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Western News, Nov. 1, 2007, Western Michigan University Nov 2007

Western News, Nov. 1, 2007, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dunn gives State of the University address; Forum focuses on Western Edge; Obituaries for Roger Urich and Roger Wallace; On Campus with Margaret Watson.


Hexapod Herald - Vol. 19, No. 5, November 2007 Nov 2007

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 19, No. 5, November 2007

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Contents:
Congratulations
Welcome
Publications
Grants
Student News
Meet a Distance Student
Travel
Blasts from the Pasts
From the Office
An Entomological Halloween


An Examination Of Perception And Knowledge Concerning The Venezuelan Government Under The Leadership Of Hugo Chavez, Joshua Dean Prescott Nov 2007

An Examination Of Perception And Knowledge Concerning The Venezuelan Government Under The Leadership Of Hugo Chavez, Joshua Dean Prescott

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

This study examines the perception and knowledge of American undergraduate students regarding the Venezuelan Government under the leadership of President Hugo Chavez. A perception and knowledge survey covering various and relative aspects of the Chavez Administration in Venezuela was given to undergraduate students seeking a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. It is proposed that undergraduate students seeking Criminology and Criminal Justice degrees will compare with Americans overall in having low perceptions and knowledge of Venezuela, the President of Venezuela, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, the current Venezuelan Government and its role in the global community, thus supporting a lack of …


Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration: What The Public Believes, What The Government Can Learn, Jason Ariel Daza Nov 2007

Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration: What The Public Believes, What The Government Can Learn, Jason Ariel Daza

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

Illegal immigration is one of the most divisive domestic policy issues facing the United States and one could argue the absence of a solution may stem from a misunderstanding of how the public feels about illegal immigration. This survey explores the attitudes people have towards issues surrounding illegal immigration. The results indicate that attitudes towards illegal immigration vary according to demographics, but they also suggest there is more agreement over the issues than disagreement, regardless of demographics. Thus, with an increased knowledge of where people stand on the issues, and of the strength of their beliefs, legislators can be more …


Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University Nov 2007

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

No abstract provided.


Electronic Data: A Commentary On The Law In Virginia In 2007, Hon. Thomas D. Horne Nov 2007

Electronic Data: A Commentary On The Law In Virginia In 2007, Hon. Thomas D. Horne

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Racial Profiling And The Police: Utilizing The Census Transportation Planning Package To Benchmark Traffic Stops Made By The North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Michael R. Herb Nov 2007

Racial Profiling And The Police: Utilizing The Census Transportation Planning Package To Benchmark Traffic Stops Made By The North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Michael R. Herb

Theses

Racial profiling, or the practice of using race, ethnicity, or other racially based characteristics to decide when to stop, cite, or search drivers, has been studied and analyzed by researchers for decades. Attempts have been made to gain an understanding of why officers commit acts of racial profiling and to identify different evaluation methods that allow for accurate analysis of racial profiling data. This study attempts to create a new method of evaluation by utilizing the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) as a benchmark for racial profiling data. Variables from the CTPP are used to create estimates of the transient …


The Fema Trailer Parks: Negative Perceptions And The Social Structure Of Avoidance, Matthew R. Lee, Frederick D. Weil, Edward S. Shihadeh Nov 2007

The Fema Trailer Parks: Negative Perceptions And The Social Structure Of Avoidance, Matthew R. Lee, Frederick D. Weil, Edward S. Shihadeh

Faculty Publications

In recent years, negative media attention has fostered the impression that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) parks are social wastelands filled with criminal elements and other undesirables. FEMA parks have subsequently come to be viewed by some as a major threat to the safety and quality of life of the local communities in which they are situated. This analysis addresses attitudes toward FEMA trailer parks in Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina among Baton Rouge residents. Drawing on the Locally Undesirable Land Use/Not in My Backyard (LULU/NIMBY) literature, the contact hypothesis, and a broad paradigm of social status and social control, …


Scholarship @ Rit Fall 2007, Rit Libraries Publishing And Scholarship Support Center Nov 2007

Scholarship @ Rit Fall 2007, Rit Libraries Publishing And Scholarship Support Center

RIT Digital Archives

For all the world is a stage; Watch the language; It's not just academics! Understanding student retention; Storytelling as a human resource tool; Robotic platforms go underwater; Examining the work of philosopher Agnes Heller; Sustainability through servicizing; Scientific salami slicing; Students on campus; Developing a brand; Can we teach creativity?; Mathematical symmetry in reflections; An active learning model; Outcomes for graduates of baccalaureate interpreter preparation programs specializing in interpreting in k-12th grade settings; Creating an online community of scholars


Revolutionary Peacemaking: Using A Critical Pedagogy Approach For Peacemaking With "Terrorists", Steven Best, Peter Mclaren, Anthony J. Nocella Ii Nov 2007

Revolutionary Peacemaking: Using A Critical Pedagogy Approach For Peacemaking With "Terrorists", Steven Best, Peter Mclaren, Anthony J. Nocella Ii

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"The current global political atmosphere is steeped in fear of, and intense rhetoric about, political violence and "terrorism." Amidst this turbulent environment, it is clear that scholars and practitioners need to get beyond the manufactured fear and the hysterical rhetoric, peddled by what we call the corporate-state-military-media complex (or simply, the "power complex"), and instead seek a deeper understanding of political groups that defend or deploy the tactics of economic sabotage (property destruction) or armed struggle in order to change repressive and violent social structures (Best and Nocella 2004; Best and Nocella 2006). Such understanding is important to slow down …


The First Two Years Of Housing First In Quincy, Massachusetts: "This Place Gives Me Peace, Happiness, And Hope", Tatjana Meschede Nov 2007

The First Two Years Of Housing First In Quincy, Massachusetts: "This Place Gives Me Peace, Happiness, And Hope", Tatjana Meschede

Center for Social Policy Publications

Housing First is a housing and support services program that attempts to move the most disabled homeless people directly to housing prior to treatment, using housing as the transforming element to support participation in treatment. This approach does not require sobriety or participation in long-term treatment programs unlike the traditional continuum of care approach. Promising results have been demonstrated in a number of projects using this model (Tsemberis & Eisenberg, 2000).

For the past ten years, Father Bill’s Place (FBP), a homeless shelter and housing program in Quincy, Massachusetts, has moved steadily towards providing permanent housing with supportive services, rather …


The Antigone Dilemma: When The Paths Of Law And Morality Diverge, J. C. Oleson Nov 2007

The Antigone Dilemma: When The Paths Of Law And Morality Diverge, J. C. Oleson

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


It's Just Not Cricket: Is The Principle Of Reciprocity Being Honored In The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty?, Richard Goldberger Nov 2007

It's Just Not Cricket: Is The Principle Of Reciprocity Being Honored In The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty?, Richard Goldberger

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Hilltop 11-1-2007, Hilltop Staff Nov 2007

The Hilltop 11-1-2007, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.


Blinking On The Bench: How Judges Decide Cases, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Andrew J. Wistrich Nov 2007

Blinking On The Bench: How Judges Decide Cases, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Andrew J. Wistrich

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

How do judges judge? Do they apply law to facts in a mechanical and deliberative way, as the formalists suggest they do, or do they rely on hunches and gut feelings, as the realists maintain? Debate has raged for decades, but researchers have offered little hard evidence in support of either model. Relying on empirical studies of judicial reasoning and decision making, we propose an entirely new model of judging that provides a more accurate explanation of judicial behavior. Our model accounts for the tendency of the human brain to make automatic, snap judgments, which are surprisingly accurate, but which …


Witchcraft And Statecraft: Liberal Democracy In Africa, Nelson Tebbe Nov 2007

Witchcraft And Statecraft: Liberal Democracy In Africa, Nelson Tebbe

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This Article addresses the prospects of liberal democracy in non-Western societies. It focuses on South Africa, one of the newest and most admired liberal democracies, and in particular on its efforts to recognize indigenous African traditions surrounding witchcraft and related occult practices. In 2004, Parliament passed a law that purports to regulate certain occult practitioners called traditional healers. Today, lawmakers are under pressure to go further and criminalize the practice of witchcraft itself. This Article presses two arguments. First, it contends that the 2004 statute is compatible with liberal principles of equal citizenship and the rule of law. Second, it …


Predicting The Prison Misconducts Of Women Offenders: The Importance Of Gender-Responsive Needs, Emily M. Wright, Emily J. Salisbury, Patricia Van Voorhis Nov 2007

Predicting The Prison Misconducts Of Women Offenders: The Importance Of Gender-Responsive Needs, Emily M. Wright, Emily J. Salisbury, Patricia Van Voorhis

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The needs of women offenders may be qualitatively different than the needs of male offenders. The “pathways” and “gender-responsive” perspectives of female offending have recently garnered attention in both practitioner and scholarly arenas. The pathways perspective focuses attention on the co-occurrence and effects of trauma, substance abuse, dysfunctional relationships, and mental illness on female offending, while the gender-responsive perspective also suggests that problems related to parenting, childcare, and self-concept issues are important needs of women offenders. Few studies have examined whether or not these are risk factors for poor prison adjustment. With a sample of 272 incarcerated women offenders in …


Reputation Nation: Law In An Era Of Ubiquitous Personal Information, Lior Strahilevitz Nov 2007

Reputation Nation: Law In An Era Of Ubiquitous Personal Information, Lior Strahilevitz

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


The Absence Of Justice In The United States Criminal Justice System, Yevgeny Roymisher Nov 2007

The Absence Of Justice In The United States Criminal Justice System, Yevgeny Roymisher

Honors College Theses

No abstract provided.


Hudson And Samson: The Roberts Court Confronts Privacy, Dignity, And The Fourth Amendment, John D. Castiglione Nov 2007

Hudson And Samson: The Roberts Court Confronts Privacy, Dignity, And The Fourth Amendment, John D. Castiglione

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contract Law And Its Potential Impact On Parole And Probation Searches, Michael Chmelar Nov 2007

Contract Law And Its Potential Impact On Parole And Probation Searches, Michael Chmelar

Northern Illinois University Law Review

When considering a defendant's motion to reconsider his sentence or motion to reduce his sentence, Illinois courts apply principals of contract law to hold the defendant to his negotiated plea agreement. However, courts only utilize contract law to enforce the sentence length and not other material terms of a negotiated plea. Specifically, Illinois courts have not enforced search conditions in probation or parole orders when challenged through a motion to quash and suppress. The failure to extend the use of contract principals to the search term of a sentence could create a conflict with how courts enforce negotiated pleas. In …


Table Of Contents, Depaul College Of Law Nov 2007

Table Of Contents, Depaul College Of Law

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Has A New Day Dawned For Indigent Defense In Virginia?, Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Nov 2007

Has A New Day Dawned For Indigent Defense In Virginia?, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Dui Law In Virginia, Monte Kuligowski Nov 2007

Rethinking Dui Law In Virginia, Monte Kuligowski

University of Richmond Law Review

As the demand for safer roadways needs little supporting argument, I turn to the constitutional problem of strict criminal liability law, followed with a brief analysis of criminal intent and strict liability law within the criminal system, some examples of how other states have responded to the inherent tensions, and a few specific thoughts for the legislature to consider.


Volume 14, Number 2 (Fall 2007), Peace And Conflict Studies Nov 2007

Volume 14, Number 2 (Fall 2007), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

Abstracts only.


Reputation Nation: Law In An Era Of Ubiquitous Personal Information, Lior Strahilevitz Nov 2007

Reputation Nation: Law In An Era Of Ubiquitous Personal Information, Lior Strahilevitz

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.


The Future Of The Academic Library Serials Collection, Barbara M. Pope Mals Nov 2007

The Future Of The Academic Library Serials Collection, Barbara M. Pope Mals

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Full Page Ads, Editor Nov 2007

Full Page Ads, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Fact Sheet - Sacred Heart University - Fall 2007, Office Of Institutional Research Nov 2007

Fact Sheet - Sacred Heart University - Fall 2007, Office Of Institutional Research

News, Magazines and Reports

No abstract provided.


The Price Of Misdemeanor Representation, Erica J. Hashimoto Nov 2007

The Price Of Misdemeanor Representation, Erica J. Hashimoto

William & Mary Law Review

Nobody disputes either the reality of excessive caseloads in indigent defense systems or their negative effects. More than forty years after Gideon v. Wainwright, however, few seem willing to accept that additional resources will not magically appear to solve the problem. Rather, concerned observers demand more funds while state and local legislators resist those entreaties in the face of political resistance and pressures to balance government budgets. Recognizing that indigent defense systems must operate in a world of limited resources, states should reduce the number of cases streaming into those systems by significantly curtailing the appointment of counsel in low-level …