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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 1995, City Of Arnold

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Connection, January 1996, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim

Faculty Articles

A study was conducted to examine the validity of judicial predictions of dangerousness inherent in preventive detention of juvenile offenders. Data were drawn from juveniles remanded in custody under the preventive detention statute of the New York Family Court Act during 1981 and 1984 and subsequently released within hours of the detention order pursuant to an injunction obtained in a federal district court. It is argued that there are reasonable and constitutional arguments to incapacitate a presumptively innocent individual when it is certain that he or she is dangerous. However, it is demonstrated that whenever a significant number of persons …

The Violence Against Women Act After United States V. Lopez: Will Domestic Violence Jurisdiction Be Returned To The States, Stacey L. Mckinley

Cleveland State Law Review

Recent judiciary and media events have put a national focus on the overlooked problem of domestic violence. Federal lawmakers admirably responded to this attention in an aggressive manner when Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Although little doubt exists that this country needs to reduce domestic violence, this sweeping federal legislation may not be the most effective means. The hasty response by federal lawmakers is unconstitutional in consideration of the Supreme Court's recent holding in Lopez. Although initial court challenges to the VAWA on Lopez grounds have resulted in split decisions, this Note argues that portions of the …

Administrative License Suspensions, Criminal Prosecution And The Double Jeopardy Clause, Carlos F. Ramirez

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note argues that revocation of a driver's license under ALS proceedings is not a bar to subsequent criminal prosecution by the state. It discusses the potential double jeopardy implications surrounding ALS that is followed by criminal proceedings, as well as the reasoning employed by a majority of the courts that hold that an ALS is remedial and, therefore, not punishment for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause. It argues that with regard to determining whether an ALS is punitive, the appropriate test should balance the effect of the statute on the driver against the state's interest in protecting the …

Law And Technology: The Case For A Smart Gun Detector, Sam Kamin

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Kentucky Board Of Bar Examiners' Character And Fitness Certification Questionnaire: Are Mental Health Inquiries A Violation Of The Americans With Disabilities Act?, Lanny King

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Local Government And The New York State Constitution, Richard Briffault

Faculty Scholarship

On November 4, 1997, the question "Shall there be a convention to revise the [state] constitution and amend the same?" will be submitted to the New York state electorate pursuant to the provision in the state constitution requiring that every twenty years the voters be given the opportunity to call for a constitutional convention. A longstanding constitutional concern in New York is local government and the relations between local governments and the State. With an eye to the upcoming vote on whether to hold a constitutional convention, this paper examines the place of local government and state-local relations in the …

Public Finance In The American Federal System: Basic Patterns And Current Issues, Richard Briffault

Faculty Scholarship

Public finance issues with significant consequences for American federalism have been at the top of the political agenda for the last several years. Indeed, much of the current debate about American federalism has been explicitly about questions of public finance: Which level of government should pay for which programs? What is to be the relationship between financial responsibility and policy-making authority? Should there be some overall limitation on government outlays and receipts?

Thus, one of the first actions of the 104th Congress was passage of a measure, swiftly signed into law by the President, to curb the ability of the …

Multi-Community Cooperation In Grand Rapids Metro, Jim Kadlecek

West Michigan Business Review

No abstract provided.

A Methodology For Regional Seismic Damage Assessment And Retrofit Planning For Existing Buildings, Thomas C. Mccormack

Dissertations and Theses

Recent geologic research has shown that earthquakes more destructive than formerly expected are likely to occur in the Pacific Northwest. To mitigate catastrophic loss, planners are gathering information to make decision on implementing regional seismic retrofit programs. This research develops a model to estimate regional earthquake losses for existing buildings, and determine optimal retrofit priorities and budgets. Fragility curves are developed to provide earthquake damage estimates for a range of seismic intensities. The published earthquake damage estimates of a large group of prominent earthquake engineering experts are extended to include the combined effect of structure type, earthquake-sensitive variations in building …

Unrelated Business Enterprise And Unfair Business Competition Issues Facing Nonprofit Organizations, Larry Glen Scruggs

Dissertations and Theses

Unrelated business enterprises have been an appropriate way for nonprofit organizations to generate income since the first income tax was enacted into law. The Internal Revenue Act of 1950 clarified this opportunity and enacted the Unrelated Business Income Tax to ensure that fair competition existed between nonprofits and for profit organizations. Nonprofit organizations conducting unrelated business enterprises are faced with a dilemma: it is legal for them to conduct such enterprises but if they do so they face potential litigation from for profit business for unfair competition and/or potential loss of tax-exempt status for operating outside of their exempt function. …

Improving Access To Food In Low-Income Communities: An Investigation Of Three Bay Area Neighborhoods, Edward Steinman, Kenneth Hecht

Faculty Publications

This report seeks to describe and analyze that dysfunction as it manifests itself in three low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco and Oakland. It does not examine the causes nor scope of poverty in those communities nor does it intend to estimate or describe the prevalence of hunger. These measures are amply documented in a 1995 report on hunger and the problem of food "insecurity" commissioned by the California Senate Office of Research and, in 1993 and 1994, reports on hunger from the Alameda County Community Food Bank and San Francisco Food Bank, respectively. Rather, this report treats poverty, hunger and …

Jury-Bashing And The O.J. Simpson Verdict, Gerald F. Uelmen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Repeat Violence In The Emergency Department, Jeanne A. Dorsey

Masters Theses

The purpose of this descriptive study was to conduct a secondary analysis of the data set obtained from the Trauma and Emergency Center Violence Project (Dorsey, 1994). It was noted during the original 6 month study of 33,098 emergency department visits that some patients threatened or carried out real violence on multiple visits.; This study (a) identified the percentage of incidents in the initial sample that were perpetrated by repeat offenders, (b) described the types of violent behaviors, (c) explored the relationship between current substance and psychiatric history and the number of threatened or real violence incidents.; A descriptive research …

Basic Needs Satisfaction And Social Support In The Adult Trauma Victim, Gail A. Mercer

Masters Theses

Traumatic injury prevention and treatment is an increasingly important focus for the nursing profession as trauma tops the list for causes of death among young people in the United States. The specific purpose of this study was to explore whether a pre-existing state of low basic need satisfaction and low social support contribute to traumatic injury in adults. A descriptive correlational design was used. The theoretical frameworks of Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain (1983) and Lazarus (1964) formed the foundation for this study. Two survey tools were employed, the Basic Need Satisfaction Inventory (Kline Leidy, 1994) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire …

The Sovereign Immunity Exception Comment, Henry Paul Monaghan

Faculty Scholarship

Seminole Tribe v. Florida is the 1995 Term's illustration of the importance that a narrow, but solid, five-Justice majority of the Supreme Court attaches to the constitutional underpinnings of "Our Federalism." In Seminole Tribe, this majority declared that Congress lacks authority under its Article I, Section 8 regulatory powers to subject unconsenting states to suits initiated in federal court by private persons. The very same majority had previously made clear its intention to implement the original constitutional understanding of a national government of limited powers, especially when the national government attempted to "commandeer" state legislative and administrative processes. This …

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Composted Municipal Waste And Fertilizer Effects On Soils And Sugarcane., Xianliang Wan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Application of composted municipal waste to agricultural lands has potential benefits to improve soil fertility and crop yield. It may lead to accumulation of heavy metals within soils and leaching of nutrients and heavy metals into the ground water. The objectives of this study were to investigate: (1) the effects of composted municipal waste and fertilizer on soil chemical properties and sugarcane elemental uptake and yield; and (2) the leachability of elements in compost amended soils. Results of three field experiments from a Baldwin silty clay loam and a Memphis silt loam showed that compost application at $\ge$33.6 Mg/ha increased …

Factors Influencing Completion Status Of Undergraduate Nursing Students Who Initiate Progression Appeals., Karen Diane Hadskey Blanchard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this descriptive research study was to determine the existence of predictors for success of nursing students who are granted appeals, based on special circumstances, by the University Progression and Retention Committee of Southeastern Louisiana University. This study investigated demographics (age, marital status, gender, race, residence, semester of appeal, and educational background) of 302 nursing students from Southeastern Louisiana University (January 1988, to May 1995) that appealed to the Progression and Retention Committee of the university to continue in the nursing program. Success predictor criteria provided to nursing faculty and students can be used as a positive resource …

State Of Utah V. Kim Mecham : Brief Of Respondent, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

BRIEF OF RESPONDENT STATE OF UTAH

APPEAL FROM REVOCATION OF PROBATION OF KIM MECHAM BY THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR IRON COUNTY, THE HONORABLE ROBERT T. BRAITHWAITE, PRESIDING.

Provo City Corporation V. Bruce Dischillie : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

BRIEF OF APPELLANT

APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, UTAH COUNTY, PROVO CITY CORPORATION, FROM A CONVICTION OF THREE COUNTS OF FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, CLASS A MISDEMEANORS, BEFORE THE HONORABLE FRED D. HOWARD

State Of Utah V. Conrad Sterkel, William A. Pickett : Amicus Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF UTAH

Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District Court In and For San Juan County, State of Utah The Honorable Lyle R. Anderson

City Of St. George V. Steven Reese Carter : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from the Fifth Judicial District Court, Washington County, State of Utah Honorable James L. Shumate, District Court Judge

Steven Ray James V. Henry Galetka : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANT

THIS IS AN APPEAL FROM THE FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND FINAL ORDER ENTERED OCTOBER 25, 1996, BY THE HONORABLE PAT B. BRIAN, IN AND FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, WHEREIN THE HONORABLE JUDGE DISMISSED APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF.

Rollins College Brevard Campus, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

Race Effects In Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings Of A Statewide Analysis, Donna M. Bishop, Charles E. Frazier

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Preventive Detention And The Judicial Prediction Of Dangerousness For Juveniles: A Natural Experiment, Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Guggenheim

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

End Of The Line: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Waiver, The , Marcy Rasmussen Podkopacz, Barry C. Feld

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Random, Suspicionless Drug Testing Of High School Athletes, Samantha Elizabeth Shutler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.