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Criminal justice policy should be based on systematic research
PAUL O’CONNOR outlines the role of UCD’s Institute of Criminology in producing evidence-based research for policy-making A LITTLE over a decade ago the Institute of Criminology was established in the School of Law at UCD. Since then, the multifaceted issue of crime and punishment has…
Author: The Irish Times
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Revamp of child services urged
By EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY Early intervention and evidence-based programmes are key to improving outcomes for at-risk children and saving money for the taxpayer in the longer term. This was the clear message to Government from the “What’s working for children” conference in Dublin today. Speaking at…
Author: The Irish Times
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Texas Releases a New Report Showing the State’s Business Community’s Opposition to Drastic Cuts to Child Health Safety Nets
Austin, TX – Today, Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Texas released a new report, Business Leaders Support Child Health: A Fiscally Responsible Investment for Texas. The document profiles statements made by the state’s leading Chambers of Commerce, prominent business leaders, hospitals and healthcare providers, economists and…
Author: The Children's Defense Fund
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Annals of Law: The Mitigator
The May 9th edition of The New Yorker notes a grant given by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) in its subscription only piece on Danalynn Recer, a lawyer and GRACE’s executive director. As Houston’s most prominent mitigation strategist, Recer represents defendants…
Author: The New Yorker
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CDCUs Receive Grant to Further Financial Work With Seniors
By David Morrison The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has received a grant to put a program into place that will help senior citizens attain financial security. The National Federation reported that the grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies will lead to eight CDCUs…
Author: Credit Union Times
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In Equality We Trust?
By Nancy Folbre. Trust in other people greases the wheels of economic development. The management maven Steven Covey argues that high-trust companies are more successful than others. Higher incomes, in turn, seem to carry trust to higher levels. But as a recent Economix post by…
Author: Economix
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Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life
Posted by Ray Long. SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. The governor said he followed his conscience. He said he…
Author: Clout Street
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Focus on philanthropy
By Ferdinand von Prondzynski One possible fall-out from the Libyan uprising and the resignation of Sir Howard Davies as Director of the London School of Economics (which I covered in the previous post) could be a new debate about the role and impact of philanthropy in…
Author: University Diary
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Pupils benefit from teachers’ management training
By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent PUPILS whose teachers take classroom management training are better behaved and have a better chance in the education system, research suggests. The study examined the behaviour of 217 pupils in 22 infant classes at 11 Limerick schools, some of whose…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Atlantic's Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney Joins the Giving Pledge
Atlantic’s Founding Chairman Charles “Chuck” Feeney became the 59th signatory of the Giving Pledge, an effort conceived by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. …
Author: The Giving Pledge