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Strengthening The Effectiveness Of California's Hiv Transmisision Statute, Erin Mccormick

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

The current California HIV transmission statute is ineffective because the intentional exposure mens rea requirement drastically limits prosecutors' ability to show culpability for those who expose others to HIV through sexual activity. This note proposes an amended statue, which allow for prosecuting those who knowingly expose others to HIV without disclosing to them their HIV -positive status.

Honorslink, Issue 2013.2, University Of Dayton. Honors Program

HonorsLINK Newsletter

News and notes from the University of Dayton Honors Program. This issue features our 2012-13 graduates and profiles of some new alumni.

Domestic Counterinsurgency: How Counterinsurgency Tactics Combined With Laws Were Deployed Against Blacks Throughout U.S. History, William Y. Chin

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

Long before the United States engaged in counterinsurgency overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States engaged in counterinsurgency domestically against blacks. The history of America is a history of enduring conflict between black insurgents and white counterinsurgents. This conflict began centuries ago with the forced transport of enslaved blacks to America’s shores. From the beginning, whites employed all levers of national power including laws to suppress black resistance. The laws became counterinsurgency weapons launched against blacks in an internal conflict lasting generations.

"Burglar Of Interest": An Analysis Of South Carolina Burglary Law After State V. Singley, Stephen D. Sutherland

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Utpa Commencement – Summer 2013, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

A Primer On Criminal Child Abuse And Neglect Law, Douglas E. Abrams

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Unlv Magazine, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Shane Bevell, Holly Ivy Devore, Megan Downs, Brian Sodoma, Katherine Stowell, Ched Whitney

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

Monarch, Jim Raper (Editor)

Monarch Magazine

Summer 2013 issue of Monarch, the Old Dominion University Magazine.

Subtitled: Assignment: French Polynesia

2013 - 2014 University Catalog, Loma Linda University

University Catalog (2005 - present)

Volume 103, Number 1, July 2013

Published once a year, July 2013

Report To Governor Mike Beebe, President Pro Tempore Of The Senate, And Speaker Of The House, Non-Legislative Commission On The Study Of Landlord-Tenant Laws

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Torture Warrants, Self-Defense, And Necessity, Fritz Allhoff

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article examines four potential legal justifications for interrogational torture—civil disobedience, torture warrants, self-defense, and necessity defense. It argues that the necessity defense is the most appropriate legal framework for justifying torture in extreme scenarios, such as the "ticking timebomb" case, while emphasizing that legal justifications do not equate to moral endorsement. The analysis critiques other mechanisms, like torture warrants, for their potential to facilitate abuse, and highlights the necessity defense's ability to balance accountability and extreme exigency.

Torture At Home: Borrowing From The Torture Convention To Define Domestic Violence, Claire Wright

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

The great majority of U.S. states do not include mental abuse in their definitions of domestic violence, even though mental abuse the most dangerous and pervasive form of domestic violence. Based on a comprehensive review of the psychological theory of domestic violence and numerous laws outlawing bullying, hazing, and torture, this article proposes a new, psychologically sound definition of domestic violence which encompasses mental abuse and at the same time provides protections against infringements of individuals' privacy, free speech, and parental rights. This article concludes that the states' failure to treat mental abuse as domestic violence is greatly facilitating the …

Telepsychiatry In Correctional Facilities: Using Technology To Improve Access And Decrease Costs Of Mental Health Care In Underserved Populations, Stacie Anne Deslich, Timothy Thistlethwaite, Alberto Coustasse

Management Faculty Research

Objective: It is unclear if telepsychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, increases access to mental health care for inmates in correctional facilities or decreases costs for clinicians or facility administrators. The purpose of this investigation was to determine how utilization of telepsychiatry affected access to care and costs of providing mental health care in correctional facilities.

Methods: A literature review complemented by a semistructured interview with a telepsychiatry practitioner. Five electronic databases, the National Bureau of Justice, and the American Psychiatric Association Web sites were searched for this research, and 49 sources were referenced. The literature review examined implementation of telepsychiatry …

Proposal For An Animal Crimes Unit Within The Milwaukee Police Department, Caroline Knitter

Professional Projects

The incidence of animal abuse continues to rise in communities across this nation. The range of animal abuse crimes includes starvation and neglect, dog fighting, sexual abuse to malicious killing. Research indicates that crime against or involving animals often leads to crime against humans, interpersonal violence. Many animal abuse crimes go unreported, and the human victims involved are unidentified. Overburdened with crimes against humans, many police departments do not have the resources available to focus on animal abuse. To address this issue, animal crimes units are being initiated in police departments in some major cities. The purpose ofthis research study …

House Republicans Add Insult To Native Women’S Injury, Ryan Devreskracht

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

No abstract provided.

Measuring State-Created Immigration Climate, Huyen Pham, Pham Hoang Van

Faculty Scholarship

The phenomenon of subfederal immigration regulation, in which state and local governments enact laws regulating immigrants within their jurisdictions, has become an enduring part of the American legal landscape. Though still the subject of occasional legal challenges, the focus of the national conversation has shifted from whether to have subfederal immigration regulation, to what form that regulation should take. States have taken widely varying approaches to immigration regulation; some like Arizona and Alabama have enacted restrictive, negative laws, while other states like Illinois and California have enacted laws to benefit the immigrants within their jurisdictions. Thus, in order to understand …

How Folk Beliefs About Free Will Influence Sentencing: A New Target For The Neuro-Determinist Critics Of Criminal Law, Emad H. Atiq

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Do recent results in neuroscience and psychology that portray our choices as predetermined threaten to undermine the assumptions about "free will" that drive criminal law? This article answers in the affirmative, and offers a novel argument for the transformative import of modern science. It also explains why a revision in the law's assumptions is morally desirable. Problematic assumptions about free will have a role to play in criminal law not because they underlie substantive legal doctrine or retributive theory, but because everyday actors in the sentencing process are authorized to make irreducibly moral determinations outside of the ordinary doctrinal framework. …

Contrition In The Courtroom: Do Apologies Affect Adjudication?, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Chris Guthrie, Andrew J. Wistrich

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Apologies usually help to repair social relationships and appease aggrieved parties. Previous research has demonstrated that in legal settings, apologies influence how litigants and juries evaluate both civil and criminal defendants. Judges, however, routinely encounter apologies offered for instrumental reasons, such as to reduce a civil damage award or fine, or to shorten a criminal sentence. Frequent exposure to insincere apologies might make judges suspicious of or impervious to apologies. In a series of experimental studies with judges as research participants, we find that in some criminal settings, apologies can induce judges to be more lenient, but overall, apologizing to …

Strengths Versus Deficits: The Impact Of Gender Role Conflict And Counseling Approach On The Appeal Of Therapy For Men, Jeff Reznicek-Parrado

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Current trends from the fields of mental health, criminal justice, and sociology suggest that despite men’s significant mental health problems (i.e. Moscick, 1995; Sue, Sue, & Sue, 2003; Greenfield & Snell, 1999; Follman, Aronsen, & Pan, 2013), they are much more reluctant to seek mental health help than women (Addis & Mahalik, 2003; Olfson & Marcus, 2010). Sociologists and psychologists have suggested that this disparity in help seeking can be largely explained by a cultural mismatch between the context of masculinity and the context of psychotherapy. Psychologists have called for a paradigm shift in the way clinical services are rendered …

Order, Technology And The Constitutional Meanings Of Criminal Procedure, Thomas P. Crocker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

#Zerotolerance #Keepingupwiththetimes: How Federal Zero Tolerance Policies Failed To Promote Educational Success, Deter Juvenile Legal Consequences, And Confront New Social Media Concerns In Public Schools Chalk Talks, Kaitlyn Jones

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Shoot To Kill: A Critical Look At Stand Your Ground Laws, Tamara Rice Lave

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Not Guilty By Reason Of Gender Transgression: The Ethics Of Gender Identity Disorder As Criminal Defense And The Case Of Pfc. Chelsea Manning, Madeline Porta

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Inclusive, Interactive Classroom As Student-Learning Facilitator, Celia Lo, Allison N. Monge

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Using principles underlying the social constructivist approach, we redesigned an undergraduate course on social problems, seeking to employ three learning activities (online assignments and small-group and class discussions) to facilitate knowledge construction by students and promote their intellectual capabilities and critical-thinking skills. We collected qualitative and quantitative data from students enrolled in the redesigned, hybrid course (it comprised class meetings on campus plus online work), two sections of which were taught. Students in both sections completed two feedback evaluation surveys about satisfaction and learning; this survey data comprised narrative comments completed across the fall and spring semesters of 2010–2011. We …

Governors: Seize The Law: A Call To Expand The Use Of Pardons To Provide Relief From Deportation, Stacy Caplow

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Nearing Thirty Years: The Burger Court, Strickland V. Washington, And The Parameters Of The Right To Counsel, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

In Strickland v. Washington, the Court issued a standard for determining when defense counsel's ineffective performance, through no direct fault of the prosecution, law enforcement, public, or judiciary, undermined the fairness of a trial such that a conviction or sentence had to be rendered as a violation of due process. The article's conclusion presents a model for applying the legal history underlying Strickland to ineffective assistance cases.

Attending School Matters: Policies To Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism, Charles J. Russo, Carolyn Talbert-Johnson

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Chronic absenteeism is among the most pervasive challenges facing public education in the United States as 1 in 10 students misses a month or more of school annually. Further, approximately 7% of fourth and eighth graders miss at least a week of school per month, whereas an estimated 5.5% to 20% of students are absent every day in some urban schools where absentee rates reach as high as 30% (Balfanz and Byrnes 2012).

As education leaders and policy makers debate the merits of new intervention strategies under the No Child Left Behind Act and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to …

Extraordinary Anguish: The Trampling Of Rights Amidst Conflict In Sri Lanka, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena

National Law School Journal

No abstract provided.

Examining The Scope Of Indecent Representation Of Women (Prevention) Act, 1986, In The Light Of Cyber Victimisation Of Women In India, Debarati Halder

National Law School Journal

No abstract provided.

A Further Test Of Strain Theory: Does Gender Discrimination Contribute To Theft By Employees?, John A. Casten

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This study was an examination of General Strain Theory's contention that gender discrimination. as a source of strain. can lead to deviant behaviors. Specifically. the effects of gender discrimination in the workplace on theft by employees. The study was unique in that it utilized a sample split three different ways. First, by gender, second by perceived and actual measures of both crime and discrimination, and third, by combined versus separate discrimination measures. The third item being particularly unique. The study utilized bivariate correlations and logistic regression throughout for statistical analyses. The results indicated that combined measures were not as effective …