Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: I've Been Thinking About Murder Lately -- Pioneer Murder, 1858 -- Mayhem on Morrison Street, 1878 -- The Court of Death, 1881 -- The Girl in the Strawberry Patch, 1892 -- Beneath the Mountain of Gold, 1893 -- The Legend of Bunko Kelley, 1894 -- The Black Mackintosh Bandit and the Great Escape, 1899-1902 -- The Unwritten Law, 1907 -- An Enduring Mystery, 1911 -- The Dark Strangler, 1926 -- Taken for a Ride, 1933 -- The Other Side, 1945 -- Bibliography -- About the Author
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This article describes an orientation to mediation used in the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon. The role of the judiciary makes this program unique, and the orientation has increased the number of agreements reached. This orientation helps parents make decisions about mediation and use the process more effectively.
AbstractIf you would be a policeman in business for yourself, move to Portland and become a "special." Your profits will depend upon how lucrative a beat you can work up. And when you want to move elsewhere, you can sell your business to another aspiring "special."
During the 1980s, seismic research suggested that Oregon and the City of Portland had a higher risk of a major earthquake than had previously been assumed. In 1993, the State of Oregon adopted a new version of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code, which changed the designation of western Oregon from seismic zone 2b to seismic zone 3. The City of Portland established a program and a Task Force on Seismic Strengthening of Buildings to recommend actions that would encourage upgrading of city buildings. A survey of adult city residents was conducted in April, 1996 to determine public attitudes and opinions about earthquake risks, management and mitigation of earthquake hazards, priorities for protection by strengthening buildings, evaluations of strategies for informing the public about earthquake risks, and support for specific options the city might take to protect citizens against earthquake events. Social and demographic information on individuals and households was also collected. Respondents provided ratings for a wide range of social and environmental risks, provided information on priorities for strengthening key buildings and infrastructure facilities, and answered hypothetical questions about voting for bond measures to pay for city earthquake mitigation programs. Respondents recognized significant risk from earthquakes and supported programs to protect people, especially vulnerable residents such as children and the sick. There was strong support for protecting emergency response capabilities. There was much less support for using public funds to reduce the risks associated with privately owned buildings. There were also some strong pockets of resistance to publicly funded mitigation programs in response to the hypothetical bond measures.
The authors estimate the relationship between trees and three crime aggregates (all crime, violent crime, and property crime) and two individual crimes (burglary and vandalism) in Portland, Oregon. During the study period (2005-2007), 431 crimes were reported at the 2,813 single-family homes in our sample. In general, the authors find that trees in the public right of way are associated with lower crime rates. The relationship between crime and trees on a house's lot is mixed. Smaller, view-obstructing trees are associated with increased crime, whereas larger trees are associated with reduced crime. The authors speculate that trees may reduce crime by signaling to potential criminals that a house is better cared for and, therefore, subject to more effective authority than a comparable house with fewer trees.
