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2008 Spring Public Record, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

Public Record

No abstract provided.

Maine Department Of Corrections Annual Juvenile Recidivism Report, Susan Pate

Justice Policy

Executive Summary:

This Juvenile Recidivism Report is the latest in a series of juvenile recidivism reports that began with the 1998 Baseline Report. The purpose of this report is to gain a better understanding of first time juvenile offenders, the crimes they are adjudicated for, how soon they recidivate, and to continue to measure juvenile recidivism over time. This report was developed by the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service for the Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) Division of Juvenile Services (DJS).

DJS has a long standing tradition of tracking juvenile recidivism. Beginning with the 1998 Baseline …

Winona Currents Magazine, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

This magazine published by Winona State University’s University Advancement was intended to inform WSU Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the greater community about Alumni and the university.Title Town: Warriors bring Basketball Championship back to Winona.

Graduate Catalog. 2008, Spring., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008, The Death Penalty, Editorial Board

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

Table of contents for a special issue on the topic of capital punishment.

The Death Penalty And The Society We Want, Stephen B. Bright

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “At the local level, we can tell a lot about a community by how it treats a homeless person suffering from schizophrenia who is begging on the street. One possibility is to look upon that person with the thought that there but for grace go I, that this person is desperately in need of help, and that we—individually and as a community—must respond by giving a helping hand and making sure that the person receives food, shelter, clothing, and care for such a debilitating mental illness. Another possibility is to simply ignore the person, to step around him or …

Completely Unguided Discretion: Admitting Non-Statutory Aggravating And Non-Statutory Mitigating Evidence In Capital Sentencing Trials, Sharon Turlington

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “As an attorney practicing exclusively in the area of death penalty defense at the trial level for the last ten years, my perspective on the problems inherent in the system seems vastly different from that presented in academic research and even in case law. While most of the recent changes in death penalty law have focused on the right of the defendant to have sentencing enhancing elements of an offense proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, much of the evidence presented in an actual death penalty jury trial is non-statutory aggravation and non-statutory mitigation. Generally, non-statutory aggravating …

Will The United States Follow England (And The Rest Of The World) In Abandoning Capital Punishment?, Frederick C. Millett

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “Walking down Nanjing Road in Shanghai, you will not only pass by the foreign clothing stores that seem to be taking over the area, but also Pepsi signs every fifty feet, a McDonald’s, and a KFC—all with the backdrop of Chinese characters and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Along your way, you can stop in The Chopstick Shop to find the perfect set of chopsticks, buy a smoothie from a vendor, or just sit on a bench and watch the thousands of Chinese people walk by wearing Nike hats and Levi’s jeans. Just across the river is the Pudong …

The Abolitionist’S Dilemma: Establishing The Standards For The Evolving Standards Of Decency, Dwight Aarons

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “For those who believe that the death penalty should be declared unconstitutional and that the U.S. Supreme Court is the institution that should make that declaration, these are interesting times. On one hand, the Rehnquist Court, which had previously not been a reliable friend of criminal defendants, in 2002, ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute mentally retarded defendants, and in 2005 it came to the same conclusion as to defendants who committed a capital crime before his or her eighteenth birthday. On the other hand, close scrutiny of these opinions evidences that the Court all but casts aside …

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2008.03, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Affairs

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals In China: Could Changes Bring Stronger Protection For Intellectual Property Rights And Human Health?, Dina M. Bronshtein

Washington International Law Journal

Although China seeks to improve its image as a legitimate participant in the global intellectual property (“IP”) market, Chinese companies continue to produce more than thirty percent of the counterfeit drugs circulating in the world today. The counterfeit pharmaceutical industry profits from efficient and cost-effective production systems by producing counterfeits at an exceedingly low cost. This poses a serious problem because the production and sale of counterfeit drugs leads to negative economic and social health-related effects. China’s existing penalties for counterfeit pharmaceutical production are considered a mere cost of doing business in China, rather than a deterrent from engaging in …

Lost Without Translation: The Official English Movement And The First Amendment, Amy Mackin

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Why Is The Policeman Asking For My Visa - The Future Of Federalism And Immigration Enforcement, Anne B. Chandler

Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law

No abstract provided.

Human Welfare, Not Human Rights, Eric A. Posner

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Human rights treaties play an important role in international relations but they lack a foundation in moral philosophy and doubts have been raised about their effectiveness for constraining states. Drawing on ideas from the literature on economic development, this paper argues that international concern should be focused on human welfare rather than on human rights. A focus on welfare has three advantages. First, the proposition that governments should advance the welfare of their populations enjoys broader international and philosophical support than do the various rights that are incorporated in the human rights treaties. Second, the human rights treaties are both …

The Political Economies Of Criminal Justice (Reviewing Governing Through Crime: How The War On Crime Transformed American Democracy And Created A Culture Of Fear By Jonathan Simon), Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

University of Chicago Law Review

No abstract provided.

Women's History Month 2008

Diversity Programs

Lectures and Events during Women's History Month, March 2008.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 25, No. 1-2 (Spring / Summer 2008), Darryl S. Wood, André B. Rosay, Deborah Periman, Greg Postle, Katherine Tepas, Tara Henry

Vols 21-30 (2004-2014)

The Spring/Summer 2008 double-issue of the Alaska Justice Forum focuses on various aspects of the problem of sexual assault—the nature of the crime, victims and suspects; case prosecution; offender recidivism; public safety and rehabilitation, with articles on case processing of sexual assault cases in rural villages, a description of the sexual assault problem in communities served by the Alaska State Troopers, Sexual assault nurse examinations in Alaska, and Alaska's sex offender registration statute. An additional article looks at national figures on incarcerated parents.

Law School Record, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Spring 2008), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• David Park Currie: 1936-2007
• Fifty Years of Clinical Legal Education at Chicago Law
• Mikva Retires from Clinic Service
• The Tax Mirage
• Faculty Books - How Judges Think: A Conversation with Judge Richard Posner

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2008 Spring, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Spring 2008.

Opportunities For Engaging Minorities, Dallas D. Owens Dr.

Articles & Editorials

Five aspects of minority community engagement in national security issues were examined: two concerned engagement in specific minority communities (Muslim and Latino), one a “field” of engagement (public health), one a traditional type of engagement (military service), and one a prerequisite for successful community engagement (effective leadership). The five aspects included (1) dynamics of engaging the growing Latino community, with emphasis on police department best practices to include Latino concerns and participation in community security; (2) participation of the Muslim community in planning for and response to natural disasters and terrorism threats; (3) providing public health services to all at-risk …

Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, Donna Mcaleer, David Ashley, Grace Russell, Michelle Mouton, Mamie Peers

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2007, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients.

A Welfare State Of Civil Rights: The Triumph Of The Therapeutic In American Constitutional Law, Daniel F. Piar

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article examines the influence of the therapeutic culture on the modem constitutional law of civil rights. The therapeutic culture is defined as one in which the central moral question is individual fulfillment. That culture has sprung up to replace older cultures such as Protestantism and classical republicanism, which are no longer capable of appealing to a nation as diverse as the United States. Instead of asking whether individuals or the nation conform to some external moral system, the therapeutic culture asks whether individuals are happy or fulfilled. This Article demonstrates that the therapeutic culture has had a significant effect …

Victims, "Closure", And The Sociology Of Emotion, Susan A. Bandes

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

The concept of closure, almost unknown two decades ago, has had a meteoric rise. It has been enthusiastically embraced by the legal system not only as a legitimate psychological state, but as one that the criminal justice system ought to help victims and murder survivors to attain. In the death penalty context, the concept of closure has changed the way we talk about the rationale for capital punishment, it has changed the shape of the legal process, and it has even changed what both survivors and jurors in capital cases expect to feel. Yet, as I will illustrate, the term …

The Interactive Effects Of Antisocial Personality Disorder And Court-Mandated Status On Substance Abuse Treatment Dropout, Stacey B. Daughters, Brooke A Stipelman, Marsha N. Sargeant, Randi Schuster, Marina Bornovalova, C W Lejuez

Psychology Faculty Publications

The present study sought to examine the interactive effects of court-mandated (CM) treatment and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) on treatment dropout among 236 inner-city male substance users receiving residential substance abuse treatment. Of the 236 participants, 39.4% (n = 93) met criteria for ASPD and 72.5% (n = 171) were mandated to treatment through a pretrial release-to-treatment program. Results indicated a significant interaction between ASPD and CM status, such that patients with ASPD who were voluntarily receiving treatment were significantly more likely to drop out of treatment than each of the other groups. Subsequent discrete time survival analyses …

The Pendulum Swings Back: Revisiting Corporate Criminality And The Rise Of Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Robert J. Ridge, Mackenzie A. Baird

University of Dayton Law Review

Essay from the Project for Law and Business Ethics Symposium: “Unearthing Corporate Wrongdoing: Detecting and Dealing with Ethical Breaches in the Business World”

The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment: Courts' Disparate Treatment Of Incarcerated Patients, Peter Wood

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

The Age Of The Child: Interrogating Juveniles After Roper V. Simmons, Tamar R. Birckhead

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Modern Movement Of Vindicating Violations Of Criminal Defendants' Rights Through Judicial Discipline, Keith Swisher

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Real Problem Of Racial Profiling In Seattle, Washington, Whitney Rivera

Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

No abstract provided.