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Sexing The Stage: Designing Sets For Queer Plays, Elliot Cetinski

Theater Summer Fellows

How can we design queer plays in a way that acknowledges challenging content and celebrates queer theater history? How does a set designer use the research on a play’s challenging content and its historical relevance to influence the design and aid in telling the story? What are the tools and processes indispensable to a scenic designer’s creative process? Answers to all of these questions are the goal of my project, where I am exploring the queer plays of 1920s’ playwright Mae West and designing the set for her play The Pleasure Man through a modern queer lens. As a queer …

Students With Special Needs And Career And Technical Education, Suzanne C. Calvert

LC Journal of Special Education

The purpose of this paper is to review the importance of creating a practical pairing of CTE and students with special needs. The combination is not without problems. Proper training to fully implement inclusion for CTE instructors and career counseling may be necessary to make significant improvements for current programs. Regardless of the issues facing CTE and students with special needs, this paper concludes with the undeniable benefits for the students with special needs.

The Dangerous "Wasn't Super Consensual" Sexual Culture Of Santa Clara University, Molly Flood

Silicon Valley Sociological Review

The rise in cases of sexual assaults occurring on Santa Clara University’s campus begs the question of why and how the sexual culture on campus allows these traumatic situations to occur and prompts the consideration of how best to support the survivor and uphold justice. Previous research has explored the saturation of sexual assaults on college campuses and revealed a lack of understanding of what constitutes consent and college environments being prone to such crimes. In an effort to center survivors' needs, I utilized personal stories from the Instagram account @metoo.scu to gather information on the assaults and personal sentiments …

Silicon Valley Sociological Review Vol. 20 2022

Silicon Valley Sociological Review

No abstract provided.

Trademark Law & Consumer Safety, David A. Simon

Florida Law Review

Trademark law protects consumers and mark owners against economic harm. When consumers are confused about the source of a good or service, this increases consumer search costs or imposes reputational costs on trademark owners. But what happens when a pharmacist, confused by two similar drug names, accidentally prescribes estrogen instead of an antidepressant? Trademark law, in such cases, has adapted its core doctrine-likelihood of confusion-to protect the public from another kind of injury: physical harm. By lowering the standard required for confusion when physical harm could result, courts recognized that standard trademark analysis did not always capture the harms posed …

One Toke Over The (State) Line: Constitutional Limits On "Pot Tourism" Restrictions, Brannon P. Denning

Florida Law Review

This Essay examines the Colorado recommendation in light of two of those doctrines: the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section Two and the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine (DCCD). At first glance, Colorado's facially-discriminatory law appears to be almost certainly unconstitutional under current doctrine. This Essay will argue, however, that Colorado could make a compelling case that its law does pass constitutional muster. This argument is bolstered by the U.S. Supreme Court's recent treatment of both Privileges and Immunities and dormant Commerce Clause claims in McBurney v. Young, as well as recent federal guidance on enforcement of …

The Spirit Murdering Of Black Kindergarteners By The Lock And Load Literacy Routine, Amber Lawson

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

Angel Thomas, Sr. V. Tyree Blocker

2022 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Racial Tension, Public Mistrust, And Policing: Insights From Police Leaders In The Rio Grande Valley (Rgv)- A Research Note, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

This paper presents preliminary insights from police leaders in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), a southwestern border region of the United States. Perceptions among minority police leaders with respect to minority-police interactions have received little attention. To better understand the perceptions of minority police leaders, this study focused on whether police leaders in a predominantly Hispanic region of the country perceive that racial tensions influence police-community interactions. Using a purposive sample of 29 police leaders, preliminary results suggest that recent high-profile incidents have had some impact on how officers do their jobs. Implications for public policy and suggestions for future …

A Phenomenological Examination Of Probation Officers' Perception On Black Female Ex-Offenders Transition And Successful Reentry Into Society, Anita Michelle Bryant

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of probation officers who provided supervision in a reintegration program for post-release Black female offenders concerning their efforts to reduce recidivism. The feminist theory guided this research study, as it shed light on the barriers encountered by female offenders in the United States and expounded how they were specifically unique from the barriers faced by male offenders. The research questions were: what are probation officers’ perceptions of how reentry programs contribute to Black female ex-offenders’ successful transition back into the community, what are the probation officers’ perceptions of how …

An Investigation Into The Likelihood That A Centrally Planned Economy Can Provide Greater Economic Good Than Spontaneous Order Created By The Free Market, Douglas W. Cardell

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This paper will address whether it is possible for an economy, planned by experts, to result in greater economic good than can be achieved by spontaneous order created by the combination of individual choices that make up the free market? This paper approaches the question by studying the viability of economic forecasting because planning an economy requires making economic forecasts. There are at least three domains that impact forecasting: the nature of forecasting and modeling in general in a chaotic environment, the effect of asset bubbles, and the impact of black swan events. There is a great deal of research …

A Quantitative Study On Officer Proactivity Before And After Body-Worn Cameras Using Archived Data, Jessica Renee Smith

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This quantitative study aimed to determine if traffic stops and self-initiated activities for first-line patrol officers, from a large police agency in the Southern United States, decreased after body-worn cameras (BWCs) were issued. Additionally, this study attempted to determine if there was an effect on the crime rate after the cameras were issued. Body-worn cameras have been considered as a device to improve police-citizen relationships. While numerous studies find the cameras useful; some drawbacks regarding the BWCs are beginning to surface. The importance of this study will allow department leaders to make certain that body-worn cameras are adding value and …

Protecting Beaches From Bites: Shark Management Programs In New England, Grayson P. Szczepaniak

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

With shark encounters on the rise along the New England coast, state officials have the perfect opportunity to implement the United States’ first large-scale shark management program similar to that enacted in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Management programs are comprised of control measures that prevent sharks from swimming too close to beachgoers, and thus reduce the number of human-shark interactions. Sharks have long been portrayed by the media as man-eating monsters, and this negative image is deeply intertwined with lethal control measures taken by local governments in response to shark bites. However, such lethal action can cause a decrease in shark …

Pandemics And Power: An Applied Analysis Of American Inequality, Megan A. Engle

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Pandemics represent both social change and continuance. While these public health crises bring about seemingly new issues, they also have a unique ability to reveal pre-existing problems within our society and perpetual social processes. Understanding historical patterns related to public health crises provides greater insight on the ongoing pandemic and American policy needs. Research reveals that, both historically and presently, systemic social injustices and economic inequalities are inflamed by such events. As a result, pandemics disproportionately affect minority groups in several interconnected ways. In examining public health theory, past pandemics, and the present moment, the effects of both power disparities …

University Archives Finding Aid, Erin Alghandoor

University Archives Resources

The University Archives includes information about our institutional history, higher education in New Jersey, and other special collections, including the Nancy Thompson World War II Letter Collection. This document will be updated periodically.

Access letters, transcriptions, and lesson plans in the Nancy Thompson WWII Scrapbook Letter Collection at this site: http://www.worldwariiscrapbook.com/.

Inaction As A State Response To The Coronavirus Outbreak: Unconstitutionality By Omission, Antonios Kouroutakis

Seattle University Law Review Online

The World Health Organization on March 11 declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. While the pandemic was spreading across the globe, governments were under pressure to respond. Still, some countries during the first wave of the pandemic, in their first reaction, did not put in place any emergency regulations. Such reaction, which was a policy option, was an intended omission as lawmakers and policy makers decided not to take action and such emergency omission was a novelty and a paradox in emergency situations. Moreover, I argue that during emergencies governments have a distinct duty to act, and I offer …

Are Taiwanese Afraid Of Terrorism? The Impacts Of Hard And Soft Terrorism On Taiwanese, Ahmet Yiğitalp Tulga

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

Technological developments in the last 20 years have affected people's daily lives and caused many innovations. The internet and social media are among the most important developments, and these developments have led to an increase in the speed of news and people's rapid access to information on various topics. However, progress in technology has also affected terrorist organisations. This effect has changed the methods, strategies, and visions of terrorist organisations. With these new methods and strategies, terrorist organisations could negatively affect the psychology of the people who are not directly affected by global terrorism. The best example of this is …

Trends In Cannabis-Related And Opioid-Related Hospitalization Rates In Maine, 2010-2020, Suzanne Mcmahon, Katherine Ahrens

Journal of Maine Medical Center

Introduction: Medical marijuana use became legal in the state of Maine in 1999, and recreational adult-use marijuana became legal in 2016. However, the rates of hospitalization related to marijuana (also known as cannabis) use have not been studied. We estimated trends in cannabis-related hospitalization rates in Maine based on rurality and descriptively compared these trends to opioid-related hospitalization rates during the past decade.

Methods: We obtained de-identified data of inpatient encounters for Maine residents between 2010 and 2020 from MaineHealth Data Organization. We then calculated age-standardized rates of cannabis-related and opioid-related hospitalizations overall and by rural-urban residence using International Classification …

Psychosocial And Neuroprediction Of Criminal Recidivism In A Sample Of Adult Female Offenders, Bethany G. Edwards

Psychology ETDs

Recidivism is costly and damaging to society. Despite the narrowing gender gap in the criminal justice system, research on female recidivism falls behind that in males. Biopsychosocial theories suggest a combination of psychosocial and neurobiological factors likely promotes criminal risk in females. This study examined the utility of various risk factors in predicting recidivism in female offenders (n = 298). Results highlight specific psychosocial risk factors (i.e., impulsive/antisocial psychopathic traits, incarceration history, substance use, education, and age) that were especially helpful in identifying females at elevated risk. A particularly novel aspect of this study was incorporation of structural and functional …

Advising Latinx Students For Postsecondary Career And Technical Education (Cte): A Qualitative Study Of High School Counselors In Florida, Adriana C. Magana

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to gather detailed descriptions of information, resources, and interventions that school counselors use to inform and advise Latinx students of postsecondary CTE options. A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted to understand how Florida school counselors advise Latinx students for postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) options. A three-prong conceptual framework was used, drawing from Bourdieu’s (1986) Theory of Cultural Capital, career development theories, and the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) National Model.

Ten school counselors working in public high schools in Florida participated in semi-structured interviews for this study. Altogether, the study’s …

Harlem Congregations For Community Improvement, Inc. V. Swindell

All Decisions

ERAP Case.

Lindenwood Digest, July 13, 2022, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Infrastruktur Jalan Dan Kriminalitas Di Pedesaan Indonesia, Winda Vidyaras

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

This study views how road infrastructure development affects crime in rural Indonesia. The issuance of Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages create massive road infrastructure development to develop villages economy. However, it also create negative externality, which is crime. Using logistic regression model, this study analyzes Village Potential data for 2006-2018 in Indonesia. The results show that road infrastructure development’s accompanied by crime opportunity increase of 1.3-1.5 times higher in rural Indonesia. After massive development, it indicates economic increase and crime decrease in remote villages. This finding supports literatures about road infrastructure and accessibility can provide opportunities for crime.

Relationship Among Department Satisfaction, Training, And Police Behavior, Matthew Garvin

Master's Theses

The call for police reform has been sparked by incidents involving the shooting and killing of individuals by the police. Public and political scrutiny of police behavior and procedures has created a social identity of “Us Versus Them” mentality among police officers. Proactive policing strategies have diminished in response to the heightened scrutiny of police procedures and behavior, in turn, initiating a reduction in police protection and an increase in crime. While research has identified the importance of police presence, the literature does not yet answer questions regarding factors which influence police proactivity. To address the gap in understanding, this …

Firearms Regulation Through Constitutional Litigation, Hillel Y. Levin, Timothy D. Lytton

Scholarly Works

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen puts the Court firmly in charge of U.S. firearms policy. The decision also marks the beginning of a new era in which constitutional litigation will replace state and federal legislation as the primary means of resolving deep and enduring disagreements over how to regulate guns.

The Court’s Bruen decision contrasts with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade, where it declared that “the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.” The …

Expressing Dissent: Gag Laws, Human Rights Activism And The Right To Protest, Eleni Polymenopoulou

Florida Journal of International Law

Over the last decade, gag laws have been increasingly used in the context of the right to protest in both liberal and illiberal States. Alarming restrictions include not only laws directly suppressing protests—as in the case of authorization requirements and other prior restraints—but also laws suppressing protests indirectly, in the name of public order, freedom of movement, and other public interests. Drawing on the jurisprudence of human rights bodies, this Article explores whether there is any way to assess the legitimacy of such restrictions vis-à-vis human rights activism and the imperative of political and democratic participation. This Article argues that …

Seeking Clarity: European Press Rights At Peaceful Assemblies, Jonathan Peters

Florida Journal of International Law

The Council of Europe has called on several intergovernmental organizations to develop guidelines clarifying press rights at peaceful assemblies. It is a critical time to do so because police across Europe have been detaining and arresting journalists without cause, and citizens have been physically assaulting journalists—all as they have tried to cover assemblies. The organizations have been holding meetings for the past year to debate what the guidelines should include. The general idea is that they will set a minimum baseline for press rights at assemblies, creating a threshold that national authorities must meet in their own regulations. I have …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Bossy, ed., The Yamasee Indians: From Florida to South Carolina. by Jonathan Hancock; Monaco, The Second Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression. by John Campbell; Horovitz, Gamble Rogers: A Troubadour's Life. by Geoffrey Vernon Cravero; Wiegand and Wiegand, The Desegregation of Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Right and Local Activism. by Sara E. Morris; Rolph, Resisting Equality: The Citizens' Council, 1954-1989. by Elizabeth G. McRae; McSwain, Petroleum & Public Safety: Risk Management in the Gulf South 1901-2015. by Joseph England

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 97, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents

Categorically Caged: The Case For Extending Early Release Eligibility To Inmates With Violent Offense Convictions, Jenna M. Codignotto

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Susan Farrell faced both physical and sexual abuse from her husband before he was killed in 1989. Although Ms. Farrell maintained her innocence and urged that it was her son who killed her husband, she was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges, resulting in a life sentence without parole. After serving thirty years of her sentence at the Michigan Department of Corrections, Ms. Farrell’s tragic life met a no less tragic end. In April 2020, one month after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Ms. Farrell seized in her cell for forty-five minutes before dying from the virus. She …