Practices of externalization of migration management: the EU-Turkey statement and its implications on the Greek asylum system

openAfter providing a historical overview of the migration dynamics that occurred in Europe from the Second World War until the so-called 2015 refugee crisis and the consequent European Union response, this work focuses on the 2016 EU-Turkey statement, arguing that it is one of the core components of the EU response to the crisis, as well as the major expression of the increasingly consolidated tendency of the European Union to “externalize” migration management. The EU-Turkey statement is analysed from a legal and political point of view, examining its core components (e.g. the concept of “safe third country”, and “readmission”) and investigating its legal legitimacy according to the international law, and whether Turkey can be considered a safe third country. Lastly, it provides an assessment of the direct and less impact of the EU-Turkey statement on the Greek asylum system and on the applicants of international protection’s human rights in Greece. It concludes with an assessment of the Statement from a human rights perspective, and a reflection on possible future scenarios of the EU approach towards migration.After providing a historical overview of the migration dynamics that occurred in Europe from the Second World War until the so-called 2015 refugee crisis and the consequent European Union response, this work focuses on the 2016 EU-Turkey statement, arguing that it is one of the core components of the EU response to the crisis, as well as the major expression of the increasingly consolidated tendency of the European Union to “externalize” migration management. The EU-Turkey statement is analysed from a legal and political point of view, examining its core components (e.g. the concept of “safe third country”, and “readmission”) and investigating its legal legitimacy according to the international law, and whether Turkey can be considered a safe third country. Lastly, it provides an assessment of the direct and less impact of the EU-Turkey statement on the Greek asylum system and on the applicants of international protection’s human rights in Greece. It concludes with an assessment of the Statement from a human rights perspective, and a reflection on possible future scenarios of the EU approach towards migration

2014 Valedictory Address: Jeffrey Reppucci \u2714

Speech given by valedictorian Jeffrey Reppucci at the 168th Commencement Exercises of the College of the Holy Cross, May 23, 2014.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/valedictory/1000/thumbnail.jp

A survey of the status of music education in selected high schools in New England.

Abstract bound in front of volume. Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University Bibliography: p. 121-124

Nipping psychopathy in the bud: An examination of the convergent, predictive and theoretical utility of the PCL-YV among adolescent girls

Over the last decade rates of violence among adolescent girls have increased. Within high-risk contexts, urgent calls for assessment options have resulted in the extension of adult and male-based instruments to adolescent females in spite of the absence of strong empirical support. The current study evaluates the downward extension of psychopathy within a population of female juvenile offenders (N=125). The convergent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Youth Version (PCL-YV) were evaluated within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. Results indicated that while a specific component of psychopathy, deficient affective experience, was related to aggression, the effect was negated once victimization experiences were entered into the models. In addition, PCL-YV scores were not predictive of future offending, while victimization experiences significantly increased the odds of re-offending. Implications for research, policy, and clinical practice are discussed

Examining the science and practice of violence risk assessment with female adolescents

While the field of violence risk assessment among adult males has progressed rapidly, several questions remain with respect to the application of forensic risk assessment tools within other populations. In this article, we consider the empirical evidence for the assessment, prediction, and management of violence in adolescent girls. We discuss limitations of generalizing violence risk assessment findings from other populations to adolescent girls and point out areas where there is little or no empirical foundation. Critical issues that must be addressed in research prior to the adoption or rejection of such instruments are delineated. Finally, we provide practice guidelines for clinicians currently involved with adolescent females within risk assessment contexts

The functional forebrain circuitry of fear-cue inhibited feeding in food-deprived rats: Evidence from complementary pathway tracing and Fos induction maps studies

Thesis advisor: Gorica D. PetrovichThe drive to eat, like most motivated behaviors, is controlled by both intrinsic signals from the body as well as extrinsic signals from the environment. Although these factors often act in concert, in some instances environmental cues can override the body’s homeostatic signals. Prior work investigating the ability of learned cues to promote overeating in the absence of hunger identified a critical forebrain network composed of the amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), and lateral hypothalamus (LHA). We hypothesized that a similar forebrain network may also be critical when learned fear-cues inhibit eating despite hunger. The amygdala, mPFC and LHA are each anatomically and functionally positioned to influence feeding, and evidence suggests they could work together to support the fear-cue’s ability to inhibit feeding by overriding homeostatic hunger signals triggered by food-deprivation. Prior anatomical work identified direct pathways between these three large, heterogeneous regions; however, less is known about the organization of the underlying circuitries, especially between distinct nuclei and/or subdivisions that comprise these structures. Study 1 used a dual retrograde tract tracing design to map the topographical organization of the connections between the amygdala, mPFC, and LHA in detail, and to determine whether amygdalar pathways to the mPFC and to LHA originated from the same or different neurons. We found evidence for multiple, topographically organized, direct pathways from the amygdala to the LHA, and separate pathways from the amygdala to areas of the mPFC that send direct projections to the LHA. Importantly, nearly all amygdalar projections to the mPFC and to the LHA originated from different neurons, suggesting that amygdala and amygdala-mPFC processing influence the LHA independently. Study 2 used immediate early gene induction to map the patterns of functional activation within this amygdala-prefrontal-lateral hypothalamic network during the expression of fear-cue inhibited feeding behavior, and to assess whether these patterns were similar in males and females. We found differential activation across the network, and activation patterns related to the presentation of fear-cues, the presence of food-related cues, and the amount of food consumed were associated within distinct cell groups in the amygdala, mPFC, and LHA. Together, the studies presented in this dissertation provide anatomical and functional maps for future interrogation of the circuitry underlying fear-cue inhibited feeding.Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015.Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.Discipline: Psychology

Social Science and the Courts: The Role of Amicus Curiae Briefs

Social scientists have increasingly become involved in the submission of amicus curiae or friend of the court briefs in legal cases being decided by state and federal courts. This increase has triggered considerable debate about the use of briefs to communicate relevant social science research. This article evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of various methods of summarizing social science research for the courts. It also reviews the procedures for submitting briefs developed by the American Psychology-Law Society which, in collaboration with the American Psychological Association, has submitted its first brief in Maryland v. Craig, a case recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court

Distinctions in sound patterns of calls by killer whales (Orcinus Orca) from analysis of computer sound features

Calls of killer whales, Orcinus orca, were analyzed using computed sound features to classify sound patterns and identify call similarties. Calls were classified and separated according to the podfamily group within clans identified previously by John Ford (U. BC) in the Vancouver whale populations. Acoustic characteristics of the same call type from different individuals were extremely similar, so that discriminating these different sounds was the goal. The WHOI AcouStat program and associated database systems were used to define numerical statistics for each call, and then, these were compared to sort and classify the sounds. The results were in agreement with Ford's descriptions of the calls derived from visual inspection of sound spectrograms of calls. The classification analyses demonstrated that although specific shared calls from different killer whales were much alike, they could be sorted by the pod/subpod of the whales producing the calls. A typical analysis, for example, of the N4 call from Clan A (Vancouver, BC), classified 97% of the calls correctly according to the pod/family of the whales producing the calls. Remaining calls were variant, and likely a result of individual differences in call sounds. Similar classification analysis were tested on unsorted, unalyzed recordings from different populations of whales, and these too could be distinguished, with 98.5% correct separation of the calls