3 results for month: 04/2011
Boobie Bracelet Battle Continues
Easton, Pennsylvania school officials announced earlier today that they will continue the tax payer funded battle against bracelets that say "I ♥ Boobies!"
The District's school board voted unanimously Wednesday to appeal Tuesday's adverse decision by federal District Judge Mary McLaughlin.
District solicitor John Freund says the decision "undermines the authority of school officials to promote civil dialogue and maintain decorum in the schools."
Court Reverses Boobies Bracelets Ban
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled today that school-imposed bans of The Keep A Breast Foundation's "I ♥ Boobies" bracelets are unconstitutional and violate students' First Amendment rights. Two middle school students, with ties to breast cancer victims and survivors, were plaintiffs in the free expression case after being banned by the Easton Area School District from wearing the bracelets.
In the official ruling, Judge Mary McLaughlin stated, "The bracelets are intended to be -- and they can reasonably be -- viewed as speech designed to raise awareness of breast cancer and to reduce stigma associated with openly discussing breast health. ...
Scared Straight Programs Harm Participants & Increase Delinquency
In this op-ed published February 1, 2011, in the Baltimore Sun, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie Robinson and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Acting Administrator Jeff Slowikowski discuss how the use of scared straight programs to prevent delinquency is ineffective and can harm youth.
Robinson and Slowikowski comment on this study by Anthony Petrosino and researchers at the Campbell Collaboration, which analyzed results from nine scared straight programs and found that participants were up to 28 percent more likely to offend in the future. As a result of such evidence, the U.S. Departm...