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Positive Youth Justice: Framing Justice Interventions Using The Concepts Of Positive Youth Development, Jeffrey A. Butts, Gordon Bazemore, Aundra Saa Meroe
Positive Youth Justice: Framing Justice Interventions Using The Concepts Of Positive Youth Development, Jeffrey A. Butts, Gordon Bazemore, Aundra Saa Meroe
Publications and Research
Positive youth development could be an effective framework for designing general interventions for young offenders. Such a framework would encourage youth justice systems to focus on protective factors and risk factors, strengths, problems, and broader efforts to facilitate successful transitions to adulthood for justice-involved youth. The positive youth development approach supports youth in successfully transitioning from adolescence to early adulthood by encouraging young people to develop useful skills and competencies and build stronger connections with pro-social peers, families, and communities (Butts, Mayer, & Ruth, & Ruth, 2005). Young people engaged with trustworthy adults and peers to pursue meaningful activities and …
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (Nasis) 2010 Methodology Report, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (Nasis) 2010 Methodology Report, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Mode Selection 1
Design & Item Selection 1
Sampling Design 1
Experimental Design Treatment 2
Data Collection Process 2
Response Rate 3
Data-Entry Training, Supervision, and Quality Control 3
Processing of Completed Surveys 3
Data Cleaning 4
Representativeness of the Survey 4
NASIS Sample Weights 5
Questions 5
Appendix A: Cover Letter 9
Appendix B: Formatted Mail Survey 11
Appendix C: Future Research Interest Card 20
Appendix D: Reminder Postcard 21
Appendix E: City and County FIPS Codes 22
Appendix F: Variables and Descriptions 27
Nasis 2010: Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey Questionnaire, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nasis 2010: Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey Questionnaire, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)
We need your help to learn about how Nebraskans think, feel, and live. Your responses will help shape Nebraska program and policy development now and into the future.
62 questions; 8 pages
How Is Life In Hampton Roads?, Social Science Research Center, Old Dominion University
How Is Life In Hampton Roads?, Social Science Research Center, Old Dominion University
Life in Hampton Roads Survey Report
[Introductory paragraph]
The Social Science and Research Center (SSRC) at Old Dominion University recently conducted a Life in Hampton Roads telephone survey with the purpose of gauging the relative satisfaction regarding life in Hampton Roads. Additional goals of the survey were to determine the attitudes and perceptions of citizens regarding local issues, economics, government, as well as other key issues. In order to generate questions for the Life in Hampton Roads (LIHR) survey, Dr. Xiushi Yang, Director of the SSRC sent a University-wide email to invite faculty to submit questions of interest to them for the survey. This would allow …