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Panel Iv Discussion (Part2): The Future Of 1st Amendment Protections: Examining The Use Of Brutality On Those Fighting Against Violence, Serbino Sandifer-Walker, Halycon Sadberry Watkins, Chris Colbert, Nikeyla Johnson, Jessica Brown, Yasmeen Davila, Becky Selle, Larry Taylor, Sarah Guidry

The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy

The 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. 35 Texas Constitution, Article I, Section 27, states, “The citizens shall have the right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together for their common good.’’ What constitutes peaceful protest and limitations on such speech has been questioned for decades. Law enforcement agencies have, over the …

Panel Iii Discussion: The U.S. Constitution: Reimagining "We The People" As An Inclusive Construct, Joan Bullock, Constance Fain, Larry Weeden, Spearit

The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy

Former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas, a graduate of Texas Southern University, on July 25, 1974, in a speech to the House Judiciary Committee said, “Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, “We, the people.” It is a very eloquent beginning. But when the document was completed on the seventeenth of September 1787, I was not included in that “We, the people.” I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision I …

Panel I Discussion: The Criminal Justice System: "George Floyd Bill" & Qualified Immunity, Howard M. Henderson, April Frazier Camara, Joanna C. Schwartz, Chris Colbert

The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy

This presentation explored the jurisprudence surrounding the doctrine of qualified immunity. It discusses the obscurity of many of its applications using the “clearly established” law standard. It also details a number of reasons justifying the call to eliminate the qualified immunity defense.

Police Misconduct & Qualified Immunity: Reimagining "We The "People" Conference Introduction, Sarah R. Guidry

The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy

The killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, sparked nationwide protests and rekindled the national debate concerning the use and misuse of physical violence by law enforcement officers in Black communities. It also reinforced the need for greater police accountability. The public also raised concerns about the way officers responded to these public protests, primarily led by black protestors. As a result of this data, these events, and in observance of Black History Month 2021, on Thursday, February 4, 2021, The Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy partnered with Texas …

K. A. V. Attorney General United States

2021 Decisions

Agency

Three Observations About The Worst Of The Worst, Virginia-Style, Corinna Barrett Lain

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

Much could be said about Virginia’s historic decision to repeal the death penalty, and Professor Klein’s essay provides a wonderful starting point for any number of important discussions. We could talk about how the decision came to be. Or why the move is so momentous. Or what considerations were particularly important in the decision‑making process. Or where we should go from here. But in this brief comment, I’ll be focusing not on the how, or the why, or the what, or the where, but rather on the who. Who are condemned inmates, both generally and Virginia‑style?

Happy Beginnings: M.A. In Law, Justice & Culture Class Of 2021, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Trading Addiction: An Analysis Of Prescription And Non-Prescription Opioid Abuse, Jordan Brock, Lisa S. Middleton

Honors Theses

Opioid abuse, addiction, and overdose is a serious public health concern that has plagued the healthcare system for the last thirty years. The compiled research in the following paper explores the rise of the opioid epidemic, the implications of more recent prescription monitoring and pain management programs, the relationship between non-prescription and prescription opioids, and the current face of the epidemic, illicit opioids. Kentucky has, unfortunately, been at the forefront of this epidemic with regard to both prescription and illicit opioids. Policy reformation and preventative action must be taken into consideration in regard to the relationship between prescription and non-prescription …

Artificial Intelligence And The Ethics Behind It, Isaac Johnston

Senior Honors Theses

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a widely used buzzword for the past couple of years. If there is a technology that works without human interaction, it is labeled as AI. But what is AI, and should individuals be concerned? The following research aims to define what artificial intelligence is, specifically machine learning (ML) and neural networks. It is important to understand how AI is used today in cars, image recognition, ad marketing, and other areas. Although AI has many benefits, there are areas of ethical concerns such as autonomous cars, military applications, social media marketing, and others. This paper helps …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 2021, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 3, 2021 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 5, 2021.

Criminal Justice And Criminology News, Georgia Southern University

Criminal Justice & Criminology: News & Publications (2012-2023)

Retirement – Dr. Dennis Murphy (Armstrong Campus and Professor Emeritus)

Visiting Instructors – Joseph Bacot and Amir Toure

Promotions – Dr. Jonathan Grubb to Associate Professor and Eloise Pitt to Senior Lecturer

Outstanding Intro Students – Therin Paige Blass (Armstrong) and Jenna Rhoades (Statesboro)

Best Undergraduate Research Paper – Ryan Langan “Bail Reform”

Cyber Award – William “Travis” Roberts

Menzel-Magnus Award – Madisen L. Duke

Richard J. Waugh Justice Studies Award – Justin Thornton

Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Merideth Smith

Faculty Award of Excellence – Dr. Caitlin Brady

Police Brutality: Macroeconomic Effects In The United States, Nya Bryant, Kate Perry

Honors College Theses

How does racial discrimination negatively impact citizens in the US regardless of racial identity? There have been many deaths that have resulted from law enforcement interaction with Black citizens, such as George Floyd and Sandra Bland among countless others, and each of these deaths have negatively impacted the overall community in which they happened. Events such as these have caused many protests and movements to be sparked such as the Black Lives Matter movement and have resulted in an uprising of citizens demanding change, yet not all citizens recognize how police brutality incidents impact their own lives. In this project, …

Swosu One Hundred And Sixteenth Annual Spring Convocation, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduation Programs

This is the program for the SWOSU One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual Spring Convocation Exercises, held at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at 1:00 pm. Opening Remarks were presented by President Randy L. Beutler.

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Analyzing Inhumane Practices In Mississippi’S Correctional Institutions Due To Overcrowding, Understaffing, And Diminished Funding, Ariel A. Williams

Honors Theses

The purpose of this research is to examine the political, social, and economic factors which have led to inhumane conditions in Mississippi’s correctional facilities. Several methods were employed, including a comparison of the historical and current methods of funding, staffing, and rehabilitating prisoners based on literature reviews. State-sponsored reports from various departments and the legislature were analyzed to provide insight into budgetary restrictions and political will to allocate funds. Statistical surveys and data were reviewed to determine how overcrowding and understaffing negatively affect administrative capacity and prisoners’ mental and physical well-being. Ultimately, it may be concluded that Mississippi has high …

2021 Spring Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

Faculty Senate Minutes | 2020-2021, Jsu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Measuring Student Engagement And Student Satisfaction In Online And In-Person High School Classes, Joseph Jasper

Master of Education Program Theses

This research study examined and compared the differences in student engagement and student satisfaction between an online and an in-person entrepreneurship class at a private Christian school in Southern California. The participants were the students in either of the online or in-person sections of the class. The study collected both quantitative data through the use of a survey and qualitative data through the use of open-ended response questions and semistructured interviews with five of the participants. The results of this study found that the levels of student engagement and student satisfaction were slightly higher for the online section than for …

Swosu One Hundred And Seventeenth Annual Spring Convocation, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduation Programs

This is the program for the SWOSU One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Spring Convocation Exercises, held at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. Opening Remarks were presented by President Randy L. Beutler.

From Preschool To Prison: How School Resource Officers Produce Criminality, Brenda Vargas Tapia

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Police officers were introduced in the American school system to provide White communities with a sense of safety. However, these police officers are not well trained to provide students with support and instead are trained to deal with situations with force. The implicit bias of police officers criminalizes and punishes Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students unfairly. School shootings have continued to enforce the idea that officers are needed. However, this notion is untrue. Policing in schools builds a school-to-prison pipeline that is now, in the online schooling era, translating to the Zoom-to-prison pipeline, which reveals that BIPOC …

Valuing Mental Health In The Justice System, Anabel Lugo

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Mental health is an issue that needs more recognition, especially within inmates and law enforcement. The mental health of incarcerated inmates, as well as law enforcement officials, has been overlooked and negatively impacted our criminal justice system. Ignoring mental health has helped create negative depictions and stereotypes about these communities. Law enforcement tends to ignore its mental health due to masculinity and police culture, feeding into the stigma that lingers around it. Although mental health has become a recurring topic in recent years, little has been done to help restore it within our justice system. Recently, there have been numerous …

The (Im)Possibility Of Forgiveness: Just Peace And Reconciliation In A Culture Of Sexual Violence, Ellen Jewett

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

Sexual violence is often viewed as an individual sin, which problematically ignores the sinful structures that enable and incentivize perpetrators and restrict victim-survivors. These social structures hamper the possibility of forgiveness, as the operative cultural norms do not change even if a perpetrator repents, meaning cycles of harm continue. Reforming sinful structures means naming the embodied vices of those in power and subsequently building a framework to create lasting change. This framework places priority on victim-survivors, employs principles of just peace, and strives towards right relationship and reconciliation but not necessarily forgiveness. The Catholic Church has rich pastoral and sacramental …

To What Extent Are Appropriate Resources Provided To Veterans With Mental Illness To Prevent Contact With The Criminal Justice System?, Riley Christine Doyle

Master’s Theses and Projects

United States military veterans are a special population of men and women that have willingly sacrificed their lives to serve their country. They are perceived to be patriotic, honorable, strong, and disciplined people. Unfortunately, veterans are not exempt from committing criminal acts that land them in the criminal justice system. In fact, veterans are highly susceptible to developing mental illnesses and substance use disorders which can ultimately lead to criminal behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent available resources are provided to veterans to help them prevent contact with the criminal justice system. This study …

The Importance Of The Relationship Between Domestic Violence Victims And Their Pets, Emily Ryan

Master’s Theses and Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between domestic violence and animal abuse with the goal of adding to the literature in this area. This study collected data from domestic violence and homeless shelters across the United States by sending a questionnaire via email. Two themes emerged based on the questionnaire responses, first, shelters reported that victims disclosed their fear of leaving an abusive situation due to abuse or threat of abuse to a family pet. And second, shelters indicated that they are unable to accommodate pets due to either, health and safety reasons, or financial difficulties. …

Grants Development Office Newsletter: Issue 2, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Intergenerational Poverty In The United States, Monica Privette-Black

Ballard Brief

Though the United States is one of the highest-income countries in the world, there are still hundreds of thousands of citizens living below the poverty line. More children live below the poverty line than any other age group. The racial demographic and distribution of modern-day poverty can be traced back, in part, to policies such as gentrification and redlining. School system failures and a lack of access to social capital also contribute to the prevalence of intergenerational poverty. The consequences of intergenerational poverty include food insecurity, birth and developmental issues, unsafe living conditions, and increased risk of violence, incarceration, and …

Identifying Human Traffickers Profile And Predictors Of Sentencing Outcomes, Ana Lidieth Andino

Dissertations (2016-Present)

Human trafficking is often referred to as modern day slavery and has gripped society and challenged the fabric of humanity. To provide a better understanding of this this crime, this study aimed to identify the common demographic profiles among perpetrators of human trafficking; what factors influence trafficking; whether various types of human trafficking influence rates of prosecution, conviction, and length of sentence; and if relationships exit among various characteristics of traffickers such as gender, race, ethnicity, and age of traffickers. The study uncovered a number of limitations in prior research on this topic; one of the most serious being that …

Hcom 383 Abolition Magazine, Aylin Corona, Keylin Figueroa, Eric Mireri, Kaya Ortega, Jessica Sherman

HCOM 383: Social Justice Writing

The police system is “not broken” yet it is working exactly how it is meant to be running. Throughout the magazine we show examples breaking down the ways to rethink safety and what that truly means. Another topic that we see in need is breaking the school to prison pipeline. This is a huge problem that occurs in the daily lives of our nation's students. It is very important to showcase a healthy lifestyle in schools. If we are able to learn and implement new school systems the nation would advance from our current state. Breaking the school to prison …

Biden's Prosecutors, Melanie Wilson

Scholarly Works

This essay is part of the University of Illinois Law Review's on-line symposium discussing President Joseph Biden's first 100 days in office. It looks at President Biden's picks to lead the Department of Justice and to serve as United States attorneys. The essay focuses on how President Biden's early selections are reflecting diversity, integrity, and experience. It recognizes the resistance some of President Biden's nominees are facing in the Senate confirmation process, particularly Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke — both women of color. And, it concludes with hope and expectations for the future of the federal criminal justice system under …

Criminal Justice Update - May 2021, Haley B. Shultz

Criminal Justice Updates

The Criminal Justice Update is a monthly newsletter created by the Adams County Bar Foundation Fellow providing updates in criminal justice policy coming from Pennsylvania's courts and legislature as well as the US Supreme Court.

Contents:

• Updates from PA Governor's Office (no updates this month)
• Updates from the PA Legislature
• Updates from the Courts
• U.S. Supreme Court: Criminal Law & Procedure
• PA Supreme Court: Criminal Law & Procedure
• PA Superior Court: Criminal Law & Procedure

Jails, Sheriffs, And Carceral Policymaking, Aaron Littman

Vanderbilt Law Review

The machinery of mass incarceration in America is huge, intricate, and destructive. To understand it and to tame it, scholars and activists look for its levers of power—where are they, who holds them, and what motivates them? This much we know: legislators criminalize, police arrest, prosecutors charge, judges sentence, prison officials confine, and probation and parole officials manage release.

As this Article reveals, jailers, too, have their hands on the controls. The sheriffs who run jails—along with the county commissioners who fund them—have tremendous but unrecognized power over the size and shape of our criminal legal system, particularly in rural …