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Virtual Sheriff Sales: Contested Narratives on Tax Sales in Philadelphia, PA
… PA, otherwise colloquially known as sheriff sales. As the rate of displacement of long-term residents has increased in the past few years, greater attention has been called upon official city processes of land acquisition and disposition. By analyzing city council meeting transcripts, …
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The fourteenth-century sheriff : English local administration in the late Middle Ages
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sheriffs appointed in fourteenth-century England, the period identified by both Stubbs and Maitland as having witnessed the shrievalty's final emasculation. This thesis is not a continuation of Morris' work on the sheriff, and neither is it directly …
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New Sheriff in Town: Antecedents and Consequences of Effective Lead Independent Directors
<p>This paper examines a relatively new form of board leadership structure, the Lead Independent Director (LID), that has not received much attention in the corporate governance literature. This role was adopted in 2003 by most large US firms as a result of stock exchange mandates and pressure from …
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The Lies They Hold
… another runaway. And the deeper she and sexy Sheriff Caleb Moore dig, the higher the danger rises.</em><em></em></p>
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An architecture of authority: the jail/sheriff's residences of northwest Ohio, 1867-1902
… classification, and reuse potential of the jail/ sheriff's residence building-type. Using collected data, the study examines fifteen buildings in northwest Ohio and develops a classification system for the building type. The historic precedents for the building type were investigated and traced to …
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The emergence of modern civil police in Scotland: a case study of the police and systems of police in Edinburghshire 1800-1833
… enforcement officer under the direction of the Sheriff who apart from administrative functions, was responsible for maintaining law and order in the Shire. James VI introduced Justices of the Peace and constables in Scotland by legal transplant. As the metropolis, Edinburgh had constables …
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Report Construction When Domestic Violence Surrounds or Involves Children
… years of domestic violence police reports from a sheriff office*s database in Florida to distinguish information recorded for three types of domestic violence cases: adults only, children involved, and children present. Using a social constructionist criminologist perspective, recorded information …
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Three Essays in Law and Economics: Consequences and Formation of Legal Rules in Other Markets
… justice reform. This work examines the issue of sheriff tenure on jail occupancy rates, as jails are directly managed by the sheriff and capacity issues in jails have resulted not only in safety and security problems for inmates and staff but also in fiscal stress. Utilizing a unique …
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The Effects of Higher Education on Police Officers' Attitudes toward Personnel Issues, Public Relations and Crime Fighting.
… community must adapt to a higher standard. Most sheriff's and police chiefs assume that the more formal education that a police officer attains, the more effective and efficient the officer will become at serving the public in various ways. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of …
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The Use of Force in Mass Evictions
… This section allows third parties to assist the sheriff in executing an eviction order. Based on the principles of subsidiarity, ancillary empowering legislation such as the Sheriff’s Act 90 of 1986, the South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995, and the Private Security Industry Regulation Act …
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SWAMP BANDIT: The Legend of John Ashley and Florida's Notorious Ashley Gang
… jail under mysterious circumstances. The local sheriff and several prominent citizens are involved in the Ashley Gang activities from the very beginning, and details emerge of how the “masterminds” of the gang stay obscured in the background to protect themselves while benefiting from the gang’s …
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"The Lawmen Faced the Outlaws, No Badge Upon a Breast:" Historical Memory and the Legacy of Henry Plummer and the Montana Vigilantes
… Virginia City, including the region's elected sheriff, Henry Plummer. The mob claimed that these men were members of a highly-organized Road Agent Gang. While no evidence of this organization of highwaymen exists, the episode endures in the popular history of Montana; this thesis explores four …
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"The Lawmen Faced the Outlaws, No Badge Upon a Breast:" Historical Memory and the Legacy of Henry Plummer and the Montana Vigilantes
… Virginia City, including the region's elected sheriff, Henry Plummer. The mob claimed that these men were members of a highly-organized Road Agent Gang. While no evidence of this organization of highwaymen exists, the episode endures in the popular history of Montana; this thesis explores four …
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Colonel William Preston, 1729-1783
… multiple public and military offices--surveyor, sheriff, county lieutenant, justice of the peace and Eurgess--Preston assumed the foremost place of leadership and responsibility in the western counties of Augusta, Botetourt, Fincastle and Montgomery. Preston's was a life devoted to the …
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Hagymaféléken károsító tripszpopulációk környezetkímélő szabályozása
… volt, a póréhagyma-fajták közül a Lincoln és a Sheriff, míg a téli sarjadékhagyma-fajták mind egyformán ellenállóak voltak. Megfigyeltem az időzítés jelentőségét a vöröshagyma-fajták termesztésében. A vizsgálatok során kiderült, hogy önmagában az ültetés vagy vetés időzítése nem jelent biztos …
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Merton Priory as a Centre of Learning 1117-1538
… two foundational texts, the lives of Gilbert the Sheriff and Guy of Merton. Chapter 3 explores the library, both the physical location and the collection of books and manuscripts within the monastery. It includes a discussion of each of the extant books and manuscripts. Chapter 4 moves on to those …
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Exploring the Socio-environmental context in the Prevalence and Management of Asthma at Scottish General Practices
Worldwide, asthma is a chronic condition which is prevalent and neglected and Scotland has a high prevalence of asthma compared to the rest of the world. In their report on the global burden of asthma, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Program ranks Scotland as having the highest asthma …
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Being 50: A psycho-social study of a cohort of women in contemporary society from a life course perspective
… experience a lengthy period of 'postmaternity' (Sheriff and Weatherall, 2009) extending to over thirty years in many cases. This research considers the experience of this metaphorically entitled 'telescopic' cohort (Goldstein and Schlag, 1999). The major corpus of age related research assumes a …
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A Study of Fetal Tissue Implantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Can Self-Efficacy and Social Support Predict Physical Functioning and Perceived Treatment?
… disease, specifically PD (Chenoweth, Gallager, Sheriff, Donoghue, & Stein-Parbury, 2008; Montgomery, Lieberman, Sing, & Fries, 1994; Schreurs, De Ridder, & Bensing, 2000; Simpson, Haines, Lekwuwa, Wardle, & Crawford, 2006). Additionally, literature on the placebo effect has suggested that higher …
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