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Item Academy Forum: Continuing the Message of the Roper Victim Assistance Academy(Roper Victim Assistance Academy of Maryland, 2016-01) Bradley, Debbie; Gethers, Keith; Fundack, Ashley; Pfeifer, HeatherAssisting Victims of Burglary, Robbery, and Armed Robbery! Victims’ Rights for Justice and Restitution! Whether a person has been the victim of a burglary or a robbery, the rights of that victim have been violated in much the same manner as a victim of an assault. Although the victim may have suffered any injury during the course of the burglary or robbery, there are certain rights in which all victims are entitled - namely justice and restitution.Item Justice and Opportunity: Spatial Justice and Changing Access to Employment Opportunities in Metropolitan Baltimore, 1990-2000(2016-01-01) Davis, Amanda Mary Roberts; Biehler, Dawn; Neff, Robert; Geography and Environmental Systems; Geography and Environmental SystemsSince the 1970s, economic restructuring and urban expansion have re-drawn the map of economic opportunity in metropolitan Baltimore. These transformations had different impacts on neighborhoods across the region. Research has typically focused on the labor market outcomes of socio-demographic groups that are disproportionately disadvantaged by these urban transformations, or linked residential location with group identity in a specific socio-demographic group. This research focuses on the impacts of economic restructuring and urban expansion on the economic opportunities, specifically, employment access on different spatial groups across metropolitan Baltimore. This study also presents the idea that spatial justice is lens though which to view employment accessibility. In doing so, differences in access to opportunity shift from issues purely in the realm of public policy to something which residents of communities can become actively involved in transforming. This paradigm considers both the social and the spatial aspects of access, and in addition, this shift allows for the inclusion of a greater number of actors and concerns within an integrated spatial area. The goal of this research was to obtain a better understanding of how economic restructuring and employment decentralization impacted job access for residents living and working within metropolitan Baltimore from 1990 to 2000. I present an overview of the demographic changes that occurred within residential areas of metropolitan Baltimore, and the shifting patterns of employment within the major industrial categories from 1970 to 2000, with a focus on neighborhood-level change between 1990 and 2000. Then, using Google Maps to calculate travel costs, I measured employment access with two separate accessibility measures. The results suggest that centers of employment play an important role in determining accessibility within the metropolitan region. Residential neighborhoods located in and around centers of employment have access to a higher number of employment opportunities and faster commuting times However, access was not equal among socio-spatial demographic groups residing in different areas of the metropolitan region. The findings suggest that access is related to spatial location and that different neighborhoods have experienced changes to that access over time in distinct ways.Item Justice for Botham Jean: Don't let Amber Guyger hide behind "I feared for my life"(Salon.com, LLC., 2018-09-12) Watkins, Dwight; Communications Design; Communications DesignAmber Guyger has been charged with manslaughter. Dallas could take a national lead on police reformItem No justice for Stephon Clark: Yet another case of police cleared for shooting an unarmed man(Salon.com, LLC., 2019-03-04) Watkins, Dwight; Communications Design; Communications DesignDemocratic 2020 presidential candidates need to get specific about police violence if meaningful change is to come.Item A Scandinavian Perspective on Juvenile Justice in Baltimore City, Maryland(2018) Jernigan, Lydia; Conflict Analysis and Dispute ResolutionThe intention of this research is to find more effective way to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents in Baltimore City, Maryland. Baltimore has a higher than average rate of juvenile criminal activity compared to the rest of the United States and some areas of the world such as Scandinavian countries. Baltimore also has a higher than average number of juveniles in out-of-home treatment facilities to serve as punishment than compared to the rest of the state of Maryland. There is also a high rate of recidivism which indicates that these penalty practices are not fulfilling their function of rehabilitating juveniles and releasing them as law abiding citizens. This research quantitatively examines the rates of juvenile crime in Scandinavia and compares those rates to the juvenile crime rates in the United States with a focus on Baltimore. Subsequently, the juvenile justice system of Baltimore and the countries of Scandinavia are examined, concentrating specifically on commonly used rehabilitative disciplinary actions for juveniles committing a crime, as well as the age in which juveniles can be charged with committing a crime. Research has found that Baltimore places an emphasis on out-of-home placement facilities as penalties, and charges juveniles at a far younger age than the system in Scandinavia. Scandinavian countries focus more on rehabilitation and promoting the welfare of juvenile delinquents, contrary to Baltimore which focuses more strongly on justice for the crime committed. This research suggests that Baltimore uses a system that heavily relies on punishment for rehabilitation and should implement a more welfare-based juvenile disciplinary system that fixates on supportive rehabilitation.