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Recollections Of My Time In The Civil Rights Movement, Melvyn H. Zarr

Maine Law Review

A while back, in November 2007, some students came down after class and asked me why I never told any personal stories during class. I gave them my standard reply that class time was too valuable for the telling of "war stories." "Well," they countered, "would you be willing to tell your 'back story' after class?" I had no objection to that, as long as they would set it up. I half-expected nothing further to come of it, but the students did set it up, publicizing it to the whole law school community. On the appointed day, an overflow crowd …

Regulating A “Pariah” Industry: The Need For A Responsive Approach In Gambling Markets, Melissa Rorie

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Gaming regulators are uniquely positioned state agents, who must consider contradictory goals in their day-to-day actions. They must protect the public (and maintain the legitimacy of government) but are also responsible for ensuring that the gaming industry provides needed revenue to the state. To that end, regulators are not only responsible for promoting the legitimacy of the government but also, to some extent, must consider how they can encourage the legitimization of a previously illegal behavior. Prior research has examined regulators’ attempts to balance such “structural contradictions” through their licensing process, but little research has been done on regulatory responses …

Opportunity Lost, Opportunity Found: A Proposal To Amend Maine's Rule Of Evidence 404 To Admit "Prior Acts" Evidence In Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Tina Heather Nadeau

Maine Law Review

In 2008, thirty-one people were the victims of homicide in the state of Maine. Even more startling: nineteen of these homicides stemmed from domestic violence, possibly the largest number of domestic-violence-related killings in the state's history. This means that nearly 70 percent of Maine's homicides in 2008 were the result of domestic violence. Amendments made in 2007 (and implemented in February 2008) to Maine's Criminal Code have criminalized particular instances of domestic violence as “enhanced” crimes of violence. This allows prosecutors to consider “prior acts” of domestic abuse when deciding how to charge a criminal defendant accused of a domestic-violence-related …

Prospectus, October 18, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Alex Davidson, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, David Saveanu, Derian Silva

Prospectus 2017

Parkland police talk face-to-face with students; Parkland to show off at upcoming open house; "Blade Runner 2049" a worthy sequel to the sci-fi classic; Midway of Madness serves up frights to the CU area; SciCommons offers one-on-one experience for students; "Help us help you:" mental health at Parkland

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Fall 2017), Brad A. Myrstol, Pamela Cravez, Troy C. Payne, N/A Uaa Justice Center

Vols 31-36 (2014-2019)

The Fall 2017 print edition of the Alaska Justice Forum features two stories on crime rates — in relation to criminal justice reform and in relation to police staffing — that caution using crime rates as a single factor to determine policy. A story on Crisis Intervention Teams shows how specialized responses are helping law enforcement deal with calls from individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. The Fall 2017 online edition includes expanded versions of print stories and a video (with transcript) on property crime rates in Alaska.

Is The Rate Of Property Crime Increasing In Alaska? [Transcript], Myrstol A. N/A, Pamela Cravez

Vols 31-36 (2014-2019)

Is the rate of property crime increasing in Alaska? Data from six Alaska jurisdictions show it’s a complex question. Dr. Brad Myrstol, interim Justice Center director developed a series of graphs to show how the rate of property crime in Alaska is impacted by factors including time, place of crime and type of crime. This presentation focuses on the property crimes of larceny-theft, shoplifting (which is a subcategory of larceny), burglary, and motor vehicle theft. The time period is from 1985 to 2016. The jurisdictions reviewed are: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, North Slope Borough and Palmer. Each use the Uniform …

How Do You Determine The Right Size Of A Police Department? Don’T Look To Crime Rates., Troy C. Payne

Vols 31-36 (2014-2019)

Studies have shown that changing the number of police officers has no effect on crime rates. This article explains why and describes alternative measures. An accompanying chart compares rates of violent crime in Alaska for 1986–2015 with the number of police officers per 1,000 residents for the same period.

Crime Rates And Alaska Criminal Justice Reform, Brad A. Myrstol, Pamela Cravez

Vols 31-36 (2014-2019)

Definitive conclusions about the impact of Senate Bill 91 on the rate of property crimes in Alaska are not possible for a number of reasons, including that the most current data cover less than six months following implementation of the first phase of the law. Accompanying figures show rates of incidents of shoplifting, motor vehicle theft, burglary, and larceny theft reported to police in 1985–2016.

Crisis Intervention Teams Assist Law Enforcement, Pamela Cravez

Vols 31-36 (2014-2019)

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a police-based, first responders’ pre-arrest jail diversion model for individuals with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder. A new CIT coalition is being developed in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The online version of the article also includes additional information about specialized police responses.

Resignation Of Attorney General Allows Smoother Transition To Mexico’S New Justice System, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

American Trade News Highlights For Winter, 2013 Costco Cashews: How Much Roasting Makes Them American For Purposes Of Nafta Preferential Tariff Treatment By Canada, Vanessa Humm

Law and Business Review of the Americas

No abstract provided.

#Golead Newsletter, Georgia Southern University, Office Of Leadership And Community Engagement

#GoLead Newsletter (2016-2023)

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October 17, 2017, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, October 17, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Lawyers Have Two Approaches To Higher Ed, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

After decades of a culture of social isolationism, we see how colleges and universities have gradu- ally become the battlegrounds of national issues such as race, religion, sexual assault, gun control and free speech. Over the last 50 years more than 120 cases related in one way or another to higher education have been heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Hundreds of other cases have been filed, only for the justices to deny hearing them.

However, most colleges and universities are not well prepared to deal with litigation. For one thing institutions of higher education have had for decades a …

Raton Walkability Workshop Report, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Walking Guides and Reports

Ramblin’ Round Raton (RRR) coordinated a walkability workshop for members of the community to come together at the Center for Sustainable Community and assess different parts of the city for pedestrian friendliness. The group modeled the event after a similar workshop in the Village of Cuba in 2009. Prior to the workshop, RRR identified six areas of focus. They chose the locations because they are popular pedestrian thoroughfares, close to schools, or thought to be confusing areas for pedestrians.

The Free Press Vol. 49, Issue No. 5, 10-16-2017, Sarah Tewksbury

Free Press, The

I’m clumsy but I don’t let it get me down -- Traveling “preacher” harasses students -- Linguistics department opens new office -- Woodbury Campus Center houses safe space -- Student senators discuss improvement projects -- Maine local political update

Crimes Known To Police (Alaska): Statewide Rates, By Month: 2014-2016, Brad A. Myrstol

Presentations

This slide presentation, Alaska House Judiciary Committee on October 16, 2017, provides monthly crime rates from 2014 to 2016 for larceny theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and assault. Rates are drawn from Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) data in the annual Crime in Alaska publication of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

The Rider (2017-10-16), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.3 No.8

Trait Emotional Intelligence And Social Deviance In Males And Females, Am Bacon, L Lenton-Maughan, J May

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Intensification And Decay Of Typhoon Nuri (2014) Associated With Cold Front And Southwesterly Airflow Observed In Satellite Cloud Images, Kuan-Dih Yeh, Ji-Chyun Liu, Chee-Ming Eea, Ching-Huei Lin, Wen-Lung Lu, Ching-Tsan Chiang, Yung-Sheng Lee, Ada Hui-Chuan Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper presents a framework involving the use of remote sensing imagery and image processing techniques to analyze a 2014 super typhoon, Typhoon Nuri, and the cold occlusion that occurred in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The purpose of this study was to predict the tracks and profiles of Typhoon Nuri and the corresponding association with the induction of cold front occlusion. Three-dimensional typhoon profiles were implemented to investigate the in-depth distribution of the cloud top from surface cloud images. The results showed that cold fronts and southwesterly airflow accompanied by warm air masses occurred at the front ends of the …

The Chanticleer, 2017-10-13, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Engage, Empower, Act: A Cedar Valley Conference On Diversity & Inclusion [Program], 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Multicultural Education.

Economic Inclusion Conference Documents

The program for the Engage, Empower, Act Conference on Diversity and Inclusion held October 13, 2017.

Eliminates Recently Enacted Road Repair And Transportation Funding By Repealing Revenues Dedicated For Those Purposes. Requires Any Measure To Enact Certain Vehicle Fuel Taxes And Vehicle Fees Be Submitted To And Approved By The Electorate. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Repeals a 2017 transportation law’s tax and fee provisions that pay for repairs and improvements to local roads, state highways, and public transportation. Requires the Legislature to submit any measure enacting specified taxes or fees on gas or diesel fuel, or on the privilege to operate a vehicle on public highways, to the electorate for approval. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Reduced annual state transportation tax revenues of $2.9 billion in 2018-19, increasing to $4.9 billion annually by 2020-21. These revenues would primarily have supported state highway …

Ud In The News Oct. 7-13, University Of Dayton

News Releases

National media turned to University of Dayton faculty for insight on Catholic and legal issues during the second week of October.

Fox News quoted law professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister and the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted theologian Jason Paul Bourgeois on Our Lady of Fatima. Princeton Review publisher Rob Franek also highlighted the return on investment of a University of Dayton education on Chicago's WGN-TV.

Lindenwood Digest, October 13, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Engaging Patient And Provider Stakeholders In A Comparative Effectiveness Trial To Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening, Susan M. Rawl

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The processes used to engage patients and clinical stakeholders in the development and implementation of this comparative effectiveness trial will be described as exemplars of stakeholder engagement in patient-centered outcomes research

Can Local Actors Foster A More Inclusive And Sustainable Model Of Economic Development? The Role Of Business Improvement Areas In The “New” Industrial Policy, Matias De Dovitiis, Juan Gomez, Rafael Gomez

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

A growing body of evidence links differing managerial practices, specifically ones addressing environmental sustainability and the management of people, to variations in performance observed across firms and countries. Firms (and by extension jurisdictions) that invest in better environmental policies (sustainability) and that empower workers (inclusivity) tend to outperform, over the long run, those that do not. Despite the gains associated with these inclusive and sustainable management techniques, large differences in the adoption of even the most basic management practices persist. We premise this article on an institution that can lower the costs of gaining best practice knowledge and help in …

Home Rule In New York: The Need For A Change, Michael A. Cardozo, Zachary W. Klinger

Pace Law Review

This article is intended to provide a practical lens into how Home Rule issues unfold in complex matters involving the City, and to suggest how a much-needed Home Rule constitutional amendment could re-shape or, at the very least, clarify Home Rule standards. Section II will provide some historical and legal background on Home Rule; Section III will analyze some of the more well-known Home Rule cases that the Law Department litigated during the Bloomberg Administration; and Section IV will discuss insights gleaned with respect to, and will offer several recommendations for, the future of Home Rule in New York.

Funding Justice: The Budget Of The Maine Judicial Branch-We Did Get There From Here, Leigh I. Saufley

Maine Law Review

The budget for the administration of justice in the State of Maine is a study in contrasts. During the last two decades, the lack of sufficient dollars appropriated to Maine Judicial Branch and the impact that this underfunding has had on people seeking access to justice have created consistent concerns for leaders in the Judicial Branch as well as for those in the Executive and Legislative Branches. Despite these challenges, however, the administrative structure of the Maine Judicial Branch stands as a model for states across the country. Understanding the genesis of this contrast will be critical to planning for …