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Victims’ Rights In Canada In The 21st Century, Alan N. Young, Kanchan Dhanjal

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

No abstract provided.

Truthfulness And The Rule Of Law, W. Bradley Wendel

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Regulating The Cyberpunk Reality: Private Body Modification And The Dangers Of ‘Body Hacking’, Zachary Paul Birnbaum

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.

The Waters Of West Virginia, Bridge Initiative For Science And Technology Policy, Leadership, And Communications

Bridge Initiative for Science and Technology Policy, Leadership, and Communications

The waters of West Virginia are essential to the state’s economy. From the water we drink to the rivers where we play to businesses and industries that provide our income, clean water is an essential element for West Virginia’s future economic success. West Virginia’s water resources are also precious to the nation. The headwaters of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, which eventually reach 9% of the U.S. population, include waters that originate in West Virginia. These resources provide for quality of life, community development and resiliency, and economic opportunity

Social Work And Artificial Intelligence: Into The Matrix, Lauri Goldkind

Social Service Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

2021 Institutional Effectiveness Survey Report, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Institutional Effectiveness Survey reports produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center.

Facial Recognition And The Fourth Amendment, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Using Community Benefits To Bridge The Divide Between Minnesota’S Nonprofit Hospitals And Their Communities, By Meredith Gingold Here., Meredith Gingold

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Somebody’S Tracking Me: Applying Use Restrictions To Facial Recognition Tracking, By Matthew E. Cavanaugh Here., Matthew E. Cavanaugh

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Sexual Risk Behaviors Between Junior Male And Female Students At Pierz High School, Sandy Tautges

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of the study was to conduct a secondary analysis of Minnesota Student Survey data to compare selected sexual risk behavior of male and female eleventh grade students at Pierz High School. The secondary analysis revealed that the males and females are not significantly different with respect to the selected sexual risk behaviors. The conclusion can be reached that there is no need to tailor the sexual health instruction to students based on gender.

Historical Analysis Of Policing In The United States: Impact On Use Of Force Policies, Kimberly Wingfield

All Capstone Projects

This research aimed to conduct a historical analysis of police use of force in the United States. As numerous high-profile incidents regarding excessive force used by police officers against African Americans have occurred in the last several years, the research sought to highlight the connection of past and present police policies, practices, and behaviors. Qualitative research was used in the form of document analysis. Police use of force policies were analyzed in twenty of the largest city departments in America. Six themes were pre-selected by the researcher to compare the requirements of police officers when involved in use of force …

Zone Ordinance And Land Subdivision Rules, Memphis, 1927

Shelby County, Tennessee

"Zone Ordinance and Land Subdivision Rules for Memphis, Tennessee" published by the Memphis City Planning Commission and updated to February 1, 1927. Includes Height and Area, and Use District maps.

Consumer Preferences And Policy Assessment On Electric Vehicle Adoption In Thailand, Phasiri Manutworakit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Thailand faces a problem about energy consumption and air pollution because of increasing the number of consumption cars. The replacement of combustion cars with battery electric cars can help support sustainable transport and renewable energy on the green transportation in Thailand, but diffusion rates of battery electric cars are still low. Thailand requires efficient policies to increasing electric vehicles adoption. The objectives of the study are to study the current situation of EVs in Thailand, to identify factors affecting purchasing intention of BEVs in Thailand and to propose policy recommendations to stimulate BEV adoption in Thailand. This research was designed …

Understanding Resilience And Protective Factors Among Released Offenders, Vanke'via Garner

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

Approximately 650,000 offenders are being released from prison or jail per year in the USA. After incarceration, released offenders encounter a myriad of challenges that prohibit successful transition into the community. Research has focused on the risk factors that contribute to recidivism – relapse into criminal activity, with limited focus on protective factors that contribute to desistance from criminal activity. Existing research has relied on several theories to hypothesize and explain the causes of desistance, with research suggesting that individual subjective factors and social factors are essential to the desistance process. This study was therefore guided by two theories – …

An Investigation Into Cte Classroom Instructional Strategies, Jonathan Walker

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

This researcher conducted this ex post facto study with the help of career and technical education (CTE) teachers across the country. The research was a survey of classroom instructional strategy usage, a teacher’s familial impact on classroom instruction strategies used, and the effects of Covid-19 on classroom strategies used. Data suggested that CTE teachers use different instructional strategies based on teacher demographics and that Covid-19 did have an effect on CTE teachers’ use of instructional strategies. This data suggested the five most used classroom instructional strategies were questioning, guided practice, demonstrations, lab activities, and whole group discussion.

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Volunteering:Results Of A Survey Of Maine Non-Profits, Sarah Goan

Publications

In response to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within the nonprofit sector that relies heavily on volunteers, Volunteer Maine sought to assess how volunteer capacity had been affected and what types of support organizations needed to rebuild. To accomplish this, the organization partnered with DIP and SRC to design and administer a statewide survey of nonprofit organizations. The purpose of the study was to understand the pandemic’s impact on the volunteer base, document organizational adjustments to changing conditions, identify innovative responses, and determine how Volunteer Maine and its affiliates could best assist in community recovery efforts. The …

Hybrid Ip Rights For Software, Apis, And Guis: Understanding Copyright's Paradigm Shift, Howard Skaist

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

The non-literal scope of protection for software is intricate legally and is intricate technical. Thus, despite literally decades of court decisions and a mountain of legal scholar written on the subject in that time, it appears that there is still no consistent agreement about it, as evidenced by the Google v. Oracle which has percolated in the courts for nearly a decade and is now being heard by the US Supreme Court (oral argument was on October 7, 2020). However, the thesis of this article that a legal construct is capable of being formulated that is analytically consistent and that …

Evolution Of Legal Topics, Rights And Obligations In The United States, Roberto Rosas

Faculty Articles

What new constitutional rights does the American Legal system have to offer? The United States Constitution is a document that continues to be interpreted every year. The Supreme Court hears recent cases with the purpose of interpreting the meaning of the Constitution. Since the creation of the Supreme Court, the Constitution has been analyzed in different ways – some interpretations lasting decades and some amendments going through changes depending on the different ideologies of the Justices on the Court.

This article discusses some of the rights established by the Supreme Court from 2016 to 2019 and provides the background as …

The Court Is In Recession: On The Implications Of The Covid-19 Pandemic For Indigent Defense Spending, Andrew L. B. Davies, Victoria M. Smiegocki, Hannah E. Hall

Other Publications

What is the likely effect of the recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic on indigent defense budgets in the United States? To look forward, we look backward. We examine data on county-level spending on indigent defense in Texas during the Great Recession of 2007–2009. Redistributive policies—those which use taxpayer funds to support individuals who themselves pay little or no tax—are particularly susceptible to cuts during times of fiscal stress. Yet our analysis shows indigent defense policy, measured in terms of spending and access to counsel rates, was generally stable through the Great Recession years, even in counties hit hardest. …

Can Prosecutors End Mass Incarceration?, Rachel E. Barkow

Faculty Articles

Emily Bazelon argues in her excellent book, Charged, that “[t]he movement to elect a new kind of prosecutor is the most promising means of reform . . . on the political landscape.” While I share Bazelon’s enthusiasm for prosecutors committed to using empirical evidence to guide their policymaking, instead of reflexively supporting the most punitive policies because those measures traditionally played well with voters, I am less optimistic this new breed of so-called progressive prosecutors will make a significant dent in mass incarceration. In this review, I explain why. Bazelon is right that prosecutors have enormous discretion to decide how …

The Big Data Regulator, Rebooted: Why And How The Fda Can And Should Disclose Confidential Data On Prescription Drugs, Christopher J. Morten, Amy Kapczynski

Faculty Articles

Medicines and vaccines are complex products, and it is often extraordinarily difficult to know whether they help or hurt. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) holds an enormous reservoir of data that sheds light on that precise question, yet currently releases only a trickle to researchers, doctors, and patients. Recent examples show that data secrecy can be deadly, and existing laws such as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cannot solve the problem. We present here a wealth of new evidence about the urgency of the problem and argue that the FDA must “reboot” its rules to proactively disclose all …

The Urban Trauma Drama: The Intersecting Path Of Criminal Justice And Public Health Revealed During The Covid-19 Pandemic, José Felipé Anderson

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Our society often operates under the delusion that more incarceration in urban areas will make us safer. Crowded cities and the problems for its inhabitants are not new. Those problems often fall more heavily on minority groups. Failed education, healthcare unavailability, and a lack of decent housing have made it difficult for cities to cope with addiction and crime. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the issues in the criminal system harder to ignore. Decline of major manufacturing jobs in cities like the steel and auto industries removed key opportunities for those seeking to overcome poverty and raise families. Debilitating riots …

Finding The Cluster: Balancing Privacy And Public Health Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jessie L. Bekker

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

More than 800,000 Americans have died and more than fifty-seven million sickened since March 2020 from the COVID-19 virus and its highly contagious variants. Public health officials urged the public to mask up, socially distance, and stay home in order to curb the virus’ spread in the early months of the pandemic before a vaccine was approved. Meanwhile, those same officials blocked access to valuable information pinpointing areas of disease concentration—“hotspots”—which could have alerted members of the public of locations to avoid. Those officials generally—and usually incorrectly—cited the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as grounds for …

Auditing Algorithms: A Rational Counterfactual Framework, Seung C. Lee

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms are increasingly employed by the private and public sectors to automate simple and complex decision-making processes, but the hype has blinded people to the resulting discriminatory and biased decisions. To hold algorithms accountable for such decisions as well as to determine the underlying factors, researchers have turned to a methodological tool known as the audit study. Quite a few studies on algorithmic decision-making have made strong claims about the causality between algorithms and biased decisions. Multiple protective measures have also been enacted against the discriminatory and biased algorithmic decision-making practices. Nevertheless, they are persistent …

Parler V. Amazon Web Services, Western District Of Washington

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

In Re Amazon.Com, Consumer Products Safety Commission

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Machine Learning Classification Of Inundation Following Hurricane Florence (2018) Via L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar And Ancillary Datasets, Alexander Melancon

Theses

During and after flooding events, mapping the extent of floodwaters aids in the distribution of resources, recovery efforts, and damage assessment practices. Development of a land cover classification system focused on mapping inundation after major hurricane events using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data could allow for the production of near-real-time inundation mapping, enabling government and emergency response entities to get a preliminary idea of a developing situation. In response to Hurricane Florence of 2018, NASA JPL collected numerous swaths of quad-pol L-band SAR data with the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) instrument observing the record-setting river stages across …

Climate Change Class Actions In Canada, Jasminka Kalajdzic

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In January 2020, a divided 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the long running case, Juliana v. United States. The plaintiffs, 21 young citizens and an environmental organization, had sued the U.S. president and various federal agencies, claiming that their continued authorization and subsidization of fossil fuels contributed to catastrophic climate change that was incompatible with sustained human life. They argued that these harms constituted a violation of their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the law, and sought declaratory relief as well as an injunction requiring the government to phase out fossil fuel emissions and draw …

Seven Out Of Nine Legal Experts Agree: Expertise No Longer Matters (In The Same Way) After Vavilov!, Audrey Macklin

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

When an important case is appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, interested observers focus their attention on the substantive principles that they hope the Court will articulate. Typically, some uncertainty in the law exists — after all, the case would not be worthy of the Supreme Court’s attention otherwise. But the confusion reigning in standard of review jurisprudence had reached a level where some people’s desire for certainty, especially in the mechanics of deference, broke free from any substantive substrate. Thumb’s second postulate, “An easily-understood, workable falsehood is more useful than a complex, incomprehensible truth”, held even more attraction …

Vavilov And The Culture Of Justification In Contemporary Administrative Law, Paul Daly

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, the Supreme Court of Canada attempted to bring clarity and coherence to Canadian administrative law, an area of legal doctrine long characterized by uncertainty and confusion. The focus in Vavilov was on substantive review, where the “merits” of an administrative decision are challenged in judicial review proceedings. Most judicial review cases in Canada involve substantive review of matters ranging from the grant or refusal of passports to national telecommunications policy and turn on whether a decision was, in whole or in part, incorrect or unreasonable. Challenges to the procedural fairness of …