An Analysis Of Crime Control Policies In Knoxville’S Public Housing, John W. Barbrey

Doctoral Dissertations

Between the late 1980s and 2001, the Knoxville Community Development Corporation and the Knoxville Police Department implemented policies intended to reduce crime in Knoxville’s public housing. Beginning with pilot programs in two housing sites in 1989, a cooperative relationship between KCDC and KPD emerged that evolved into the KCDC Security Patrol in 1990. By using Arcview software, I was able to separate the yearly violent crime incidents for 1992-2001 that occurred in two separate geographical regions: 1) the area represented by the KCDC housing sites where the policies were implemented, and 2) the remainder of the City of Knoxville. The …

State, Governance And Environmental Sustainability: A Cross-National Analysis, Han Gyu Lheem

Doctoral Dissertations

Research Questions:

What determines the level of environmental sustainability in national level analyses? How can the quality of governance be defined, measured and applied in the dynamics of political processes? And, how does the quality of governance influence the level of environmental sustainability?

Model proposed and a priori Expectations:

Model Summary

ES = b₀+ QGb₁+ DEMb₂+ EGb₃+ GEIb₄+ PGb₅+ e

a priori Expectation of Relationships

QG

+

DEM

+

EG

-

ES

GEI

-

PG

-

Where ES denotes Environmental Sustainability; QG, Quality of Governance; DEM, Level of …