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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1989

Policy

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Community Health Decisions: An Analysis Of A Grassroots Venture Into Citizen Participation In Health Care Policy Prioritization Issues, Michele Bonnee-Nichols Jan 1989

Community Health Decisions: An Analysis Of A Grassroots Venture Into Citizen Participation In Health Care Policy Prioritization Issues, Michele Bonnee-Nichols

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Health care policymaking has been largely a closed system in which policymaking experts, special interest groups, and politicians have joined forces to decide what was best for the health care of the American people. This system has been shortsighted leading to severe long-range consequences on society; These critical forms of social consequence warrant this study of health care planning. Specifically, an analysis of a citizen-based grassroots venture, known as "Community Health Decisions," provides us a description of a civic participation movement into the health care political arena; It would appear that with the conclusions of this author, we might learn …


The Subjective Nature Of Decision-Makers In The Domain Of Objective Sentence Processing, William Bud Brown Jan 1989

The Subjective Nature Of Decision-Makers In The Domain Of Objective Sentence Processing, William Bud Brown

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Selective incapacitation has been defined as an objective process whereby violent and/or chronic offenders are isolated and given longer prison terms. The purpose of this process is to keep these offenders out of society for longer periods of time resulting in a safer society. Couched within this utilitarian perspective is the assumption that the social sciences have developed a reputable formula from which future criminal behavior can be accurately predicted. This research, a case study of a Nevada presentence investigation unit, found that all convicted offenders are dealt with using the same criteria applied to violent and/or chronic offenders. This …