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A Quantitative Examination Of Known Exonernations And The Factors That Have Contributed To The Wrongful Convictions Of Innocents, Meagan Andrea Semmelroth

Theses and Dissertations

Wrongful convictions have been gaining attention both in the public and academic arenas. The knowledge that has been gained about wrongful convictions has been gained mostly by looking at cases of exonerations based on factual innocence. The use of DNA in the adjudication process, mainly in helping to defend and free innocent people brought the detriments of wrongful convictions into the lives of the public through the use of media. Since this time, innocence projects have opened, more cases of exonerations have been found, and more cases of wrongful conviction have been overturned. However, the frequency with which wrongful convictions …

The Murray Ledger And Times, March 29, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Bg News March 28, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. March 28, 2014. Volume 93-Issue 80.

The Design Of A Workshop To Teach Clinical Staff How To Effectively Build Rapport With In-Home Clients, Dehazard Allen Iii

Research Papers

The demand for effective rapport building skills in the job market has increased. Most jobs make it imperative that there employees know what it takes to be effective in building solid relationships with clients to not only ensure that the clients return, but to create more ratings of satisfactory so as to increase their clientele. It has been identified that in order to effectively build rapport, one must possess sufficient interpersonal skills because it is very essential in effectively building relationships with others.

In the field of behavior analysis, behavior analysts are only briefly acknowledging the effects of rapport building …

Development Of A Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr) Assay For Plant Species, Kayla Curtis, Heather Miller Coyle

Forensic Science Publications

In order to facilitate optimal plant DNA quantitation and identification, an assay has been developed that uses generic plant PCR primers that amplify a region in the chloroplast genome of plant samples. The assay uses the SYBR green detection dye to detect the PCR product with a universal PCR primer set to the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, rbcL, but can be used with any of the universal barcode primers for land plants (rbcL, matK, trnH, psbA). Standard dilutions of control wheat DNA of varying concentrations were tested to create a standard curve. Several plant DNA extractions of different …

The Comment, March 27, 2014, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Quaker Campus, March 27, 2014 (Vol. 100, Issue 22), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

Summary Of State Of Nevada V. Eight Jud. Dist. Ct. (Zogheib), 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 18, Brian Vasek

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court was asked to decide the appropriate standard for determining when the entire Clark County District Attorney’s office should be disqualified for an individual prosecutor’s conflict – an appearance-of-impropriety standard or if a more appropriate standard exists.

The Diamond, March 27, 2014, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Making Connections in NYC; Former Football Coach Returns to Coaching
• News: Debate Team Growing; PLIA Serves Neighbors, Builds Relationships; Career Center Equips Students for Life After College; Dordt Writes Features Jennifer Dukes Lee; Students Thank Donors at GRACE Picnic; Student Teaching Feature: Alexa Groen; Social Work Month
• Opinion: Jeremy Jabber; May I Suggest?; Lee's Advice; We're Back... It's Weird...
• Sports: Forseth's Journey: Overcoming Adversity; Dordt Track Leaves Mark at Nationals
• Arts and Entertainment: Senior Artist Brett Jasper Hopes to Confuse Viewers; Concert Choir Ends Tour with Home Concert
• The Back Page: Dish Network Review for the First Timer; …

2014 Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar: A Lot On Our Plate; Chronic Health Threats In Massachusetts, Ira S. Ockene M.D., Christina D. Economos Ph.D, Barbara Goldoftas Ph.D, Denise A. Hines Ph.D., Caitlin Alcorn, Jacqueline A. Daigneault, Jordan R. Daley, Maura A. Flanagan, Carsten-Hendrik Rasche, Heather Rios, Julia Tran, Liam Kelly Fleming

Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise

A Lot on Our Plate: Chronic Health Threats in Massachusetts is the fifth Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar, and is designed to emphasize a family perspective in policymaking on issues related to childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. In general, Family Impact Seminars analyze the consequences an issue, policy, or program may have for families.

Rotunda - Vol 92, No 20 - March 26, 2014, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

March

No abstract provided.

Banner News, Lester K. Mwirichia, Kaycee Stickley, Bo Shen, Cassey Dirks, Brian Osborn

Banner News

No abstract provided.

Volume 51, Number 32: March 26, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

March 26, 2014 Armstrong Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes (Archived)

March 26, 2014 Armstrong Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Hiv-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol For A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Holly Hagan, Joshua Neurer, Ashly E. Jordan, Don C. Des Jarlais, Jennifer Wu, Kirk Dombrowski, Bilal Khan, Ronald Scott Braithwaite, Jason Kessler

Publications and Research

Background: Outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been reported in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in North America, Europe and Asia. Transmission is believed to be the result of exposure to blood during sexual contact. In those infected with HIV, acute HCV infection is more likely to become chronic, treatment for both HIV and HCV is more complicated and HCV disease progression may be accelerated. There is a need for systematic reviews and meta-analyses to synthesize the epidemiology, prevention and methods to control HCV infection in this population.

Methods/design: Eligible studies will include quantitative empirical …

Women's Studies Newsletter Spring 2014, Women's Studies Program, Wright State University

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Newsletter

This is a fifteen page newsletter created by the Wright State University Women's Studies Program documenting current affairs, events, as well as other happenings on campus.

This issue features profiles on outstanding students, a faculty profile of Paulette Olson, a faculty spotlight on Julianne Weinzimmer, a schedule of Women's Studies Summer and Fall 2014 courses, and more.

The Current Volume 24 : Issue 24, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

2014 Published Faculty Reception Program, Lynn University

Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) Reception Programs

The program for the 6th Annual Published Faculty Reception, organized by the Lynn Library, working in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs.

Resources Matter: The Role Of Social Capital And Collective Efficacy In Mediating Gun Violence, Jennifer Lynne Dean

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

This study explains how community activists make use of available social capital and collective efficacy while attempting to mediate gun violence. It specifically focuses on twelve in-depth interviews of activists' perspectives, processes and rationales to alleviate community gun violence, based on informal social control models. Findings suggest activists must establish trust and respect with youth they work with before mediation begins, which is established through similar life experiences or backgrounds. Once a strong bond is established with youth, activists identified five core processes to reduce violence: 1) improve the mindset, 2) provide life skills, 3) assist youth as their …

Criminal Justice News, Georgia Southern University

Criminal Justice & Criminology: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• 2nd Annual Criminal Justice Guest Lecture Series

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• News
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The Difference Prevention Makes: Regulating Preventive Justice, David Cole

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States and many other countries have adopted a ‘‘paradigm of prevention,’’ employing a range of measures in an attempt to prevent future terrorist attacks. This includes the use of pre textual charges for preventive detention, the expansion of criminal liability to prohibit conduct that precedes terrorism, and expansion of surveillance at home and abroad. Politicians and government officials often speak of prevention as if it is an unqualified good. Everyone wants to prevent the next terrorist attack, after all. And many preventive initiatives, especially where they are not coercive and …

An Enzymatic Method To Process Decomposed Non-Human Bone For Forensic Dna Analysis, Richard Li, Melissa Gaud, Smriti Nair

Publications and Research

Forensic analysis of DNA from non-human bones can be important in investigating a variety of forensic cases. However, decomposed bone is difficult to process for isolating DNA. In this study, a previously established enzymatic method was utilized to process bone samples that simulate decomposed specimens. Our results demonstrated that this enzymatic processing method is effective for removing decomposed soft tissues and outer surface materials such as mineralized bone connective tissue of bone fragment samples. Our data suggested that this method can be used in the initial sample preparation for cleaning the outer surface of decomposed non-human skeletal fragments. This study …

Gsu View, 2014-03-24, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Paradoxes Of Porn, Jessie M. Pierce

SURGE

So I have a confession: I’m kind of obsessed with porn. Which is weird considering that I have never actually seen any. [excerpt]

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, March 24, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

March

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Daily Eastern News: March 24, 2014 , Eastern Illinois University

March

No abstract provided.

Justice Sotomayor And Criminal Justice In The Real World, Rachel E. Barkow

Faculty Articles

As part of the symposium to reflect on Justice Sotomayor’s first five years on the Supreme Court, this Essay explores Justice Sotomayor’s contributions to the Court’s criminal law jurisprudence. Professor Rachel Barkow argues that Justice Sotomayor’s prior experience working on criminal law cases as a prosecutor and trial judge have influenced her Supreme Court opinions, which focus on how things actually work in practice, pay close attention to the specific facts of cases, and show sensitivity to the need for checks on government power. These commitments often lead Justice Sotomayor to reject formal rules that would promote predictability at the …

The Collegian (2014-03-24), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 66, No. 24