Improving the “Kangaroo Courts:” A Proposal for Reform in the Evaluation of Juveniles’ Waivers of Miranda

... In recent years, as juvenile crime rates have continued to rise, the public perceives juveniles as more sophisticated and, therefore, similar to their adult counterparts. ... If our purpose is truly to ensure that juveniles\u27 waiver of Miranda rights are knowing, intelligent, and voluntary then we must implement changes to ensure that children have sufficient protections during custodial interrogation. ... The Court created a formal process of advising suspects of their constitutional rights during custodial interrogation to ensure that waiver of these rights by a suspect was knowing, intelligent and voluntary. ... Dissatisfied with the current procedures, reformers felt that the legal system should not treat children like their adult counterparts; reformers believed that the justice system needed to instate juvenile procedures with a social welfare philosophy. ... Despite its well-intentioned beginnings, the juvenile justice system failed to meet its laudable goals of providing children with rehabilitation rather than discipline. ... When parents did speak with their children during interrogation, they recommended waiver of rights. ... Thus, if the purpose is truly to protect children, and is no longer to view the juvenile court system as a benevolent process designed to help them, then advocacy of the interested adult standard is misplaced. ... These children would still be accorded interested adult protection, but a lawyer would act as the adult present. ..

Social Movements and Memory: Education, Age, and Memories of the Women\u27s Movement

Past research in memory studies has indicated that there are social factors that influence who are more or less likely to recall certain events as important. Past research emphasizes age as one of the most important variables; however, when regarding memories of social movements, additional demographic factors such as gender, race, region, and education may have potential impacts. More so, past research has not studied the importance of these factors over time. This study re-analyzes the data collected by Schuman and Rodgers (2004) combined with the data collected by Schuman and Scott (1985), in which 5,294 people were asked to name two significant events in United States history since 1930. By studying the group that recalled the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and 1970s as significant, age was shown to be of slight significance in the 1985 survey, and of no significance in the 2000-2001 data. The influence of education, however, increased in significance by the later survey. Demographic factors such as gender, race, and region also were shown to have varying levels of influence. Together these findings indicate that demographic factors are important to consider when discussing the formation of memories of social movements. Secondly, as the temporal horizon increases, the importance of having experienced the particular social movement at a specific age decreases while the importance of education increases

Cost Analysis of Alternative Harvest, Storage and Transportation Methods for Delivering Switchgrass to a Biorefinery from the Farmers’ perspective

Switchgrass for bioenergy production will require substantial storage. This study evaluated costs of alternative baling and on-farm storage systems. Rectangular bales minimize cost if switchgrass is processed immediately after harvest. However, round bales minimize cost if switchgrass is stored under cover for 200 days before transporting to the biorefineryswitchgrass, baling, storage, transport, costs, farm, biorefinery, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management, Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Boston University Baroque Orchestra, November 17, 2010

This is the concert program of the Boston University Baroque Orchestra performance on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., at Marsh Chapel, 735 Commmonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords and strings, BWV 1060 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 209 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Motet, Nulla in mundo pax sincera by Antonio Vivaldi, and Concerto Grosso in G Major, op. 6 No. 1 by George Frideric Handel. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Busing did not fail. We did. : Doublespeak, Whiteness, and the Contradictions of Liberalism in Public Schooling

Using an interdisciplinary approach and a gear metaphor, I look at why an early 2000s school desegregation program in the Twin Cities was praised as revolutionary, but ended up resulting in greater segregation in the cities. This dissonance serves as an entry point for my greater project, in which I attempt to understand how doublespeak functions as a tool of white resistance to desegregation efforts in the North, and by extension, as a tool of white supremacy. Zooming out, I look at how the contradictions of liberalism harness the manipulation of language and the construction of whiteness to ensure that public schools serve as a site for the reproduction of white supremacy

The effects of gender and length of time between commission of crime and trial on juveniles' trial outcomes

Similar to adults, juveniles’ trials are often delayed for a variety of reasons; however, developmental changes associated with adolescence and early adulthood differentiate them from adults in many ways. This study investigated the ways in which the length of time from crime to trial may affect juveniles’ trial outcomes. Further, it investigated the ways that extralegal factors, such as age and gender, change judges’ perceptions of defendants’ guilt and culpability. In particular, it examined the effect of these extralegal factors on judges’ perceptions of the appropriate verdict and sentence length, as well as perceptions of defendants’ levels of responsibility for the crime, likelihood of recidivism, and dangerousness. The study examined these questions using a hypothetical case vignette that varied a defendant’s gender and age at the time of trial, while keeping the age at the time of the crime constant.Participants included 295 juvenile and criminal court judges who, after reading the vignette, completed a short questionnaire asking them what they believed would be the appropriate verdict and sentence length, as well as their perceptions of the defendants’ levels of responsibility, likelihood of recidivism, and dangerousness. Following the survey, participants were asked to complete a short demographics questionnaire.Results revealed a main effect for defendant’s age on judges’ ratings of likelihood of recidivism and dangerousness. Specifically, judges rated younger defendants as more likely to recidivate and more dangerous than older juveniles. There was no main effect for defendant’s gender and no interaction between gender and age were found.Ph.D., Clinical Psychology -- Drexel University, 200

2014 Annual Report

In FY 2014 Chicago Foundation for Women granted out $2,113,731 to 99 organisations for 150 grants to support 3 issue areas: 24$24 million in grants

Boston University Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, November 22, 2010

This is the concert program of the Boston University Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Orchestra performance on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., at Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Overture, "The Hebrides" by Felix Mendelssohn, Requiem für Mignon and Nachlied, op. 108 by Robert Schumann, and Missa in tempore belli "Paukenmesse," Hob. 22:9 by Franz Joseph Haydn. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

La Finta Giardiniera, April 21-24, 2005

This is the concert program of the Boston University Opera Institute and Chamber Orchestra performance of La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini running Thursday, April 21 at 7:30pm, Friday, April 22 at 7:30pm, Saturday, April 23 at 7:30pm, and Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 2pm, at the Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund