Alien Registration- Riley, Sarah (Baldwin, Cumberland County)

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Investigating the General Public\u27s Perceptions of Bias in Forensic Science

In recent years, the place of forensic science in the courtroom has been reevaluated. Past research has shown that bias found in forensic science disciplines makes its way into the court system and that pre-judgement expectations influence individuals attending a court trial. Despite these reults, relatively little has been done to understand public opinions on forensic bias. To begin investigating these perceptions, a survey was designed to gauge public perspective on bias in forensic science. Multiple choice, ranking, multiple answer, and free response questions sent to the public focused on evaluating a general understanding of forensic science, the existence of bias, root of bias, effect of bias, and future of bias. The results suggest that there is a knowledge barrier for the representative population when it comes to the fundamentals of forensic science and its place in the courtroom. With this apparent knowledge barrier and previous observations of bias entering the courtroom, there is a clear need for something to be done before the role of forensic science is impaired. As this study suggests, the public needs to be better informed on bias and forensic science. Further research will lend more insight into methods of securing the utility of forensic science in the courtroom and taking steps to reduce existing biases

Expressions of Concern and Social Support about Reproductive Care for Young Women on an Online Message Board

The experience of a pelvic exam or Pap smear is something that, while necessary to maintain reproductive health, can be fraught with difficulty for women. Ouj, Igberase, Exe, and Ejikeme (2011) note that “[m]ost women feel a level of discomfort or pain and for some it is embarrassing, dehumanizing, degrading and associated with fear, anxiety and apprehension” (p. 637). However, little recent research has focused on the specific communication surrounding reproductive care for young women. The Internet is a common place for young people to seek health information, understand their own health risks, and seek social support from others. The current study utilizes information gleaned from the archives of an internet message board and sexual education website to examine the way that young women communicate about reproductive health care, risk, and social support with experts and peers in the online community. Results indicate that young women request, seek, and receive several different types of social support in the online community. Further, themes illuminate the complex nature of women’s concerns about potential risk and reproductive care

Title IX Prohibits Retaliation against Plaintiff Who Complains of Sex Discrimination, Even If Plaintiff Is Not Recipient of Original Discriminatory Treatment: \u3cem\u3eJackson v. Birmingham Board of Education\u3c/em\u3e

The Supreme Court of the United States held that Title IX does encompass a private cause of action for retaliation as an act of intentional discrimination, even when the plaintiff was not subjected to the original discriminatory treatment. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005)

Finding Support and Negotiating Identity:An Analysis of the Structure and Content of Newbie Posts and their Elicited Replies on Five Pro-Eating Disorder Websites

Building on work that has identified the difficulties ‘newbies’ (people joining an internet forum for the first time) have in negotiating acceptance onto eating disorder related forums, the present study reports a discourse analysis and a descriptive statistical analysis of the structure and content of newbie first posts and the responses to them. Analysis of posts from five English language pro-ana sites, collated over the course of one month showed that all newbie posts were responded to, with 57 % percent eliciting further discussion between the newbie and other members. A reoccurring pattern for successful newbie entry was identified across these forums despite their relative diversity. Successful postings involved giving enough information about themselves to elicit identification from another member, explicitly requesting support or advice so as to give established members a role of guide as well as guardian of site membership, and writing in a way that reproduced the sites’ behavioural rules and ideological framing of eating disorders (e.g. a problem requiring recovery or a lifestyle choice). The study also highlights a dual role for these websites as both offering community support and a platform for ‘cyber pickup’ for those seeking a partner in their disordered eating.Le présent article s’appuie sur des travaux ayant identifié les difficultés que connaissent les newbies (nouveaux arrivants sur un forum Internet) pour négocier leur acceptation sur des forums de discussion liés aux troubles alimentaires. Nous présentons une analyse de discours et des statistiques descriptives de la structure et du contenu des premiers messages de newbies et de leurs réponses. L’analyse de messages postés sur cinq sites « pro-ana » de langue anglaise, rassemblés sur une période d'un mois, a montré que tous les messages de newbies ont reçu une réponse et que dans 57 % des cas, cela a mené à des discussions entre les nouveaux arrivants et d’autres membres. Nous avons pu identifier un schéma récurrent d’entrée réussie sur ces forums. Les messages couronnés de succès contiennent suffisamment d'informations sur les newbies pour permettre leur identification par les autres membres, formulent des demandes explicites de soutien ou de conseils, de manière à placer les membres établis dans des rôles de guide ou de gardien de la communauté, et sont écrits de façon à reproduire les règles de comportement du site et son cadrage idéologique concernant les troubles alimentaires (un problème nécessitant une guérison ou bien un choix de vie). L'étude met également en évidence le double rôle que jouent ces sites, consistant à la fois à offrir le soutien d’une communauté et à servir de plate-forme de rencontre pour ceux qui cherchent un partenaire dans leur pratique des troubles alimentaires

Expanding the Mortgage Credit Box: Lessons from the Community Advantage Program

The Great Recession has raised concerns about the promotion of homeownership to low- and moderate-income families. The subprime credit boom of the early 2000s was replaced with an overall credit retrenchment. The reforms to the housing finance system, begun with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, remain incomplete given the uncertain future of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”). In light of this uncertainty, can or should homeownership continue to be supported, and if so, in what way? In this paper, we examine one model of targeted mortgage lending for low-income households: the Community Advantage Program (CAP). Using more than ten years of longitudinal data, we summarize the design and key outcomes of CAP before and after the financial crisis, including mortgage performance, wealth accumulation, and the drivers of these outcomes. We then present lessons learned and suggest innovative approaches for the design of similar programs in the future