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Tail, Tusk, and Trunk: What Different Metrics Reveal About Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline by Girvan, Erik J., McIntosh, Kent, Smolkowski, Keith

“…There are substantial racial disparities in school discipline but little agreement on how best to measure them. The choice of metric can influence conclusions…”
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The Eye of the Beholder: Increased Likelihood of Prison Sentences for People Perceived to Have Hispanic Ethnicity by Girvan, Erik J., Marek, Heather

“…Objectives: Hispanic individuals are a growing proportion of the general and carceral populations in the United States. This study examined the relationship…”
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National patterns of vulnerable decision points in school discipline by Austin, Sean C, McIntosh, Kent, Girvan, Erik J

“…In this study, we identified the specific discipline decision situations (i.e., vulnerable decision points [VDPs]) that contribute most to racial discipline…”
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Associations between Community-Level Racial Biases, Office Discipline Referrals, and Out-of-School Suspensions by Girvan, Erik J, McIntosh, Kent, Santiago-Rosario, Maria R

“…This study examined the extent to which disparities in Black and White students' risks of receiving office discipline referrals (ODRs), and out-of-school…”
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Using Discipline Data to Enhance Equity in School Discipline by McIntosh, Kent, Ellwood, Kathleen, McCall, Lisa, Girvan, Erik J.

“…There is a longstanding and pressing challenge regarding overuse of exclusionary discipline (e.g., office discipline referrals, suspensions) for students of…”
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Wise Restraints?: Learning Legal Rules, Not Standards, Reduces the Effects of Stereotypes in Legal Decision-Making by Girvan, Erik J.

“…Does studying the law reduce bias from stereotypes in legal decision-making? Psychological, psychometric, and jurisprudential theory suggest that the answer…”
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Taking Note of Our Biases: How Language Patterns Reveal Bias Underlying the Use of Office Discipline Referrals in Exclusionary Discipline by Markowitz, David M., Kittelman, Angus, Girvan, Erik J., Santiago-Rosario, María Reina, McIntosh, Kent

“…The comments teachers write when sending students to the office have the potential to increase our understanding of how bias may contribute to longstanding…”
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The Generalizability of Gender Bias: Testing the Effects of Contextual, Explicit, and Implicit Sexism on Labor Arbitration Decisions by Girvan, Erik J., Deason, Grace, Borgida, Eugene

“…Decades of social-psychological research show that gender bias can result from features of the social context and from individual-level psychological…”
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Vulnerable Decision Points for Disproportionate Office Discipline Referrals: Comparisons of Discipline for African American and White Elementary School Students by Smolkowski, Keith, Girvan, Erik J., McIntosh, Kent, Nese, Rhonda N. T., Horner, Robert H.

“…Racial disparities in rates of exclusionary school discipline are well documented and seemingly intractable. However, emerging theories on implicit bias show…”
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Awareness Is Not Enough: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Providing Discipline Disproportionality Data Reports to School Administrators by McIntosh, Kent, Smolkowski, Keith, Gion, Cody M., Witherspoon, Lauren, Bastable, Eoin, Girvan, Erik J.

“…One commonly used strategy used in attempts to decrease racial disproportionality in school discipline across the country is sharing data with school…”
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The Relative Contribution of Subjective Office Referrals to Racial Disproportionality in School Discipline by Girvan, Erik J., Gion, Cody, McIntosh, Kent, Smolkowski, Keith

“…To improve our understanding of where to target interventions, the study examined the extent to which school discipline disproportionality between African…”
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Equity-Focused PBIS Approach Reduces Racial Inequities in School Discipline: A Randomized Controlled Trial by McIntosh, Kent, Girvan, Erik J., Fairbanks Falcon, Sarah, McDaniel, Sara C., Smolkowski, Keith, Bastable, Eoin, Santiago-Rosario, María Reina, Izzard, Sara, Austin, Sean C., Nese, Rhonda N. T., Baldy, Tabathia S.

“…We assessed the effects of a whole-school equity intervention implemented within a school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework…”
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Effects of an equity-focused PBIS approach to school improvement on exclusionary discipline and school climate by McIntosh, Kent, Girvan, Erik J., McDaniel, Sara C., Santiago-Rosario, Maria Reina, St. Joseph, Stephanie, Fairbanks Falcon, Sarah, Izzard, Sara, Bastable, Eoin

“…In efforts to improve outcomes for students, state education agencies have developed systems of school improvement to identify and provide support for schools…”
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Applying Rules and Standards Accurately: Indeterminacy and Transfer Among Adult Learners by Kahn, Joshua D., Girvan, Erik J.

“…This article introduces the construct of indeterminacy and describes its effects on transfer in adult education. Indeterminacy is characterized as a type of…”
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Elevating Norm Over Substance: Self-Monitoring as a Predictor of Decision Criteria and Decision Time among Independent Voters by Girvan, Erik J., Weaver, Jason, Snyder, Mark

“…The 2008 U.S. presidential election was the first race since 1928 in which there was no executive incumbent running. We used this opportunity to test the…”
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Rethinking the Economic Model of Deterrence: How Insights from Empirical Social Science Could Affect Policies Towards Crime and Punishment by Girvan, Erik J

“…Abstract Game-theoretic models incorporating neo-classical economic assumptions can be a powerful tool for identifying and analyzing issues relevant to legal…”
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Towards a Problem-Solving Approach to Addressing Racial Disparities in School Discipline Under Anti-Discrimination Law by Girvan, Erik J

“…To support the argument, I draw on the example and experience of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Since 2004, the IDEA has required…”
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Applying Rules and Standards Accurately: Indeterminacy and Transfer Among Adult Learners: Indeterminacy and Transfer by Kahn, Joshua D., Girvan, Erik J.

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INSURANCE COVERAGE LITIGATION by Girvan, Erik J., Lamden, Seth, DiCicco, Domenick C., Harrison, Darren L., Brown, Susan Simpson, McDowell, David W., Lewis, George T., Sullivan, Susan K., Shidlofsky, Lee H.

“…A. RLI Insurance Co. v. Grand Pointe, LLC Last year's survey exhaustively discussed whether and in what instances insurers have been able to either limit the…”
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INSURANCE COVERAGE LITIGATION by Mese, Mark D., Girvan, Erik J., Gauntlett, David A., Nader, James P., Palley, Stephen D., Rossi, Todd A., Shidlofsky, Lee H., Lockridge, J. Eric, McNamara, Michael S.

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