April Miller East Tennessee State University CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Sentencing disparity within the criminal justice system of the United States has been widely researched over the years (Crawford, 2000; Doerner & Demuth, 2010; Johnson, 2003; Koons-Witt, 2002; Mustard, 2001; Rodriguez, ...

Tina L. Freiburger1 and Carly M. Hilinski2 Abstract This study examined how race, gender, and age interact to affect defendants’ sentences using a trichotomized dependent variable. The findings indicate that the racial and gender disparity found in sentencing decisions was ...

The Veteran Affairs (VA) Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 provided a monumental shift in health care coverage for veterans of the United States.  The VA MISSION Act expands health coverage for veterans through ...

The authors of “Interactive Effects of Characteristics of Defendant and Mock Juror on U.S. Participants ’ Judgment and Sentencing Recommendations” measured the interactions between mock jurors and defendants. They wanted to research the correlations between the defendant’s attractiveness, and the ...

There is nothing more tragic when a patient’s healthcare confidentiality, security, and medical records have been unlawfully violated.  When this happens the ripple, effect causes grave consequences for health care professionals, hospitals, insurance companies, and most importantly the patients that ...

ALCOHOL AND GAMING COMMISION OF ONTARIO PURPOSE The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) was established on February 23, 1998 under the Alcohol, Cannabis and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996. The AGCO is a regulatory agency reporting to the ...

I. Introduction South China Sea is one of the most contentious global issues talked about in the international domain. The south china sea dispute involves 6 countries, laying overlapping claims to the parts of the south china sea. The countries involved ...

During the years between 2014-2016, 112 people were hospitalised with an electrical injury due to exposure to electrical transmission lines. Industrial and construction work accounted for 106 of these injuries. (M Alder, 2018) These types of injuries are preventable if ...

Property valuers have faced challenges in the past decade, because of the increase in both number and size of negligence claims by lenders (Kincaid & Murdoch, 2003). It has become a recognized legal principle that the valuer is liable to ...

Sellers playbook and Exposure Marketing are two companies located in the state of Minnesota. Jessie Conners Tieva, is the founder of Sellers playbook and her husband Matthew Tieva is the president, also Jessie is the president of Exposure Marketing and ...