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Neonaticide And The "Ethos Of Maternity": Traditional Criminal Law Defenses And The Novel Syndrome, Judith E. Macfarlane

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note explores the legal and psychological dimensions of neonaticide, proposing the recognition of a Neonaticide Syndrome to better understand the mental state of perpetrators and inform legal defenses. It argues that such a syndrome, characterized by denial of pregnancy and psychotic breaks, could provide a framework for lenient sentencing and negate intent in homicide charges, similar to how Rape Trauma Syndrome and Battered Woman Syndrome are used in court. The analysis emphasizes the need for expert testimony to explain the mental state of defendants and the admissibility of such evidence under Frye and Daubert standards.

Women's Annotated Legal Bibliography

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

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Same-Sex Sexual Harassment: Cutting The Gordian Knot, Collin O'Connor Udell

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

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Women And Assisted Suicide: Exposing The Gender Vulnerability To Acquiescent Death, Lynne Marie Kohm, Britney N. Brigner

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article argues that women are disproportionately vulnerable to assisted suicide due to societal, economic, and emotional factors, and that legalizing assisted suicide could exacerbate gender disparities in death rates. It critiques the lack of protections for vulnerable individuals, particularly women, who may be coerced or influenced into assisted suicide. The analysis emphasizes the need to address the root causes of suffering rather than resorting to assisted suicide, while also advocating for societal changes to support women and reduce their vulnerability.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg And The Virginia Military Institute: A Culmination Of Strategic Success, Scott M. Smiler

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note examines Justice Ginsburg's pivotal role in shaping the Supreme Court's approach to gender-based discrimination, particularly through her advocacy for heightened scrutiny of such classifications. It highlights how her efforts culminated in the landmark decision of United States v. Virginia, where the Court ruled that Virginia Military Institute's (VMI) exclusion of women violated the Equal Protection Clause. The decision reinforced the requirement that gender-based classifications must meet an exceedingly persuasive justification, aligning with Ginsburg's long-standing commitment to dismantling gender stereotypes and advancing equal protection principles.

Law, Language And Lenity, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

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We're All Capitalist Now: The Importance, Nature, Provision And Regulation Of Investor Education, James A. Fanto

Faculty Scholarship

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The Pentagon Papers Case And The Path Not Taken: A Personal Memoir On The First Amendment And The Separation Of Powers, Joel Gora

Faculty Scholarship

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Research Report: A Preliminary Analysis Of Medical Futility Decisionmaking: Law And Professional Attitudes, Richard L. Wiener Ph.D., David Eton M.A., Vincent P. Gibbons M.D., Jesse A. Goldner J.D., Sandra H. Johnson J.D.

All Faculty Scholarship

The debate in medical futility decisionmaking centers on the conflict between a patient insisting treatment and a doctor refusing to furnish it. Courts have taken two disparate approaches to the legal status of medical futility. Believing that such legal ambiguity may reflect ambiguity in the medical profession itself, this research report sought to identify any emerging consensus among professionals handling medical futility issues.

The report explains the results of the Life Sustaining Treatment Survey, a nationwide survey of health care professionals at hospitals. Presented with a list of criteria, respondents assigned important ratings to the factors used in recent futility …

Relationship Of Benefits Sought To Preferred Setting Attributes For Two Groups Of Snowmobile Users, Eric G. Schultz

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Free Speech And Good Character, Vincent A. Blasi

Faculty Scholarship

Early proponents of the freedom of speech such as John Milton, John Stuart Mill, and Louis Brandeis emphasized the role expressive liberty plays in strengthening the character of persons entrusted with such freedom. These theorists argued that character traits such as civic courage, independence of mind, and the capacity to learn from experience and adapt are nurtured by trusting citizens with dangerous ideas. Today there is much talk about good character in relation to free speech disputes-but all on the side of those who would regulate speakers. It is time to remember that a concern about character cuts both ways …

Race, Gender, And The Law In The Twenty-First Century Workplace: Some Preliminary Observations, Susan P. Sturm

Faculty Scholarship

This article seeks to move beyond the debate between informal and formal legal regulation. Both approaches reflect essential but limited components of a legal regulatory regime. Neither approach adequately responds to the simultaneous challenges of changing organizational structure, racial and gender dynamics, and market-driven demands for flexibility and adaptiveness. The next step requires that we take account of the critiques of formality and informality. This requires embracing the challenge of developing new forms of legal regulation that treat organizational decision makers and incentive structures explicitly as part of the legal regulatory regime. In this view, law consists of a set …

Acute Confusion In The Elderly Hospitalized Patient: An Exploration Of Experienced Nursing Care, Karen L. Dick

Open Access Dissertations

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The Relationship Of Glucose Testing Attitudes And Behavior To The Stages Of Change: Application Of The Transtheoretical Model To Diabetes, Janet Marie Dryfoos

Open Access Dissertations

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Quantitive Methods For Assessing Change: Application To Condom Use, Kerry Elizabeth Evers

Open Access Dissertations

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Image And Attitude: The Impact Of Media Images On The Self-Esteem, Body Image And Sexual Attitudes Of College Students, Robyn Lynn Reed

Open Access Dissertations

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Factors Related To Hiv Risk: Predictors Of Risky Sexual Behavior And Attitudes Toward Microbicide Use, Patricia Ann Lee

Open Access Dissertations

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An Empirical Analysis Of Personality Disorders In Female Adolescents, Jaclyn Friedman-Lombardo

Open Access Dissertations

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Resiliency Among Lesbian And Bisexual Women During The Process Of Self-Acceptance And Disclosure Of Their Sexual Orientation, Colleen Jeanette Gregory

Open Access Dissertations

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Childhood Sexual Abuse And Family Functioning Linked With Eating And Substance Misuse: Mediated Structural Models, Kimberly Jeanne Mitchell

Open Access Dissertations

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Borderline Personality Disorder Subtypes Among Hospitalized Female Adolescents, Carol Jeanne Faulkner

Open Access Dissertations

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"A Certain Something": Reclaiming Grace Sartwell Mason, Diane Wellins Moul

Open Access Dissertations

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Predictors Of Compliance Of Aids Patients On Protease Inhibitors, Tina Gursahani

Open Access Master's Theses

Compliance with Protease Inhibitors therapy is a very significant problem because noncompliant patients may develop resistance. The factors associated with compliance were examined in an HIV infected population (n=73) who were currently being prescribed a Protease Inhibitor. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, mood status and coping were obtained. Compliance was measured by the ''temptation to skip Protease Inhibitor scale" and "number of doses missed in the past three months". Multiple regression was used to examine three sets of predictors variables. Amongst the demographic predictors, number of people in household was significantly associated (p<0.01) with the dependent variable "Temptation to skip Protease Inhibitor" while gender was significantly associated with the dependent variable "number of doses missed in the past three months". The other demographic variables showed little association with compliance. Amongst the clinical predictors, pain interfering with work in the past four weeks significantly predicted the temptation to skip Protease Inhibitor therapy while none of the clinical predictors were associated with the number of doses missed in the past 3 months. General mental health and behavioral escape avoidance were the mood and coping variables that showed significant associations with the temptation to skip Protease Inhibitors. None of these predicted the number of doses missed in the past three months. Finally a multivariate model was developed which investigated factors which were most highly associated with medication compliance. General mental health and number of people in household appeared to be the most highly associated factors. These results suggested that patients should be treated for psychological distress and their families should be informed about the importance of social support to reduce the impact of this problem.

Quantitative Methods For Assessing Change: Application To Condom Use, Kerry E. Evers

Open Access Dissertations

This study attempts to understand more about how to quantitatively assess longitudinal change within the Transtheoretical Model applied to the area of condom use among college students. A total of 215 sexually active male and female undergraduate students completed both assessments one month apart. Measurement development was conducted on the Condom Use URICA scale, which was then used in a cluster analysis. A four cluster solution was reliably replicated across two random samples (R²=.99), and the clusters were then examined in terms of their external validity using MANOVAs. The four clusters showed significant differences on variables associated with …

Analogue Versus Authentic Data: Prereferral Intervention Strategy Utilization, Effectiveness And Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Mary Ellen K. Tillotson

Open Access Dissertations

A literature has formed which has historically utilized an analogue approach to the study of prereferral intervention use and perceptions of acceptability and effectiveness. This methodology, however, may lack ecological validity if variables that mediate intervention selection and perceived efficacy are not linked to research design. If analogue research is to remain viable, supporting evidence of the concordance of naturalistic findings is expected. The current study utilizes an analogue and concomitant authentic approach to study the equivalence of these methods. A sample of 345 special education referral forms served as authentic data. Ninety-seven elementary general and special education teachers responded …

Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions And The Application Of The Transtheoretical Model Of Change, Deborah A. Levesque

Open Access Dissertations

This research examines the efficacy of existing interventions for battering men and assesses the applicability of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the problem of violence desistance. In Chapter 1, separate meta-analyses of batterer treatment outcome studies relying on partner reports of recidivism (N=7) and official records (N=11) are conducted to assess treatment efficacy. A third analysis examines the overall rate of recidivism across studies that follow treatment completers (N=38). Results show that the effect of treatment is small at best and moderated largely by program, study, and publication variables. The overall rate of …

A Cluster Analytic Test Of The Transtheoretical Model Applied To Exercise Behavior, Gregory J. Norman

Open Access Dissertations

An empirical typology was created to test the application of the Transtheoretical Model (TIM) to exercise behavior. It was reasoned that if a meaningful typology of exercise could be created that depicted construct relationships posited by the TIM, then this would be supportive evidence for the application of the model to understanding behavior change related to exercise. A sample of 342 adults between the ages of 18 and 75 completed a survey through a random telephone interview. The sample was 62% female, 95% white, and an average age of 43 years. The sample was randomly split into two subsamples to …

(Re)Envisioned (Pre)History: Feminism, Goddess Politics, And Readership Analysis Of The Clan Of The Cave Bear And The Valley Of The Horses, Glenna M. Andrade

Open Access Dissertations

Jean M. Auel's popular novels, The Clan of the Cave Bear and Valley of the Horses, are examined via theories of political thought (history, economics, power), feminist theory (oppression, sex/gender roles), and popular literature's (genre) appeals to various 80s readership communities. Chapter Two draws from historical interests in women's myth to show that 70-80s religious and anthropo-archeological revisionism promote an 80s goddess theory in support of 70- 80s feminism; nonetheless, from a 90s vantage, Dani-goddess theorizing is problematized by universalism, teleology, and gender stereotyping. Chapter Three examines Clan's politics, religion, gender roles and the pitfalls of mythmaking to Clan's …

The Relationship Of Physical Activity To Self-Concept And Perceived Stress In Adolescent Females, Anne C. Dineen

Open Access Dissertations

Three major hypotheses regarding physical activity, stress and self-concept in adolescent females were tested using 214 high school students as subjects. These hypotheses generated four predictions: 1) Females who are more physically active will report that experienced stressful events are less upsetting than will females participating in less activity; 2) Females who are more physically active will have higher physical ability self-concept scores than those females who are less physically active; and 3) Certain factors such as age and physical ability self-concept are more likely to result in girls' participation in physical activity; 4) Certain factors such as age and …

Reciprocal Leadership, A Practical Approach To Leadership, Wendy Pierce

Honors Theses

Forward-looking leadership carries much more responsibility than in the past. Many organizations today are under fire to change with the times-and why not? We cannot afford to live within the fabulous fifties mindset that thrived under fantastical structures of bosses, middlemen, and elaborate pecking orders. The New York minute has quickly become the pacesetter for many of our industry leaders. Everything happens in a millisecond: email. faxes, and virtual offices have become the norm for American and international business endeavors. Today's competitive environment demands intense improvement in productivity, quality, and response time. In order to keep pace with instant gratification …