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The Construction Of The Right To Development: The United Nations, Human Rights, And Economic Development, Nader Izzat Said
The Construction Of The Right To Development: The United Nations, Human Rights, And Economic Development, Nader Izzat Said
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The origins of human rights are of interest to social scientists. This study focuses on the construction process of the right to development as related to the UN. The emphasis is on the claims-making processes surrounding the creation of the right to development. To understand these processes, a theoretical framework has been developed. This framework combines interactionism, collective-behavior approaches, a dialectical theory of law-creation, and a capitalist world-economy theory. It is expected that this theoretical framework will explain the specific, organizational, and structural processes that led to the creation of the right to development.
Data for this study came from …
Juvenile Justice: An Examination Of Disparities In Dispositions, Michael P. Brown
Juvenile Justice: An Examination Of Disparities In Dispositions, Michael P. Brown
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The present study tests the utility of status characteristics and expectation states theory in the context of the juvenile court. The theory contends that there is dispositional certainty when case related factors are consistently rated serious or nonserious; the severity of the sanction will reflect the seriousness of the case. However, the likelihood of sentencing disparities based on individual characteristics (e.g., race and SES) increases as case related factors become increasingly inconsistent, with some rated serious and others rated nonserious.
Data to test this theory were collected from the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan in June and July, 1990. …