Cultural Jeopardy

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Evans v. Michigan: The Impact of Judicial Error on Double Jeopardy Protection

This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Evans v. Michigan, in which the Court has an opportunity to clarify the bounds of the prohibition on double jeopardy. More specifically, the Court will determine what, if any, impact judicial error has on double jeopardy protection under the Fifth Amendment

Two Sides of a Sargasso Sea : Successive Prosecution for the Same Offence in the United States and the United Kingdom

This article analyzes the U. S. constitutional law interpreting the concept of “same offence.” Included is a survey of the Supreme Court\u27s attempts to interpret constitutional text in order to provide adequate protection for the underlying double jeopardy interest against vexatious reprosecutions, which have frequently produced inconsistent and illogical results. Part III of this article analyzes U.K. law relating to the concept of “same offence,” where the same narrow double jeopardy protection adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court is supplemented with a broad discretion to prevent unfair successive prosecution that constitutes an abuse of process. Part IV draws lessons from a comparison of U.S. and U.K. law that might serve to rationalize and clarify the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s jurisprudence by supplementing the narrow same-elements interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause with a due process or supervisory-power protection against oppressive multiple prosecutions

Playing Quantum Physics Jeopardy with zero-energy eigenstates

We describe an example of an exact, quantitative Jeopardy-type quantum mechanics problem. This problem type is based on the conditions in one-dimensional quantum systems that allow an energy eigenstate for the infinite square well to have zero curvature and zero energy when suitable Dirac delta functions are added. This condition and its solution are not often discussed in quantum mechanics texts and have interesting pedagogical consequences.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, requires graphicx and epsfig packages. Additional information, including individual files containing the Worksheet and a Worksheet template, are available at http://webphysics.davidson.edu/mjb/jeopardy

What is …?: a research ethics jeopardy" game to help community partners understand human subjects protections and their importance.

Although community partners in participatory research need to understand basic principles of research ethics and human subjects protections, few tools have been designed with these partners in mind. To assist in this process, and help engage youth community partners in learning this critical material, a game was developed based on the popular television program Jeopardy(TM). Piloted with a group of 18 Mexican- American adolescents as part of a broader community-based participatory research(CBPR) project, the game begins with small group study of infamous cases of research ethics violations (eg. the Tuskegee Syphilis Study) and of the human subjects protections that resulted. The participants then play the Jeopardy game in teams, responding to “What is . . . ?” questions concerning the five infamous research studies and corresponding human subjects protections. Although observational findings revealed substantial learning and active engagement in the process, as well as strong retention of the material several months later, the tool requires further evaluation. Based on this pilot experience, however, we believe the Research Ethics Jeopardy™ Game offers promise in helping youth and other community partners in CBPR master critical information about human subjects protections and their importance in an accessible and lively manner

Environmental Education Jeopardy

This game, based on 'Jeopardy', uses questions and answers about air quality and pollution; water conservation, quality, and testing; and waste and compost issues. Students divide into teams and pick questions from a set of cards which are color-coded by category and labeled with point values. A set of questions is provided. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school

Fashion in Jeopardy

Glamorous, ostentatious, extravagant, alluring, flamboyant, frivolous! (SLIDE 4) The opulence of high fashion is often referred to with these very evocative words. Aspiring to such dizzying heights in the daily construction of appearance is the ultimate dream of the fashion consumer. This conflicts with the every day functionality of dress and the changes in society that fashion often needs to accommodate. The individual consumer of fashion will put together a look that conveys a visual message that can reflect these changes. These could be induced by war, depression, economic recession and political turmoil. The changes can also put the system of fashion and its consumption in great jeopardy. This research investigates and compares how fashion reacted to the deprivations of the Second World War, with similar deprivation, in the economic recession, beginning in 2008. This resulted in many parallel initiatives that have either been revived or have evolved. Whilst the research recognises that the deprivation suffered during war is far more destructive materially, physically and emotionally it emphasises the similarity of parallel initiatives in relation to fashionable clothing that impacted in the dual times of economic shortage. The initiatives discussed often-threatened recognised systems of fashion, design and consumption. It was driven underground only to re-emerge in different interpretations. In relation to this the research also details how final year fashion design students were set a live two day brief, that asked them consider the concept of ‘Fashion in Jeopardy’. This exercise introduced students in a practical way to how fashion can mirror conflict in society and how a sense of individual style and fashion can be maintained in a crisis

A Theoretical Examination of Double Jeopardy: Using Theory as a Guide to Concept Analysis

This article is a theoretical examination of the validity of the double jeopardy hypothesis from a number of social psychological perspectives. After a general review of the literature on double jeopardy, section two sets forth some alternative views on minority aging. In section three, four social psychological theories areexplicated in order to ascertain whether they would predict a double jeopardy outcome. In no case does the prediction suggest double jeopardy. Finally, a caveat is noted regarding how researchers define double jeopardy

U.S. Immigration Policy: Family Reunification

This issue brief covers the 1965 Immigration Act, the preference category framework, the immigrant visa petition application and approval process. The author argues that family reunification is in jeopardy, and concludes with possible solutions and recommendations