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The Denial Of Innocence: Implicit Racial Biases And Judgments Of Child Behavior Based On Brief Observations, Pete D. Ippolito

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Studies on racial bias highlight disparities in negative judgments faced by People of Color (Hinton, 2017) as compared to their White counterparts, and some disparities may be apparent even in childhood. The present study employed an experimental design to examine the impact of child race on participant judgments of child behavior based on brief observations. Students participated and were randomly assigned to one of two conditions involving brief video observations. In the first condition, the target child was Black and in the second, the target was White. Targets were matched in terms of age, socioeconomic status, and expert-rated level of …

Targeting Youth’S Motivation To Change Substance Use Behaviors: Feasibility And Preliminary Outcomes From An Open Trial Of The Free Talk Program In A Short-Term Juvenile Detention Facility, Cassidy L. Tennity

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Juvenile offenders who use substances are at an increased risk for multitude of negative outcomes, including substance use problems in adulthood and recidivism. Interventions that are effective in community settings or long-term juvenile justice settings may not be well suited for implementation in short-term juvenile detention facilities. Free Talk (FT; D’Amico, Chan Osilla, & Hunter, 2010) is a brief motivational intervention that targets motivation to change substance use. The current study aimed to determine whether youth participating in FT within a short-term juvenile detention center reported expected changes in motivation to change substance use. Additionally, we aimed to assess whether …

How Much Is Too Much? A Test To Protect Against Excessive Fines, Daniel S. Harawa

Faculty Articles

Fines are the most common form of punishment in the United States, and are disparately imposed against poor people of color. The stories of fines ruining lives abound. Yet until last year, in most state courts, it was not clear whether a person could challenge financial punishment imposed against them as unconstitutional. That changed when the Supreme Court held in Timbs v. Indiana that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the states. Despite the fact that all state and federal courts must now be equipped to decide whether financial punishment violates the Eighth Amendment, the Supreme Court has …

The Racial Composition Of Forensic Dna Databases, Erin E. Murphy, Jun H. Tong

Faculty Articles

Forensic DNA databases have received an inordinate amount of academic and judicial attention. From their inception, numerous scholars, advocates, and judges have wrestled with the proper reach of DNA collection, retention, and search policies. Central to these debates are concerns about racial equity in forensic genetic practices. Yet when such questions arise, critics typically just assert that forensic DNA databases are not demographically representative. Such assertions are expressed in vague or conclusory terms, without a citation to actual data or even to concrete estimates about the actual composition of DNA databases. This Article endeavors to fill these gaps in the …

Evaluating Students Information System Success Using Delone And Mclean’S Model: Student’S Perspective, Majaliwa Mkinga, Herman Mandari

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

System success is considered to be an important element in accomplishing the goals of the organization; therefore evaluation of system success needs to be done in order to ensure that investment in Information System is successful. Most of Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in Tanzania have adopted the use of IS in providing service to their customers. Nevertheless, there is less evidence that system success evaluation has been done in order to identify the desired characteristics which could make IS more effective. Due to that, this study evaluates the effectiveness of Student Information System (SIS) used at the Institute of Finance …

Tai V. Varanasi, Northern District Of California

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

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The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Graduate Studies Catalog 2020-2021, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Catalogs

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Pretrial Detention Of Indigents: A Standard Analysis Of Due Process And Equal Protection Claims, Robert William G. Wright

Georgia Law Review

Over the past several years, criminal justice activists
have sought to reform misdemeanor bail policies that
condition pretrial release on an arrestee’s ability to pay
a predetermined cash bond. Activists have challenged
such bail polices by filing lawsuits on behalf on indigent
persons who have been exposed to such policies. Often,
these lawsuits allege that bail policies violate both the
Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the
Fourteenth Amendment. While due process and equal
protection analyses are generally well-defined, U.S.
Supreme Court precedent does not offer a clear analysis
for courts to apply to due process and equal protection …

Methods And Severity: The Two Tracks Of Section 12, Lisa Kerr, Benjamin L. Berger

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

The story of section 12 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects against cruel and unusual treatment or punishment, is overwhelmingly told — by judges and scholars alike — as a tale about proportionality. This is an artefact of the prominence of one problem that Canadian courts have famously employed a muscular approach to section 12 to address: the problem of mandatory minimum sentences. Since Nur, the analytical path for evaluating the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences has been firmly and clearly set. In Lloyd, the Court summarized the jurisprudence: “The question, put simply, is this: In view …

Ewert V. Canada: Shining Light On Corrections And Indigenous People, Emily Hill, Jessica Wolfe

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

In Ewert v. Canada, the Supreme Court considered an Indigenous federal inmate’s claim that the continued use of actuarial tools to assess his risk was contrary to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and sections 7 and 15 of the Charter. The case offers an important opportunity to consider issues of substantive equality; access to justice; and how Correctional Service Canada’s (CSC) current practices contribute to the larger problem of Indigenous alienation from the criminal justice system. Given the opaque nature of the correctional system, it is only through cases like Ewert that we get a glimpse into this type …

Bending The Arc Toward Justice: The Current Era Of Juvenile Justice Reform In Georgia, Melissa D. Carter

Georgia Law Review

America’s juvenile justice system is experiencing another era of reform. The formal juvenile justice system originated from the ideology and methods of social reformers who viewed deviant behavior as a treatable condition and sought redemption of criminal youth. In the first era of reform, that view powered the state’s exercise of its parens patriae authority and produced a paternalistic judiciary and institutions that used custody as a means of achieving social control. Over time, changing political and social views of childhood and a growing recognition in the law of children as rights-holders shifted the system’s focus away from the rehabilitative …

Catalog Of Services 2020-2021, Csusb Budget Office

University Budget Office records

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Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall Winter 2020-2021, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Expanding What It Means to Be Smart
• Mogul in The Making
• Purpose-Filled Pursuit
• A Vessel for Justice
• Shedding Light on The Future Of Disinfection
• When It Rains, It Stalls
• Safety First
• So That All May Learn
• Focused on The Future
• University News
• Expert Insights
• Alumni Profile
• Classnotes
• In Memorium

The Underprosecution Of Labor Trafficking, Annie Smith

South Carolina Law Review

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Defining Qualified Immunity, Lawrence Rosenthal

South Carolina Law Review

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What The Brita Won’T Purify: Why Kentucky Is In Need Of Strict Pharmaceutical Disposal Regulations, Caroline K. Mitchell

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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From Public Health To Public Wealth: The Case For Economic Justice, Barbara L. Atwell

Kentucky Law Journal

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Eliminating The Criminal Debt Exception For Debtors' Prisons, Cortney E. Lollar

North Carolina Law Review

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Papercuts: Hierarchical Microaggressions In Law Schools, Nantiya Ruan

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

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Tanks And Rubber Bullets Vs. Pussy Hats And High-Fives: A Comparative Look At The 2014 Ferguson Uprising And The 2017 Women’S March On Washington, Abby Harrington

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

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The Origins And Legacy Of The Fourth Amendment Reasonableness-Balancing Model, Kit Kinports

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Front Matter

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Front Matter

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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The Ninth Circuit’S Left Hook: Criminal Venue In The Skies And Why Lozoya Hits The Mark, Christopher Thomson

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Front Matter

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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The Right To Be And Become: Black Home-Educators As Child Privacy Protectors, Najarian R. Peters

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

The right to privacy is one of the most fundamental rights in American jurisprudence. In 1890, Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis conceptualized the right to privacy as the right to be let alone and inspired privacy jurisprudence that tracked their initial description. Warren and Brandeis conceptualized further that this right was not exclusively meant to protect one’s body or physical property. Privacy rights were protective of “the products and the processes of the mind” and the “inviolate personality.” Privacy was further understood to protect the ability to “live one’s life as one chooses, free from assault, intrusion or …

Naloxone Access And Opioid Use: A Theoretical Analysis, Caroline Dunsby

Honors Theses

Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is a medication that reverses the potentially fatal effects of an opioid overdose. Amidst the opioid epidemic that has taken tens of thousands of lives each year, many policies have been enacted to increase the public's access to naloxone, allowing non-medical personnel to save lives. There have been two distinct reactions to these policies. Those that support the policies state that harm reduction measures are necessary to save lives. Those that oppose the policies claim that by providing naloxone, states may be increasing risky opioid use - suggesting that naloxone leads to …

Detaining People Who Are Mentally Ill In Jail: An Analysis Of South Dakota's Statutory Provisions Authorizing Involuntary Mental Illness Holds, Ashley Flood

South Dakota Law Review

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Female Student Veteran's Transition To College, Doug Michaels

Masters Theses

This study was focused on learning more about the experiences female student veterans have while transitioning from the military to college as well as what types of resources they utilized during this time. Research on this population is very limited, but the number of relevant studies completed is increasing. A narrative qualitative approach was utilized for this study in order to give this population the platform to tell their stories and for their voices to be heard. There were four participants who have all served at least one year in the military and have completed at least one year of …

The Intersection Of Social Stress, Mental Well-Being, And Sexual Health Among Black Women In Emerging Adulthood, Brandi Galloway

Theses and Dissertations

With an estimated 37,000 new HIV infections each year, HIV continues to be a major public health concern. HIV affects some populations more than others. Young Black women, in particular, are disproportionately affected by HIV. While being a woman does not typically increase a person’s HIV risk, being Black and being a woman does.

Data indicate that individual-level factors do not fully address the differences in HIV and STIs between Black emerging adult women and their White counterparts. Thus, it is critical to better understand contextual factors such as social stress and mental-wellbeing which might better account for these disparities. …