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Criminal Juries In The 21st Century: A Case-Study Introduction To Contemporary Issues, Margaret C. Stevenson, Cynthia J. Najdowski

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

In this introductory chapter, we provide an overview of the goals of the present volume and a preview of the individual chapters herein. Specifically, we review research on various understudied and cutting-edge topics related to the intersection of psychological research and criminal jury decision making. This research is placed in the real-world context by relating it to actual criminal cases that exemplify each topic addressed in the volume. A common theme reflected throughout the chapter is an emphasis on understanding how current issues related to societal attitudinal shifts, technological advances, and juror experiences affect the structure, function, and performance of …

A Guide To Understanding And Addressing Vacant Property In The City Of St. Louis, Dana M. Malkus

All Faculty Scholarship

The City of St. Louis has a serious vacant property challenge. Since the population peak in 1950, the City has experienced a 63% decline in population and now has one of the highest rates of vacancy in the nation.¹ The City has approximately 25,000 vacant properties.² Approximately 12,000 of these are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) or other public agencies,³ which means that approximately 13,000 are privately owned. Most of those vacant properties
are concentrated in the north and southeast portions of the City.⁴ For a city of its size, the City has "an …

Legal Deserts: A Multi-State Perspective On Rural Access To Justice, Lisa R. Pruitt, Amanda L. Kool, Lauren Sudeall, Michele Statz, Danielle M. Conway, Hannah Haksgaard

Faculty Publications By Year

Rural America faces an increasingly dire access-to-justice crisis, which serves to exacerbate the already disproportionate share of social problems afflicting rural areas. One critical aspect of the crisis is the dearth of information and research regarding the extent of the problem and its impacts. This Article begins to fill that gap by providing surveys of rural access to justice in six geographically, demographically, and economically varied states: California, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition to providing insights about the distinct rural challenges confronting each of these states, the legal resources available, and existing policy responses, the Article …

Pilot Testing The Daily Activities List For Inmates (Dali): Item Evaluation And Content Validity, Philip R. Magaletta, Rokas Perskaudas, Christina J. Connors, Marc W. Patry, Jarrod Reisweber

United States Department of Justice: Publications

Scheduling enjoyable daily activities is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy intervention used in the treatment of depression and substance abuse disorders that are prevalent disorders among inmates. To effectively use this intervention with inmates, an activities list with items ecologically sensitive to the correctional setting needs to be created. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate items; thus, establishing a content valid Daily Activities List for Inmates (DALI). Fifteen corrections professionals representing a wide range of disciplines and managerial backgrounds served as subject matter experts (SMEs). Each SME evaluated 403 daily activity items that were aggregated from 4 …

A Guide To Understanding And Addressing Vacant Property In The City Of St. Louis, Dana M. Malkus

Faculty White Papers

The City of St. Louis has a serious vacant property challenge. Since the population peak in 1950, the City has experienced a 63% decline in population and now has one of the highest rates of vacancy in the nation. The City has approximately 25,000 vacant properties. Approximately 12,000 of these are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) or other public agencies, which means that approximately 13,000 are privately owned. Most of those vacant properties are concentrated in the north and southeast portions of the City. For a city of its size, the City has "an extremely large" number of …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2018, Issue 1, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of This Issue:

Survey Information and Methodology, at 1.

2017-18 SALT Salary Survey, at 1.

About SALT and SALT Membership, at 3.

Survey Instrument, at 5.

SALT Salary Survey 2017-2018, at 5.

Changing The Dialogue On Access To Justice, Jonathan Lippman

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Special Issue: Athlete Activism And Sports Social Responsibility, Jodi Balsam, Arthur Miller

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Infrastructural Regulation And The New Utilities, K. Sabeel Rahman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Richmond Law Magazine: Summer 2018, University Of Richmond

Richmond Law Magazine

What did the First Amendment originally mean?

"A responsibility to be a part of the community"

Civil rights champion

Richmond Law Magazine: Winter 2018, University Of Richmond

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Quarreling Over the Orange

Flight Path

‘The executive power shall be vested in a president’