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The U.S. Sentencing Commission’S Recidivism Studies: Myopic, Misleading, And Doubling Down On Imprisonment, Nora V. Demleitner

Scholarly Articles

Recidivism has now replaced rehabilitation as the guiding principle of punishment. It is increasingly used to steer criminal justice policy despite research limitations. It serves as a stand-in for public safety, even though lengthy incarceration may have criminogenic and other negative ramifications for family members and communities. Yet the U.S. Sentencing Commission emphasizes recidivism. It emphasizes what amounts to preemptive imprisonment for those with long criminal records to prevent future offending.

The Commission’s work should come with a warning label. First, its recidivism studies should not be consumed on their own. Instead they must be read in conjunction with U.S. …

35th Anniversary History Book, Collin College

35th anniversary

More than 35 years ago, a small group of community members gathered in a Frisco coffee shop and talked about the need for a community college in Collin County. As a result of that early discussion, Collin College has grown from part-time faculty teaching evening college classes inside area high school classrooms to a renowned higher education institution with five campuses and four centers serving a growing community.

For more information regarding the history of Collin College, see the 35th Anniversary Collection.

5g Vs 4g, What's The Difference?, Michael Fermanis

Engineering Student Trade Journal Articles

5G is rolling out in 2020. What is going to be different than 4G? Compared to the fourth generation, 5G will have lower latency, faster download speed, and will be able to connect the Internet of Things on a world scale. The possibilities that come with 5G will revolutionize how the world works.

Wcsa Alumnews: Fall 2020, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Alumni Relations

WCSA AlumNEWS

Contents Include: 110 Years of WCSA; Public Safety Adds Therapy Dog; Greetings from Director of Alumni Engagement Jennifer Zych Herrmann '00; UMN Morris Achieves Carbon Neutrality in Electricity; Greetings from Alumni Association President Tom Payne '60; Your WCSA Alumni Association Board of Directors; Fondly Remembered; WCSA Alumni Garden; Calendar of Events; WCSA Arizona Winter Gathering.

Crisis And Coercive Pleas, Thea Johnson

JCLC Online

No abstract provided.

Proposition 22: Protect App-Based Drivers And Services Act, Matt Urban, Kylie Zaechelein

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Proposition 25: Replace Cash Bail With Risk Assessment Referendum, Yevgeniy P. Pislar, Rachel Puleo

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Swosu Fact Book Fall 2020, Joel Harrel Kendall, Diane Fitzsimmons, Kayleigh Brown

Fact Books

The 29th annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University Fact Book provides a ready source of information to answer frequently asked questions about the University and its operations. The Fact Book is compiled annually by the Office of Institutional Research to assist the university with strategic planning, academic program reviews, grant writing, accreditation, and institutional information to help guide decision-making. The report is designed to help faculty, staff, administrators, and external stakeholders better understand the student body and university trends. The data analyzed for this report was collected from 2011 to 2020.

Unless otherwise noted, the information in the Fact Book is …

Initiatives At A Glance, University Of The Pacific, Mcgeorge School Of Law

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Proposition 20: Reducing Crime And Keeping California Safe Act Of 2018, Irene Meyers, Nicole Rossetta

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Resilience Of School Systems Following Severe Earthquakes, Emad M. Hassan, Hussam N. Mahmoud, Bruce R. Ellingwood

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Natural disasters may have catastrophic and long-lasting impacts on communities' physical, economic, and social infrastructure. Slow recovery of educational services following such events is likely to cause traumatic stress in children, lead families to out-migrate, and affect the community's overall social stability. Methods for quantifying and assessing the restoration process of educational systems and their dependencies on other supporting infrastructure have not received adequate attention. This study introduces, for the first time, a new framework to evaluate the functionality, recovery, and resilience of a school system following severe earthquake events. The framework considers both the quantity and quality of education …

Proposition 17: Voting Rights Restoration For Persons On Parole (2020), Steven Weiss, Alex Cabaluna, Quentin Barbosa

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Nevada System Of Higher Education (Nshe) Administrative Costs, 2019, Olivia K. Cheche, Saha Salahi, Marie A. Falcone, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Higher Education

The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to examine expenditures of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), particularly expenses allocated to staff salaries. This data is collected from the FY19 State of Nevada operating budget, and Transparent Nevada, a website that posts the salaries of public employees including NSHE staff.

Csci 49380/79526: Fundamentals Of Reactive Programming- Syllabus, Raffi Khatchadourian

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

2020 October, Cleveland-Marshall College Of Law

2020s

No abstract provided.

Bear River Health Department: Covid-19 Contact Tracing, Mike Dixon, Zach Rusk

Huntsman School of Business Teaching Scholarship Series

This case introduces students to a highly variable process that has uncertain demand and processing times. It describes the contact tracing efforts as a response to positive Covid-19 cases in a rural health district in the state of Utah during the first 9 months of the pandemic of 2020. The case puts students in the shoes of the managing director of a health department trying to decide how to best manage a team of contact tracers who are increasingly unable to timely complete their work that is vital to stopping the spread of the disease.

Search, The Jackson Laboratory

Search Magazine

No abstract provided.

Driver’S License Suspensions For Nonpayments: A Discriminatory And Counterproductive Policy, Melissa Toback Levin

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

Driver’s license suspensions for nonpayments of traffic debt disproportionately harm people of color and are legally untenable. Across the country, at least seven million people have had their driver’s license suspended for traffic debt—nonpayments of traffic tickets and nonappearances in traffic court. As this article demonstrates, traffic debt suspensions force people to make an impossible choice: stop driving—and lose access to work, childcare, healthcare, food, and other basic necessities— or keep driving, and risk criminal charges, more unaffordable fines and fees, and even incarceration. License-for-payment laws ultimately create conditions that parallel modern-day debtor’s prisons and are vulnerable to several legal …

The Opportunity In Crisis: How 2020'S Challenges Present New Opportunities For Prosecutors, Chesa Boudin

JCLC Online

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2020, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Medical Marijuana: Implications Of Evolving Trends In Regulation, Florence Shu-Acquaye

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

News From The Graduate School - Nursing Fall 2020, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Newsletter that provides updates from the Graduate School and the Nursing Graduate Program.

Raps Sheet, October 2020, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Death Of Dillon’S Rule: Local Autonomy To Control Land Use, John R. Nolon

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

In order for municipal governments to promote sustainable and green development, create safe densities and open spaces in response to the pandemic, protect lives and property in areas vulnerable to natural disasters, and to manage climate change, they must be able to influence the development and preservation of privately owned land. For them to control the negative impacts of oil and gas facilities, they must find power to regulate matters that are typically the prerogative of state agencies. To legalize emerging renewable energy technologies, they must have authority to make them permitted uses in their zoning ordinances, and to innovate …

2020-October-01-Faculty And Staff Senates Elections.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Faculty and Staff Senates at East Tennessee State University announce new senators and members elected to officer positions. These individuals are chosen to represent their peers and provide leadership through shared governance. 

Faculty Senate

Officers 

Officers were elected April 20. Executive Committee Members at Large were elected Aug. 18. 

• President – Mr. Stephen Hendrix
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   Vice President – Dr. Ginni Blackhart
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  Secretary – Ms. Ashley Sergiadis
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  COO/Treasurer – Dr. Patrick Brown
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  Past President – Dr. Susan Epps
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  Executive Committee Members at Large:
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    Dr. Donna Cherry
  • 
    Mr. Bill Hemphill
  • 
    Dr. Kason O’Neil
  • 
    Dr. Alex Sargsyan
  • 
    Dr. Alan Stevens
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  Faculty Member, Board of …

Comprehensive Plan To Promote Equity, Inclusion, And Anti-Racism At Illinois State University, October 2020, Illinois State University

Master Plan

This report represents a 12-month overview of benchmark accomplishments and plans currently underway to further promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism at Illinois State University. The report is organized by “priority action items” that were developed to address concerns raised by student representatives from #AntiBlackISU and other campus constituencies. Those action items focus on policy and practice changes that increase student access to culturally responsive resources and services, best practice strategies to close the opportunity gap among underrepresented students, and strategies to recruit and retain diverse faculty and staff at Illinois State University.

California’S Proposition 47 And Effectuating State Laws In Federal Sentencing, Brenna Ledvora

University of Chicago Law Review

Proposition 47 is a California voter initiative that reduced possessory drug offenses and minor thefts from felonies to misdemeanors. The law allows individuals to retroactively reclassify their convictions and mandates that these convictions shall be considered misdemeanors “for all purposes.” Under California law, reclassified convictions cannot be predicate felonies for future state sentencing enhancements. However, federal courts have held that reclassified convictions still constitute prior convictions for federal sentencing enhancements. Thus, these convictions still trigger felony-based enhancements. This Comment argues that this result is not mandated by Supreme Court precedent and that it conflicts with California’s intent to ameliorate the …

An Examination Of The Lethality Assessment Program (Lap): Perspectives On Implementation, Help-Seeking, And Victim Empowerment, Tara N. Richards, Lane Kirkland Gillespie, Katherine Kafonek, Margaret Johnson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) aims to empower law enforcement officers to screen victims of domestic violence for potential lethality and connect them to service providers. This research surveyed domestic violence victims seeking legal services (n = 141) to assess whether LAP receipt is associated with greater rates of self-protective measures, service use, or empowerment, and to examine victims’ perspectives on the LAP process. Findings indicate no relationship between receipt of the LAP and use of self-protective measures or victim empowerment, mixed evidence between receipt of the LAP and service utilization, and room for improvement regarding how law enforcement …

Cdl Data Quality Assessment, Valerie Keathley-Helil, Mallory Brown, Andrew Martin, Amir E. Najarzadeh, Brian K. Howell, Jennifer R. Walton

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Quality issues related to commercial driver license (CDL) data present ongoing challenges to state and federal transportation agencies. This study highlights several problems with CDL data, including a lack of standardization for state-specific traffic infractions; process and workflow difficulties that degrade the accuracy, validity, and timeliness of data; adjudication procedures that can potentially mask serious violations from CDL driver history records; inadequate recordkeeping in state law enforcement citation and court case management software applications; outdated mainframe systems in urgent need of upgrades; IT personnel who are not paid enough; and insufficient reporting requirements for federal agencies that issue traffic citations. …

Profile: Times Like These, Communications And Marketing

Profile (1996-)

In this issue: The Power of Possibility; Ask the Experts:Social Justice; Time Like These: UMN Morris and the COVID-19 Crisis; 60 Years Since 1960; 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner; Giving News; Campus News Briefs; Alumni News; Class Notes; Cougar Sports News