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"First Woman To Lead R.I. State Police Attributes Her Achievement In Part To Portuguese-American Ancestry", Sabrina Brum, Iplws Ric Jul 2017

"First Woman To Lead R.I. State Police Attributes Her Achievement In Part To Portuguese-American Ancestry", Sabrina Brum, Iplws Ric

Elected and Appointed Officials Project

Institute intern Sabrina Brum '19 interviewed Col. Ann C. Assumpico, 13th Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police for the IPLWS Elected and Appointed Officials Project and authored this news article, published on July 7, 2017 by O Jornal/The Herald News of Fall River. The IPLWS is grateful for the assistance of the Rhode Island College's Office of Communications and Marketing.


From Rapists To Superpredators: What The Practice Of Capital Punishment Says About Race, Rights And The American Child, Robyn Linde Mar 2011

From Rapists To Superpredators: What The Practice Of Capital Punishment Says About Race, Rights And The American Child, Robyn Linde

Faculty Publications

At the turn of the 20th century, the United States was widely considered to be a world leader in matters of child protection and welfare, a reputation lost by the century’s end. This paper suggests that the United States’ loss of international esteem concerning child welfare was directly related to its practice of executing juvenile offenders. The paper analyzes why the United States continued to carry out the juvenile death penalty after the establishment of juvenile courts and other protections for child criminals. Two factors allowed the United States to continue the juvenile death penalty after most states in …


Watch The Process, Chester Smolski Sep 1991

Watch The Process, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The reason for the 1990 census is now at hand: The Reapportionment Commission is in place, and the process has just begun. The redrawing of local state and congressional boundary lines that define districts by populations to be represented at these three levels of government is upon us, and bears close watching."


Residency Law Could Stabilize Local Economic Base, Chester Smolski Dec 1977

Residency Law Could Stabilize Local Economic Base, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Should city employees be required to live in the communities which employ them? This is the question which more and more cities are seriously considering as they seek ways to stem the unabated flow of their residents to the suburbs and to raise needed tax dollars."