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Violently Possessed: Johnson as the Vehicle for limiting Sentencing Enhancement under the Armed Career Criminals Act [PDF]

, 2015
This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Johnson v. United States in which the Court will decide whether conviction for mere possession of a short-barreled shotgun qualifies as a violent felony that warrants sentence-enhancement under ...
Robe, Jonathan
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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Simplifying the Complex: Nominalisation and Passivisation in Legal (Sub)language and Plain English

Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Bankowej w Poznaniu
This article investigates the roles of nominalisation and passivisation within the domain of legal sublanguage, particularly concerning their effects on clarity and interpretative accuracy. Grounded in linguistic frameworks established by Comrie, Thompson, and Lyons, the research elucidates how nominalisation enhances formality and consistency ...
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Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the heightened mental health challenges amid rising Anti‐Asian sentiment, Asian Americans have significantly underutilized mental health services, a trend that persisted even before the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand how various factors are related to mental health service use in this ...
Michael Park, Eunseok Jeong, Nari Yoo, Yoonsun Choi, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Miwa Yasui, David Takeuchi   +6 more
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Taking Back the Workers’ Law: How to Fight the Assault on Labor Rights [PDF]

, 2006
[Excerpt] This book focuses on unions and on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) – the agency and the law created to promote unionization and collective bargaining. This is not a story of mourning.
Dannin, Ellen
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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani, Yolanda Hernández‐Albújar, Nerea Larrinaga‐Bidegain   +2 more
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Walmart Sweatshop Litigation Dismissed [PDF]

, 2009
Document from the 9th Circuit Court in California dismissing charges brought up by employees of Wal-Mart\u27s foreign suppliers. The case was dismissed on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not state a claim against Wal-Mart, only its suppliers, which ...
Ninth Circuit Court in California
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law [PDF]

, 2013
The ambiguity of claim language is generally considered to be the most important problem in patent law today. Linguistic ambiguity is believed to cause tremendous uncertainty about patent rights.
Chiang, Tun-Jen, Solum, Lawrence B.
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Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard, Jill D. Sharkey, Erin Cross, Karyn Milligan, Michelle Kerwood, Ruby Celio, Andrea Fernandez‐Contreras, Esteban Medina‐Galvan   +7 more
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