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Collisions Of The Personal And The Public In Post-Realignment California: How Women And Front-Line Workers Manage Post-Incarceration Work, Megan Welsh

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examines a largely taken-for-granted aspect of post-incarceration life: the various forms of work associated with rebuilding one's life, and how this work is organized by the institutions that typically process individuals who are reentering society from prison or jail. This project also considers how post-incarceration work has changed in one California county under the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 and the subsequent changes made to the state's penal policies as implemented through Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109).

Rooted in the principles of institutional ethnography, a mode of inquiry that examines work processes and how they are coordinated, …

Why Do Victims Not Report?: The Influence Of Police And Criminal Justice Cynicism On The Dark Figure Of Crime, Seokhee Yoon

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Criminologists have considered reporting as an important aspect in the criminal justice process and most studies focus on micro characteristics that influence reporting, such as victim, offender and crime characteristics. The few studies that have explored macro social characteristics dealt mostly with social ties, socioeconomic status and perception of police competency. Scholars have suggested legal cynicism, a cultural frame that views the law and law enforcement agents as illegitimate, unresponsive and ill equipped to ensure public safety (Kirk & Papachristos, 2011), as an important and necessary in victim reporting research (Baumer, 2002; Xie & Lauritsen, 2011). To expand our understanding …

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 27, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Provisioning Rural Wireless Broadband: A Prototype Implementation With Cognitive Radio Technology, Babajide Mandela Adejumobi

Theses and Dissertations

Cognitive radio technology, a revolutionary communication paradigm that can utilize the existing wireless spectrum resources more efficiently, has been receiving a growing attention in recent years. Our study is motivated by the fact that researchers are beginning to unveil different obstacles in the practicability of cognitive radio (CR) and, consequently, an urgent need has arisen to demonstrate practical implementations of CR technology. Specifically, this study seeks to implement a scenario in which two mobile phones communicate with each other using CR technology. Since commercially available mobile phones do not have the capability to dynamically adapt the operating parameters to function …

Section 1983 Fourth Amendment Cases From The Current Term, William E. Hellerstein

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reducing Coastal Risk – Structural Protection Around Greater New Orleans, Rick Luettich

May 22, 2015: Megaproject Protective Structures for Hampton Roads

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 22, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Could A Trial Finally Be In The Works For El Salvador’S Jesuits-Massacre Case?, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Wagner Contra Mundum: Wagner Versus The World, Caitlin A. Thom

Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies

An investigation of responses to Wagner in Nazi Germany and post-World War II Israel.

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 21-27, 2015. Vol. 100, No. 7.

Transformation: Turning Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act Into Something It Is Not, J. Christian Adams

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Five Justices Have Transformed The First Amendment’S Freedom Of Religion To Freedom From Religion, Gerald Walpin

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2015-05-20, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Community Crime Mapping: Increasing Predictive Policing With Dynamic Symbol Sets, Michael Chaszczewski

Theses

Crime prevention is an important area of study in our society that plays an integral role in the lives of citizens and the local police who enlist the aid of strategic counter crime plans to tackle the urgency created everyday when crimes are committed. This mode of counter acting crime is termed “problem oriented policing” and is a policing approach where individual pieces of police data are critically examined with the hope that the findings learned will lead to discovering a new and more effective counter crime strategy. Crime mapping is one of these analyzed tools allowing officers to understand …

Drug Violence And Public (In)Security: Mexico's Federal Police And Human Rights Abuse, Dominic Pera

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Violence in Mexico, with dramatic political, social, and economic consequences on both Mexican and US populations, has risen dramatically in the past decade. Research has shown that the Mexican military is largely responsible for human rights abuses in Mexico. This paper will seek to answer why there are so many human rights abuses committed by the Federal Police, as public security is a police role and its deterioration threatens lives, security, and the rule of law. This paper will look at what scholars have said about the causes of police violence and public insecurity. Some say that history is responsible, …

Leoka 2014, Law Enforcement Officers Killed Or Assaulted, Tennessee. Bureau Of Investigation.

Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted

No abstract provided.

Dayton Together Pro Forma Disbursement Information, Montgomery County, Ohio, Brady Ware & Schoenfeld

Records of Dayton Together (MS-603)

We have summarized, from audited financial statement reports obtained from the Ohio Auditor of State's website, the accompanying proforma disbursement information for selected governmental entities located within Montgomery County, Ohio. We have not compiled or examined the proforma disbursement information and express no assurance of any kind on it. The pro forma disbursement information should be read in conjunction with the related historical financial information, and is not necessarily indicative of the results that would have been attained if the governmental entities were combined or consolidated.

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Net Neutrality At 10+; National Broadband Plan At 5; Civic Internet Of Things At Birth: Lessons In Government Action In A Changing Landscape, Blair Levin

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

No abstract provided.

Overestimating Wireless Demand: Policy And Investment Implications Of Upward Bias In Mobile Data Forecasts, Aalok Mehta, J. Armand Musey, Cfa, Jd/Mba

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

No abstract provided.

Universal Service In An All-Ip World, Jodie Griffin

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

For more than 100 years, the United States has used a variety of policy tools to encourage and ensure ubiquitous, affordable basic communications service. Universal and accessible communications services have been the foundation upon which our economy, personal communications, and civic participation depend. The laws and rules used to achieve universal service, however, have evolved with new technologies and markets and now, as the network is in the midst of several new technology transitions, the question of how to achieve and measure universal service arises again.

This article examines the basic question of what the “basic service” is in today’s …

"There Are Just A Few Of Us, But We Are All Important": Responses To A Disaster Preparedness Survey In Interior Alaska River Villages, Celia Jackson

Natural Resources

This survey explores individual perspectives about disaster preparedness in Interior Alaska villages. The results will be used to create a new, locally relevant preparedness outreach flyer for distribution across the Interior Alaska region. Modern Red Cross preparedness fliers use the "Be Red Cross Ready: Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed," flyer to educate people on useful preparedness behavior. This is also the standard across the United States used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other government agencies. But is the information contained within the "Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed" flyer really applicable to life …

A Phenomenological Investigation Of The Reporting Experience For Female Survivors Of Sexual Assault On College Campuses, Candace N. Park

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

A qualitative phenomenological design was used to explore the lived experiences of college women who reported sexual assault to law enforcement officials. Utilizing a feminist conceptual framework, the purpose of the present study was to identify the essence of the reporting experience for college women who experienced a sexual assault. Six college women agreed to participate in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with open-ended questions to better understand the experience of the phenomenon under investigation. The Modification of the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of Analysis of Phenomenological Data (Moustakas, 1994) was utilized for analysis of the data collected in order to …

The Sun Star Vol 34 No 27 (May 15th, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Placing Land Into Trust In Alaska: Issues And Opportunities, Geoffrey D. Strommer, Stephen D. Osborne, Craig A. Jacobson

American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 15, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 14, 2015

Bryant University Commencements

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Work–Family Conflict, Correctional Officer Job Stress, And Job Satisfaction, Gaylene Armstrong, Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk, Jessica Wells

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Balancing demands between work and family domains can strain even the most resourceful employee. When the tipping point of conflict between the two is reached, a negative impact on employee well-being can result. Within correctional environments, the psychosocial well-being of officers is critical given the potentially significant impact of having a “bad day on the job.” This study examines work–family conflict as it relates to job stress and job satisfaction within a diverse sample of correctional officers (N = 441) employed at 13 public, adult correctional facilities in a Southern state. Findings indicate strain and behavior-based work–family conflict and …

Protecting The Constitutional Right To Counsel For Indigents Charged With Misdemeanors - Testimony Of Erica J. Hashimoto Before The U.S. Senate, Erica J. Hashimoto

Presentations and Speeches

Testimony of Professor Erica J. Hashimoto before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 13, 2015 about the denial of the right to counsel in criminal misdemeanor cases. Professor Hashimoto's testimony begins at the 56:10 mark.

Gsu To Award Two Honorary Degrees To A Poet And A Journalist Who Exemplify University Values, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Press Releases

Two innovative communicators who connect the troubles and concerns of modern America to the day-to-day lives of its people are the recipients of Honorary Degrees from Governors State University.

The honorees—poet, writer, and educator Nikki Giovanni, and journalist and author Elizabeth Brackett— “exemplify GSU’s values: education, civic engagement, and the search for truth,” said GSU President Elaine P. Maimon. “Each honoree has devoted her career to creating a more enlightened society.”