INCOMPARABLE PUNISHMENTS: HOW ECONOMIC INEQUALITY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF LEGAL FINES AND FEES

Incomparable Punishments: How Economic Inequality Contributes to the Disparate Impact of Legal Fines and Fees

Low-level misdemeanor and traffic violations draw tens of millions of people into local courts to pay fines and fees each year, generating billions of dollars in revenue.We examine how standardized legal fines and fees for low-level charges induce disparate treatment and result in disparate impact.Using a mixed-methods approach that incorporates ad

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The January 2006 low ozone event over the UK

In this paper we present a case study of a record low ozone event observed over the UK in January 2006.We focus on the dynamical Left Endcap processes that cause this event.This is done by examining the observations, meteorological analyses and back trajectories calculated by the NAME III atmospheric dispersion model.We show that this model, hither

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Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany

Modern historians rarely mention the presence of royal and aristocratic women at Canossa in January 1077.Yet contemporaries emphasised the important roles played Postcard by several women, including Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide of Turin, Empress Agnes and Queen Bertha.This paper seeks to re-appraise royal and aristocratic women’s actions at C

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Meningite bacteriana recorrente.

Recurrent bacterial meningitis (RBM) is an unusual entity and usually poses a considerable diagnostic challenge.Different conditions can predispose for recurrence of episodes and the isolated pathogen can guide the diagnosis.The aim of this study was to characterize all RBM admitted to our tertiary paediatric hospital.Retrospective analysis of the

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