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Urgent Reform 'In The Name Of Our Children': Revamping The Role Of Disproportionate Minority Contact In Federal Juvenile Justice Legislation, Atasi Satpathy

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Disproportionate minority contact ("DMC") has plagued the United States juvenile justice system for decades, but federal legislation has lacked the clarity and guidance to battle this affliction. A strong partnership must exist between state and federal entities in order to directly target DMC and thereby decrease the appallingly disproportionate number of minority children who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. This Note discusses the problem of DMC, identifies state and private efforts to combat the crisis, and indicates deficiencies in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act as well as its reauthorization bill, S. 678. The Note urges …

Wrl Newsletter April 2011, Maryke Barber

WRL Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Volunteers: The Power Of Community Mediation, Becky L. Jacobs

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Global Dimension Of The Current Economic Crisis And The Benefits Of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Rebecca Golbert

Nevada Law Journal

The Conference on the Economic Crisis and Conflict Resolution, sponsored by the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, concerned the application of mediation and other forms of cost-effective dispute resolution to specific dimensions of the domestic economic crisis—namely foreclosure and bankruptcy. Among other relevant themes, the conference also examined cost-effective dispute resolution in community mediation, online technology, and dispute-wise organizations. An economic downturn, however, does not respect borders. The current economic crisis is no exception. Thus, I turn our attention to the global dimension of the current economic …

Deficits In Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders When Processing Multiple Objects In Dynamic Scenes, Kirsten O'Hearn, Laura Lakusta, Elizabeth Schroer, Nancy Minshew, Beatriz Luna

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

People with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process visual information in a manner that is distinct from typically developing individuals. They may be less sensitive to people's goals and, more generally, focus on visual details instead of the entire scene. To examine these differences, people with and without ASD were asked to detect changes in dynamic scenes with multiple elements. Participants viewed a brief video of a person or an inanimate object (the "figure") moving from one object to another; after a delay, they reported whether a second video was the same or different. Possible changes included the figure, the object …

Full Issue 6.1

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

No abstract provided.

Utep Magazine: The University Of Texas At El Paso, Utep University Communications

UTEP Magazine

100 Thousand: Every Degree Has A Story

Invariance In The Factor Structure Of Translated Instruments: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis And Mimic Models, Fatma Ayyad

Dissertations

When factorial invariance is established across translated forms of an instrument, the meaning of the construct crosses language/cultures. If factorial invariance is not established, score discrepancies may represent true language group differences or faulty translation. This study seeks to disentangle this by determining whether cultural/linguistic variance can be decomposed separately from construct variance intended in the measuring instrument.

Translated forms of the God Mediated Control factor of the Belief in Personal Control Scale (BPCS) (Berrenberg, 1987) was analyzed across multiple samples for measurement and structural invariance among American native English speakers, Arab native Arabic speakers, and Arab bilingual Arabic/English speakers. …

End Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of An English Language Learner Program On Student Achievement Outcomes In Language, Reading, And Math, Jennifer L. Reid

Student Work

The purpose of the study was to determine the reading, math, and language proficiency outcomes of 4th-grade through 7th-grade students with limited English proficiency following nearly two years or more of instruction in the English Language Learner Program (ELL) and concurrent general education studies.

Charles Griswold, Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration And Nick Smith, I Was Wrong: The Meanings Of Apologies, Robert C. Roberts

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Judicial Elections And American Exceptionalism: A Comparative Perspective, Mary L. Volcansek

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taking Care Of Its Own: Comparing The United States Military's Transitional Compensation Program With State Victim Compensation Programs, Margaret Rose Kuzma

DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law

No abstract provided.

Narrative Preferences And Administrative Due Process, Jason A. Cade

Scholarly Works

This Article illustrates, through sociolinguistic analysis, how an adjudicator’s biases against certain narrative styles can influence his or her assessments of credibility, treatment of parties, and decision-making in the administrative law setting. Poverty lawyers have long observed that many claimants in the administrative state continue to face procedural and discursive obstacles. Applying insights from a growing field of inter-disciplinary research, including conversation analysis, linguistics, and cognitive studies, this Article builds upon those observations by more precisely exploring through a case study of an unemployment insurance benefits hearing how structural and narrative biases can work to deny an applicant due process …

Spartan Salute, Vol. V, Jonathan Roth

Spartan Salute (Burdick Military History)

No abstract provided.

Variables That Predict World Language Achievement In One New Jersey School As Measured By The Stamp Test, Sharon Amato

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

No abstract provided.

The Promotion Of “Character” And Its Relationship To Retention In Higher Education, Karen Noble, Robyn Henderson

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

With transition to university a strong focus across most higher

education institutions, undergraduate teacher education programs have been

increasingly scrutinised regarding their (in)ability to adequately prepare students

for the challenging social contexts that they will meet. As a result, there has been

a burgeoning of approaches which initiate beginning students. In the Education

Faculty of a regional Australian university, the FYI (First Year Infusion/For Your

Information) Program attempts to build capacity among pre-service students in a

supportive learning community. In an intentionally created context, the program

provides a Learning Circle approach to student support. Through consciously

infusing the value of …

Exploring The Effects Of Text Messaging On The Spelling Skills Of Ninth And 12th Grade Students, James G. Muhammad

All Student Theses and Dissertations

Text messaging has been criticized for a perceived negative impact on spelling skills of students and its increasing appearance in formal school papers. This paper presents a study of the effects of text messaging on the spelling skills of ninth and 12^th grade students at a U.S. high school in a Chicago suburb. The 20 students – six in the ninth grade group and 14 in the 12^th grade group – were given a questionnaire concerning their texting practices and a grade-appropriate spelling test. They also were asked if it is appropriate to use textisms in formal writings …

“The Day Everything Became Nothing”: Finding Meaning In The Postapocalyptic, Joe Chellino

All Student Theses and Dissertations

Explored in this work are three texts: Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road; Douglas Coupland’s novel, Girlfriend in a Coma; and Robert Kirkman’s ongoing serialized comic book, The Walking Dead. After a discussion of apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fictions and their ubiquity and popularity in contemporary culture, each work will be analyzed individually to explore each author’s message regarding postapocalyptic concerns. These three texts have been chosen as each represents a point along a loose continuum of high-to-low art. Primarily, this thesis will focus on how each author approaches systems of meaning-making and systems of understanding in postapocalyptic settings …

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 2, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“Mark Nolan and Cass Timberlane,” by Susan K. O’Brien

“Arrowsmith: The People Behind the Characters,” by Jan Peter Verhave, Van Raalte Institute, Hope College

“Sinclair Lewis’s Early Newspaper Career,” by Gary H. Mayer, Stephen F. Austin State University

Second Chances,” rev. of The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth by Barnaby Conrad, by Gary H. Mayer, Stephen F. Austin State University

“Habeas Corpus,” by Sinclair Lewis, part 6

Siting Foreign Law: How Derrida Can Help, Pierre Legrand

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

From Divergence To Convergence? A Comparative And International Law Analysis Of Lgbti Rights In The Context Of Race And Post-Colonialism, James D. Wilets

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

Insular Minorities: International Laws Challenge To Japan's Ethnic Homogeneity, Timothy Webster

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Are Muslims The New Catholics? Europe’S Headscarf Laws In Comparative Historical Perspective, Robert A. Kahn

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

How Does Psi Chi Journal Of Undergraduate Research Measure Up?, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez

Psychology Faculty Publications

Understanding the complexities inherent in descriptions of research journals can take significant time and energy, and in the end leave the average psychologist and psychology student wondering—what does it all mean? Why does this matter? In this column, I attempt to provide information to illuminate how journals are described and why we care. Additionally, I will review how our own journal, Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, measures up on these criteria. In short, Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research is a scholarly journal that is peer-reviewed and indexed. Let’s explore these areas so you will feel very excited about …

Service Quality Of The Chinese Ymca Of Hong Kong, Joyce Chan, Siu Yin Cheung, Jennifer Y. Mak

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

Service quality is an essential element for managers and marketers to successfully compete in the sport and leisure industry. The present study is a first of its kind research study evaluating the service quality of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong. In this study, extensive customer research was conducted to investigate the members’ usage, expectations, perceptions, and satisfaction levels in the Recreation and Sport Department. Data were collected from 559 members. This study provides a channel to listen to the voice of the customers and assist the managers to improve the service quality by pinpointing areas that need managerial action.

Writing Program Design For Esl Writers, Kacie M. Kiser

English Theses & Dissertations

Research and scholarship in the field of second-language writing have suggested that English as second language students (ESLs) require different modes of instruction than their native English speaking peers within the composition classroom (Matsuda, 1996; Silva, 1994). Yet ESL students are commonly marginalized in institutions' writing programs due to several commonplace beliefs shared by administrators that ESL students can be taught according to the same standards as mainstream students. Therefore, writing program administrators and instructors often do not have specific knowledge of ESL writing issues and, thus, do not know how to pedagogically accommodate these students or design a program …

Indefinite Detention Under The Laws Of War, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

The recent acquittal of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to stand trial in U.S. federal court on all but one of the 286 charges he faced stemming from the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa has reinvigorated the discussion on indefinite detention under the laws of war. While the issue has been raised in the past, the discussion hasn’t extended beyond stating that the law of war, or law of armed conflict (LOAC) as it is often called, provides a legal basis for detention, including detention for the duration of hostilities. In fact, the Obama Administration has made …

Talking Masturbation: Men, Women, And Sexuality Through Playful Discourse, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm

Honors Projects

This study seeks to understand the relationship between talking about masturbation and masturbation as an everyday practice in the United States. This essay is arranged in terms of a number of overlapping sections that converge to offer a clearer interpretive context for a discussion of the results of the questionnaire and interview data. The first part of my essay is an attempt to make sense of the cultural history and to situate conceptions about masturbation and attempts to regulate it up to present day. Then, as a gendered talk, it is necessary to engage in a theoretical discussion of gender …