Friday, January 30, 2015
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Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy Blasts Federal Prosecutor For Lying in Court | New York Observer
Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy Blasts Federal Prosecutor For Lying in Court | New York Observer
This is good news.... Judges need to realize their place in the checks and balances of our country....
This is good news.... Judges need to realize their place in the checks and balances of our country....
Thursday, January 22, 2015
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
More evidence that 1 in 5 college women have not been sexually assaulted | WashingtonExaminer.com
More evidence that 1 in 5 college women have not been sexually assaulted | WashingtonExaminer.com
A new survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics debunks the oft-repeated claim that one in five women will be sexually assaulted while in college.
The survey found that between 1995 and 2013, an average of 6.1 for every 1,000 female students were raped or sexually assaulted each year. That's about 0.61 percent annually, or (at most) 2.44 percent over the average four-year period (one in 41). That’s way smaller than 20 percent. That’s also virtually unchanged from 2005, the last time BJS put out this report, where the rate of rape among college women was 6 per 1,000.
Monday, January 12, 2015
In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: Static-99: A bumpy developmental path
In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: Static-99: A bumpy developmental path
By Brian Abbott, PhD and Karen Franklin, PhD*
The Static-99 is the most widely used instrument for assessing sex offenders’ future risk to the public. Indeed, some state governments and other agencies even mandate its use. But bureaucratic faith may be misplaced. Conventional psychological tests go through a standard process of development, beginning with the generation and refinement of items and proceeding through set stages that include pilot testing and replication, leading finally to peer review and formal publication. The trajectory of the Static-99 has been more haphazard: Since its debut 15 years ago, the tool has been in a near-constant state of flux. Myriad changes in items, instructions, norms and real-world patterns of use have cast a shadow over its scientific validity. Here, we chart the unorthodox developmental course of this tremendously popular tool.
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By Brian Abbott, PhD and Karen Franklin, PhD*
The Static-99 is the most widely used instrument for assessing sex offenders’ future risk to the public. Indeed, some state governments and other agencies even mandate its use. But bureaucratic faith may be misplaced. Conventional psychological tests go through a standard process of development, beginning with the generation and refinement of items and proceeding through set stages that include pilot testing and replication, leading finally to peer review and formal publication. The trajectory of the Static-99 has been more haphazard: Since its debut 15 years ago, the tool has been in a near-constant state of flux. Myriad changes in items, instructions, norms and real-world patterns of use have cast a shadow over its scientific validity. Here, we chart the unorthodox developmental course of this tremendously popular tool.
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