September 18, 2020
Sexting among teenagers continues to skyrocket, with significant jumps over the past decade. According to recent research from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, nearly 30 percent of teens (or one in four) are receiving sexts and almost 15 percent (or one in seven) are sending them. What is Sexting? Sexting is...
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September 17, 2020
The media often presents white collar crime as big corporation embezzlement or public corruption. Any charge involving nonviolent crimes for financial gain may fall under the term. But as The Herald-Mail reports, a Missouri man exploited a computer system glitch to swindle from the airline and his family and friends. Refunding the nonrefundable A Ladue...
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September 16, 2020
The right to be left alone, the right to silence, and to be free from harassment are rights often cited as essential to the First Amendment, but are being put to the test in the communications age due to the abusive potential of modern electronic communication. Free speech and anti-harassment laws are being considered by...
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September 11, 2020
Most information regarding alcohol consumption and what most alcohol education revolves around is the amount that we drink. Teenagers and young adults are commonly taught how many cans of beer, glasses of wine, or alcohol-related shots equate to being buzzed, drunk, and way over the legal limit. While those numbers are important, they are just...
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September 9, 2020
One of the most common methods that law enforcement agencies use to catch would-be child sexual abusers is the online sting operation. Police officers will post profiles or ads on sites like Craigslist, pretending to either be an underage person or pretending to offer an underage person for sex. People respond to the posts, agree...
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September 9, 2020
Missouri law prohibits knowingly communicating a threat to another person if it frightens, intimidates, or causes emotional distress. You cannot use coarse language, offensive to one’s “average sensibility” that puts another person in reasonable apprehension of offensive physical conduct, contact, or harm. Court decisions are sorting out just how First Amendment protection extends to the...
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August 31, 2020
If you’re looking forward to celebrating Labor Day Weekend a few days from now, you’re not alone. Given how difficult of a year it has been for Americans, many of us are eager for a three-day weekend and a chance to celebrate the unofficial end of Summer. Most adults traditionally include alcohol in their holiday...
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August 27, 2020
On January 1, 2017, there were substantial revisions to current Missouri criminal federal laws which have a significant effect on school districts. Student misconduct must be reported under the Safe Schools Act. Felony harassment covers a person who “without good cause, engages in any act with a purpose to cause emotional distress to another person, and...
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August 12, 2020
Police officers sometimes use portable breath tests (PBTs) to check and see if a driver is intoxicated, but many breath tests and blood tests happen at the station. As such, officers need something they can use in the field, when it’s not clear if the driver is intoxicated or not. For instance, they may see...
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August 12, 2020
Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” In far too many schools across America, students with Title IX claims made against them...
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