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The Perpetual “Invasion”: Past As Prologue In Constitutional Immigration Law, Matthew Lindsay

All Faculty Scholarship

Donald Trump ascended to the presidency largely on the promise to protect the American people—their physical and financial security, their culture and language, even the integrity of their electoral system—against an invading foreign menace. Only extraordinary defensive measures, including “extreme vetting” of would-be immigrants, a ban on Muslims entering the United States, and a 2,000-mile-long wall along the nation’s southern border could repel the encroaching hordes. If candidate Trump’s scapegoating of unauthorized migrants and refugees was disarmingly effective, it was also eerily familiar to those of us who study the history of immigration law and policy. Indeed, the trope of …

Graduate Catalog 2018-2019, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

How To Argue With An Algorithm: Lessons From The Compas-Propublica Debate, Anne L. Washington

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Faa’S Mental Health Standards: Are They Reasonable?, Katie Manworren

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Safety Meets Efficiency: The Medical Device Drone’S Role In Bringing About A Workable Regulatory Framework For Commercial Drones, Luke Strieber

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Forensic Science: Daubert’S Failure, Paul C. Giannelli

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Habal-Habal: Characteristics Of Motorcycle Taxi Users In Metropolitan Manila, Sebastian Mapili Cano

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Motorcycle taxi services in the Philippines (locally referred to as habal-habal) has been deemed to be operating only in rural areas wherein public transportation is inadequate or is utterly absent. It is also perceived as illegal and unsafe for urban operations, especially in a conurbation like Metro Manila wherein more than 30% of recorded fatal road accidents come from motorcycles. However, the worsening traffic congestion in the metropolis has spurred its growing urban presence and has led the attention of commuters to alternative modes of transport that are fast, reliable, and affordable. Inadequate understanding of habal-habal's role in the urban …

An Association Between Job Stress, Social Support And Insomnia Among Public Health Workers In Thailand., Kanokrat Paitool

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Sleep disorder is the global burden public health problem nowadays. Sleep disorders link to several health problem including mental health, cardiovascular diseases, and unintentional injury. Insomnia is a type of sleep disorders which have sign of cannot sleep or difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep or woke up at night, or both them. The insomnia rather difficultly to define, however an individual's report is used to identify its severity. Public health workers is an occupation dealing with distribution and determinants of health-related among population. Those people work with the high pressure including workload, working hours, conflict between different beliefs, lack …

แนวทางกำหนดมาตรการทางอาญาเพื่อควบคุมสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรง, นิธิศ ติระรัตนกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาปัญหาและแสวงหามาตรการทางกฎหมายเพื่อควบคุมสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรง รวมทั้งศึกษาถึงแนวคิด รูปแบบ และมาตรการทางอาญาเกี่ยวกับสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงทั้งของประเทศไทยและต่างประเทศ อีกทั้งยังวิเคราะห์หลักเกณฑ์การกำหนดความผิดทางอาญาเพื่อนำมาปรับใช้กับมาตรการทางอาญาเกี่ยวกับสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงให้เหมาะสมกับบริบทของประเทศไทย จากการศึกษาพบว่าประเทศที่เปิดเสรีสื่อทางเพศมองว่าสื่อที่แสดงการกระตุ้นความต้องการทางเพศจะต้องได้รับการคุ้มครองในฐานะเสรีภาพในการแสดงออกรูปแบบหนึ่ง จึงมีการแบ่งแยกสื่อลามกออกจากสื่อทางเพศ โดยสื่อทางเพศใดที่พิจารณาแล้วว่ามีลักษณะเกินเลยไปจากขอบเขตมาตรฐานการยอมรับของสังคม เช่น มีการใช้ความรุนแรง ย่อมถือว่าเป็นสื่อลามกและเป็นข้อยกเว้นให้รัฐเข้ามาควบคุมการกระทำในทางส่วนตัวได้ เนื่องจากสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงสร้างผลร้ายแก่สังคมอย่างร้ายแรง สำหรับประเทศไทยกลับมองว่าสื่อทางเพศและสื่อลามกเป็นสิ่งเดียวกันเนื่องมาจากขอบเขตการตีความสื่อลามกกำหนดไว้ว่าสื่อที่แสดงการกระตุ้นความต้องการทางเพศแก่ผู้รับชมถือว่าเป็นสื่อลามกทั้งสิ้น ทำให้ประเทศไทยไม่มีการแบ่งแยกเนื้อหาของสื่อลามกแต่อย่างใด ผลที่ตามมาคือสื่อลามกทั่วไป (ยกเว้นสื่อลามกอนาจารเด็ก) และสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงถูกควบคุมในระดับเดียวกันภายใต้หลักห้ามการกระทำในลักษณะเปิดเผยแก่สาธารณะเท่านั้น การควบคุมสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงของประเทศไทยจึงยังไม่ครอบคลุมถึงการกระทำในทางส่วนตัวเหมือนกับประเทศที่เปิดเสรีสื่อทางเพศ ด้วยเหตุดังกล่าวผู้วิจัยเสนอแนะให้บัญญัติความผิดเกี่ยวกับสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงแยกออกจากบทบัญญัติเกี่ยวกับสื่อลามกทั่วไป โดยกำหนดความผิดเกี่ยวกับสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงครอบคลุมทั้งการกระทำในทางส่วนตัวและการกระทำในลักษณะเปิดเผยแก่สาธารณะ เพื่อเป็นการป้องกันและจัดการกับปัญหาสื่อทางเพศที่ใช้ความรุนแรงได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ

Professional Practice Guidelines For Occupationally Mandated Psychological Evaluations, American Psychological Association, Timothy P. Melchert

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

Psychological evaluations are relied on by employers, professional licensing boards, and civil service commissions to make hiring and employment decisions affecting individuals, organizations, and the public. To promote best practices, these professional practice guidelines were developed for use by psychologists who perform clinical evaluations of individuals for occupational purposes, regardless of whether the evaluation is intended to obtain employment, to achieve licensure/certification, or to maintain either. These guidelines were created by the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS) to educate and inform the practice of psychologists who conduct occupationally mandated psychological evaluations (OMPEs), as well as to stimulate debate …

Essential Methods For Planning Practitioners: Skills And Techniques For Data Analysis, Visualization, And Communication, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jochen Albrecht

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Management Of Natural Resources: An Overview And Research Agenda, Gerard George, Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx, Teng Lit Liak

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Natural resources underpin the foundation of human activity. Individuals and organizations consume vast amounts of natural resources as a matter of routine without much cognizance of their continued availability in the future or the true cost of a depleting natural resource. Over the past decades of industrial activity, organizations, communities, and nations have acted to protect their interests by investing in and securing their supplies of natural resources that support economic growth. An industrial complex, now variously termed as extractive industries, supplies crucial non-renewable natural resources such as oil and coal for energy or iron and aluminum for construction. Our …

Why Local Governments Collaborate: Perspectives From Elected Officials And Local Government Managers On Regional Collaboration, Stephanie D. Davis

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the factors that influence a local government’s decision to engage in regional collaborations. Analysis of 7 local government managers and eleven elected officials revealed that the decision to engage in regional collaboration was influenced by external factors, organizational factors, and internal motivations. Elected officials and local government managers identified a disaster occurrence, fiscal stress, outside agencies, jurisdictional benefit, and communication as key factors. Further, this research highlights the importance of the role of the elected official in intergovernmental arrangements, the role of the local government manager as the policy entrepreneur, and the influence of shared norms and …

Validation Of Virginia's Juvenile Risk Assessment Instrument, Jessica P. Schneider

Theses and Dissertations

Utilizing a validated risk assessment tool to predict future offending is recommended as best practices in corrections by a number of professional organizations (Latessa & Lovins, 2010). Guided by the risk-needs-responsivity model, risk assessment tools have evolved to help inform criminal justice practitioners by identifying offenders most in need of intervention or supervision, guiding the case plan to optimize outcomes (Bonta & Andrews, 2007). The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) utilizes the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) at all stages of contact with youthful offenders, including intake, probation, commitment, and parole (DJJ, 2016). However, risk assessment instruments do …

Police Officer Perceptions Of Organizational Justice And Body-Worn Cameras: A Civilizing Effect?, Carolyn Naoroz Ph.D.

Theses and Dissertations

This research sought to understand the potential association between officer perceptions of organizational justiceand officer perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs). A questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of 362 officersfrom the 750 sworn personnel from the Richmond Police Department in Richmond, VA, yielding a response rate of 91% and representing 44% of the Richmond Police Department’s sworn employees. This study extends prior work by partially replicating a previous BWC survey conducted by leading body-worn camera scholars, utilizing a large sample from an urban mid-Atlantic police department. This study also extends prior work on officer perceptions of organizational justice …

Mental Health Difficulties And Service Use Of Incarcerated Women: The Influence Of Violence Perpetration And Victimization, Rachel C. Casey

Theses and Dissertations

The present study aimed to expand the knowledge base regarding incarcerated women’s experiences with violence and their mental health with the goal of identifying avenues for more tailored, compassionate responses to their mental health difficulties in both macro and direct practice contexts. To achieve this aim, a secondary data analysis was performed using data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities (SISCF) completed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in 2004. Six research questions pertaining to women’s experiences with violence and their mental health difficulties and service utilization guided the inquiry, which involved univariate, bivariate, and multivariate …

Mobile Enchantment: The Virginia Theatre Machine Llc, A New Twist On Drive-In Theatre, Mark J. Lerman

Theses and Dissertations

A disassembling of the Virginia Theatre Machine (VTM), LLC and its annual restaging of an adaption of Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol. The VTM is a custom-built trailer theater that combines the performance energy of street theater with the magic and wonder of a fully designed theatrical production. I provide a historical context for this 21^st century revising of mobile theater that switches the paradigm of the traditional theater experience by bringing the stage to audiences, for free. I draw from critical social and cultural theory to make sense of the audience impact in public and private outdoor …

United States-Mexico Border: Rights Of The Dead, Forensic Anthropologists, And Families Of The Victims, Diana A. Newberry

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

From 1998-2018, over 6,000 migrants have been found dead after attempting to cross into the United States through its southern border; most of the deaths are due to harsh environmental conditions found through the crossing areas. Migrant remains are often found with no belongings or evidence to use to identify the deceased. Forensic anthropologists, medicolegal examiners, and non-governmental organizations such as Humane Borders, Águilas del Desierto [Eagles of the Desert], and the Colibrí Center for Human Rights have worked to recover, identify, and repatriate these remains. To understand the many facets of this process, this thesis explored the relationships between …

Public Perceptions Of Homelessness In Humboldt County, John Thomas Krapf

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Homelessness is a social and political issue of great importance in the United States. For every 10,000 people in the U.S. 17 are experiencing homelessness (Bishop et al. 2017). Despite being a consequence of structural factors in the economy such as a lack of affordable housing and livable wages, the news media often frames the issue as an outcome of individualistic factors such as deviant characteristics, criminality, and personal flaws like drug addiction and mental illness. This study examines public perceptions of homelessness in Humboldt County. To explore this question, I conducted a content analysis of 94 articles on homelessness …

Community-Based Initiatives For Neighborhood And Community Rehabilitation: A Case Study Of The Mission District, San Francisco, California, Francesca Monique Gallardo

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Through the case study of San Francisco, CA’s Mission District, this research project addresses how community-based affordable housing development is operationalized to rehabilitate communities and neighborhoods experiencing effects of gentrification, mass displacement, and cultural dilution. My goals were to identify how the processes of building a sense of community, trust, and cohesion- rehabilitating and critical to affordable housing development efforts in the Mission District? And, how are nonprofit community development organizations engaging with these processes in collaboration with citizen and community partners? The final objective is to provide evidence-based strategies to assist other at-risk minority communities and neighborhoods in the …

Insubstantial Burdens, Chad Flanders

All Faculty Scholarship

In order to win a claim under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (or “RFRA”), you have to show that your religious beliefs have been “substantially burdened” by a governmental law or practice. In her dissent to Hobby Lobby, Justice Ginsburg accused the majority of taking an approach to defining “substantial burden” that abdicated the judicial role in determining what a substantial burden was. In her dissent to the denial of cert in the Wheaton case, Sotomayor advanced the same line. “I do not doubt that Wheaton genuinely believes that signing the self-certification form is contrary to its religious beliefs,” she …

The Case For A Federal Cyber Insurance Program, David L. Vicevich

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Cyber Risk Is Best Addressed by Insurance ... A. U.S. Policy Contributes to Cyber Insecurity ... 1. The United States Leads in Cyber Offense ... 2. U.S. Domestic Policy Fosters Cyber Insecurity … B. An Escalating, Dynamic, and Unique Risk ... C. State and Multinational Actors Increasingly Involved ... D. Unique Cybersecurity Issues Frustrate Policy

III. Responses to Cyber Risk Beyond Insurance Are Failing ... A. The Public Law Response Is Inadequate ... B. Private Law Is Ineffective at Addressing Cyber Losses ... C. Public and Private Law Contradict Limiting Remedies

IV. The Private Insurance Market Is …

Faculty And Staff Perceptions About Concealed Carry Initiatives And Their Effect On Campus Safety: A Multi-State Examination, Heidi Marie Ahl-Quanbeck

Theses and Dissertations

Concealed carry on campus is a polarizing debate affecting higher education today. Concealed carry refers to the carrying of a weapon in public while concealed from view. Prompted by isolated instances of gun violence as well as the changing gun culture within our society, ten states now permit weapons on campus as a result of legislation or institutional policy. Yet, little is known about faculty and staff perspectives on concealed carry on campus initiatives or how weapons could affect perceptions about campus safety. The purpose of this study is to better understand faculty and staff perspectives on concealed carry, to …

Oregon Nonprofit Disaster Preparedness: Finding From The 2018 Survey, Grace L. Chikoto-Schultz, Andrew Russo, Paul Manson, Jim White

The Nonprofit Institute Research

This report summarizes results from a survey administered in spring 2018 to 501(c)(3) charitable benefit nonprofit organizations across Oregon. The survey was developed by Portland State University in collaboration with the City Club of Portland’s Earthquake Report Advocacy Committee (CCERAC) and the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO), following Sutton & Tierney’s (2006) and Ritchie, Tierney, & Gilbert’s (2010) classification and previous survey. Based on the survey distribution process, primarily through NAO, PSU’s Nonprofit Institute, and other nonprofit and public agencies’ networks, these survey results are based on a convenience sample of nonprofits that responded to the survey. As such, the …

Risk Assessment Of Space Mining Ventures Using Decision Modeling And Monte Carlo Simulation, Michael Roy Jude

Theses and Dissertations

Private space exploration is beginning to receive a lot of attention, primarily driven by commercial efforts to mine asteroids. Such endeavors ultimately will require substantial amounts of investment. Yet, potential investors have no way of gauging the risk associated with space mining. The problem statement that drives this study is relatively simple: current estimates of space mining viability do not adequately factor risk into their analysis. Rather than attempting to build a business case for space mining, this research adopts a well-documented business plan and then attempts to assess the risk implicit in that plan. This research is not concerned …

Examining Rural To Urban Migration, Crime And Characteristics Of Rural Migrants Offenders -- An Exploratory Study On The Relationship Between Rural Migration And Criminal Offenses Utilizing The Online Judicial Dataset In Guangdong Province, Ziwei Qi

Theses and Dissertations

China has experienced massive internal migration in the past three decades. The rapidly growing urban population, especially the rural to urban migrant population, is the primary social concern with respect to public health and social stability that China is facing in recent decades. Both the public and private sectors have hastened to respond to the emerging needs of this socially, economically and politically marginalized group. In the current dissertation, the author utilizes judicial decisions from the Intermediate Level Courts in the Guangdong province, China, in order to examine the characteristics of rural migrant offenders, and to explore the relationship between …

The Effects Of The War On Drugs On Black Women: From Early Legislation To Incarceration, Tiffany Simmons

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Public-Private Partnerships In Transportation: Lessons Learned For The New Space Era, Janet K. Tinoco

Publications

Entrepreneurial firms in the space sector have accomplished unimaginable feats unheard of just 20 years ago, such as reusable rockets and cargo launches to the International Space Station (ISS). Clearly, the private sector will continue to be a significant participant in the future of the space industry, partnering with governments and nations, to accomplish more with less. Likewise, the public sector must cope with decreased funding and worthy space objectives while balancing cost, risk, and return. Partnering with private enterprise is the best solution to meeting mandated objectives in space program advancement. This paper addresses partnerships in real property assets …

2018 - Wholeness In A Broken World: Together Through The Power Of The Spirit, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

Our theme this year, drawn from Ephesians, is "Wholeness in a Broken World: Together Through the Power of the Spirit."

A special feature of this year's Summit will be the formal launching of the Carl Spain Center for Race Studies and Spiritual Action.

Theme speakers will guide our hearts and minds in examining ways in which themes from Ephesians can lead us toward wholeness in today's broken world.

Key speakers include: Randy Harris, Alan Jacobs, Jordan and Matt Dooley, Jerry Taylor, and Don McLaughlin.

Our Veterans In The Criminal Justice System: What Is Being Done To Decrease Their Involvement?, Tiffinee Hamlin

Research Papers

As the number of United States military veterans reaches above 20 million, the number of serious mental and emotional problem diagnoses, substance use disorders, as well as personal issues are also on the rise. With these diagnoses and struggles, the probability of veterans being involved in the criminal justice system increases. Currently United States veterans account for 9% of the United States population, while also accounting for 8% of the prison and 7% of the jail population.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has several programs and services available to veterans, programs established to promote overall well-being and to serve veterans …