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Center for Policy and Research

October 31, 2023

The Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall University School of Law is a research organization that analyzes national policies and practices. Law students, participating in the Center as Research Fellows, work to identify factual patterns and inconsistencies in areas that help shape the law and public policy.

Under the direction of Professor Mark Denbeaux, the Center's work focuses on three key areas: Interrogations & Intelligence, National Security, and Forensics. Among the Center's high-profile projects are the Guantánamo Reports.

The Reports have been developed by analyzing the government's own data through the systematic review of more than 100,000 pages of government documents procured through the Freedom of Information Act. The Guantánamo Reports, which totaled 15 by December 2009, have been widely cited, published, and reported throughout the world, including by both houses of the United States Congress.

Reports edit

Guantánamo edit

The Center has released numerous reports analyzing aspects of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and its operation, the characteristics of the detainees, and the camp's role in national security policy. The Center has issued reports regarding how the detainees were initially collected, weight data of the detainees, the recidivism rates of released prisoners, the incidents surrounding an alleged triple suicide at the camp in June 2006, detainee interrogation methods, and other issues. The various Guantánamo reports have been cited by various media outlets such as the New York Times,[1] the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Salon.com,[2] Slate.com,[3] the Huffington Post,[4] CBS, MSNBC, and Fox News.

The Center documented that an estimated 80% of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp had not been captured in military action, as claimed by the Bush administration, but had been transferred to US forces by Afghan and Pakistani forces to receive bounty payments. Many of the detainees had been missionaries or charitable workers.

In 2009, the Center issued a report, Death in Camp Delta, which analyzed the NCIS investigation report, published in 2008, of the deaths of three detainees in Guantánamo Bay on June 10, 2006, which were reported as suicides. According to the Center report, the June 2006 deaths raised serious questions about the security of the Camp, the duties of officials of the multiple defense and intelligence agencies that allowed three detainees to die, and the quality of the investigation into the cause of the deaths.[5]

In 2011, the Center released The Guantanamo Diet: Actual Facts about Detainee Weight Changes. Using data of detainee weigh-ins released by the Department of Defense, the Center was able to discern that detainees’ weights varied so dramatically that many detainees have been obese briefly and under-nourished at other times. The same percentage of Guantánamo detainees have become underweight at some point as have become obese at some point.

Abu Ghraib edit

The Center is working to analyze the investigation of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which was widely revealed in May 2004.

Corporate edit

The Center's corporate team recently published a report examining the investigation of Lehman Brothers’ business practices undertaken by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Examiner in the largest bankruptcy ever filed. The Center focused primarily on Lehman’s risk management and asset valuation—two aspects of company worth not readily available or discernible to the investing public. It notes that Lehman’s conscious violation of internal risk limitations as well as its conscious failure to accurately value assets was, alarmingly, found insufficient as a matter of law by the Examiner to trigger legal sanctions against Lehman Brothers or even a reprimand.[6]

Forensics edit

What sort of evidence is most reliable for revealing the facts? What is the effect when certain evidence is allowed and other evidence dismissed? How does the collection of evidence affect the outcome? The Center for Policy and Research’s Crime Laboratory is answering those questions and more as it investigates and evaluates the methodologies of forensic science to determine their validity and appropriateness.

Drug-free zones edit

The Center performed a quantitative analysis of drug-free zone coverage throughout the state of New Jersey to determine whether or not they impose a disparate impact on minorities.

Breathalyzers edit

The Center published a report which exposed the unreviewable nature of New Jersey’s breathalyzers and the evidentiary impact in the courts of that "unreviewability." The report points out that the contract governing the use of the breathalyzer, the Alcotest, forbids the State from providing its breathalyzers for independent scientific testing. In addition, the manufacturer of the Alcotest prohibits any entity other than the State to purchase the Alcotest, even for independent scientific testing. The report argues that the combination of prohibitions immunizes the Alcotest from challenge, and effectively prevents scientists and defense counsel from determining its reliability.

Publications edit

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  • "Revisionist Recidivism: An Analysis of the Governments Representations of Alleged "Recidivism" of the Guantánamo Detainees", 2009-06-05
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  • "", August 4, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Adam Deutsch, James Hlavenka, Gabrielle Hughes, Brianna Kostecka, Michael Patterson, Paul Taylor, and Anthony Torntore).
  • "", June 16, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Grace Brown, Jennifer Ellick, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, and Paul Taylor).
  • "", February 7, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Jennifer Ellick, Michael Ricciardelli, Matthew Darby).
  • "", December 10, 2007 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Grace Brown, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, Jennifer Ellick, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Courtney Ray, and Nebroisa Zlatanovic).
  • "", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
  • "", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", July 10, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", March 20, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", February 8, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).

Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research edit

  • "", August 4, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Adam Deutsch, James Hlavenka, Gabrielle Hughes, Brianna Kostecka, Michael Patterson, Paul Taylor, and Anthony Torntore).
  • "", June 16, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Grace Brown, Jennifer Ellick, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, and Paul Taylor).
  • "", February 7, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Jennifer Ellick, Michael Ricciardelli, Matthew Darby).
  • "", December 10, 2007 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Grace Brown, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, Jennifer Ellick, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Courtney Ray, and Nebroisa Zlatanovic).
  • "", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
  • "", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
  • "", February 8, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", March 20, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", July 10, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
  • "", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).

References edit

  1. ^ Weiser, Benjamin (October 26, 2010). "Secret Guantanamo Tapes Caught Detainees at Ease". New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. ^ Baumgarten, Gary. "Report Questions Detainee Deaths at Gitmo". Salon. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  3. ^ Lithwick, Dahlia (21 January 2010). "Why aren't we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo?". Slate. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  4. ^ Horton, Scott (December 7, 2009). "The Most Innocent Explanation is That This is Gitmo Meets Lord of the Flies". Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  5. ^ Horton, Scott. "The Guantanamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  6. ^ Eichler, Alexander (December 9, 2011). "Lehman Brothers 'Gut Feeling' Business Practices Accepted as Legal, Report Says". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

External links edit

  • Interview on Democracy Now!

October 31, 2023
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The Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall University School of Law is a research organization that analyzes national policies and practices Law students participating in the Center as Research Fellows work to identify factual patterns and inconsistencies in areas that help shape the law and public policy Under the direction of Professor Mark Denbeaux the Center s work focuses on three key areas Interrogations amp Intelligence National Security and Forensics Among the Center s high profile projects are the Guantanamo Reports The Reports have been developed by analyzing the government s own data through the systematic review of more than 100 000 pages of government documents procured through the Freedom of Information Act The Guantanamo Reports which totaled 15 by December 2009 have been widely cited published and reported throughout the world including by both houses of the United States Congress Contents 1 Reports 1 1 Guantanamo 1 2 Abu Ghraib 1 3 Corporate 1 4 Forensics 1 5 Drug free zones 1 6 Breathalyzers 2 Publications 2 1 Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research 3 References 4 External linksReports editGuantanamo edit The Center has released numerous reports analyzing aspects of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and its operation the characteristics of the detainees and the camp s role in national security policy The Center has issued reports regarding how the detainees were initially collected weight data of the detainees the recidivism rates of released prisoners the incidents surrounding an alleged triple suicide at the camp in June 2006 detainee interrogation methods and other issues The various Guantanamo reports have been cited by various media outlets such as the New York Times 1 the Wall Street Journal the Los Angeles Times Salon com 2 Slate com 3 the Huffington Post 4 CBS MSNBC and Fox News The Center documented that an estimated 80 of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp had not been captured in military action as claimed by the Bush administration but had been transferred to US forces by Afghan and Pakistani forces to receive bounty payments Many of the detainees had been missionaries or charitable workers In 2009 the Center issued a report Death in Camp Delta which analyzed the NCIS investigation report published in 2008 of the deaths of three detainees in Guantanamo Bay on June 10 2006 which were reported as suicides According to the Center report the June 2006 deaths raised serious questions about the security of the Camp the duties of officials of the multiple defense and intelligence agencies that allowed three detainees to die and the quality of the investigation into the cause of the deaths 5 In 2011 the Center released The Guantanamo Diet Actual Facts about Detainee Weight Changes Using data of detainee weigh ins released by the Department of Defense the Center was able to discern that detainees weights varied so dramatically that many detainees have been obese briefly and under nourished at other times The same percentage of Guantanamo detainees have become underweight at some point as have become obese at some point Abu Ghraib edit The Center is working to analyze the investigation of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal which was widely revealed in May 2004 Corporate edit The Center s corporate team recently published a report examining the investigation of Lehman Brothers business practices undertaken by the U S Bankruptcy Court Examiner in the largest bankruptcy ever filed The Center focused primarily on Lehman s risk management and asset valuation two aspects of company worth not readily available or discernible to the investing public It notes that Lehman s conscious violation of internal risk limitations as well as its conscious failure to accurately value assets was alarmingly found insufficient as a matter of law by the Examiner to trigger legal sanctions against Lehman Brothers or even a reprimand 6 Forensics edit What sort of evidence is most reliable for revealing the facts What is the effect when certain evidence is allowed and other evidence dismissed How does the collection of evidence affect the outcome The Center for Policy and Research s Crime Laboratory is answering those questions and more as it investigates and evaluates the methodologies of forensic science to determine their validity and appropriateness Drug free zones edit The Center performed a quantitative analysis of drug free zone coverage throughout the state of New Jersey to determine whether or not they impose a disparate impact on minorities Breathalyzers edit The Center published a report which exposed the unreviewable nature of New Jersey s breathalyzers and the evidentiary impact in the courts of that unreviewability The report points out that the contract governing the use of the breathalyzer the Alcotest forbids the State from providing its breathalyzers for independent scientific testing In addition the manufacturer of the Alcotest prohibits any entity other than the State to purchase the Alcotest even for independent scientific testing The report argues that the combination of prohibitions immunizes the Alcotest from challenge and effectively prevents scientists and defense counsel from determining its reliability Publications edit The Guantanamo Diet Actual Facts About Detainee Weight Changes 2011 26 05 Rumsfeld Knew 2011 03 03 Drug Abuse An Exploration of the Government s Use of Mefloquine at Guantanamo 2011 02 12 DoD Contradicts DoD An Analysis of the Response to Death in Camp Delta 2010 04 10 Death in Camp Delta December 7 2009 with Brian Beroth Scott Buerkle Sean Camoni Meghan Chrisner Adam Deutsch Jesse Dresser Doug Eadie Michelle Fish Marissa Litwin Michael McDonough Michael J Patterson Shannon Sterritt Kelli Stout and Paul Taylor Revisionist Recidivism An Analysis of the Governments Representations of Alleged Recidivism of the Guantanamo Detainees 2009 06 05 Torture Who knew An Analysis of the FBI and Department of Defense Reactions to Harsh Interrogation Methods at Guantanamo 2009 04 01 Released Guantanamo Detainees and the Department of Defense Propaganda By the Numbers 2009 01 15 Profile of Released Guantanamo The Government s Story Then and Now August 4 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Adam Deutsch James Hlavenka Gabrielle Hughes Brianna Kostecka Michael Patterson Paul Taylor and Anthony Torntore Justice Scalia the Department of Defense and The Perpetuation of an Urban Legend The Truth about Recidivism of Released Guantanamo Detainees June 16 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Daniel Lorenzo Mark Muoio Grace Brown Jennifer Ellick Jillian Camarote Douglas Eadie and Paul Taylor Captured on Tape Interrogation and Videotaping of Detainees in Guantanamo February 7 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Jennifer Ellick Michael Ricciardelli Matthew Darby The Meaning of Battlefield An Analysis of the Government s Representations of Battlefield Capture and Recidivism of the Guantanamo Detainees December 10 2007 with Joshua Denbeaux Grace Brown Jillian Camarote Douglas Eadie Jennifer Ellick Daniel Lorenzo Mark Muoio Courtney Ray and Nebroisa Zlatanovic No Hearing Hearings November 17 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner June 10 Suicides at Guantanamo August 21 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention July 10 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy March 20 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann and Helen Skinner Report on Guantanamo Detainees A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data February 8 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann and Helen Skinner Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research edit Profile of Released Guantanamo The Government s Story Then and Now August 4 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Adam Deutsch James Hlavenka Gabrielle Hughes Brianna Kostecka Michael Patterson Paul Taylor and Anthony Torntore Justice Scalia the Department of Defense and The Perpetuation of an Urban Legend The Truth about Recidivism of Released Guantanamo Detainees June 16 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Daniel Lorenzo Mark Muoio Grace Brown Jennifer Ellick Jillian Camarote Douglas Eadie and Paul Taylor Captured on Tape Interrogation and Videotaping of Detainees in Guantanamo February 7 2008 with Joshua Denbeaux Jennifer Ellick Michael Ricciardelli Matthew Darby The Meaning of Battlefield An Analysis of the Government s Representations of Battlefield Capture and Recidivism of the Guantanamo Detainees December 10 2007 with Joshua Denbeaux Grace Brown Jillian Camarote Douglas Eadie Jennifer Ellick Daniel Lorenzo Mark Muoio Courtney Ray and Nebroisa Zlatanovic No Hearing Hearings November 17 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner June 10th Suicides at Guantanamo August 21 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner Report on Guantanamo Detainees A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data February 8 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann and Helen Skinner Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy March 20 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann and Helen Skinner The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention July 10 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner June 10th Suicides at Guantanamo August 21 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner No hearing hearings November 17 2006 with Joshua Denbeaux David Gratz John Gregorek Matthew Darby Shana Edwards Shane Hartman Daniel Mann Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner References edit Weiser Benjamin October 26 2010 Secret Guantanamo Tapes Caught Detainees at Ease New York Times Retrieved 28 March 2012 Baumgarten Gary Report Questions Detainee Deaths at Gitmo Salon Retrieved 28 March 2012 Lithwick Dahlia 21 January 2010 Why aren t we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo Slate Retrieved 28 March 2012 Horton Scott December 7 2009 The Most Innocent Explanation is That This is Gitmo Meets Lord of the Flies Huffington Post Retrieved 28 March 2012 Horton Scott The Guantanamo Suicides A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle Harper s Magazine Retrieved 28 March 2012 Eichler Alexander December 9 2011 Lehman Brothers Gut Feeling Business Practices Accepted as Legal Report Says Huffington Post Retrieved 29 March 2012 External links editCenter for Policy and Research Home Page Interview on Democracy Now Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Center for Policy and Research amp oldid 1127603094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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