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Cpacs Happenings (April 1980 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Saving Fuel and Money Motives Carpoolers," by Michael T. Eskey.

The rising cost of transportation has become a major concern o( Americans at every level of the economic ladder. Indeed, recent price hikes in gasoline have affected practically all other consumer products. An optimistic America has watched the per-gallon price of gasoline rise by 400 percent in the last decade and now helplessly looks to $2.00 per-gallon fuel in the future. The rising cost of transportation cannot be stopped; it must be coped with.

A Study Of Correctional Officers And Inmates Perception Relevant To Institutional Custody And Treatment, Ronald G. Limbeck

Student Work

This paper presents an exploratory study of instructional corrections policy in general and the nature of such within one state system in particular. Traditionally, correctional institutions have evolved along two lines of though - custody and treatment. However, the role of the correctional officer has formulated along only one line of though - custody. Due to the all encompassing nature of the correctional officer position, this imbalance prevents, and may even hamper, treatment potential within the institution.

Survey Of College Professional Staff For Mcc, Murray Frost

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The evaluation and needs assessment study of Metropolitan Technical Community College included a survey of the professional staff at the College. A questionnaire was developed and delivered to the College administration for distribution to the faculty, administrators, and other professional staff. The administration was responsible for the distribution and collection of the survey instruments. Responses were received from 78 faculty, 44 administrators, and 14 other professional staff. This represents response rates of 75% for faculty and administrators and 93% for other professional staff. The remainder of this report will delineate a) the respondents' evaluations of Metro Tech's success in achieving …

A Study Of Alcohol Prevention Grants In The State Of Nebraska, 1973-1979, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

In the early 1970's as the enormous pressure of drug related problems was abating~ the attention of mental health professionals, school personnel, and the criminal justice system was refocused on the problems that come with alcohol. A new phenomenon seemed to be following the drug "scene", the increased alcohol usage among teen-agers and even children. The message was clear: an effort had to be made to prevent alcohol abuse before problem drinking became more widespread.

Employer And Training Needs: Report 12 Law Enforcement And Private Security, Joan V. Holley

Publications

The purpose of this portion of the study is to determine the employer and training needs in metropolitan Omaha in an occupational area designated as law enforcement.

Employer And Training Needs: Report 09 Human Services Programs, Carole Davis, Joan V. Holley, Marian Meier

Publications

The purpose of this study is to determine the employer and training needs for paraprofessionals to work in the human services areas in the metropolitan Omaha area.

Alcohol Prevention In Five Secondary Schools, Genevieve Burch

Publications

In the early 1970's as the enormous pressure of drug related problems was abating, the attention of mental health professionals, school personnel, and the criminal justice system was refocused on the problems that come with alcohol. A new phenomenon seemed to be following the drug "scene," the increased alcohol usage among teen-agers and even children. The message was clear: an effort had to be made to prevent alcohol abuse before problem drinking became more widespread.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Burglary Offender Characteristics Can Be Predicted: Enhancing Investigation Efficiency Through the Development of Probability Models¹," by Chris W. Eskridge.

Crime is not a new phenomenon in American living. For decades, researchers have documented and projected the growth and devastating complexity of the crime problem in the United States, its causes, and its destructive effects on national life. The intense damage to innocent persons, property, and spirit, coupled with the lingering fear of unprovoked, unpredictable violence are indeed familiar entities in all realms of society.

Radical Criminology: A Sympathetic Criticism From The Viewpoints Of Philosophical And Theological Anarchism, J. Anthony Watkins

Student Work

The point of departure for this work is to sympathetically critique American radical criminology from an anarchist philosophical and theological viewpoint. Most criticism of radical criminology has thus far come from politically conventional and orthodox Marxist sources. Anarchism is to the left of Marxism or scientific socialism and has been characteristically left of conservatism and liberalism. By sympathetic critique what is meant is that this author tends to favor and support most of the criticism radical criminology has levelled against conventional criminology. However, radical criminology is apparently unwilling to critically comprehend its own essentially anarcho-religious, rather than authentically Marxist character. …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Mid-continent Net Migration Losses Decline: Centers of Net Migration Gains in the Great Plains, 1970-1976," by Armin K. Ludwig.

As a unit the American region known as the Great Plains suffered net migration losses in each of the five census periods prior to 1970. During the following six years, however, these losses had begun to abate.¹ This study examines the 1970-1976 net migration changes in a bloc of 320 nonmetropolitan, nonmetropolitan- fringe counties roughly coincident with the Great Plains and seeks to account for the higher net migration gains recorded …

The Children Of Inmate Mothers: Policies And Perceptions, Virginia Hronek Burns

Student Work

Recent research has focused attention on the female lawbreaker. Yet the children of the female offender remain nearly a neglected issue. This thesis investigates one aspect of the problem — the services provided by the criminal justice and social service agencies in Douglas County, Nebraska for children of inmate mothers. Children of inmate mothers became a concern of the investigator while working in a local residential facility for female inmates during 1974 to 1976. Several observations were made during this time. First, when sentencing a woman to a correctional facility, criminal court judges rarely exhibited concern over the whereabouts of …

Cpacs Happenings (April 1979 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Newsletter - American Indian Center, V. 02, No. 03, American Indian Center Of Omaha, Inc.

Honga: the leader

Newsletter - American Indian Center, v. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1978)-v. 2, no. 6 (June 1979); Honga : the leader, v. 2, no. 7 (July 1979)-Vol.6, no. 8 (Aug. 1983) separated from UNO Native American Studies Records.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Formula for Allocation of Housing Assistance," by Jack Ruff.

In recent years many governmental agencies and private businesses have expressed an interest in the housing needs of Nebraska communities. Government agencies are concerned with the needs of various communities in order to allocate resources, and the private sector needs information to determine the profitability of a capital venture.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Understanding the Puzzle of Child Abuse."

Topics covered are "Education for Parents - A Need and a Repsonse" and "Nebraska Child Welfare Works Given Legal Training Program."

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Defender, Prosecutor, Defendant: Plea Bargaining - Three Perspectives," by Julie Horney.

In recent years the administration of criminal justice in this country has become increasingly dominated by the process known as "plea bargaining." In plea bargaining a defendant waives the right to trial by pleading guilty in return for certain advantages offered by the state. The state benefits in terms of the time and money saved by avoiding a trial. The practice is so pervasive that in many jurisdictions fewer than 10 percent of the criminal defendants ever stand trial.

Service To Communities, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The Center for Applied Urban Research, a research and service arm of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, exists to provide professional services in the areas of:
• Applied Research
• Technical Assistance
• Community Education

Caur Annual Report: 1978-1979, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This was an active and productive year. A new director was recruited and appointed; a change in mission designed to strengthen community service was adopted and implemented; linkages of a formal nature were created with other CPACS units; and a summer of unprecedented collaboration and community outreach is being faced.

Graduate Academic Catalog (1979-1980), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Graduate Catalog, 1979-1980

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Single-Family Housing Counstruction in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, April Through July, 1978," by Jack Ruff and Linda Ferring.

At the peak of the construction season, July figures indicated that construction of single-family houses in the Douglas-Sarpy County area continued at the fast pace established in 1977. Despite the high rates of loan interest and inflation, new housing sales exceeded those of a year ago from April through July .¹

Cpacs Happenings (August-September 1978 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Status Offenders and Non-Profit Youth Service and Advocacy Organizations," by Genevieve Burch and Carole Davis.

When the Pima County Juvenile Justice Collaboration offered free bumper stickers asking "Have You Hugged Your Kid Today?," 6,000 Tucsonians grabbed up three printings and four other local agencies began promoting the same slogan.

National Juvenile Justice Program Collaboration - Evaluation Report, Genevieve Burch

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Evaluation of a Collaboration of National Non-Profit Health and Welfare Organizations as They Worked Together to Serve Status Offenders and Other Youth at Risk

Cpacs Happenings (April 1978 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Graduate Academic Catalog (1978-1979), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Graduate Catalog, 1978-1979

Cpacs Happenings (December 1977-January 1978 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Juvenile Delinquency As A Form Of Deviant Behavior: The Study Of Social Class Attitudes Toward Delinquents, Donald E. Mbosowo

Student Work

Any member of any social group learns the proper ways of behaving in his group. He is informed of what might be the consequences and penalties if he violates group rules. The guidelines and rules of a group, for its members, are referred to as the concept of "group norm." Norms are found in all social groups. Sociology, as a discipline, deals with both the notion of adherence to group norms and the notion of departure from group norms. Some departures from norms are termed "delinquency." Sociologists and others have defined and explained delinquency to be any behavior of young …

Profile Of Shoplifting: Disparity Between The Practice And Prevention, Douglas D. Steensma

Student Work

It was the purpose of this study to show the disparity in effort between the shoplifter in practice of the crime, and the retail security specialist’s efforts toward prevention and apprehension. In addition, a further objective was to dispel some of the myths surrounding the crime of shoplifting and its prevention. Finally, this study sought to make specific recommendations for the purpose of advising retail security personnel where their efforts may be continued, discontinued, or re-directed to combat more effectively the crime of shoplifting.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1977, Vol. 05, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Children in the Nebraska Courts," by Genevieve Burch.

for his treatment before, during and after the court appearance. In some instances a child is not represented by an attorney other than that of other family members. Often the case revolves around a question of custody, and whenever the court decision results in changes of family circumstances the consequences may be greatest for the child. Any delay in recognizing an error in a custody decision or in establishing permanent custody intensifies the psychological stress and may even endanger his physical well being. …