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Firearm Availability And Police Shootings: A City-Level Analysis Of Fatal And Injurious Shootings In California And Florida, John Shjarback Mar 2023

Firearm Availability And Police Shootings: A City-Level Analysis Of Fatal And Injurious Shootings In California And Florida, John Shjarback

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Do rates of guns lost/stolen as well as licensed gun dealers influence police shootings of citizens?


Par Funding: A Fabulous Fraud Founded In Philly, Edward J. Schoen Jan 2023

Par Funding: A Fabulous Fraud Founded In Philly, Edward J. Schoen

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

This case describes a recent iteration of the Ponzi scheme originated in 1920 by Charles Ponzi: creating a plausible investment, attracting investors, using the money from more recent investors to pay off earlier investors, and earning a substantial profit, estimated to be $15 million (worth $220 million today).1 While not as big as Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, as a result of which he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $170 billion to his victims,2 the Federal district court in Miami was asked to order Par Funding’s cofounders, Joseph W. LaForte and his wife, …


Evaluation Of A Federal Mental Health Court: Do They Work?, Kimberly Houser, Christine A. Saum Mar 2022

Evaluation Of A Federal Mental Health Court: Do They Work?, Kimberly Houser, Christine A. Saum

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Americans For Prosperity Foundation V. Bonta: Mandatory Disclosure Of Charities’ Donor Information Violates Freedom Of Association Under Exacting Scrutiny Standard, Edward J. Schoen Jan 2022

Americans For Prosperity Foundation V. Bonta: Mandatory Disclosure Of Charities’ Donor Information Violates Freedom Of Association Under Exacting Scrutiny Standard, Edward J. Schoen

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Factors Associated With Police Shooting Mortality: A Focus On Race And A Plea For More Comprehensive Data, Justin Nix, John Shjarback Sep 2021

Factors Associated With Police Shooting Mortality: A Focus On Race And A Plea For More Comprehensive Data, Justin Nix, John Shjarback

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Objectives. To quantify nonfatal injurious police shootings of people and examine the factors associated with victim mortality. Methods. We gathered victim-level data on fatal and nonfatal injurious police shootings from four states that have such information publicly available: Florida (2009-14), Colorado (2010-19), Texas (2015-19), and California (2016-19). For each state, we examined bivariate associations between mortality and race/ethnicity, gender, age, weapon, and access to trauma care. We also estimated logistic regression models predicting victim mortality in each state. Results. Forty-five percent of these police shooting victims (N=1,322) did not die. Black-white disparities were more pronounced in nonfatal injurious police shootings …


Enhancing Deaf People’S Access To Justice In Northern Ireland: Implementing Article 13 Of The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, Bronagh Byrne, Brent Elder, Michael Schwartz Mar 2021

Enhancing Deaf People’S Access To Justice In Northern Ireland: Implementing Article 13 Of The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, Bronagh Byrne, Brent Elder, Michael Schwartz

College of Education Faculty Scholarship

Article 13 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) specifies that disabled people have the right to ‘effective access to justice’ on an equal basis with others. This includes Deaf people. There is a distinct lack of research which explores the extent to which Article 13 UNCRPD is implemented in practice and which actively involves Deaf people in its implementation and monitoring. This paper shares findings from a rights-based research study co-produced with a Deaf Advisory Group and a Deaf-led organisation. It explores the implementation of Article 13 UNCRPD in Northern Ireland through the …


A Case Study In Securities Law: Sec V. Baker, Edward J. Schoen, Diane Y. Hughes, Michelle Kowalsky Jul 2017

A Case Study In Securities Law: Sec V. Baker, Edward J. Schoen, Diane Y. Hughes, Michelle Kowalsky

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Information Technology, Social Networking, And Controlling Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls Involved In Dating Violence, Meredith C. Joppa, Christie J. Rizzo, Jessica Johnson Jan 2015

Information Technology, Social Networking, And Controlling Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls Involved In Dating Violence, Meredith C. Joppa, Christie J. Rizzo, Jessica Johnson

Title IX Research and Resources

Hypothesis: Girls with dating violence (DV) histories will report high levels of involvement in social networking and information technology (SNIT) as well as frequent engagement in controlling behaviors via SNIT.


Completing Government Speech's Unfinished Business: Clipping Garcetti's Wings And Addressing Scholarship And Teaching, Edward J. Schoen Jan 2015

Completing Government Speech's Unfinished Business: Clipping Garcetti's Wings And Addressing Scholarship And Teaching, Edward J. Schoen

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Thompson V. Western States Medical Center: An Opportunity Lost, J. S. Falchek, Edward J. Schoen Jul 2011

Thompson V. Western States Medical Center: An Opportunity Lost, J. S. Falchek, Edward J. Schoen

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Ysursa And Davenport: Putting A Dent In Union Access To Member Contributions For Political Activities, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek Oct 2009

Ysursa And Davenport: Putting A Dent In Union Access To Member Contributions For Political Activities, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Tolerance Of Sexual Harassment: A Laboratory Paradigm, D. J. Angelone, Damon Mitchell, Kara Carola Jan 2009

Tolerance Of Sexual Harassment: A Laboratory Paradigm, D. J. Angelone, Damon Mitchell, Kara Carola

Title IX Research and Resources

The present study attempted to develop a laboratory analogue for the study of tolerance for sexual harassment by using an online speed-dating paradigm. In that context, the relation between participants’ sexual harassment attitudes, perpetrator attractiveness, perpetrator status, and perceived dating potential of the perpetrator were examined as factors influencing participants’ tolerance of sexually harassing behavior. Participants were 128 female college students from a small northeastern public university. Results indicated that attractiveness, high social status, and attitudinal beliefs about sexual harassment were all predictive of tolerance for sexual harassment, providing preliminary support for the validity of this paradigm. In addition, participants’ …


Bong Hits 4 Jesus And Tinkering With Tinker, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek Jan 2008

Bong Hits 4 Jesus And Tinkering With Tinker, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Garcetti V. Ceballos: Government Workers, Whistleblowing And The First Amendment, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek Jan 2007

Garcetti V. Ceballos: Government Workers, Whistleblowing And The First Amendment, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Johanns V. Livestock Marketing Ass'n: Demise Of First Amendment Protection Against Compelled Commercial Speech, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek Jan 2006

Johanns V. Livestock Marketing Ass'n: Demise Of First Amendment Protection Against Compelled Commercial Speech, Edward J. Schoen, J. S. Falchek

Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.