When Julia Fogelberg was a public defender in St. Louis County, she saw how the criminal justice system could often do more harm than good.
Now working on the prosecutor side, she’s grateful that she can provide a different solution like in the case of a single mother of two she met this summer.
The woman was juggling an at-home virtual school schedule and her job as a paralegal.
With the intense stress of the pandemic, she was also struggling with an addiction to painkillers and was arrested for drug possession.
“If she were charged, that could have implications for the steady job that she’s had for almost 10 years and her ability to have health care options for her children,” said Fogelberg, who now leads the St. Louis County prosecutor’s diversion program.
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Human error is a causal factor in up to 80 percent of workplace accidents. A new study measuring the eye movements and cognitive processes for at-risk workers, sheds new light on the potential to avert accidents and possibly prevent workplace injuries. The study Measuring attention, working memory, and visual perception to reduce risk of injuries in the construction industry, by Behzad Esmaeili, Ph.D., George Mason University challenges the conventional, reactionary paradigm of safety-risk management.
This study, and others exploring the hazards faced by the American workforce, will be featured on December 17, from 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET during the Focusing on Workers and Risk Decision-Making session at the 2020 Society for Risk Analysis virtual Annual Meeting, December 13-17, 2020.
The most significant San Francisco Bay Area restaurant closures of 2020
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1of11The dining room at The Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena , Calif., on Thursday, March 31, 2016.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2016Show MoreShow Less
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People dine at the sushi bar at Ichi Sushi in San Francisco in 2014John Storey / Special to The Chronicle 2014Show MoreShow Less
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Russell Stein plates a margherita pizza at Mozzeria restaurant in San Francisco.John Storey / Special to The Chronicle 2012Show MoreShow Less
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Bar owner Thad Vogler makes a Mojito at Obispo, a rum bar in the Mission.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2018Show MoreShow Less