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Representation Of Gender In Crime News Reports In A Daily Newspaper / Nursuhaila Bte Ibrahim, Ibrahim Nursuhaila

Student Works (2010-2019)

Newspaper reports serve as an important influence over public perception and opinion as it is a source of information about the world. There are various sections presented in newspaper such as technology, sports, and entertainment. One of the sections presented is on crime reports whereby the media reports the crime scenario almost every day around the world. The representation of victims, offenders as well as the situation of crime creates concern and awareness in the readers. This study focuses on the analysis of criminal news reports in a local printed newspaper. Its aim is to investigate the representation of gender …

Iimplementasi Skim Pampasan Mangsa Kecederaan Jenayah Melalui Takaful Di Malaysia : Satu Kajian Perbandingan Dan Tinjauan Pelaksanaan Di Negara-Negara Barat / Mohd Sadad Bin Mahmud, Mahmud Mohd Sadad

Student Works (2010-2019)

Skim pampasan mangsa kecederaan jenayah merupakan suatu kaedah yang dilaksanakan di negara-negara barat untuk membela dan melindungi mangsa kecederaan jenayah. Statistik kes-kes kecederaan dan kematian akibat perbuatan jenayah di Malaysia telah menunjukkan peningkatan daripada 7,355 kes pada tahun 1999 kepada 11,096 kes pada tahun 2009. Undang-undang sedia ada pula lebih menfokuskan aspek hukuman kepada pelaku jenayah sedangkan mangsa kecederaan jenayah dibiarkan sendirian menanggung beban kewangan, penderitaan fizikal dan mental. Keadaan ini amat membimbangkan kita. Malangnya, Malaysia belum lagi mempunyai skim pampasan mangsa kecederaan jenayah walaupun ianya dianjurkan oleh Islam. Apabila berlakunya sesuatu kejadian jenayah barulah kerajaan dan masyarakat akan mengambil …

Experience Of Leaving An Abusive Relationship Among Women Survivors / Ling Mee Chooi, Mee Chooi Ling

Student Works (2010-2019)

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore women survivors’ experiences of leaving an abusive relationship, to examine how they were able to overcome the obstacles of leaving, and how they utilized resources that enabled them to leave. This study also allowed women to express their own opinions about what helped them leave the abusive relationships. As the process of telling their experiences unfolded, it illuminated the reasons why the women left, providing an explanation of specific aspects of the process that made a difference for the women. This research placed emphasis on the actions of abused women and …

Application Of Forensic Entomology In Crime Scene Investigations In Malaysia / Kavitha Rajagopal, Kavitha Rajagopal

Student Works (2010-2019)

Forensic entomology is the application and study of insect biology to criminal matters. One of the most important aspects of forensic entomology is the usage of maggot found in dead human body to determine the post-mortem interval (PMI). Based on the number of maggot sent for PMI determination, the application of forensic entomology in crime scene investigation is still unsatisfactory in Malaysia. Hence the present study was the first to conduct a questionnaire survey to determine the degree of knowledge and awareness of forensic entomology in Malaysia. A total of 402 participants comprising of the crime scene police officers, pathologists …

Behind The Veil Of The War On Drugs: An Institutional Attack On The African American Community., Kristine Schanbacher

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract Forthcoming.

Technological Cost As Law In Intellectual Property, Harry Surden

Publications

Changes in the scope of IP legal rights are generally thought to be linked to changes in positive law. This Article argues that shifts in the scope of IP laws are often driven by changes in technological feasibility and not by changes in positive law. Diminishing technological constraint is an under-acknowledged factor driving changes in substantive IP law.

More specifically, there are certain activities that are core to IP law. Such activities include, for example, the copying of creative works in copyright (e.g. duplicating books or music), or the manufacturing of products in patent law. Traditionally, IP legal theory has …

The Exit Myth: Family Law, Gender Roles, And Changing Attitudes Toward Female Victims Of Domestic Violence, Carolyn B. Ramsey

Publications

This Article presents a hypothesis suggesting how and why the criminal justice response to domestic violence changed, over the course of the twentieth century, from sympathy for abused women and a surprising degree of state intervention in intimate relationships to the apathy and discrimination that the battered women' movement exposed. The riddle of declining public sympathy for female victims of intimate-partner violence can only be solved by looking beyond the criminal law to the social and legal changes that created the Exit Myth.

While the situation that gave rise to the battered women's movement in the 1970s is often presumed …

Leniency As A Miscarriage Of Race And Gender Justice, Aya Gruber

Publications

No abstract provided.

American Gangsters: Rico, Criminal Syndicates, And Conspiracy Law As Market Control, Benjamin Levin

Publications

In an effort to reexamine legal and political decisions about criminalization and the role of the criminal law in shaping American markets and social institutions, this Article explores the ways in which criminal conspiracy laws in the United States have historically been used to subdue nonstate actors and informal markets that threatened the hegemony of the state and formal market. To this end, the Article focuses primarily on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as illustrative of broader trends in twentieth-century criminal policy. Enacted in 1970, RICO provides criminal sanctions for individuals engaged in unacceptable organized activities and …

Review Of Ear Health And Hearing Among Indigenous Peoples, Jane Burns, Neil Thomson

Research outputs pre 2011

This review of ear health and hearing among Indigenous Australians has been prepared by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet as a part of our contributions to ‘closing the gap’ in health between Indigenous people1 and other Australians. The aim is to make relevant, high quality knowledge and information easily accessible to policy makers, health service providers, program managers, clinicians, researchers and the general community. The review is an example of the HealthInfoNet’s translational research, defined as ‘comprehensive applied research that strives to translate the available knowledge and render it operational’

The main purpose of the review, which follows the model of …

The Influence Of Prior Relationship On Perceptions Of Stalking: A Comparison Of Laypersons, Nonspecialist Police Officers And Specialist Police Officers, Adrian J. Scott, Keri Nixon, Lorraine Sheridan

Research outputs 2013

The current research examined the influence of prior relationship on perceptions of stalking, and compared the perceptions of laypersons, nonspecialist police officers, and specialist police officers. Two studies employed experimental designs where participants were presented with one of three vignettes in which the nature of the prior relationship was manipulated so that the perpetrator and victim were portrayed as strangers, acquaintances, or ex-partners. Participants comprised 101 nonspecialist police officers and 108 laypersons in Study 1, and 49 specialist police officers and 49 nonspecialist police officers in Study 2. Findings indicate that nonspecialist police officers and laypersons shared the common misperception …

Understanding Perceptions Of Stalking: The Impact Of Additional Contextual Information Regarding The Breakdown Of Relationships, Simon C. Duff, Adrian J. Scott

Research outputs 2013

Purpose: Perception research has demonstrated that people view stranger stalkers to be more persistentand dangerous than ex-partner stalkers. Although these findings are consistent with the outcome of legal processes where stranger stalkers are more likely to be convicted, they contrast with the findings of national surveys and applied research where ex-partner stalkers represent the most persistent and dangerous relational subtype. The aim of the current study is to further examine the influence of prior relationship on perceptions of stalking by considering the impact of additional contextual information regarding the breakdown of ex-partners’ relationships for the first time.

Design/methodology/approach: In this …

Framing And Perceptions Of Stalking: The Influence Of Conduct Severity And The Perpetrator-Target Relationship, Adrian J. Scott, Nikki Rajakaruna, Lorraine P. Sheridan

Research outputs 2013

Research has demonstrated that the way in which questions are presented (i.e. framed) has the capacity to influence responses to subsequent questions. In the context of stalking, perception research has often been framed in terms of whether or not particular behaviours constitute stalking. The current research investigates whether the framing of the opening question (question frame), conduct severity and the perpetrator target relationship influence perceptions of stalking. Two studies employed experimental 3 3 independent factorial designs: one to examine question frame and conduct severity, the other to examine question frame and the perpetrator target relationship. Participants in both studies (total …

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Votes: Graphicacy Skills For Political Debate, Amanda Rainey, Stuart Medley

Research outputs 2013

Political campaigns are greatly influenced by changes in technology and communication, from FDR’s ‘Fireside Chats’ to JFK’s embrace of television. Now a combination of technologies allows almost everyone to create, reproduce, transform, and share images with friends and family, or with the world. Individuals and grassroots organisations can communicate using images alongside mainstream media, corporations and governments. There is now a great need for all of us to develop the visual literacy – or graphicacy – required to interpret and recreate images, to communicate as educated equals in this new political environment. Political advertising can use graphic design to make …

Review Of Ear Health And Hearing Among Indigenous Australians, Jane F. Burns, Neil J. Thomson

Research outputs 2013

Indigenous Australians experience some of the highest levels of ear disease and hearing loss in the world, with rates up to ten times more than those for non-Indigenous Australians [4]. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to ear infections. The most common ear disease among Indigenous children is otitis media (OM), which is inflammation/infection of the middle ear typically caused by bacterial and viral pathogens. Indigenous children living in urban, rural and, particularly, remote areas, are more likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to have OM at younger ages, more often, at a greater level of severity, and with more likelihood …

Undergraduate Catalog, Georgia Southern University

Undergraduate & Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Undergraduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Coercion, Consent, Compassion, John D. King

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bitten By The Reading Bug, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Is reading books about law helpful to law librarians? Ms. Whisner discusses why and what she likes to read, and makes recommendations about books others might find interesting.

The Practical Implications Of Recusal Of Supreme Court Justices: A Response To Professor Swisher, Steven M. Klepper

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Responding To The Ambiguity Of Miller V. Alabama: The Time Has Come For States To Legislate For A Juvenile Restorative Justice Sentencing Regime, Courtney Amelung

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Religious Persecution: Casting Up A Dread Balance Sheet, R. George Wright

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reentry Courts: An Emerging Use Of Judicial Resources In The Struggle To Reduce The Recidivism Of Released Offenders, Daniel M. Fetsco

Wyoming Law Review

No abstract provided.

Parallel Investigations Between Administrative And Law Enforcement Agencies: A Question Of Civil Liberties, Shiv Narayan Persaud

Journal Publications

No abstract provided.

Next Phase Pedagogy Reform For The Twenty-First Century Legal Education: Delivering Competent Lawyers For A Consumer-Driven Market, Ann Marie Cavazos

Journal Publications

The underpinnings for law school training has or, I submit, soon will be, outstripped by real world requirements dictated by the demands of the legal profession marketplace. This Article is designed to add to the discourse relating to the question of what law schools supply and what law practice requires-a paradigm shift in the methodology of implementing legal education. The Article begins by reporting on the state of the law school process and how it has evolved from an apprenticeship, replete with on-the-job training, to an intellectual exercise that is somewhat removed from the requirements for becoming competent legal professionals. …

The “Friend”Ly Lawyer: Professionalism And Ethical Considerations Of The Use Of Social Networking During Litigation, Nicola A. Boothe-Perry

Journal Publications

Social media use has exploded around the world. The top social networking site (SNS), Facebook, reports that it has more than a billion members with approximately two million friend requests every twenty minutes. Coupled with the other top 15 social networking sites, including Linkedln, Google+, Twitter, and MySpace, the number of social networking users is estimated to exceed 2 billion. With billions of people producing and consuming media content through SNS, there has been a growing trend of law firms' use of SNS as a marketing tool and litigators' inclusion of discovery from SNS as a part of their discovery …

The Difficulty Of The Ged® Exam, Tasos Neofotistos, Jovon Smith, Travion K. Joseph, Joni Schwartz, John Powell, Eve Tuck

Open Educational Resources

This is a youth to youth guide to the GED. Written for and by youth it is a learner-centered tool for understand choices and options around the GED.

The True Benefits Of Counsel: Why Do-It-Yourself Lawyering Does Not Protect The Rights Of The Indigent, John P. Gross

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Issues In Family Law: An Annotated Bibliography, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

This bibliography covers law review articles published, for the most part, after 2009. Articles for which the title is self-explanatory or that concern only a single case, state, or statute are cited, but not annotated.

Crumbling Patchwork: Massachusetts's Efforts To Fill The Gaps Left By Crawford Are Now Redundant, Christopher J. Fiorentino

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

No abstract provided.