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Mission Critical: Reforming Foster Care And Child Protective Services In Massachusetts, Emily M. Douglas Ph.D, Melinda Gushwa Ph.D, Martha J. Henry Ph.D, Denise A. Hines Ph.D, Mickayla Aboujaoude, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise

One major topic of debate during the 2014 gubernatorial elections was the functioning of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) in Massachusetts. Prior to the debates and subsequently as well, the media has highlighted some challenges and issues that plague DCF, and several high-profile cases have sparked not only the attention of our state government, but the public at large as well. After consultation with legislators, we decided that our 2015 Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar would focus on this crisis.

The Spinnaker March 25, 2015, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community. Date: March 25, 2015

Fairly Assessing Risk And Recidivism, Dawinder S. Sidhu

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

What About The Children? Assessing The Ripple Effects Of Mass Incarceration, Jeremy Travis

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Florida's Stand Your Ground Law: Enforcement Inconsistencies And Inherent Ambiguities, Albert E. Mccormick Jr.

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Theory maintains that immediate and consistent enforcement of a new rule is required for clarification of behavioral expectations. Inconsistencies in the implementation of Florida’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) law are examined, based upon 302 decisions rendered from 2005 through 2012. It is argued that, by removing the duty to retreat, SYG has turned justified self-defense from a more objective interpretation of the law by legal actors into a more subjective one.

Examining Aggravated Assault On College Campuses: A Differential Association Approach, Edlin Veras, Jason Davis Dr

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Despite its status as the most common violent crime committed on college campuses, very little is known about factors that cause students to participate in aggravated assault. In this paper, we offer a theoretical proposal that utilizes Edwin Sutherland’s differential association theory to better anticipate factors that may contribute to assault. In general, we propose that students that hold favorable definitions of crime and less conventional attitudes will be more inclined to participate in assault. At the same time, we postulate that students that have deviant peer associations would be more likely to commit an aggravated assault on campus as …

Psychopathy And Perception Of Vulnerability, Barbara Joyce Dinkins

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Prior research has shown that psychopathic traits correlate with ability to make more accurate assessments of vulnerability based on nonverbal cues (Wheeler, Book, & Costello, 2009; Book, Costello, & Camilleri, 2013). The current study aims to provide further support for this finding, examine effect of criminal experience, and determine if the finding generalizes to females and non-Caucasians. An online survey was conducted, where each participant was shown several videos of people walking alone down a hallway. After each video, they were asked to rate the vulnerability of the depicted person. Higher levels of psychopathic traits (measured by the Elemental Psychopathy …

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 25, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, March 23, 2015

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Gsu View, 2015-03-23, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

March 23, 2015, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Vol. 48, No. 10 (March 23, 2015)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

March 23, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

March 23, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda

Low Desire, Trauma, And Femininity In The Dsm-5: A Case For Sequelae, Alyson K. Spurgas

Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The recently released DSM-5 (2013) includes a new sexual dysfunction: Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSIAD). For the first time, the low sexual desire disorders are split along gender lines, and lack of sexual ‘receptivity’ is offered as a criterion for diagnosis in women only. Although ‘severe relationship distress’ or other ‘significant stressors’ are to be considered during evaluation for FSIAD, the patient’s trauma history is not evaluated as part of the protocol. The presence of violence or distress can potentially elicit a differential diagnosis, but what constitutes ‘severity’ is not articulated either, except to designate ‘partner violence’ as the primary …

March 23, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

March 23, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes

Criminal Justice News, Georgia Southern University

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

• Dr. Chad Posick Receives Prestigious Award
• Dr. Adam Bossler Publishes New Book on Cybercrime

Faculty Senate Bill Fsb-2015-03-23-01: University Curriculum Committee, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Bills, Motions & Resolutions (Archived)

Faculty Senate Bill FSB-2015-03-23-01: University Curriculum Committee

From The Field To The Lab: Best Practices For Field Preservation Of Bat Specimens For Molecular Analyses, Angelique Corthals, Alynn Martin, Omar M. Warsi, Megan Woller-Skar, Winston Lancaster, Amy Russell, Liliana M. Dávalos

Publications and Research

Studies in molecular ecology depend on field-collected samples for genetic information, and the tissue sampled and preservation conditions strongly affect the quality of the DNA obtained. DNA yields from different tissue types have seldom been compared, and the relative performance of storage media has never been directly tested, even though these media may influence DNA degradation under field conditions. We analyzed DNA yield from buccal swabs and wing punches harvested from live bats using nucleic acid quantification as well as quantitative PCR for a single-copy nuclear locus. We also compared DNA yields from wing tissue preserved in three media: ethanol, …

Brief Of Amici Curiae Ascentria Care Alliance, Coalition Against Trafficking In Women, Children’S Advocacy Center Of Suffolk County, Demand Abolition, Eva Center, And My Life My Choice In Support Of Plaintiff-Appellee On The Constitutionality Of An Act Relative To The Commercial Exploitation Of People, Commonwealth Of Massachusetts V. Tyshaun Mcghee, Et Al., Julie A. Dahlstrom, Felicia Ellsworth, Tasha Bahal, Michelle Sandals

Faculty Scholarship

The victims' story here is a heartbreaking one, and sadly, all too familiar. Too often, victims are targeted, advertised online, and transported for purposes of prostitution while subjected to poor conditions, coercion, and often physical violence. Recognizing that human trafficking is a pervasive and troubling epidemic, Congress and state legislatures around the country have taken actions to criminalize trafficking, punish its offenders, and provide necessary services for trafficking victims. In 2011, Massachusetts enacted An Act Relative to the Commercial Exploitation of People ("Massachusetts Anti-Trafficking Statute") to address the problem of trafficking in the Commonwealth. Among other key provisions, the Massachusetts …

Criminal Justice News, Georgia Southern University

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

• Students Present Research at ACJS
• Mock Mediation Club Wins First Place at International Law School Competition

2015 Program: Honors Student Symposium, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Honors Student Symposium

No abstract provided.

Social Media: The Attorney’S Best “Friend” When Investigating Jurors, Reginia Judge

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Estimating Vertex Measures In Social Networks By Sampling Completions Of Rds Trees, Bilal Khan, Kirk Dombrowski, Ric Curtis, Travis Wendel

Publications and Research

This paper presents a new method for obtaining network properties from incomplete data sets. Problems associated with missing data represent well-known stumbling blocks in Social Network Analysis. The method of “estimating connectivity from spanning tree completions” (ECSTC) is specifically designed to address situations where only spanning tree(s) of a network are known, such as those obtained through respondent driven sampling (RDS). Using repeated random completions derived from degree information, this method forgoes the usual step of trying to obtain final edge or vertex rosters, and instead aims to estimate network-centric properties of vertices probabilistically from the spanning trees themselves. In …

A Holler To My Sisters On Welfare: Mothers In The Works Of Shakur And Hughes, Wesley Turner

BYU English Symposium

For the purposes of this paper, I will juxtapose the work of Tupac Shakur with Langston Hughes in order to reveal Shakur’s engagement with African American literary history. Both Hughes and Shakur have recurring maternal relationships in their works. However, both artists incorporate these relationships very differently. Hughes primarily discussed mothers and children in order to show how far African Americans have come in gaining equal rights in their country. His mother-child relationships are ones that hope for continued steps towards equality and a breakdown of the black/white color line. Shakur, however, discusses children and mothers in the context of …

March 19, 2015, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Visiting Sociologist Discusses Schools And Prisons, March 19, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Toward A Uniform Standard Of Decency: Connecticut’S Prospective Capital Punishment Repeal And The Eighth Amendment, Suchitra Paul

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb Partners With Western Piedmont Community College, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University announced it has formed a partnership with Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) that will help students complete degrees in eight programs and provide GWU with improved facilities to offer academic and career services in the North Carolina foothills. Officials from Gardner-Webb and WPCC (Morganton, N.C.) formally signed an agreement March 19 to locate GWU’s Burke Campus at the community college. GWU previously operated a campus at the Old Rock School in Valdese.

Silence Of The Lambs: Giving Voice To The Problem Of Rape And Sexual Assault In The United States Armed Forces, Alexandra Lohman

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

2015-03-19, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.