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Judging Children As Children: Reclaiming New York’S Progressive Tradition, Michael A. Corriero Jan 2012

Judging Children As Children: Reclaiming New York’S Progressive Tradition, Michael A. Corriero

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Brass Rings And Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants, Michael L. Rich Jan 2012

Brass Rings And Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants, Michael L. Rich

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Adam Walsh Child Protection And Safety Act: Legal And Psychological Aspects Of The New Civil Commitment Law For Federal Civil Commitment Law For Federal Sex Offenders , John Fabian Jan 2012

The Adam Walsh Child Protection And Safety Act: Legal And Psychological Aspects Of The New Civil Commitment Law For Federal Civil Commitment Law For Federal Sex Offenders , John Fabian

Cleveland State Law Review

The Adam Walsh Act (AWA) became law on July 27, 2006, and is the most expansive and punitive sex offender law ever initiated by the federal government. One aspect of the statute, and the topic of this article, is the civil commitment of federal sex offenders. The AWA civil commitment law has its roots in prior U.S. Supreme Court cases including Kansas v. Hendricks and Kansas v. Crane. While the federal commitment statute is similar to traditional state commitment laws, the AWA does not provide for a finding of "likely" to commit sex offenses. Rather, the statute defines a "sexually …


Stepping Into The Gap: Violent Crime Victims, The Right To Closure, And A Discursive Shift Away From Zero Sum Resolutions, Blanche Bong Cook Jan 2012

Stepping Into The Gap: Violent Crime Victims, The Right To Closure, And A Discursive Shift Away From Zero Sum Resolutions, Blanche Bong Cook

Kentucky Law Journal

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Whistleblowers And Rogues: An Urgent Call For An Affirmative Defense To Corporate Criminal Liability, Marcia Narine Jan 2012

Whistleblowers And Rogues: An Urgent Call For An Affirmative Defense To Corporate Criminal Liability, Marcia Narine

Catholic University Law Review

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Twenty-First Century Fingerprints: The Third Circuit's Approval Of Dna Collection Upon Arrest In United States V. Mitchell, Megan Pownall Jan 2012

Twenty-First Century Fingerprints: The Third Circuit's Approval Of Dna Collection Upon Arrest In United States V. Mitchell, Megan Pownall

Villanova Law Review

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Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice Jan 2012

Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Way To Treat Man's Best Friends: The Uncounted Injuries Of Animal Cruielty Victims, Samantha D. E. Tucker Jan 2012

No Way To Treat Man's Best Friends: The Uncounted Injuries Of Animal Cruielty Victims, Samantha D. E. Tucker

Animal Law Review

As society has come to recognize the sentience and intelligence of nonhuman animals, jurisdictions across the United States (U.S.) have promulgated animal protection laws. Despite the development of anti-cruelty statutes, though, states with sentence enhancement mechanisms continue to elevate criminal offenders’ sentences only if they injure human victims. This Note considers the development of anti-cruelty laws and explores how sentencing guidelines, victim injury points, and other sentence enhancement mechanisms function in U.S. criminal justice systems. It examines how multiple states treat victim injury, focusing particularly on Florida where, in October 2011, a Florida Assistant State Attorney—in what was likely the …