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Alexes Harris; Mary Pattillo; Bryan L. Sykes – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Monetary sanctions, also known as legal financial obligations (LFOs), are a highly consequential yet underexplored element of the criminal legal system. LFOs consist of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges, and other financial penalties that are imposed on individuals when they encounter the criminal legal system. Drawing on data from a…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Punishment, Debt (Financial), Criminal Law
Edgerton, Adam K. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act) is the primary federal law aimed at developing and supporting career and technical education (CTE) programs for secondary and postsecondary students. In the 109th Congress, the Perkins Act was reauthorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education, Secondary Education
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Khan, Murad M.; Ahmed, Aziz; Khan, Sultan R. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
Suicide is an understudied subject in Pakistan. There are many social, legal, and religious sanctions against it. National rates of suicides are not known. We calculated suicide rates of women in the Ghizer District of the remote Northern Areas of Pakistan. During years 2000 to 2004, 49 women committed suicide. Taking average mean population for…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Females, Suicide, Foreign Countries
Stephenson, Keith T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is for all students to become proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014. According to current research, no states are on track to achieve this goal set forth by NCLB (Rebel & Wolff, 2008). As a result of schools failing to meet their academic targets on standardized tests, the United…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Student Attitudes, Federal Legislation, Safety