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The Hard Decisions: A Qualitative Study Of Marital Reconciliation, Hannah Pearce Plauche
The Hard Decisions: A Qualitative Study Of Marital Reconciliation, Hannah Pearce Plauche
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The topics of marriage and divorce have been studied extensively, especially in recent decades; however, the topic of marital reconciliation has been scarcely researched. Seven couples (N = 14) participated in a qualitative investigation of marital reconciliation. Each couple had filed a petition for divorce in the state of Louisiana between the years 2000-2010. Before the required 12 month period of living apart were complete, each couple decided to discontinue the divorce proceedings and reconcile their marriages, and have lived together continuously for a period of more than three years. A purposive, convenience sample was solicited due to the specific …
Reducing Juvenile Justice Involvement Through A Childhood Truancy Intervention, Bret James Blackmon
Reducing Juvenile Justice Involvement Through A Childhood Truancy Intervention, Bret James Blackmon
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This study employed a mixed methods design to evaluate an elementary school truancy intervention in terms of reducing rates of juvenile delinquency over six years. Few (n = 11) participants became involved in the formal justice system, so the intervention’s effectiveness was measured by re-referrals for continued truancy. The regression discontinuity design was used to compare the intervention group to the comparison group. The intervention group received intensive case management and the comparison group received a warning letter. A regression discontinuity design using multivariate logistic regression indicated that the intervention did not reduce the likelihood of subsequent re-referrals, and the …