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The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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Drug Law Amendments And Its Influence On The Crime Rates In Jordan, Khalil Al- Saydih, Ammjad Al- Saydih

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed to identify the influence of the drug law amendments on the crime rates in Jordan. The study used the descriptive approach to achieving its aims and utilized a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The study included academic staff from six Law colleges at Jordanian universities. The questionnaires were sent to (82) faculty members but (70) of them were returned. Results revealed that (83%) of the respondents reported that the legal amendments were the direct cause for increase the commitment of drug crimes in Jordan in recent years. The significant amendments of the Jordanian law (2014) of …

Schools On The Frontlines Of Governance: How The Convergence Of Criminal Justice And Education Shapes Adolescent Perceptions And Behavior, Jennifer O'Neill

Dissertations

Theories of legal socialization posit that individuals’ interactions with both nonlegal (e.g., teachers) and legal (e.g., police officers) authorities impact our broader orientation towards governance our compliance with rules and laws. Examining the process of legal socialization in adolescents is critical for understanding individuals’ relationships with major institutions of social control, and further, predicting delinquency. Extant literature tends to consider legal socialization in the school and in interactions with the police as distinct processes related to offending, neglecting the potential influence of school contextual factors; and yet, because the incorporation of carceral features (e.g., exclusionary discipline, restrictive security, and enhanced …

Annual Report 2020-2021, Tennessee. Bureau Of Investigation

Annual Report

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The Indiana Statesman, September 28, 2021, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

ISU students support law for mental health days; President Curtis calls upon new era of ISU; Biden admin moves to reissue DACA; LA County DA to dismiss 60,000 past marijuana convictions

Police Officers' Perceptions Of The Law Enforcement Narcan Program And The Effectiveness In Fighting The Opioid Epidemic, James Russo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how police officers perceived the N.J. Narcan policy and standards in saving lives and deterring opioid use. This study also examined the impact of the law enforcement Narcan program in reducing the opioid overdose death rate. Participant interviews will be conducted, and thematic coding will be utilized to capture the dominant themes associated with the police officers’ perceptions of the N.J. Narcan policy and standards in reducing the opioid overdose death rate. Fifteen police officers will participate in the study, and their anonymity will be maintained to elicit transparent responses. This …

Arrangement Of Joint Commitment In Protection Of Human Rights In The Region Of Asean, Surya Nita

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

Protection of human rights must be carried out wherever humans are. The state’s obligation to fulfill, to respect, to protection is an obligation for every country, including all ASEAN countries. Human rights crimes that occurred in ASEAN countries require joint commitment arrangements between ASEAN countries to ensure the protection of human righrs in each country. So There is a need for a study to analyze the joint commitment arrangements in protecting human rights in the ASEAN region. Based on the explanation above, the study problem boundaries are formulated as follows: 1. How is the joint commitment arrangement for protection of …

Usa V. Jesus Chavez

2021 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

More Guns, Pandemic Stress And A Police Legitimacy Crisis Created Perfect Conditions For Homicide Spike In 2020, Justin Nix

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

What role did the pandemic play in the hike in murders in 2020

Ramirez V. Collier: Brief Of Scholars Of The Plra And Prison Grievance Systems As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Margo Schlanger

Appellate Briefs

Amici are academic experts on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and prison grievance systems and legal scholars who teach and write on constitutional law, civil rights, and prison issues. This Court has asked the parties to address whether petitioner John Ramirez adequately exhausted his audible prayer claim under the PLRA. Amici aim to assist the Court in analyzing this question.<\p>

Amici have decades of experience interpreting, studying, and analyzing the PLRA and the grievance process. They understand how the PLRA is written and how it is applied. And, although amici seek the same result as the petitioner, they also …

University Of Dayton And Human Rights Studies Program Director Hudson Honored For Supporting Nonprofit That Serves Former Ugandan Street Children, Allison Brace

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization awarded Natalie Hudson, associate professor of political science and director of University of Dayton Human Rights Studies program, its Spark Award for connecting the non-profit organization to the University, providing 25 students to date with internship opportunities.

Firearm Injuries In Maryland, 2005-2014: Trends, Recidivism, And Costs, Paul A. Thurman

Dissertations

Violent injuries related to firearms are common in the U.S., whether accidental or intentional. Restrictions on use of Federal dollars for research on injury prevention involving firearms has limited our knowledge of how firearm injury impacts the health care system. The objectives of this study are to characterize firearm injuries (FI) in Maryland, quantify recidivism, and to describe hospital treatment and their associated costs for Maryland.

ED and inpatient hospital records utilizing E codes consistent with FI were linked across visits to create unique cases from 2005-2014. Recidivism was defined as any subsequent ED visit or hospitalization for FI. The …

Brief Of Religious-Liberty Scholars Douglas Laycock, Steven T. Collis, Helen M. Alvare, Nathan S. Chapman, Elizabeth A. Clark, Robert F. Cochran, Teresa S. Collett, W. Cole Durham, Jr., Carl H. Esbeck, Richard W. Garnett, Christopher C. Lund, Michael P. Moreland, And Michael Stokes Paulsen As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Steven T. Collis, Douglas Laycock, Richard W. Garnett

Court Briefs

No. 21-5592
John H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier

On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

From the Summary of Argument

The state substantially burdens the exercise of religion if it coerces people to change their religious behavior or if it physically prevents religious behavior from occurring.

State V. White Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 47976

Not Reported

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Introduction: Assuming A Critical Lens In Legal Studies: Reconciling Laws And Reality, Tanya Monique Washington Hicks, Courtney Anderson

Georgia State University Law Review

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In Memoriam, Georgia State University Law Review

Georgia State University Law Review

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Immigration And Racial Justice: Enforcing The Borders Of Blackness, Karla Mckanders

Georgia State University Law Review

Black immigrants are invisible at the intersection of their race and immigration status. Until recently, conversations on border security, unlawful immigration, and national security obscured racially motivated laws seeking to halt the blackening and browning of America. This Article engages with the impact of immigration enforcement at the intersection of anti-Black racism and interrogates how foundational immigration laws that exist outside constitutional norms have rendered Black immigrants invisible. At this intersection, Black immigrants experience a double bind where enforcement of immigration laws and the criminal legal system have a disparate impact resulting in disproportionate incarceration and deportation.

First, the Article …

Pandemic Policing, Christian Sundquist

Georgia State University Law Review

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Against Discourse: Why Eliminating Racial Disparities Requires Radical Politics, Not More Discussion, Robert Weber

Georgia State University Law Review

Racial disparity discourse is one of the main modalities through which we discuss and experience race and racism in the United States today—in discussions with colleagues and friends, in scholarly work, on cable news, on social media, and in lecture halls. Despite its ubiquity, racial disparity discourse is under-theorized: what, exactly, is its intended purpose? This Essay argues that most discussion about racial disparities is predicated on the faulty premise—grounded in the Habermasian concepts of discourse and communicative rationality—that antiracists will convince their interlocutors by engaging in a practice of rationalistic discourse among participants who share the objective and expectation …

Social Distancing As A Privilege: Assessing The Impact Of Structural Disparities On The Covid-19 Crisis In The Black Community, Olympia Duhart

Georgia State University Law Review

There is a harsh reality for people living with the COVID-19 restrictions in the same city. Though the virus has been called an equal opportunity threat, the truth is that it has had a deadly, disproportionate impact on Black and Brown people. The COVID-19 pandemic has crushed communities of color. Among Black Americans, who make up around 13% of the U.S. population, the COVID-19 infection and death rate are disproportionally high.

To curb the spread of this infectious disease, the CDC has advanced simple advice: apply social distancing guidelines. Social distancing (physical distancing) requires people to keep at least six …

Less Prison Time Matters: A Roadmap To Reducing The Discriminatory Impact Of The Sentencing System Against African Americans And Indigenous Australians, Mirko Bagaric

Georgia State University Law Review

The criminal justice system discriminates against African Americans. There are a number of stages of the criminal justice process. Sentencing is the sharp end of the system because this is where the community acts in its most coercive manner by intentionally inflecting hardships on offenders. African Americans comprise approximately 40% of the incarcerated population yet only about 13% of the total population. The overrepresentation of African Americans in prisons is repugnant. Despite this, lawmakers for decades have been unable or unwilling to implement reforms which ameliorate the problem. This is no longer politically or socially tolerable in light of the …

Deficit Frame Dangers, Jonathan P. Feingold

Georgia State University Law Review

Civil rights advocates have long viewed litigation as an essential, if insufficient, catalyst of social change. In part, it is. But in critical respects that remain underexplored in legal scholarship, civil rights litigation can hinder short- and long-term projects of racial justice. Specifically, certain civil rights doctrines reward plaintiffs for emphasizing community deficits—or what I term a “deficit frame.” Legal doctrine, in other words, invites legal narratives that track, activate, and reinforce pernicious racial stereotypes. This dynamic, even in the context of well-intended litigation, risks entrenching conditions that drive racial inequality—including the conditions that litigation is often intended to address. …

Analisis Yuridis Kedudukan Narapidana Sebagai Justice Collaborator, Bambang Sugiri, Nurini Aprilianda, Hanif Hartadi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article aims to examine the inmates position as a justice collaborator in the disclosure of organized crime that can assist law enforcement officers. This is againstthe backdrop of crown witnesses who are often used in proving criminal cases but are judged to be in violation of human rights. The difficulty of disclosure of organized crime is that the perpetrators involved in organized crime are bound by the oath of silence (omerta). Information from inmates related to crime networks he has committed, facilitates the disclosure of organized crime by law enforcement officers. This paper is based on the results of …

The Beacon, September 24, 2021, The Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2021-2022

Stegenga Hall celebrates 25 years; Scooter’s set to open in the fall; Emotional journey through listeners’ pasts; A new success for the seemingly unstoppable Marvel; Delve deeper past the superficial top layer of life; Charlotte’s Web: a children’s welcome back to theater; Scholarship luncheon returns; New artist in residence: Dr. Flynn; The Bible embraces difference; Do not homeschool your kids; Hot Takes: Which Skittle flavor is best and why?; NW men’s soccer bests Briar Cliff for first time since 2018; NW football dominates Doane in homecoming game; Women’s soccer drops homecoming game against Briar Cliff; Dedication of Vogel Welcome Center; …

Bench Vs. Jury Trials: Sentencing And Conviction Outcomes For Criminally Charged Police Officers, Bethany R. Sager, Chloe Wentzlof, Philip M. Stinson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association in Chicago, IL, on September 24, 2021.

On-Duty Fatal Police Shootings:Patterns Of Officers Charged With Murder Or Manslaughter, 2005-2020, Chloe Wentzlof, Philip M. Stinson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association in Chicago, IL, on September 24, 2021.

The Art Of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships, Emma Salzwedel

Honors Thesis

This thesis reviews research on the most difficult aspect of dating: the breakup. The process of ending a romantic relationship follows a particular pattern which begins when problems begin to arise in the partnership and ends when both individuals have accepted the breakup and received closure. Using various peer-reviewed studies, the literature review deliberates the common predictors of a breakup, common methods of breaking up (and how each is perceived by the other person), common reactions to the breakup based on gender, and finally, the aftermath of the breakup. It is determined that personal and individual relationship factors ultimately decide …

Hostile, Quick-Tempered, And Exposed To Dangerous Environments: Exploring The Link Between Temperament And Street Code Adherence, Kevin T. Wolff, Sharron Spriggs, Jonathan Intravia, Michael T. Baglivio, Matt Delisi

Publications and Research

Although Elijah Anderson’s (1999) code of the street thesis has received a great deal of scholarly attention, fewer studies have examined the characteristics associated with its adoption. Existing evidence is supportive of Anderson’s initial observations, however, less is known about the association between personality and emotional characteristics and adopting street code norms. The current study assesses the role of Delisi and Vaughn’s difficult temperament index in the adoption of the street code among a sample of juvenile justice-involved youth. Results indicated youth with more difficult temperaments, characterized by lower levels of effortful control and higher levels of negative emotionality, were …

The Roddey Mcmillan Record - February 24, 2021, Winthrop University

The RMR 2020-2029

The Roddey McMillan Record (RMR) is Winthrop’s monthly multicultural student publication. The RMR has been a significant voice of the minority population of the Winthrop community since its creation by Gail Harris in April 1986. It promotes awareness and understanding of issues concerning minorities for the prosperity of the entire Winthrop community. The purpose of the RMR is to shine light on the many diverse cultures at Winthrop, focusing on issues, concerns and happenings of those who represent the multicultural community on campus. The Roddey McMillan Record is named after Dr. Cynthia Roddey and Atty, Sheila McMillan. Cynthia Roddey was …