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The Role Of The International Criminal Court In Implementing The Responsibility To Protect, Yejoon Rim

Florida Journal of International Law

This Article aims to discuss the relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Responsibility to Protect (R2P), focusing on the role of the ICC in implementing R2P. It will first examine the evolution of R2P and the ICC respectively, and actual cases that relate these two frameworks to each other. After examining their common threads and features, it will then seek to situate the ICC as one of the mechanisms for the implementation of R2P. The ICC will be considered with three components encompassed in R2P implementation—the responsibility to prevent, the responsibility to react, and the responsibility to rebuild. …

Combating International Terrorism, Waseem Ahmad Qureshi

Florida Journal of International Law

The first part of this Article will scrutinize the characteristics and explanations of “international terrorism” given by different organizations and renowned scholars, and it will discuss the scopes of those definitions. The second part will further elaborate on the subject with the political deliberation of terrorist events, the criminalization of terrorism and the derogation from fundamental human rights in the absence of an actual state of emergency. The third part will analyze the acts of international organizations and the international community, and their scope in combating terrorism. The fourth part will consist of concluding observations.

Considering Context In Latent Models Of Externalizing: Measurement Invariance By Environmental And Systemic Disadvantage In System-Involved Youth, Kendall D. Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Externalizing forms of psychopathology are said to result from a general liability towards impulsive and disruptive behaviors, including substance use, conduct problems, aggression, and antisocial behavior (Krueger et al., 2021). While the field often focuses on dispositional explanations of externalizing behaviors, there is a notable lack of attention to the contextual factors that contribute to these behaviors, beyond immediate environmental influences. This study uses Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) as a framework to address such gaps in the context of behavioral indicators of the latent externalizing (EXT) construct, an analysis with implications for understanding racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. The present …

Create @ State 2012, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Create@State

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Recalibrating The Risk Of False Confession Wrongful Convictions: Interrogation Tactics And Inverse Probability, Scott M. Mourtgos, Ian T. Adams

Faculty Publications

False confession wrongful convictions (FCWCs) are a serious failure of the criminal justice system. Although scholars have identified interrogation tactics thought to elevate this risk, existing research rarely estimates the population-level probability that legally permissible methods will produce an FCWC. Instead, inference relies on outcome-selected case series and laboratory diagnosticity ratios that ignore base rates and the far larger universe of interrogations without false confessions. This article offers a methodological recalibration. We formalize the outcome-selection problem and apply inverse probability logic to derive posterior FCWC risk integrating base rates, sensitivity, and specificity. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we synthesize available empirical …

Boiling A Frog: Pre-Adaptive Processes And Prison Riot Dynamics, Hayden P. Smith

Faculty Publications

This study explores the adaptive mechanisms and survival strategies deployed by incarcerated individuals during the Lee Prison Riot of April 15, 2018. Drawing solely on in-depth interviews with 25 incarcerated men (predominantly Black, aged 25–61) at Lee Correctional Institution, and utilizing the importation and deprivation models as analytical frameworks, the analysis reveals that early-life trauma, neighborhood disruption, and the construction of survival pride significantly shape inmate adaptation. In particular, the research documents how inmates are channeled into “high‑alpha dorms” where collective violence becomes both predictable and deeply ambiguous, and where post‑riot behaviors signal the emergence of a “new normal” in …

The Diamond, January 23, 2026, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Remembering Niko Begalke; Sioux Center Public Library Navigates Issues Surrounding Minors' Access to Mature Materials; Mike Byker - Voice and Vision of the Defender Way
• Feature: Dordt Alumna Presents Poetry Exhibition at The Fruited Plain; Students Take Part in Mock MasterChef Competition for CORE-214 Final
• Arts & Entertainment: "Wake Up," Christian Script Writers; Golden Globes Awards - Relevant or Antiquated?; Free Andrew Peterson Concert; Wrestling with Faith - Christian Applications from Avatar: Fire and Ash (Spoilers); The Shepherd King Sings On Screen - David Movie Review; Marty Supreme - Flashy Movie with Attitude (Spoilers); Christianity …

Exclusionary Discipline’S Impact On Minority And Low Social Status Student Achievement, Ulanda Latreace Branch

Student Theses and Dissertations

School discipline was intended to keep students safe in schools, but exclusionary discipline methods fail to meet this goal. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the impact of exclusionary discipline methods on student achievement, with an emphasis on ethnic and socioeconomic differences. The problem addressed how subjective referrals, cultural differences, unequal disciplinary tactics, and ineffective reprimands contribute to inequalities in disciplinary outcomes. Drawing on Glasser and Gordon's behavioral theoretical frameworks, this study emphasized proactive educational settings, effective classroom management, student accountability, and positive relationships as paramount to managing misbehavior. The study used a correlational research design, which …

Assessing Abuse And Neglect In U.S. Nursing Homes: A Comparative Analysis Across Pre-, During, And Post-Pandemic Periods, Katherine Gane

Theses and Dissertations

Nursing homes are among the most closely regulated providers in the U.S. healthcare system, with both federal and state agencies working together to monitor care and help protect residents. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, introduced unprecedented challenges for facilities and survey agencies alike, disrupting normal operations, limiting in-person visits, and temporarily shifting regulatory priorities. The purpose of this study was to examine how these pandemic-related disruptions were reflected in the severity and reporting patterns of substantiated abuse and neglect deficiencies in U.S. nursing homes. Using publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this study analyzed 39,607 …

2020u_Ecs08_Approved_Lon_Reconfig-Program_Proposal_Form_Aas-Land-Surveying-And-Geomatics-Revision1, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2020u_Ecs01_Approved_Lon_Technology-Name-Change-Revision2, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021g_Lac25_Approved_Cd_Soc-560v-Special-Problems-1, Graduate Council

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2021g_Lac21_Approved_Nc_Crim-6653-Special-Topics-1, Graduate Council

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2021g_Lac22_Approved_Pm_Ma-Criminal-Justice-1, Graduate Council

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2020g_Bu12_Approved_Name-Change_Macc-Accounting, Graduate Council

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2021u_Lac59_Approved_Cm_Posc-4533-Environmental-Law-And-Administration-Rev1, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Lac58_Approved_Cm_Posc-3183-Criminal-Law-And-The-Constitution-Rev1, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Lac25_Approved_Cm_Crim-4323-Applied-Research, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Lac14_Approved_Cd_Hist-3283-Society-And-Thought-In-Europe, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2020u_Lac107_Approved_Nc_Crim-4503-Special-Topics, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2020u_Lac87_Approved_Cm_Hist-3503-Us-Foreign-Relations-Since-1900-Rev2, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Lac24_Approved_Cm_Crim-470v-Internship, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Lac23_Approved_Cm_Crim-460v-Special-Problems, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2020u_Lac123_Approved_Nc_Soc-4503-Special-Topics, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2020u_Lac106_Approved_Cm_Crim-4493-Capstone-In-Criminology-Rev1, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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2021u_Ebs02_Approved_Cm_Psy-4533-Abnormal-Psychology, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

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The Revolution On Facebook: Political Education On Social Media Through Nonformal Andragogical Communities Of Practice, Donald Moen

Fast Capitalism

This paper considers political education through nonformal communities of practice on social media. While formal and informal classroom environments remain important in the 21st century, most adult learning occurs in the nonformal context. Communities of practice on social media provide substantial knowledge dissemination and identity-defining communities of practice, also furnishing the opportunity for praxis. Communist Facebook groups provide communities of practice through knowledge dissemination, community membership, and praxis. This paper defines who these groups are, what they do, how they differ from other groups, their education and tools, how they exist outside of state control, and how they fit inside …

Momentum, With A Mission, Sarah Moss

The Voice

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Spectator 2026-01-22, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Meet Me At The Rock: The Behavioral Patterns Of Collective Violence In Prison, Hayden P. Smith

Faculty Publications

This study explores the behavioral dynamics of collective violence in prisons, focusing on the largest prison riot in the United States in twenty-five years at Lee Correctional Institution, using an ethnographic approach and Crime Script Analysis (CSA). The sample consisted of twenty-five incarcerated men, predominantly African American, aged 25 to 61, with extensive incarceration histories, experiences of violence, and influencer status within the prison community. It identifies key factors such as situational awareness, gang affiliations, and chronic understaffing that escalate violence. Themes include the "pressure cooker" environment, elevated tensions, and stages of confrontation, escalation, and de-escalation. A key finding is …