: The Role Of Mental Imagery, Deryn Strange, Melanie K. T. Takarangi

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Reflections On The Nas Report: What Are The Prospects For Reducing The Us Prison Population?, Jeremy Travis

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Pokeweed Antiviral Protein, A Ribosome Inactivating Protein: Activity, Inhibition And Prospects, Artem V. Domashevskiy, Dixie J. Goss

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Viruses employ an array of elaborate strategies to overcome plant defense mechanisms and must adapt to the requirements of the host translational systems. Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) from Phytolacca americana is a ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) and is an RNA N-glycosidase that removes specific purine residues from the sarcin/ricin (S/R) loop of large rRNA, arresting protein synthesis at the translocation step. PAP is thought to play an important role in the plant’s defense mechanism against foreign pathogens. This review focuses on the structure, function, and the relationship of PAP to other RIPs, discusses molecular aspects of PAP antiviral activity, the …

Effectiveness Of The Cure Violence Model In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Kevin T. Wolff, Evan Misshula, Sheyla A. Delgado

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New research from the John Jay College Research & Evaluation Center (JohnJayREC) suggests that the Cure Violence strategy may effectively reduce the incidence of homicide. Researchers at John Jay worked with analysts at the New York Police Department (NYPD) to assemble information about violence in New York City neighborhoods and compared areas with and without Cure Violence programs. The analysis focused on programs in three areas: two in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan. All three areas were operating Cure Violence programs as of 2010, and homicides were tracked through 2013. When the study compared homicide rates in those areas with …

Taking Care Of Digital Efforts: A Multiplanar View Of Project Afterlives, Robin Camille Davis

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In this presentation, given at the 2015 MLA Convention, I examine the status of online digital humanities projects 10 years after they were presented.

Just over half of the 60 projects presented at DH2005 are still online. Of all the projects, about one-third are ongoing; one-third have been clearly completed; and one-third have unknown statuses. Of the 23 projects that were considered to be complete, three-quarters are still online; one quarter is no longer accessible.

Removing The Malice From Federal "Malicious Prosecution": What Cognitive Science Can Teach Lawyers About Reform, Sofia Yakren

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Social Media Privacy: A Rallying Cry To Librarians, Sarah Lamdan

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Challenging Race-Based Stereotypes About Gay And Bisexual Men’S Sexual Behavior And Perceived Penis Size And Size Satisfaction, Christian Grov, Lena D. Saleh, Jonathan M. Lassiter, Jeffrey T. Parsons

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Racial prejudice and stereotyping in gay and bisexual communities may be important contextual factors that contribute to racial disparities in HIV. In an effort to challenge race-based stereotypes regarding gay and bisexual men’s sexuality, we sought to determine the extent to which race and ethnicity were associated with (1) racial homophily (i.e., same-race partnerships), (2) sexual behavior (e.g., number of partners, condomless anal sex (CAS), sexual position (top/versatile/bottom)), and (3) perceived penis size and size satisfaction. Data were taken from a survey of 1,009 gay and bisexual men recruited using a street-intercept method at gay, lesbian, and bisexual community events …

Due Process And The Failure Of The Criminal Court, Steven Zeidman

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Gang Policing: The Post Stop-And-Frisk Justification For Profile-Based Policing, K. Babe Howell

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Librarians As Feisty Advocates For Privacy, Sarah Lamdan

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Intimate Partner Violence Against Asian American Women: Moving From Theory To Strategy, Donna Lee

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Fat Rights And Fat Discrimination: An Annotated Bibliography, Yasmin Sokkar Harker

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Comment On “Criminalizing Sexual Violence Against Women In Intimate Relationships”, Julie Goldscheid

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Due Diligence And Gender Violence: Parsing Its Power And Its Perils, Julie Goldscheid, Debra Liebowitz

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Vision Of Founding Fathers Becomes Blurred, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Women, Minorities Face Prejudice In Academia, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Communications Now A Culture War In Academia, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Cuny's Lilac As A Model For A Large Urban University Professional Development Organization, Galina Letnikova

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The present study addresses the history of the Library Information Literacy Advisory Committee (LILAC), a voluntary professional organization at City University of New York (CUNY). The author discusses the circumstances leading to the committee’s formation, its growth, transformation, and its role in the professional development of CUNY librarians. Data collection was done by means of interviews held with past and present members of the committee. The interview questions were deliberated at LILAC’s meeting and sent to the interviewees by email. The interviews’ questions and answers were later grouped into three major categories: the original goals for the committee; the transformation …

Low Income Lgbtgnc (Gender Nonconforming) Struggles Over Shelters As Public Space, Michelle Billies

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As a focal point of neoliberalism in the US, New York City has been made the advance guard of both welfare reform and order maintenance policing, making the 2008 recession all the more destabilizing among low-income LGBTGNC (gender nonconforming) residents. At the same time, expanding gay rights have accompanied this neoliberal turn, defining while masking new intersectionalities of oppression, policing some raced and classed sexualities and genders while protecting others, producing an urban landscape conducive to neoliberal aims (Ferguson, 2004; Puar, 2007). In the process of attracting capital, homonormative discourses and practices have increasingly bolstered white and multicultural classprivileged gay …

Peers Inspiring Peers: Why A Summer Bridge-To-College Program Benefits From This Partnership, Janet Liou-Mark, A.E. Dreyfuss, Mursheda Ahmed, Christopher Chan, Karmen Yu

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A Bridge-to-College Summer Academy for Teaching Assistant Scholars, who serve as Peer Leaders and small-group instructors in several New York City high schools, was designed and held at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. The Summer Academy was designed to acclimate the Teaching Assistant Scholars (TAS), many of whom are underrepresented minority students, to college life. College Peer Leaders assisted in motivating and encouraging incoming freshmen in gaining the academic skills needed to successfully navigate a college environment. The Peer Leaders also facilitated three-day mathematics preparatory workshops that provided students with the confidence to excel in their first credit-bearing …

Post Secondary Education Needs Common Sense, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Positive News For Lgbt People In Science Fields, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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