Course Projects: Recent submissions
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Sentencing Disparities of White Collar Crime and Non-White Collar Crime
(2018)97% of criminal prosecutions end in a plea deal. Thus, the sentence recorded by the United States Sentencing Commission is most likely a sentence negotiated during a pre-trial agreement. This paper will show that a disparity ... -
Homelessness in Dublin
(2018)The question and focus of this project is very much on why there is a large and pervasive problem of homelessness in Dublin. It will also focus on the ethical dimensions present and asking how should the situation be ... -
The Broken Trust Doctrine
(2018)Most Americans are unaware of the pattern of injustices that the United States government has committed against Native Americans. Native Americans are among some of the poorest in America. The United States Civil Rights ... -
The Jurisprudence and Impact of Affirmative Action
(2018)For decades the debate over affirmative action has been hard fought across the United States. From courtrooms and chatrooms to legislative halls to college halls people have fought over whether race, class, or other ... -
Unbeaten (videorecording)
(2017)An inside look at the Washington & Lee University Generals' 2016 football season, "Unbeaten" tells the story of the season after the best in school history, and examines what it means to be a football player in the NCAA's ... -
The Prosperity Gospel and the Plight of the Poor: Considering increased financial accountability for tax exempt churches
(2016)This paper seeks to examine the tax exempt status of churches, their lack of accountability, and the potential for abuse that exists as a consequence. It seeks to answer whether, on the basis of the public policy goals ... -
The Cost of Leaving: Reforming the Family Violence Option (FVO) under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to Aid Successful Exit from Abusive Relationships
(2016)This paper first examines the framework of TANF. This informs the kinds of hurdles an individual, particularly a domestic violence victim, must overcome to be considered eligible for TANF benefits, and the difficulties in ... -
Cigarette Taxes: Sin Taxes or Sinful Taxes?
(2014)This paper is divided into two main parts. Section I examines the arguments supporting and opposing new cigarette taxes. Subsections include subsection I, the history of cigarette tax; subsection II, the rationales of ... -
Assimilation: Removing the Scarlet Letter
(2014)This essay analyzes the treacherous road ex-offenders face upon release, the laws helping and hurting their chances, and in-prison and reentry programs designed to reduce recidivism. This paper will also offer reforms in ... -
Why Doesn't She Leave? Civil Protection Orders for Low-Income Women Facing Economic Abuse
(2014)Economic abuse is a serious form of domestic violence that is devastating to women of low socioeconomic status. Victims of this abuse should be given the opportunity to tailor a civil protection order to meet their needs ... -
The Healthcare System in the United States Runs Afoul of International Law
(2014). . . this paper analyzes the international right to health and questions whether the current state of the American healthcare system runs afoul of international law. If so, does the U.S. have a legal obligation to under ... -
U.S. Election Propaganda, Post-WWII Japan
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Anti-Communism Propaganda in the 1950s
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Nazi Leaflets, European Theater, 1944
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Cold War Propaganda, Korean War
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White Propaganda during World War II
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WWII Propaganda, U.S. & Japan 1944-1945
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Getting kicked when you are down: The criminal law and the homeless in the United States
(2015)In recent years, both local and federal efforts to solve the homelessness epidemic have concentrated on criminalizing the chronic population, currently about 84,000 nationwide. In this paper I intend to examine how this ...