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The Procedural Due Process Rights Of The Stigmatized Prisoner, Lindsey Webb

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

This Article addresses the role of stigma in procedural due process claims brought by prisoners. In particular, the Article focuses on inmates whom prisons have classified as sexual offenders although they have never been convicted of a sex offense. Prisons label these inmates—identified here as the “branded class”—as sexual offenders based on information outside of the inmates’ conviction histories, including charges that ended in dismissal or acquittal. As a result of the sex offender classification, prisons impose upon the branded class a wide range of sex offender-specific conditions, including mandatory treatment and sex offender registration.

In addressing procedural due process …

Japanese Legal Reform In Institutional, Ideological, And Comparative Perspective, Frank K. Upham

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sotl At Isu, Vol. 7, January 2013, Illinois State University, Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Newsletter

Newsletter for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Criminology, 2013-2014, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for Criminology for 2013-2014.

Affirmative Action Plan For 2013 "Executive Order 11246 Affirmative Action Plan (Aap) For John Jay College Of Criminal Justice New York, New York Affirmative Action Program.", John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

"This report is the annual update of the Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) required by federal regulations for women and federally designated racial/ethnic groups and covered veterans and persons with disabilities and covers the time periods: Reporting year: July 1, 2012 - June, 2013 and Program year: September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014." (from Introduction)

Victim Privacy And The Open Court Principle, Jamie Cameron

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

This Report takes a comprehensive look, in the administration of justice, at the tension between victim privacy and the open court principle. It discusses the common law foundations of openness in the justice system, and analyzes the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions on this issue under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In considering the status of victims in the criminal justice system the Report focuses on privacy rights, especially for complainants in sexual assault proceedings. It includes chapters which offer comparative, transnational and international perspectives and the author’s reflections on these questions, as well as an extensive bibliography. …

Remaining Silent After Salinas, Brandon L. Garrett

University of Chicago Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Are Print Books Dead? An Investigation Of Book Circulation At A Mid-Sized Academic Library, Lisa Rose-Wiles

Library Publications

I analyzed circulation of print books at Seton Hall University Libraries using the WorldCat Analysis tool and Voyager data. Only 21.5% of our collection circulated between 2005 and 2009, but circulation varied by subject area. Circulation was higher for subjects with more current collections. Over one-third of recent science books circulated, while older science books had low circulation. Print book circulation declined by 23% between 2005 and 2009. Results of this study informed collection development and prompted a comprehensive weeding project, participation in an international scholarly reading study, and an e-book, patron-driven acquisition program.

Preventing Impaired Driving Through College-Based Free Ride Home Programs, Andrew J. Nogar

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Checking Out Of The Exception To 3-104: Why Parties Should Be Able To Negotiate Whether Checks Should Be Payable On Demand, 3 Colum. J. Race & L. 73 (2013), Linda R. Crane

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

Many aspects of American society, including its legal system, operate to the disadvantage of minorities. Obvious examples include inequities in our criminal/justice system and in school funding. Much has been written on those and other topics. This article focuses on another example, specifically on how a sweeping change to an obscure banking rule regulating the check collection process has negatively affected consumers in general, and minority groups in particular.

U.S. check collections require a complex system comprised of a variety of institutions including commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions, as well as the customers who rely …

All Punishment Is Local: The Effects Of Jurisdictional Context On Sentence Length, Elsa Y. Chen

Political Science

Objectives
This article investigates the extent to which contextual and individual factors influence the length of prison sentences in California.

Methods
The analysis applies a hierarchical linear model to individual and county-level data.

Results
Some characteristics of the racial, organizational, and public safety environments are found to influence the length of prison terms.

Conclusions
The findings support the organizational maintenance perspective and the idea of minority incarceration as a response to a perceived crime threat. Political environment is not found to have a significant effect on sentence lengths, and the findings do not support the racial threat hypothesis. The effects …

Developing Direct Democracy Institutional Explanations For Increased Ballot Initiative Use, Clare Letmon

Theses & ETDs

A citizen-initiated ballot initiative is a proposed law that citizens petition to place directly on the ballot to be decided on by the people. Following the passage of California's property tax-slashing Proposition 13 in 1978, many states have experienced a significant increase in ballot initiative use across a wide range of issues. The goal of this project was to understand how political and economic institutions developed and interacted over time to encourage increased initiative use from an institutional perspective. This study posits that Proposition 13 and the tax revolts catalyzed increased initiative use by adding another layer of difficulty to …

Private Crimes And Public Invasions Lady Detectives And Female Criminality In Late Victorian Mystery Stories, Ziona Kocher

Theses & ETDs

The mystery stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. L. Pirkis, and George R. Sims about the detectives Sherlock Holmes, Loveday Brooke, and Dorcas Dene explore the adherence to and rejection of idealized gender roles by female criminals and lady detectives. This exploration relies heavily on the societal importance of the division of the masculine public sphere and feminine private sphere, and the ways in which Victorian women subverted expectations by rejecting their designated place in society in order to both commit and solve crimes. Anxieties concerning gender, class, and nationality are central to these stories, and they are presented …

Same Crime, Same Time? Gender, Race And Jail Sentencing, Mar Echevarria

Theses & ETDs

Currently in the United States, African-American women are incarcerated at a rate 3 times as high as White women. After the establishment of the War on Drugs in the 1980s, incarceration rates tripled, with a particular increase in Black inmates. For my study I investigated whether or not there were racial discrepancies in sentencing amongst women. I gathered data about females that were incarcerated in 2011 from a jail in Florida. I conducted one-way and two-way analysis of variances to determine whether or not race was a significant factor in determining sentencing length across crime type and drug type. I …

Challenging The Media-Incarceration Complex Through Media Education, Bill Yousman

Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications

Focusing on prime-time dramatic television as the most prevalent source of fictional images of violence, crime, and incarceration, in this chapter I address the distorted narratives and images that saturate popular television dramas. I also draw upon interviews I conducted with ex-prisoners to show how media representations of imprisonment, though inaccurate and misleading, shape the perceptions even of those who have themselves been incarcerated.

The Object Of Desire: How Being Objectified Creates Sexual Pressure For Heterosexual Women In Relationships, Tiffany Hoyt

Undergraduate Review

The objectification of women is widespread in the United States (American Psychological Association, 2007). In heterosexual relationships, a woman can feel objectified by her partner. When a woman feels objectified by her partner, she may internalize the objectification, feel like she has less control, and perceive more sexual pressure and coercion. However, there is relatively little research on objectification in romantic relationships. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to explore how partner objectification might be related to sexual pressure in heterosexual relationships. A sample of 162 women from all over the United States participated in an online study that …

Suffolk Alumni Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2013, Suffolk University

Suffolk University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Promotion Of Mental Health Wellness Among Second Generation Immigrants In The Cedar Riverside Neighborhood, Caroline Abenakyo

Theses and Graduate Projects

Effects of the stigma associated with mental health illness among immigrant populations are exacerbated by challenges like language barrier, poverty and low education status. Immigrant children and teenagers are more vulnerable to compromised mental health wellness due to their dependence upon adults and their critical developmental stages. The purpose of this project is to explore the collaborative effort between health care professionals, law enforcement, community leaders and volunteers in the development of a nursing based support group for East African immigrant parents to promote mental health wellness for second generation immigrants in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. Madeleine Leininger's Theory of …

Lafler And Frye: Two Small Band-Aids For A Festering Wound, Albert Alschuler

Articles

No abstract provided.

Instrumental And Noninstrumental Theories Of Tort Law, Richard A. Posner

Articles

No abstract provided.

Policing Immigration, Thomas J. Miles, Adam B. Cox

Articles

No abstract provided.

The Institutional Structure Of Immigration Law, Eric A. Posner

Articles

No abstract provided.

The 2013 Philip C. Jessup International Law, Alfurna, The State Of Rustasia

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The right to appear before the International Court of Justice is limited only to states.

Prison Prerelease Facilities In Texas: What Effect Do These Programs Have On Offender Success?, Brittany Michelle Rodriguez

Public Affairs Dissertations - Archive

There is sufficient evidence to suggest that inmates who participate in prerelease programs are less likely to recidivate once released from prison than those who do not participate in these programs. Research shows that the impact of education, employment skills, and life skills while incarcerated helps contribute to an offender making positive choices that will prevent them from committing new crimes. Furthermore, researchers posit that these offenders have more opportunities for success then offenders who are released with no added programs. The major hypothesis for this study is that inmates in Texas who are released from a prerelease program have …

Prison Prerelease Facilities In Texas: What Effect Do These Programs Have On Offender Success?, Brittany Michelle Rodriguez

Public Affairs Dissertations - Archive

There is sufficient evidence to suggest that inmates who participate in prerelease programs are less likely to recidivate once released from prison than those who do not participate in these programs. Research shows that the impact of education, employment skills, and life skills while incarcerated helps contribute to an offender making positive choices that will prevent them from committing new crimes. Furthermore, researchers posit that these offenders have more opportunities for success then offenders who are released with no added programs. The major hypothesis for this study is that inmates in Texas who are released from a prerelease program have …

Dispute System Design: A Comparative Study Of India, Israel And California, Janet Martinez, Sheila Purcell, Hagit Shaked-Gvili, Mohan Mehta

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") is practiced around the world with myriad approaches, though not without common ground. In an increasingly interconnected world, the sharing of this knowledge and experience has become a natural and even necessary step in the evolution of ADR. Professor Frank Sander, of Harvard Law School, spoke at the Pound Conference in 1976 and posed the notion of the multi-door courthouse, a concept that led to the development of ADR process options in courts throughout the country.

Leaving No Veteran Behind: Policies And Perspectives On Combat Trauma, Veterans Courts, And The Rehabilitative Approach To Criminal Behavior, Mark A. Mccormick-Goodhart

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

As of June 2012, at least 104 jurisdictions spanning 28 states have created specialized criminal courts for veterans. Known as Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs), these courts focus on rehabilitation, rather than incarceration, to address the root causes of criminal behavior. Although other articles have described the emergence of VTCs, few, if any, have focused on the jurisdictional differences between them. This Comment addresses the basic treatment process and jurisdictional differences among VTCs in the United States, with a particular focus on VTCs in Pennsylvania. This Comment also discusses trends in the VTC movement, the effectiveness of VTCs to date, perspectives …

Evaluating What Works For Helping Children Exposed To Violence: Results From Nine Randomized Controlled Trials, Laura J. Hickman, Lisa Jaycox, Claude Setodji, Aaron Kofner, Dana Schultz, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Racine Harris

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objectives

The study tests whether participation in interventions offered by a subset of sites from the National Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence initiative improved outcomes for children relative to controls.

Methods

The study pools data from the nine Safe Start sites that randomized families to intervention and control groups, using a within-site block randomization strategy based on child age at baseline. Caregiver-reported outcomes, assessed at baseline, six and 12 months, included caregiver personal problems, caregiver resource problems, parenting stress, child and caregiver victimization, child trauma symptoms, child behavior problems, and social-emotional competence.

Results

Results revealed no …

Annual Report, Wally And Louise Bishop Center For Ethical Leadership, 2013, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Wally And Louise Bishop Center For Ethical Leadership, David O'Neill

Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership & Civic Engagement

The 2013 annual report for the Wally and Louise Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership and Civic Engagement.

Is Ecuador That Wrong?: Analyzing The Ecuadorian Proposals Concerning The Special Rapporteurship On Freedom Of Expression Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Oswaldo R. Ruiz-Chiriboga

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.