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Trouble In River City: An Analysis Of An Urban Vice Probe, Joseph S. Uris Aug 1981

Trouble In River City: An Analysis Of An Urban Vice Probe, Joseph S. Uris

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This dissertation is an historical case study of a highly publicized investigation of vice and official corruption which took place in Portland, Oregon from 1954 to 1958. Three major relevant areas of social science literature are reviewed. These are: historical material on American reform and corruption, criminology and political science. This literature suggests both the ubiquity and usefulness of vice and corruption in the urban situation.

A set of propositions regarding vice, corruption and reform was developed from these works. These propositions were then examined in terms of the vice probe and political situation in Portland, Oregon.

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No-Fault Divorce Legislation And Its Impact On State Divorce Rates, Elizabeth Ann Massey Jan 1981

No-Fault Divorce Legislation And Its Impact On State Divorce Rates, Elizabeth Ann Massey

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