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Women more likely to be perpetrators of abuse as well as victims

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women are more likely than men to stalk, attack and psychologically abuse their partners, according to a University of Florida study that finds college women have a new view of the dating scene.

Filed under Education, Family, Gender, Law, Research on Thursday, July 13, 2006.

UF professor examines role of race, fame in public scandals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — How did O.J. Simpson – hardly an activist on black issues before his arrest – become a hero to some in the black community after being charged with murder? Why were blacks willing to vote for former Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry after he was convicted of drug charges? And why is the black community less likely to extend similar support to noncelebrity blacks who face prosecution for crimes?

Filed under Black, Law, Race, Research on Thursday, March 23, 2006.

New UF study ranks states’ constitutions for access provisions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Constitutional provisions for access to government in Florida, California, Louisiana, Montana, and Rhode Island provide the best protection for the public, according to new findings compiled by University of Florida researchers.

Filed under Florida, Law, Research on Monday, March 13, 2006.

UF study shows Florida’s three-strikes law fails to curb crime

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s three-strikes law is a swing and a miss as a crime-fighting tool, finds a new University of Florida study about the legislation that imposes increasingly stiff mandatory jail terms for gun-wielding criminals.

Filed under Florida, Law, Research on Tuesday, January 10, 2006.

UF professor: Military recruiting on campus may help end anti-gay bias

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in Rumsfeld v. FAIR, a case that will decide whether the nation’s law schools can turn military recruiters away from campus because of discriminatory policies toward gays.

Filed under Law, Research on Tuesday, December 6, 2005.

UF project ranks state penalties regarding freedom of information

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Government officials in six states face the toughest civil penalties in the nation if they don’t provide information to the public and the press as required by their laws.

Filed under Law, Research on Thursday, October 27, 2005.

Middle school girls catching up to boys in delinquency

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The gender gap for bad behavior in middle school is narrowing, with girls displaying more delinquency and aggression than their male classmates, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Family, Gender, Health, Law, Research on Wednesday, October 5, 2005.

For advance directives, a picture’s worth a thousand words

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ray Moseley sees the trouble with advance health-care directives every time he speaks to a group of senior citizens: Several in the crowd always know someone who had a living will but whose end-of-life decisions were not honored anyway.

Filed under Aging, Health, Law, Research on Monday, July 18, 2005.

Levin College of Law establishes International Tax Degree

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a rapidly globalizing economy, international tax lawyers are more in demand — and young lawyers around the world are eager to get into the field.

Filed under Law, Research on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.

Prescription Pain Patch Abuse Blamed For Increase In Deaths

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Drug abusers are increasingly turning to a slow-release form of a powerful painkiller for a quick and dangerous high, University of Florida researchers warn. The trend is raising alarm as the number of people dying from an overdose of the drug fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, rises.

Filed under Florida, Health, Law, Research on Thursday, June 30, 2005.