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Victims Confront Offenders: An Exploratory Study Of Victim Satisfaction During Mediation, Krystal C. Walton Oct 2000

Victims Confront Offenders: An Exploratory Study Of Victim Satisfaction During Mediation, Krystal C. Walton

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if age, race, and gender were related to victim satisfaction during mediation while controlling for the type of offense. Satisfaction with the mediator's attitude, the session itself, the mediator, and the outcome were assessed to measure the victim's level of satisfaction with the various components of the mediation process. Data was collected from questionnaires mailed to crime victims' who had completed the mediation process through the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Norfolk, Virginia. This thesis looks at the relationship of age, race, and gender to victim satisfaction with mediation. Cross-tabulations were …


What Should Be The Standards For Intervening Between Parent And Child? The Parental Prosecution For A Young Boy's Obesity, Laura A. Kelley Sep 2000

What Should Be The Standards For Intervening Between Parent And Child? The Parental Prosecution For A Young Boy's Obesity, Laura A. Kelley

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Public Womb: Women Under China's One-Child Policy, Rachael Savanyu Sep 2000

The Public Womb: Women Under China's One-Child Policy, Rachael Savanyu

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Toward More Effective Judicial Education In Issues Of Family Violence, Katie J. Land Sep 2000

Toward More Effective Judicial Education In Issues Of Family Violence, Katie J. Land

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Losing More Than Time: Incarcerated Mothers And The Adoption And Safe Families Act Of 1997, Mariely Downey Sep 2000

Losing More Than Time: Incarcerated Mothers And The Adoption And Safe Families Act Of 1997, Mariely Downey

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Buying A Wife But Saving A Child: A Deconstruction Of Popular Rhetoric And Legal Analysis Of Mail-Order Brides And Intercountry Adoptions, Ryiah Lilith Sep 2000

Buying A Wife But Saving A Child: A Deconstruction Of Popular Rhetoric And Legal Analysis Of Mail-Order Brides And Intercountry Adoptions, Ryiah Lilith

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Reclaiming The "Creatures Of The State": Contracting For Child Custody Decisionmaking In The Best Interests Of The Family, E. Gary Spitko Sep 2000

Reclaiming The "Creatures Of The State": Contracting For Child Custody Decisionmaking In The Best Interests Of The Family, E. Gary Spitko

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unbending Gender: Why Family And Work Conflict And What To Do About It, Martha M. Ertman Aug 2000

Unbending Gender: Why Family And Work Conflict And What To Do About It, Martha M. Ertman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Case And Comment: Between The Baby And The Breast, S. I. Strong Jul 2000

Case And Comment: Between The Baby And The Breast, S. I. Strong

Faculty Publications

IN Re C (A CHILD) (HIV Test) [1999] 2 F.L.R. 1004, a local authority applied for a specific issue order to test a four-month-old baby girl for HIV. The mother of the child first tested positive for HIV in 1990, but adopted a highly sceptical stance towards generally accepted theories about HIV and AIDS, and refused conventional therapy for herself, preferring to rely on a healthy lifestyle as a prophylactic. The case arose when the baby's physician became aware not only that the mother was breastfeeding the child (despite the risk of transmission of HIV), but that the parents refused …


Customized Marriage, James Herbie Difonzo Jul 2000

Customized Marriage, James Herbie Difonzo

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Before It's Too Late: Neuropsychological Consequences Of Child Neglect And Their Implications For Law And Social Policy, Janet Weinstein, Ricardo Weinstein Jun 2000

Before It's Too Late: Neuropsychological Consequences Of Child Neglect And Their Implications For Law And Social Policy, Janet Weinstein, Ricardo Weinstein

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Recent developments in the neurosciences have led to dramatic breakthroughs in the area of brain development and the understanding of consequences of neglect. Because this process was heretofore not understood, legislators have been wary of drafting child protection statutes that afforded the possibility for arbitrary interference with families. Strict statutory standards have been adopted that allow coercive intervention only in cases where the child is at substantial risk of imminent physical harm, or after some of the most severe consequences of neglect have been identified. These laws do not consider developmental harm because it does not present an imminent danger …


Berner-Kadish V. Minister Of Interior, Dalia Dorner, Dorit Beinisch, Abdel Rahman Zuabi May 2000

Berner-Kadish V. Minister Of Interior, Dalia Dorner, Dorit Beinisch, Abdel Rahman Zuabi

Translated Opinions

The First and Second Petitioners (hereinafter: the Petitioners,) two women who have been life partners for seven years, are Israeli citizens. Their permanent residence is in the State of California, in the United States. On January 12, 1996 the Second Petitioner (hereinafter: the mother) gave birth to the Third Petitioner (hereinafter: the son,) after having become pregnant via sperm donation. The son was adopted by the First Petitioner (hereinafter: the adoptive mother,) with the mother’s consent, according to an adoption decree granted by a California court – where the son was born and where the three Petitioners reside. The adoptive …


Somebody's Child: Evaluating The Erosion Of The Marital Presumption Of Paternity, Theresa Glennon Apr 2000

Somebody's Child: Evaluating The Erosion Of The Marital Presumption Of Paternity, Theresa Glennon

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Second Chances: Insuring That Poor Families Remain Intact By Minimizing Socioeconomic Ramification Of Poverty, Cynthia R. Mabry Apr 2000

Second Chances: Insuring That Poor Families Remain Intact By Minimizing Socioeconomic Ramification Of Poverty, Cynthia R. Mabry

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conceiving Non-Marital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly Apr 2000

Conceiving Non-Marital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Musing About Community, Or Why Is It Beter To Be An American Grandparent Than A Cuban Father, Karen Syma Czapanskiy Apr 2000

Musing About Community, Or Why Is It Beter To Be An American Grandparent Than A Cuban Father, Karen Syma Czapanskiy

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Grandparent Visitation: Best Interests Test Is Not In Child's Best Interests, Katharine T. Bartlett Apr 2000

Grandparent Visitation: Best Interests Test Is Not In Child's Best Interests, Katharine T. Bartlett

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Civilized System Of Justice: The Fate Of The Violence Against Women Act, Sally F. Goldfarb Apr 2000

No Civilized System Of Justice: The Fate Of The Violence Against Women Act, Sally F. Goldfarb

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction Apr 2000

Introduction

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Challenge To Rural States Of Procedural Reform In High Conflict Custody Cases, Elizabeth Barker Brandt J.D. Apr 2000

The Challenge To Rural States Of Procedural Reform In High Conflict Custody Cases, Elizabeth Barker Brandt J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


In The Best Interest Of The Child: A Commentary, Lawrence H. Diller M.D. Apr 2000

In The Best Interest Of The Child: A Commentary, Lawrence H. Diller M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prevention Strategies To Protect Professionals And Families Involved In High-Conflict Divorce, Thomas E. Schact Psy.D. Apr 2000

Prevention Strategies To Protect Professionals And Families Involved In High-Conflict Divorce, Thomas E. Schact Psy.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Promoting The Best Interests Of Children Whose Parents Are Divorcing: The Next Steps For Arkansas, Kenneth S. Gallant J.D. Apr 2000

Promoting The Best Interests Of Children Whose Parents Are Divorcing: The Next Steps For Arkansas, Kenneth S. Gallant J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Professionals' Perceptions Of Divorce Involving Children, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Pippa Simpson Ph.D., Trevor Gage M.D., Kim Worley M.D. Apr 2000

Professionals' Perceptions Of Divorce Involving Children, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Pippa Simpson Ph.D., Trevor Gage M.D., Kim Worley M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Battered-Child Syndrome: Is It A Paradigm For A Child Of Embattled Divorce?, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Michael W. Mellon Ph.D., Beth O. Butler L.C.S.W., Suzanne E. Stroh R.N.P., Nicholas Long Ph.D., Jerry G. Jones M.D. Apr 2000

Battered-Child Syndrome: Is It A Paradigm For A Child Of Embattled Divorce?, H. Patrick Stern M.D., Michael W. Mellon Ph.D., Beth O. Butler L.C.S.W., Suzanne E. Stroh R.N.P., Nicholas Long Ph.D., Jerry G. Jones M.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Guardian Ad Litem In Custody And Conflict Cases: Investigator, Champion, And Referee, Dana E. Prescott J.D. Apr 2000

The Guardian Ad Litem In Custody And Conflict Cases: Investigator, Champion, And Referee, Dana E. Prescott J.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Building Multidisciplinary Professional Partnerships With The Court Of Behalf Of High-Conflict Divorcing Families And Their Children: Who Needs What Kind Of Help, Janet R. Johnston Ph.D. Apr 2000

Building Multidisciplinary Professional Partnerships With The Court Of Behalf Of High-Conflict Divorcing Families And Their Children: Who Needs What Kind Of Help, Janet R. Johnston Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Comprehensive Child Custody Evaluation—Ten Years Later, Robert L. Halon Ph.D. Apr 2000

The Comprehensive Child Custody Evaluation—Ten Years Later, Robert L. Halon Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Qualifications Of The Techniques To Be Used By Judges, Attorneys, And Mental Health Professionals Who Deal The Children In High Conflict Divorce Cases, Barry Bricklin Ph.D., Gail Elliott Ph.D. Apr 2000

Qualifications Of The Techniques To Be Used By Judges, Attorneys, And Mental Health Professionals Who Deal The Children In High Conflict Divorce Cases, Barry Bricklin Ph.D., Gail Elliott Ph.D.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Family Law—Petitions To Change A Minor Child's Surname: Arkansas Supreme Court Adopts "Clearly Erroneous" Standard Of Review And Establishes Six-Factor Test. Huffman V. Fisher, 337 Ark. 58, 987 S.W.2d 269 (1999)., Luke Zakrzewski Apr 2000

Family Law—Petitions To Change A Minor Child's Surname: Arkansas Supreme Court Adopts "Clearly Erroneous" Standard Of Review And Establishes Six-Factor Test. Huffman V. Fisher, 337 Ark. 58, 987 S.W.2d 269 (1999)., Luke Zakrzewski

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.