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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Burglary Offender Characteristics Can Be Predicted: Enhancing Investigation Efficiency Through the Development of Probability Models¹," by Chris W. Eskridge.

Crime is not a new phenomenon in American living. For decades, researchers have documented and projected the growth and devastating complexity of the crime problem in the United States, its causes, and its destructive effects on national life. The intense damage to innocent persons, property, and spirit, coupled with the lingering fear of unprovoked, unpredictable violence are indeed familiar entities in all realms of society.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Mid-continent Net Migration Losses Decline: Centers of Net Migration Gains in the Great Plains, 1970-1976," by Armin K. Ludwig.

As a unit the American region known as the Great Plains suffered net migration losses in each of the five census periods prior to 1970. During the following six years, however, these losses had begun to abate.¹ This study examines the 1970-1976 net migration changes in a bloc of 320 nonmetropolitan, nonmetropolitan- fringe counties roughly coincident with the Great Plains and seeks to account for the higher net migration gains recorded …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Formula for Allocation of Housing Assistance," by Jack Ruff.

In recent years many governmental agencies and private businesses have expressed an interest in the housing needs of Nebraska communities. Government agencies are concerned with the needs of various communities in order to allocate resources, and the private sector needs information to determine the profitability of a capital venture.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Understanding the Puzzle of Child Abuse."

Topics covered are "Education for Parents - A Need and a Repsonse" and "Nebraska Child Welfare Works Given Legal Training Program."

Service To Communities, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The Center for Applied Urban Research, a research and service arm of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, exists to provide professional services in the areas of:
• Applied Research
• Technical Assistance
• Community Education

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Defender, Prosecutor, Defendant: Plea Bargaining - Three Perspectives," by Julie Horney.

In recent years the administration of criminal justice in this country has become increasingly dominated by the process known as "plea bargaining." In plea bargaining a defendant waives the right to trial by pleading guilty in return for certain advantages offered by the state. The state benefits in terms of the time and money saved by avoiding a trial. The practice is so pervasive that in many jurisdictions fewer than 10 percent of the criminal defendants ever stand trial.

Caur Annual Report: 1978-1979, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This was an active and productive year. A new director was recruited and appointed; a change in mission designed to strengthen community service was adopted and implemented; linkages of a formal nature were created with other CPACS units; and a summer of unprecedented collaboration and community outreach is being faced.