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Ucf Cocoa & Palm Bay Knight News Summer 2013, Megan M. Haught Jan 2013

Ucf Cocoa & Palm Bay Knight News Summer 2013, Megan M. Haught

UCF Cocoa & Palm Bay Newsletter

This is the Summer 2013 edition of the UCF Cocoa & Palm Bay Newsletter which celebrates the accomplishments and community activity of the faculty, staff, and students from the University of Central Florida Cocoa and Palm Bay campuses. Some of the exciting items in this issue:
-The new Regional Vice Provost, Jeff Jones, visited the Cocoa campus
-Cocoa and Palm Bay celebrated the UCF 50th Anniversary with Atlas Launch Parties
-Librarian Andy Todd was the winner of the 2013 Excellence in Librarianship award
-We welcomed two new faculty members to the College of Sciences
-Remember to get your new EFSC …

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The Effects Of The Vocabulary Think Chart Strategy On Seventh-Grade Students' Scientific Vocabulary Knowledge: A Mixed-Method Study., Paloma Ferreira Jan 2013

The Effects Of The Vocabulary Think Chart Strategy On Seventh-Grade Students' Scientific Vocabulary Knowledge: A Mixed-Method Study., Paloma Ferreira

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This mixed-method study examined the effects of the use of the Vocabulary Think Chart in seventh-grade science students’ understanding of scientific vocabulary. Participants included 89 students who attended the only three regular Earth Science classes in the study site. Participants were assigned to the treatment and comparison group according to the teachers’ wish on how they wanted to participate in the study. The experimental group received one week long preparation on the use of the Vocabulary Think Chart, followed by five weeks of using the strategy independently. Results of the study did not show a significant change on students’ scientific …

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A Mixed-Methods Approach To Examining The Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (Cit) Model: An Exploratory Study Of Program Effectiveness And Institutionalization Processes, Megan Magers Jan 2013

A Mixed-Methods Approach To Examining The Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (Cit) Model: An Exploratory Study Of Program Effectiveness And Institutionalization Processes, Megan Magers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study utilized a mixed-methods strategy to examine the effectiveness, diffusion, and institutionalization of the Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model. To evaluate the effectiveness of the training component of the CIT model, a panel research design was employed in which a sample of 179 law enforcement officers and 100 correctional officers in nine Florida counties were surveyed on the first day of training (pretest), the last day of training (posttest), and one month following their completion of CIT training (follow-up). These surveys measured the extent to which CIT training achieved several officer-level objectives, including increased knowledge of mental …

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Promoting Courage: An Evaluation Of Harbor House Of Central Florida's Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Initiative Project Courage, Jordana Navarro Jan 2013

Promoting Courage: An Evaluation Of Harbor House Of Central Florida's Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Initiative Project Courage, Jordana Navarro

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While the old adage of “it takes a village…” is often stated in reference to raising children, this statement is also extremely applicable in combating social problems such as intimate partner abuse (IPA). All too often society members turn a “blind eye” to abuse occurring within our homes between intimate partners. Although recent research has shown improvement in attitudes condemning IPA, other research has identified that many individuals continue to perceive IPA as largely a private problem (Bethke & DeJoy, 1993; Straus, Kaufman Kantor, & Moore, 1997). This commonplace belief stands in stark contrast to the vast amount of research …

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Tracking Violence: Using Neighborhood-Level Characteristics In The Analysis Of Domestic Violence In Chicago And The State Of Illinois, Rachel Morgan Jan 2013

Tracking Violence: Using Neighborhood-Level Characteristics In The Analysis Of Domestic Violence In Chicago And The State Of Illinois, Rachel Morgan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Social disorganization theory proposes that neighborhood characteristics, such as residential instability, racial and ethnic heterogeneity, concentrated disadvantage, and immigrant concentration contribute to an increase in crime rates. Informal social controls act as a mediator between these neighborhood characteristics and crime and delinquency. Informal social controls are regulated by members of a community and in a disorganized community these controls are not present, therefore, crime and delinquency flourish (Sampson, 2012). Researchers have focused on these measures of social disorganization and the ability to explain a variety of crimes, specifically public crimes. Recently, researchers have focused their attention to characteristics of socially …

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Coverage For Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Survey Through The Wars, Andrea Gomes Jan 2013

Coverage For Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Survey Through The Wars, Andrea Gomes

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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“You Want Insurance With That?” Using Behavioral Economics To Protect Consumers From Add-On Insurance Products, Tom Baker, Peter Siegelman Jan 2013

“You Want Insurance With That?” Using Behavioral Economics To Protect Consumers From Add-On Insurance Products, Tom Baker, Peter Siegelman

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Reconciling The Irreconcilable Conflict In Insurance Severability Of Interests Clause Interpretation, Johnny Parker Jan 2013

Reconciling The Irreconcilable Conflict In Insurance Severability Of Interests Clause Interpretation, Johnny Parker

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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An Introduction To Climate Change Liability Litigation And A View To The Future, Michael B. Gerrard, Joseph A. Macdougald Jan 2013

An Introduction To Climate Change Liability Litigation And A View To The Future, Michael B. Gerrard, Joseph A. Macdougald

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Locality Of Harm: Insurance And Climate Change In The 21st Century, William T J De La Mare Jan 2013

Locality Of Harm: Insurance And Climate Change In The 21st Century, William T J De La Mare

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Is Global Warming A Covered “Accident”? An Analysis Of Aes Corp. V. Steadfast Insurance Co., Rex Heinke, Warren J. Birro Jan 2013

Is Global Warming A Covered “Accident”? An Analysis Of Aes Corp. V. Steadfast Insurance Co., Rex Heinke, Warren J. Birro

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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A Billion Dollar Problem: The Insurance Industry’S Widespread Failure To Escheat Unclaimed Death Benefits To The States, Devin Hartley Jan 2013

A Billion Dollar Problem: The Insurance Industry’S Widespread Failure To Escheat Unclaimed Death Benefits To The States, Devin Hartley

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Predisposition And Positivism: The Forgotten Foundations Of The Entrapment Doctrine, T. Ward Frampton Jan 2013

Predisposition And Positivism: The Forgotten Foundations Of The Entrapment Doctrine, T. Ward Frampton

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

For the past eighty years, the entrapment doctrine has provided a legal defense for defendants facing federal prosecution, but only for those lacking criminal “predisposition” prior to the government’s inducement. The peculiar contours of this doctrine have generated significant academic debate, yet this scholarship has failed to explain why the entrapment doctrine developed as it did in the first instance. This Article addresses this gap by examining competing views on criminality and punishment in America during the doctrine’s emergence, highlighting the significant, though largely forgotten, impact of positivist criminology on the early twentieth-century legal imagination. Though positivism has long since …

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Vulnerability And Just Desert: A Theory Of Sentencing And Mental Illness, E. Lea Johnston Jan 2013

Vulnerability And Just Desert: A Theory Of Sentencing And Mental Illness, E. Lea Johnston

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

This Article analyzes risks of serious harms posed to prisoners with major mental disorders and investigates their import for sentencing under a just deserts analysis. Drawing upon social science research, the Article first establishes that offenders with serious mental illnesses are more likely than non-ill offenders to suffer physical and sexual assaults, endure housing in solitary confinement, and experience psycho logical deterioration during their carceral terms. The Article then explores the significance of this differential impact for sentencing within a retributive framework. It first suggests a particular expressive understanding of punishment, capacious enough to encompass foreseeable, substantial risks of serious …

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When Innocent Defendants Falsely Confess: Analyzing The Ramifications Of Entering Alford Pleas In The Context Of The Burgeoning Innocence Movement, Sydney Schneider Jan 2013

When Innocent Defendants Falsely Confess: Analyzing The Ramifications Of Entering Alford Pleas In The Context Of The Burgeoning Innocence Movement, Sydney Schneider

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Disparities In Postconviction Remedies For Those Who Plead Guilty And Those Convicted At Trial: A Survey Of State Statutes And Recommendations For Reform, Rebecca Stephens Jan 2013

Disparities In Postconviction Remedies For Those Who Plead Guilty And Those Convicted At Trial: A Survey Of State Statutes And Recommendations For Reform, Rebecca Stephens

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Child Pornography And The Restitution Revolution, Cortney E. Lollar Jan 2013

Child Pornography And The Restitution Revolution, Cortney E. Lollar

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Structural Overdelegation In Criminal Procedure, Anthony O’Rourke Jan 2013

Structural Overdelegation In Criminal Procedure, Anthony O’Rourke

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Compensation Statutes And Post-Exoneration Offending, Evan J. Mandery, Amy Shlosberg, Valerie West, Bennett Callaghan Jan 2013

Compensation Statutes And Post-Exoneration Offending, Evan J. Mandery, Amy Shlosberg, Valerie West, Bennett Callaghan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Leveraging Death, Sherod Thaxton Jan 2013

Leveraging Death, Sherod Thaxton

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Order, Technology, And The Constitutional Meanings Of Criminal Procedure, Thomas P. Crocker Jan 2013

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

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Rethinking The Use Of Community Supervision, Cecelia Klingele Jan 2013

Rethinking The Use Of Community Supervision, Cecelia Klingele

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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U.S. Supreme Court Decisions And Sex Offender Legislation: Evidence Of Evidence-Based Policy?, Christina Mancini, Daniel P. Mears Jan 2013

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions And Sex Offender Legislation: Evidence Of Evidence-Based Policy?, Christina Mancini, Daniel P. Mears

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Nudging The Justice System Toward Better Decisions, Edie Greene, Brian H. Bornstein Jan 2013

Nudging The Justice System Toward Better Decisions, Edie Greene, Brian H. Bornstein

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Iron Curtain: Alabama's Practice Of Excluding Inmates From Parole Release Hearings And Its Flawed Underpinnings, Erin Lange Ramamurthy Jan 2013

The Iron Curtain: Alabama's Practice Of Excluding Inmates From Parole Release Hearings And Its Flawed Underpinnings, Erin Lange Ramamurthy

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Prosecution Review Commissions, The Public Interest, And The Rights Of The Accused: The Need For A "Grown Up" In The Room, Carl F. Goodman Jan 2013

Prosecution Review Commissions, The Public Interest, And The Rights Of The Accused: The Need For A "Grown Up" In The Room, Carl F. Goodman

Washington International Law Journal

The recent amendments to Japan’s Inquest of Prosecution Law (popularly called the Prosecution Review Commission (“PRC”) Law) give the eleven lay member PRC (and their court appointed lawyers) unreviewable authority to compel the prosecutions and appeals of defendants who the professional prosecutor service has determined do not require indictment and prosecution. Viewed as “democratic” because it brings lay participation to the criminal justice system, the PRC process differs sharply from the American Federal Grand Jury because it places ordinary citizens at risk of potential retribution and the political system at risk of possible “gaming” of the process for political advantage, …

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Complementarity And Post-Coloniality, Nirej Sekhon Jan 2013

Complementarity And Post-Coloniality, Nirej Sekhon

Emory International Law Review

The International Criminal Court's jurisdiction is complementary to that of national criminal jurisdictions. While most agree that complementarity is a cornerstone principle, debate continues as to what precisely it should mean for the ICC's relationship to national criminal justice actors. "Positive complementarity," a view many commentators hold, suggests that the ICC should use its power to educate, persuade, and prod states parties to undertake international criminal law investigations. For positive complementarity's more optimistic proponents, the future holds promise for a coordinated system of global justice in which the ICC plays a secondary role to national courts in vindicating international criminal …

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Combating Gang-Perpetrated Witness Intimidation With Forfeiture By Wrongdoing, Katie M. Mcdonough Jan 2013

Combating Gang-Perpetrated Witness Intimidation With Forfeiture By Wrongdoing, Katie M. Mcdonough

Seton Hall Law Review

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Neorehabilitation And Indiana's Sentencing Reform Dilemma, Jessica M. Eaglin Jan 2013

Neorehabilitation And Indiana's Sentencing Reform Dilemma, Jessica M. Eaglin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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A Bridge To The Practicing Bar Of Foreign Nations: Online American Legal Studies Programs As Forums For The Rule Of Law And As Pipelines To Bar-Qualifying L.L.M. Programs In The U.S., Jeffrey A. Van Detta Jan 2013

A Bridge To The Practicing Bar Of Foreign Nations: Online American Legal Studies Programs As Forums For The Rule Of Law And As Pipelines To Bar-Qualifying L.L.M. Programs In The U.S., Jeffrey A. Van Detta

South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business

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