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“Death Is Different” No Longer: Graham V. Florida And The Future Of Eighth Amendment Challenges To Noncapital Sentences., Barry Sullivan

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Well-Being Analysis, John Bronsteen

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Force, Freedom Of Commerce, And Double Standards In Prosecuting Pirates In Kenya, James T. Gathii

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Welfare As Happiness, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Connecticut Yankee Speech In Europe's Court: An Alternative Vision Of Constitutional Defamation Law To "New York Times Co. V. Sullivan?, Allen E. Shoenberger

Faculty Publications & Other Works

Retribution And The Experience Of Punishment., John Bronsteen

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Completions 2010-11, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

IPEDS Completions annual report contains the following information:

• Number of awards conferred by program, by level, and by race/ethnicity and gender of recipient
• Number of completers, separately by race/ethnicity, gender, age and level of award

Graduate Academic Catalog (2010-2011), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

For many, earning a graduate degree is a way to advance in a career, for others it's the next step toward a doctorate degree and for others it's the right thing to do. At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) you'll experience a university dedicated to being a leading resource for graduate study, one that offers the right learning environment focused on your success.

As a graduate student at UNO, you will have the opportunity to develop independent scholarship and gain greater competence in research and other applied activities. Rigor, combined with real-world experience and innovation help create a …

Do Ugly Criminals Receive Harsher Sentences? An Analysis Of Lookism In The Criminal Justice System, Kelly Beck

Business and Economics Honors Papers

For many years, researchers have attempted to find a link between beauty and labor market outcomes. Although many important findings have been noted in these studies, the beauty analysis utilized was a subjective measurement. This subjective method, while important, may have external factors creating bias in the rating itself. In this study, the impact of beauty is applied to criminals and their sentences. Using a computer based symmetry measurement tool, an objective beauty measurement will be utilized. This study will seek to uncover whether or not criminals who are less attractive, measured through facial symmetry, receive harsher prison sentences than …

Criminal Law - All Mixed Up And Don't Know What To Do: A Review Of The Tenth Circuit's Approach To Sentencing In Federal Methamphetamine Production Cases; United States V. Richards, 87 F.3d 1152 (10th Cir. 1996) (En Banc), Kevin L. Daniels

Wyoming Law Review

No abstract provided.

Forecast, Winter 2009-2010, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

foreCAST

Magazine of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Policing: A Sociologist’S Response To An Anthropological Account, Peter Moskos

Publications and Research

Social science writing should not ape quantitative science in format, structure, or style. If we can’t explain ourselves to others in a style both illuminating and interesting, we won’t and don’t deserve to be taken seriously. Too many in the Ivory Tower cling to the belief that research and academic writing must conform to a “scientific” format. Quality writing is more art than science. To be relevant, writing need not be – indeed should not be – rooted in a limited model of “hypothesis, replicable experiment, findings, discussion.” The more jargon and sociobabble we anthropologists, sociologists, and ethnographers spew out, …

Dordt College 2010-2011 Catalog, Dordt College. Registrar's Office

Academic Catalogs

Academic Catalog for 2010-2011

The Goals And Objectives Of Law Schools Beyond Educating Students: Research, Capacity Building, Community Service-The National University Of Singapore School Of Law Experience, Cheng-Han Tan

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Rethinking Guardianship (Again): Substituted Decision Making As A Violation Of The Integration Mandate Of Title Ii Of The Americans With Disabilities Act, Leslie Salzman

University of Colorado Law Review

In every state, when an adult has a diminished capacity to make decisions about personal affairs or property management, a court may transfer the individual's right to make decisions to a guardian. This Article argues that, in most cases, it would be preferable to support decision making rather than supplant it through guardianship, and then seeks to locate a right to receive such support as a less restrictive alternative to the substituted decision making that characterizes guardianship. Building on the reasoning in Olmstead v. L.C. and subsequent decisions interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act's integration mandate, this Article argues that …

Examining The Impact Of California's Medical Marijuana Program On Public Health, John C. Lamb

CMC Senior Theses

The debate surrounding marijuana legalization has increased its popularity in recent years, as the state of California seriously considers the complete legalization of the substance for those ages 21 and over. This would make California the first government in recorded history to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana on a commercial level. Advocates back the economic positives concerning high tax revenues, but those opposed argue that the dangers associated with public health greatly outweigh any monetary gain. The present study attempts to reveal the possible public health concerns, even potential benefits, caused by marijuana use and its distribution. Specifically, …

Reform In California's Immigration Enforcement And Immigration Court, Nelson E. Gil

CMC Senior Theses

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistic, California accounts for approximately 2,600,000 illegal immigrants in 2009. This number represents about 25 percent of the entire estimated illegal immigrant population in the United States, which is roughly 10.8 million. Between 2003 and 2008, the U.S. government removed 1,446,338 noncitizens from the United States. This rise in deportation is a result o the changes that have been enacted by the federal government over the years that transformed the nature of immigration enforcement. This thesis explores the California Immigration Enforcement system from the programs established to apprehend illegal aliens …

The National Right To Counsel Act: A Congressional Solution To The Nation's Indigent Defense Crisis, Cara H. Drinan

Scholarly Articles

For decades, scholars and practitioners have criticized the deplorable quality of legal representation available to poor criminal defendants across the country. Yet states continue to give short shrift to the constitutional rights of poor defendants. This article proposes a new piece of federal legislation designed to ameliorate the chronic inadequacies of public defense systems, while respecting federalism and leaving in tact the states’ ability to devise and implement appropriate public defense systems. The centerpiece of this proposed legislation is a cause of action in federal court that allows indigent defendants to seek equitable relief for systemic Sixth Amendment violations on …

Baseless Pleas: A Mockery Of Justice, Mari Byrne

Fordham Law Review

This Note addresses the ethicality of the baseless plea, a guilty plea entered by a defendant for a crime that everyone in the courtroom—judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, and defendant—knows the defendant did not commit. Used in the interest of efficiency and leniency, the baseless plea allows a defendant to plead guilty to a crime that has no basis in the facts of the case. Though used by courts in numerous jurisdictions, baseless pleas have been largely unaddressed as courts have sought to conceal the practice and as commentators have therefore failed to detect it. This Note seeks to remedy that …

Psychiatric Status, Self Control And Violence: Application Of The General Theory Of Crime, Feodor A. Gostjev

Master's Theses and Capstones

Previous studies have suggested that psychiatric patients are more likely to be violent then the individuals in the general population. This thesis uses data collected in MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study to compare violent behaviors perpetrated by psychiatric patients in 10 weeks after their release from a psychiatric hospital and by subjects living in a similar community setting. Furthermore, Gottfredson and Hirschis's (1990) self control theory is applied to examine etiological causes of violence. The outcomes suggest that psychiatric patients were more likely to be violent during the study period than the community control subjects. The difference in violence rates …

Foreword: Lawfare!, Michael P. Scharf, Shannon Pagano

Faculty Publications

Forward to the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law's symposium "Lawfare!" 2012, Cleveland, OH.

Judicial Abdication And Equal Access To The Civil Justice System, Gene R. Nichol Jr.

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Company Of Scoundrels, Ronald J. Bacigal

Washington and Lee Law Review

My initial reaction to Brett Shockley's Note, Protecting Due Process from the PROTECT Act: The Problems with Increasing Periods of Supervised Release for Sexual Offenders, was to admire his courage. Not many people would undertake a discussion of possible injustice to child pornographers, who surely rank with terrorists and drug dealers as the most reviled and least sympathetic claimants for fair treatment. Shockley puts aside the moral condemnation these people deserve, and focuses on the morality of Procedure-the rule of Law if you will-divorced from the worthiness, or lack thereof, of particular defendants. As students of criminal Procedure come to …

Nova Law Review 34, 3

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Closing The Door: Mental Illness, The Criminal Justice System, And The Need For A Uniform Mental Health Policy, Shane Levesque

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bgsu Graduate College 2010-2011 Catalog, Bowling Green State University

Course Catalogs

Bowling Green State University graduate catalog for 2010-2011.

Privacy And Counter-Terrorism: The Pervasiveness Of Data, Paul Rosenzweig

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Foreward: Lawfare!, Michael P. Scharf, Shannon Pagano

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Lawfare Or Strategic Communications?, Gregory P. Noone Dr.

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Lawfare: A Rhetorical Analysis, Tawia Ansah

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.