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Gender Intersections And Environmental Concern, Carmel E. Price, Stephanie A. Bohon
Gender Intersections And Environmental Concern, Carmel E. Price, Stephanie A. Bohon
CSSJ Working Papers
The work presented here provides an exploration into the complexities of gender when considered in conjunction with other socio-demographic variables. Our goal is to look at how gender moderates several socio-demographic characteristics (age, race, class, education, political orientation, residence, marital status, number of children, religious beliefs, and scientific knowledge) as these characteristics predict several measures of environmental concern. Previous researchers suggest that inconsistencies in findings regarding gender as a predictor of environmental concern are largely due to differences in question wording and the various types of environmental concern that can be measured. We do not disagree that the framing of …
Gender, Social Ties, And Reentry Experiences, Jennifer Rhiannon Scroggins
Gender, Social Ties, And Reentry Experiences, Jennifer Rhiannon Scroggins
Doctoral Dissertations
A great deal of research has been conducted on factors associated with successful prisoner reentry. However, except for a few studies on women's reentry, most studies have failed to examine the role of parolees' social ties in contributing to reentry outcomes. Additionally, most studies on prisoner reentry only focused on male parolees, and few addressed the influence of gender on reentry experiences. Thus, my goal in this dissertation is to understand the influence of gender on male and female parolees' social ties, and how the resources their ties provide shape their reentry experiences. My dissertation research examines men and women’s …