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Criminology

Selected Works

2005

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Rhode Island Take Back The Night, Donna M. Hughes Dr. Sep 2005

Rhode Island Take Back The Night, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

It is an honor for me to be here for the 27th Annual Take Back the Night March. Women uniting to take back the night in marches have symbolized women’s resistance to sexual violence and their declaration of freedom and dignity for decades. “Speaking out” against violence is the way we break the conspiracies of silence that the perpetrators try to impose on us. 

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Roles Of Sexual Objectification Experiences And Internalization Of Standards Of Beauty In Eating Disorder Symptomatology: A Test And Extension Of Objectification Theory, Danielle Dirks, B. Moradi Dec 2004

Roles Of Sexual Objectification Experiences And Internalization Of Standards Of Beauty In Eating Disorder Symptomatology: A Test And Extension Of Objectification Theory, Danielle Dirks, B. Moradi

Danielle Dirks

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The Oxycontin Epidemic And Crime Panic In Rural Kentucky, Kenneth Tunnell Dec 2004

The Oxycontin Epidemic And Crime Panic In Rural Kentucky, Kenneth Tunnell

Kenneth Tunnell

During the late 1990s in the United States, rural Kentucky (and rural pockets of nearby states) witnessed the emergence of a new pharmaceutical drug of abuse. The powerful oxycodone OxyContin, first manufactured in 1996 and designed for time-release pain relief, found a ready population in rural hamlets and mountain communities. Intended for patients in pain associated with terminal disease, it became a drug of abuse as it was overprescribed and trafficked within newly developed black markets. This paper describes the takeoff of this new drug of abuse, its antecedents, its effects on rural communities, and coordinated efforts at containing it. …

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