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Nolo Contendere Convictions: The Effect Of No Confession In Future Criminal Proceedings, Ramy Simpson

Criminal Law Practitioner

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Expenditure, Coping, And Academic Behaviors Among Food-Insecure College Students At 10 Higher Education Institutes In The Appalachian And Southeastern Regions, Rebecca L. Hagedorn, Laura H. Mcarthur, Lanae B. Hood, Maureen Berner, Elizabeth T. Anderson Steeves, Carol L. Connell, Elizabeth Wall-Bassett, Marsha Spence, Oyinlola Toyin Babatunde, E Brooke Kelly, Julia F. Waity, J Porter Lillis, Melissa D. Olfert

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

A number of studies have measured college student food insecurity prevalence higher than the national average; however, no multicampus regional study among students at 4-y institutions has been undertaken in the Appalachian and Southeast regions of the United States.

Objectives

The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of food insecurity among college students in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, and to determine the association between food-insecurity status and money expenditures, coping strategies, and academic performance among a regional sample of college students.

Methods

This regional, cross-sectional, online survey study included 13,642 college …

The State Of The Death Penalty, Ankur Desai, Brandon L. Garrett

Faculty Scholarship

The death penalty is in decline in America and most death penalty states do not regularly impose death sentences. In 2016 and 2017, states reached modern lows in imposed death sentences, with just thirty-one defendants sentenced to death in 2016 and thirty-nine in 2017, as compared with over three hundred per year in the 1990s. In 2016, only thirteen states imposed death sentences, and in 2017, fourteen did so, although thirty-one states retain the death penalty. What explains this remarkable and quite unexpected trend? In this Article, we present new analysis of state-level legislative changes that might have been expected …

Immigration Detainers, Local Discretion, And State Law's Historical Constraints, Kate Evans

Faculty Scholarship

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Federal Criminal Risk Assessment, Brandon L. Garrett

Faculty Scholarship

Risk assessments are a common feature of federal decisionmaking, including across a range of administrative agencies. However, in federal criminal law, risk assessments have been only haltingly adopted. Decisions regarding bail, sentences, and prison programming have largely been made based on official discretion. Risk assessment instruments are currently used in federal courts pretrial and postconviction, and in federal prisons regarding security levels and reentry, with highly uneven results to date. The adoption of the First Step Act, which has the ambition to transform the federal prison system through the use of risk instruments, has the potential to introduce a more …

Wealth, Equal Protection, And Due Process, Brandon L. Garrett

Faculty Scholarship

Increasingly, constitutional litigation challenging wealth inequality focuses on the intersection of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. That intersection—between equality and due process—deserves far more careful exploration. What I call “equal process” claims arise from a line of Supreme Court and lower court cases in which wealth inequality is the central concern. For example, the Supreme Court in Bearden v. Georgia conducted analysis of a claim that criminal defendants were treated differently based on wealth in which due process and equal protection principles converged. That equal process connection is at the forefront of a wave of national litigation concerning …

Machine Learning At The Patent Office: Lessons For Patents And Administrative Law, Arti K. Rai

Faculty Scholarship

The empirical data indicate that a relatively small increment of additional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“Patent Office” or “USPTO”) investment in prior art search at the initial examination stage could be a cost-effective mechanism for improving accuracy in the patent system. This contribution argues that machine learning provides a promising arena for such investment. Notably, the use of machine learning in patent examination does not raise the same potent concerns about individual rights and discrimination that it raises in other areas of administrative and judicial process. To be sure, even an apparently easy case like prior art search at …

Punishment And Its Limits, Debra Parkes

All Faculty Publications

The nearly three decades in which Beverley McLachlin was a member of the Supreme Court, including as Chief Justice, witnessed a number of shifts in Canadian penal policy and in the reach and impact of criminal law. During the Harper decade (2006 to 2015) in which the federal Conservatives enjoyed a majority government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, criminal justice policy took a turn toward the punitive. The federal government tore a page out of the American legislative handbook and sought to “govern through crime”, albeit in a more restrained Canadian style.

Could Stated Political Affiliation Influence A Candidate's Perceived Appropriateness To Attend Graduate School? An Audit Study, Nicholas Zambrotta

Open Access Dissertations

Bias and stereotypes, even in the professional realms are ubiquitous and are unfortunately an inescapable fact of life in society. Psychologists study bias and discrimination in order to more fully understand when it arises, as well as what can be done to confront it. Bias and discrimination researchers have demonstrated that women, racial/ethic minorities, members of the LBGTQ community, as well as other marginalized groups continue to suffer from the effects of discrimination. However, recent investigations have indicated that discrimination based on an individual’s stated political affiliation may also exist. Other researchers point out that political affiliation bias and discrimination …

To Be The Body Of Christ: Discipleship (Solidarity) And Eucharist, M. Shawn Copeland

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

In this presentation, I explore the relation between discipleship as solidarity and Eucharist. To this end, the Gospel of Luke sets the scriptural parameters, as the story of the disciples on the way to Emmaus and their experience of recognizing Jesus at table in the breaking of bread is narrated only in this Gospel. Written in the final decades of the first century and addressed to a community of mixed social and economic standing, Luke’s narrative has come under critique for its tendency to convey double-messages and its ambiguity toward women and the poor. New Testament scholar Sharon Ringe has …

Concerning Retention Of Criminal Justice Programs Funding., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning The Improvement Of Access To Behavioral Health Services For Individuals At Risk Of Institutionalization, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning The P.O.S.T. Board Revoking The Certification Of A Peace Officer Who Is Found To Have Made An Untruthful Statement, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Changing Penalty For Certain Violations Pursuant To The "Uniform Controlled Substances Act Of 2013", And, In Connection Therewith, Making And Reducing An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Increased Eligibility For The Sealing Of Criminal Justice Records By Individuals Who Are Not Under Supervision, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Changes To Improve Outcomes For Youth In The Juvenile Justice System, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Treatment Of Individuals With Substance Use Disorders Who Come Into Contact With The Criminal Justice System, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning The Creation Of The Law Enforcement, Public Safety, And Criminal Justice Information Sharing Grant Program, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Expungement Of Juvenile Records, And, In Connection Therewith, Making Clarifying Changes To The Expungement Process And Procedure And Clarifying That Juvenile Expungement Applies To Municipal Courts., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Allowing Delivery Of Regulated Marijuana By Regulated Marijuana Sellers, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Human Trafficking Prevention Training By The Department Of Public Safety., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Licensing Behavioral Health Entities, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning Data Collection From Jail Facilities Operated By Political Subdivisions Of The State, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Law., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Corrections., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Are Carve-Outs Killing The Spirit Of Sanctuary Cities? A Comparative Analysis Of Chicago And Oak Park’S Sanctuary Policies, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 395 (2019), Ana Torres

UIC Law Review

In the United States, undocumented immigrants often shy away from accessing public services due to fear of deportation. Chicago and Oak Park have passed ordinances commonly known as “sanctuary policies,” which seek to promote trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement in order to lower crime rates and increase public safety. The rationale is that undocumented immigrants will feel more confident to report crimes and utilize public and social services without fear of repercussions. Sanctuary policies strive to create basic protections for undocumented immigrants at a local level by limiting cooperation with the federal government. However, many sanctuary policies …

Addressing Illinois’ Recidivism Rate: The Newly Reformed Texas Correctional System And The Need For Expansion To Illinois, 52 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev 835 (2019), Nichole Jerrick

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Justice Anthony Kennedy As Senior Associate Justice: Influence And Impact, 53 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 907 (2019), Charles Jacob, Christopher Smith

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Properly Accounting For Domestic Violence In Child Custody Cases: An Evidence-Based Analysis And Reform Proposal, Debra Pogrund Stark, Jessica M. Choplin, Sarah Elizabeth Wellard

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Promoting the best interests of children and protecting their safety and well-being in the context of a divorce or parentage case where domestic violence has been alleged has become highly politicized and highly gendered. There are claims by fathers’ rights groups that mothers often falsely accuse fathers of domestic violence to alienate the fathers from their children and to improve their financial position. They also claim that children do better when fathers are equally involved in their children’s lives, but that judges favor mothers over fathers in custody cases. As a consequence, fathers’ rights groups have engaged in a nationwide …

Nsu 2019–2020 Academic Calendar, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.