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Impact Of Development On Traditional Pastoralism In Somalia, Abdulkadir A. Handulle
Impact Of Development On Traditional Pastoralism In Somalia, Abdulkadir A. Handulle
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The Somali pastoral nomads live in an environmental condition of risk and uncertainty. The scarce and unreliable rainfall is the primary element ·which determines the existence of nomadic pastoralism. The lands devoted to pastoralism in Somalia are those arid and semi-arid areas that could not sustain cropping, so that pastoralism may be considered the only rational utilization of the land resource. Nomads live in an environment where the survival of both animals and plants are constrained by many factors such as droughts. Yet, both nomads and their animals have evolved by learning numerous adaptive strategies to cope with their harsh, …
A Comprehensive Treatment Program For Abusive Parents: An Exploratory Study, Marvin Kim Marvel
A Comprehensive Treatment Program For Abusive Parents: An Exploratory Study, Marvin Kim Marvel
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Estimates of the incidence of child abuse range from 200,000 to 500,000 (Light, 1973) to over one million children each year (O'Brien, 1980). Child abuse is a leading cause of childhood death and injury (Starr, 1979). Demographic studies (e.g., Steele & Pollock, 1968) suggest that parents who abuse their children were often abused or neglected themselves. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that many of the present victims of abuse will become abusing parents in the future unless the cycle is broken. The need for effective interventions to reduce this pervasive social problem is obvious.