theiija balasubramanian

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“black robe effect" to treat severe mental illness. Should they?
Courts are using the powerful “black robe effect" to treat severe mental illness. Should they? - Vox
Therapeutic Jurisprudence is a perspective or framework, and its use suggests the need to conduct empirical research to determine whether outcomes resulting from the application of substantive laws, legal rules, and legal procedures and from the behavior of legal actors have therapeutic (helpful) or antitherapeutic (harmful) consequences, both intended and unintended.
"Therapeutic Jurisprudence" by Barbara A. Babb and David B. Wexler
Gasoline taxes account for a large portion of revenue, with the average U.S. rate currently at 32.3 cents a gallon at the state level along with 18.4 cents in federal tax.
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
A road-usage fee is the most frequently cited long-range alternative
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
miles driven, fuel efficiency, rural versus urban locations, each owner’s income level or some combination of all four
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
growing infrastructure costs and better vehicle fuel economy.
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
Last month Texas began charging $400 to register an EV, plus an additional $200 every year thereafter—on top of the $50.75 registration fee all car owners pay.
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
31 states and the District of Columbia have implemented some form of variable-rate gas ta
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
“People who live in rural communities drive more than people in urban communities,” he notes. “You drive further to get to work, to school, to the store.
How Will States Pay for Roads When Gas Taxes Evaporate? - WSJ
the likelihood that the drug-driven offender will remain drug and crime free and socially responsible, the DTC seeks to reduce justice system, health system, and other societal costs associated with continuing drug use and criminal involvement.
NC Drug Treatment Courts
Cohen's kappa coefficient is a statistic that is used to measure inter-rater reliability for qualitative items.
cohen's kappa - Google Search
. However, no explicit method has been provided to deal with the large amount of unstructured data. This article provides common guidelines for organizing and interpreting unstructured data.
Organizing and Interpreting Unstructured Qualitative Data in: The Sport Psychologist Volume 7 Issue 2 (1993)
guided interview approach consisting of both open-ended and specific questions related to golfing experiences was used to collect data from 10 high school competitive golfers
An Exploratory Study on Sources of Stress and Athlete Burnout in Youth Golf in: The Sport Psychologist Volume 4 Issue 2 (1990)
Rhodium Group, a consulting firm; a
Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States - The New York Times
Part of the reason drug courts were initially developed is because they were experiencing a bureaucratic log jam in the courts with the rise in the number of people going through the court system for drug charges. The entire purpose of the drug court was to streamline the process of dealing with drug charges through the court system. Having people plead guilty as part of that process was an essential element. There’s a very specific reason why it’s set up the way it is and that’s to facilitate the ongoing war on drugs. It’s an institution that’s embedded within that war’s larger structural log…
Why Drug Courts Fail - The Crime Report
Treatment effectively consists of taking people who have been heavily engaged in hustling as part of street life and shifting them towards habits and dispositions that are much more suited for formal labor, particularly low wage formal labor. Things like doing as you’re told, following a schedule, following the bureaucratic hierarchies that are established within the residential treatment units, doing boring tasks that don’t necessarily make sense, even getting yelled at by staff and accepting that without responding.
Why Drug Courts Fail - The Crime Report
Reserving drug courts for cases involving offenses against person or property that are linked to a drug use disorder, while improving drug court practices and providing other options for people convicted of drug law violations; Working toward removing criminal penalties for drug use to address the problem of mass drug arrests and incarceration; and Bolstering public health systems, including harm reduction and treatment programs, to more effectively and cost-effectively address problematic drug use. http://www.drugpolicy.org/drugcourts-link(external link)
Drug Courts Are Not the Answer | Transnational Institute
Drug courts have made the criminal justice system more punitive toward addiction – not less.
Drug Courts Are Not the Answer | Transnational Institute
This person, who at their worst appears capricious and illogical, can help you to tune into your more emotional, caring side and ensure that you don't neglect what makes you human. In particular, they may help you to understand that all decisions cannot be made with the head; sometimes your heart must call the shots.
Compatibility of ENTP with ENFJ in Relationships | Truity
Starting [at a young age] he’s read everything that he could find about business. The subject that interests him, he’s read newspapers, biographies, trade press. He went over to his grandfather who was a grocer and he read the progressive grocer magazine, and he read articles on how to stock a meat department... What he’s really done is he’s created this immense vertical filing cabinet in his brain of layers and layers
Curius / Onboarding