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Undergraduate Student Code Of Conduct, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Student Handbook (2010-2018)

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Good Cop -- Bad Cop: Police Violence And The Child’S Mind, Andrea L. Dennis

Scholarly Works

Police violence against citizens lately has gripped the nation’s attention because of recent cases in Ferguson, Missouri; Staten Island, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; and elsewhere. Children in those communities and nationwide have been directly and indirectly exposed to these well-publicized incidences of police killings and the aftermath of those killings.

Exposure to police violence may cause children physical, cognitive, emotional, and social trauma. Moreover, the exposure may negatively influence children’s mindsets regarding the criminal justice system and police.

Undoubtedly, these events of late are not the first and only instances in which children have been exposed to physically …

Pm2.5 And Ambient Air Pollution: Effects On Medicaid Spending And Hospitalizations, Joshua William Wei

Public Health Theses

Rationale: Fine particulate matter (<2.5 um), or PM2.5, and Ozone has been linked to a number of respiratory and cardiovascular conditions and is a known trigger for acute events. Though previous studies have addressed these correlations, few have examined PM2.5’s acute effects on inpatient admissions and health care costs, by utilizing narrower time intervals than other research projects.

Objectives: To identify whether trends in hospitalization spending in short time-intervals is associated with PM2.5 measures, and to create a predictive model for spending based on two major categories of outcomes: selected CV conditions and respiratory conditions known to be associated with PM2.5 exposure that we will identify by Medicaid charge codes. We also attempt to model inpatient admissions altogether as an alternative outcome.

Methods: We link Medicaid charge information for all procedures in Texas to daily air-quality data sourced from 63 EPA sites in the state (providing more comprehensive geographical and temporal coverage) and …

Foxes And Hedgehogs In Transition, Derek E. Bambauer

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Lost In The Noise: A Comparison Of Interference In Radio Spectrum To Water And Nuisance Law, Alexander Koral

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Pinching Pennies, Costing Dollars: Michigan's Offender Re-Entry System, Crystal A. Dussia

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The current state of incarceration is a burden that every taxpayer bears. Through effective offender re-entry services, the financial, social, and physical burdens such as high crime rates, high recidivism rates, and the high cost of incarceration can be lessened for all citizens. Historical context establishes a foundation to be able to understand the current state of re-entry in Michigan as a small representation of the nation. The financial expenditures, social costs, and lack of evidence of past practice are explored. The content of this thesis is focused on Michigan within a national context of prison re-entry programs, history, and …

The Great Data Breach, De'andre M. Brown

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

This paper examines how Target Corporation dealt with their data breach when their network was infiltrated by hackers compromising the debit and credit card information of millions of customer's personal information including customer names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Crisis communication models that are used to evaluate the effectiveness of corporations' handling crisis situations in a world where social media and speed dominate the news cycle.

The Cost Of Sunshine: The Threat To Public Employee Privacy Posed By The California Public Records Act, Alexandra B. Andreen

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.

Synoptic Patterns Associated With Northeast And South East Ice Storms, Ricardo Vargas

Dissertations and Theses

Wintertime storms that produce precipitation events such as snow, freezing rain, and ice pellets cause significant damage to utility services and disrupt travel. These synoptic systems involve deep isothermal regions where warm, moist air over-runs surface sub-freezing air. Much attention has been focused on Northeast ice storms, where a study by Cortinas et al. (2004) identified the Northeast as the region with the highest spatial distribution of freezing rain and ice pellets. Castellano (2012) also identified 2 types events where ice storms occur in the Northeast as a result of cold-air intrusions from Canada and from an absence of cold …

Report From The Restorative Justice Process At The Dalhousie University Faculty Of Dentistry, Jennifer Llewellyn, Jacob Macisaac, Melissa Mackay

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In December 2014, female students in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry filed complaints under the University’s Sexual Harassment Policy after they became aware some of their male colleagues had posted offensive material about them in a private Facebook group. The select materials revealed from the Facebook group reflected misogynistic, sexist and homophobic attitudes. At the complainants’ request, the University began a restorative justice process to investigate the matter, address the harms it caused and examine the climate and culture within the Faculty that may have influenced the offensive nature of the Facebook group’s content. Twenty-nine students from the class of …

Brown Bear And Human Recreational Use Of Trails In Anchorage, Alaska, Jessica A. Coltrane, Rick Sinnott

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Anchorage, Alaska, has 301,000 human residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Anchorage also supports a viable population of brown bears (Ursus arctos). As a result, human–bear encounters are common. We used camera traps to monitor recreational trails near salmon spawning streams at 3 study sites during the summers of 2009 to 2012 to better understand daily and seasonal activity patterns of bears and humans on these trails. The more remote study sites had the least human activity and the most bear activity. Human–bear encounters were most likely to occur from July through early September due …

Cost-Effective Approach To Reducing Collisions With Elk By Fencing Between Existing Highway Structures, Jeffrey W. Gagnon, Chad D. Loberger, Scott C. Sprague, Kari S. Ogren, Susan L. Boe, Raymond E. Schweinsburg

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Collisions with large ungulates cause serious human and animal injuries and significant property damage. Therefore, wildlife crossing structures are increasingly included in new road construction to reduce wildlife–vehicle collisions, while still allowing wildlife to safely cross roads. Recently, state and federal transportation budgets have declined, concomitantly reducing the construction of wildlife crossing structures, which are generally tied to large-scale reconstruction projects that are delayed for decades into the future. Nevertheless, even during times of fiscal constraint or temporal delay, it is still necessary to reduce collisions with wildlife and maintain habitat connectivity. Therefore, it is important to find cost-effective and …

Legal Myths Of Ebola Preparedness And Response, James G. Hodge Jr.

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

In March 2014, Ebola viral disease (“EVD”) emerged from several

West African countries as a substantial threat to global health.

Through a series of core legal powers pursuant to its declaration of a

public health emergency of international concern (“PHEIC”) on

August 8, 2014, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) averted a

global health disaster by requiring member countries to engage in mul- tiple public health interventions. These efficacious WHO-mandated

measures included implementation of border closures to limit the

spread of EVD within and outside of countries like Guinea, Liberia,

Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Industrialized nations, including the

United States, responded …

Firearm Regionalism And Public Carry: Placing Southern Antebellum Case Law In Context, Eric Ruben, Saul A. Cornell

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

In recent years, following the Supreme Court’s landmark originalist opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, courts have been asked to strike down restrictions on the public carrying of handguns on the basis of the original understanding of the Second Amendment. One of the key sources used to justify this outcome is a family of opinions from the antebellum South asserting an expansive right to carry weapons in public. In this essay we explore whether that body of case law reflected a national consensus on the meaning of the right to bear arms or, in the alternative, a narrower regional …

Me And Mr. Jones: A Systems-Based Analysis Of A Catastrophic Defense Outcome, Pamela R. Metzger

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Leo S. Jones spent four months in jail, accused of a probation that had long since expired. His incarceration was illegal. It was also preventable.

In this essay, I describe the unique data collection project that identified Mr. Jones’ case. Then, I analyze the various individual, institutional, and systemic practices that contributed to Mr. Jones’ illegal incarceration. I show how an investigation of Mr. Jones’ case led to the discovery of widespread latent errors that may have adversely affected innumerable other detainees. I conclude by explaining what this case reveals about how data collection and analysis can improve public defender …

Defending Data, Pamela R. Metzger

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Defending Data proposes a data-driven, systems-based approach to improving public defense in America.

Public defenders represent millions of defendants every year. Yet, public defense remains a largely data-less enterprise, a black box of discretionary decisions disconnected from any systemic analysis about the relationship between defender practices and case outcomes. Defending Data adopts a novel approach to the crisis of public defense. Building off of the successful implementation of system-based approaches in other complex, high-risk industries such as aviation and medicine, Defending Data explains how defenders can develop a data-driven systems approach to public defense.

Defending Data begins by describing the …

The Impact Of Victim Age And Religious Affiliation On Perceptions Of Cleric Sex Offenders, Kaylee Ann Stone

Theses and Dissertations

The present study examined perceptions of sex offenders using a 2 (victim age: 11-year-old vs. 15-year-old) X 2 (type of sexual offense: rape vs. statutory rape) X 3 (affiliation of the perpetrator: public school teacher vs. Catholic priest teacher vs. Lutheran pastor teacher) factorial design. Participants (N = 286) were asked to read one of 12 vignettes describing charges of improper sexual activity between a male teacher and his male student. Results indicated that participants recommended a shorter sentence and registry level, attributed more blame to the victim and less to the offender, and found the victim more mentally unstable …

Risk Assessment In Montana: Risk Factors Predictive Of Juvenile Offender Recidivism, Taylor Tillman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Examining Parental And Neighborhood Factors As Moderators In A Youth Violence Prevention Pilot Study, Kendra Piper

All ETDs from UAB

Youth violence is a significant and prevalent public health concern in the United States. Adolescents and young adults have the highest rates of violent crime perpetration and victimization. Youth violence is a complex problem involving multiple levels of influence that interact to diminish or increase risk and protective factors in high risk communities. Family and neighborhood factors have emerged as prominent influences on the risk of violent and delinquent behavior. Approaches to reducing risk behaviors in adolescence have moved beyond traditional risk-factor reduction to emphasize the importance of enhancing protective factors. Positive youth development programs have been found to be …

Innovative Dart™ Ms Applications For Rapid Opioid Detection In Ante- And Post-Mortem Specimens, Rachel Crocker Beck

All ETDs from UAB

The studies presented herein were born through the observations of the challenges that are faced by forensic toxicology laboratories. While these challenges were first observed in the forensic toxicology field, they are common across clinical, workplace drug testing, and pain management laboratories alike. The challenge is how to increase efficiency without sacrificing quality. Current drug screening protocols such as immunoassays (IA), gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and liquid-liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) are robust but inefficient and limited, with some analyses providing only class information. These analyses when coupled require up to four days to complete for a confirmed, …

From Criminalization To Regulation: New Classifications Of Cannabis Necessitate Reform Of United National Drug Treaties, Elana Rodman

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Castaway: Navigating Uncharted Waters, Burton W. King

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Refining Compliance Within Large Banking Organizations In A Post Sr 08-8 World, Vishal Melwani

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.

A Progressive State Of Mind: New York's Opportunity To Reclaim Justice For Its Juveniles, Julianne T. Scarpino

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

America's Disposable Youth: Undocumented Delinquent Juveniles, Karla M. Mckanders

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Through discriminatory rhetoric state and local officials construct delinquent juvenile immigrant youth as the embodiment of a threat to public safety and American values. Accordingly, alleged delinquent undocumented immigrant children who have spent the majority of their lives in the United States, are subjected to discrimination and exclusionary practices, which enable lessened protections under the law. This article critically analyzes how undocumented delinquent youth, mainly Latino males, are constructed through the various narratives of immigrant children that are perpetuated by the media and policymakers, and how this impacts their treatment within the juvenile justice and immigration systems. Central to this …

Towards Principles And Standards For The Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Safety, W. Kip Viscusi, Scott Farrow

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is frequently applied to decisions involving public safety which requires analyzing risk and assessing options to manage risks. Principles and standards may assist analysts, decision-makers, and the public in developing and interpreting such BCAs. Principles and standards at best represent commonly held views among a community of practice. Such views are continually evolving with advances in the field. This paper presents a modularized format towards principles and standards that may assist in focusing discussion and decisions about whether such proposals actually reflect principles and standards within the benefit-cost analysis community of practice. Among topics covered are welfare …

Principals' Lived Experiences In Childhood Poverty Impacting Resiliency Of Students In Poverty, Jonathan Rasmussen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The number of children living in poverty within the United States is on the rise, which translates to more public school students experiencing those risk factors associated with poverty. Given the severity of the negative effect living in poverty has on the likelihood of academic success, paired with the current climate of accountability in U.S. public schools, it is imperative that educational leaders understand how to create a school culture that fosters resilience in students from poverty. The purpose of this study was to examine principals' lived experiences in childhood poverty impacts the decisions they make. More precisely, it examines …

From American Service To Disservice: An Exploration Of The Impact Of Military Experience Among An Incarcerated Population, Erika Brooke

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation research examines the impact of military service among an incarcerated population. It addresses the gaps identified within the prior literature by taking a closer look at the association between service experience and criminal justice outcomes. Specifically, the present study explores whether branch type, combat exposure, age of entrance, service length, and discharge status impact the number of lifetime arrests, current offense type, and institutional misconduct. This research uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics* 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. Multivariate analyses indicate that different elements of military participation influence criminal and …

Principals' Perceptions And Self-Efficacy In Relation To School Security, Julian Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Principals in the nation's schools have been tasked with managing crisis incidents that may occur with students and others on their campuses on a daily basis. The purposes of this study were to determine the differences, if any, that existed in Central Florida public school principals' perceptions regarding school security, their perceived confidence to address critical crisis incidents on their campuses, their perceptions of the likelihood critical incidents would occur, their perceptions of interaction with law enforcement, the critical incidents they fear the most, and their perceptions of factors impacting the incidents they fear the most. Principal subgroup mean responses …

Google V. Hood, United States District Court For The Southern District Of Mississippi

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF AMICUS CURIAE INTERNATIONAL ANTICOUNTERFEITING COALITION