Experimental Simulations and Tort Reform: Avoidance, Error and Overreaching in Sunstein Et Al.’s ‘Punitive Damages’

This article addresses tort reform claims made in Cass R. Sunstein, et al.\u27s Punitive Damages: How Juries Decide (2002)and related articles, research that was largely underwritten by the Exxon Corporation. Based upon a series of simulation experiments, those authors have made a general claim that juries are incapable of making coherent judgments about punitive damages. In this article I raise serious methodological problems bearing on the validity of the research, and, therefore, its ability to provide judges and legislators with useful information about juries and punitive damages

Holding Parents Responsible: Is Vicarious Responsibility the Public’s Answer to Juvenile Crime?

Parental responsibility laws hold parents accountable for the delinquent behaviors of their children even when parents’ actions are not the direct cause of an offense. Despite the prevalence of these laws, we know little about their perceived fairness. Is it reasonable to make parents vicariously responsible for outcomes they could not have foreseen and, if so, under what circumstances? Our series of three studies addressed those questions by systematically examining the impact of various situational and dispositional factors on public opinions regarding parental responsibility. Respondents attributed most of the responsibility for a crime to the child, and attributions of responsibility to the parents varied as a function of the child’s age. Case characteristics including the type of crime committed and the described parents’ actions versus inactions did not consistently influence responsibility attributions. We conclude that people feel rather lukewarm about the notion of vicarious parental responsibility and this indifference may be related to issues surrounding the laws’ enforcement

Social attitudes toward life sentence in relation to minor and juvenile offenders: replication of Edie Green's and Andrew Evelo's studies (2013)

The article points out some of the differences between Polish and American juvenile penal policy. It shows the differences between Polish and American society in terms of attitudes towards the use of life sentences without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for juvenile offenders. Studies also show that in both (Polish and American) societies, the tendency to impose the harshest sentences reflects the perceived purpose of the penalty

August 14, 1959

-- A/lC Joseph Brochu rears up to his full five feet height to chat with A/20 Eldon Kramer, husky six foot six incher. Joe is receptionist at the personnel building while airman Kramer is Wing Historian. Just goes to show that short or tall, they\u27re both doing a King Size job for the United States Air Force. (Ed note: Kramer says he\u27s not the tallest man on the base) (photograph included). -- The back to school fashion show was held at the Officers Wives Club. Pictured are Valerie Susnow assisted by mother Edie. The show will be held at the Officers\u27 Club on August 23 just prior to the regular Sunday evening buffet. Admission is $1.00 for adults, children free. Children\u27s fashions are by Standard Youth Center in Bangor (photograph). -- The Eighth Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy held its graduation Saturday. morning, August 8, 1959, in the Base theater at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Graduating from Dow were MSgt. Albert E. Baxter, Supply Sq.; MSgt. Frank P. Greene, 7lst ARS: MSgt. Steve McKinney, Jr., Operations Sq.; and MSgt. Robert Q. WheeIer, Field Maintenance Squadron.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/tankertimes/1022/thumbnail.jp

Teaching units on Magabala Books: useful resources from Reading Australia's website

This article discusses the useful resources available for teachers from the Reading Australia website that was set up by the Copyright Agency. In particular, it highlights the teaching units developed around books published by Magabala Books. These units are linked to the Australian Curriculum: English and the NSW English K-10 Syllabus and introduce the work of Indigenous authors and illustrators to middle years students

The Update, October 31, 2011

The Update is a bi-weekly web newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Family Health. It is posted the second and fourth week of every month, and provides useful job resource information for departmental health care professionals, information on training opportunities, interdepartmental reports and meetings, and additional information pertinent to health care professionals