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The New Hampshire, Vol. 91 [92], No. 14 (Oct. 30, 2001), The New Hampshire Oct 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 91 [92], No. 14 (Oct. 30, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 91, but it is the 92nd volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Unh Sociology Professor Recognized For Excellence, Erika Mantz Oct 2001

Unh Sociology Professor Recognized For Excellence, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Homicides Of Children And Youth., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod Oct 2001

Homicides Of Children And Youth., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Provides a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization by drawing on FBI and other data. As part of OJJDP's Crimes Against Children Series, the Bulletin offers detailed information about overall crime patterns and victim age groups. Specific types of juvenile homicide, including maltreatment homicides, abduction homicides, and school homicides, are discussed in further detail. The Bulletin also explores initiatives designed to prevent homicides of children and youth.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 91 [92], No. 5 (Sep. 28, 2001), The New Hampshire Sep 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 91 [92], No. 5 (Sep. 28, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 91, but it is the 92nd volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Unhs Writing Across The Curriculum Program Hosts Cornell Professor, Erika Mantz Sep 2001

Unhs Writing Across The Curriculum Program Hosts Cornell Professor, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Unh Terrorism Experts Available, Kim Billings Sep 2001

Unh Terrorism Experts Available, Kim Billings

Media Relations

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Authors Of Earlier Study Dispute New Findings On Commercial Exploitation Of Children, Erika Mantz Sep 2001

Authors Of Earlier Study Dispute New Findings On Commercial Exploitation Of Children, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Gender Differences In Risk Perception: Broadening The Contexts, Jan L. Hitchcock Sep 2001

Gender Differences In Risk Perception: Broadening The Contexts, Jan L. Hitchcock

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author surveys literature on the effect of gender on risk perception.


Review Of: Preventing And Controlling Cancer In North America: A Cross- Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, Ed.), Hunter Yancey Sep 2001

Review Of: Preventing And Controlling Cancer In North America: A Cross- Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, Ed.), Hunter Yancey

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Preventing and Controlling Cancer in North America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, ed., Praeger Publishers 1999). Illustrations, Introduction, Concluding Remarks, Bibliography, Index, About the Contributors. ISBN 0-275-96180-X [245 pp. $72.50 Hardbound, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881.]


Judging The Risk Of Becoming Infected Through Sexual Encounters, Simeone Arnaud, Daniele Hermand, Etienne Mullet Sep 2001

Judging The Risk Of Becoming Infected Through Sexual Encounters, Simeone Arnaud, Daniele Hermand, Etienne Mullet

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors examine the manner in which people integrate pieces of information to assess the risk of becoming infected through sexual encounters.


Journalists' Views Of The Environment: Issues And Challenges, Bernadette West, Jane Lewis, Michael Greenberg Sep 2001

Journalists' Views Of The Environment: Issues And Challenges, Bernadette West, Jane Lewis, Michael Greenberg

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

In advocating the use of an environmental handbook for journalists, the authors report on a survey of reporters and editors regarding salient environmental issues in different regions of the United States and e emphasis placed on environmental reporting in newsrooms.


Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Sep 2001

Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author reviews evidence of poor worker health and safety practices in United States Department of Energy nuclear facilities in contending that less protective standards for workplace hazards constitute an environmental injustice not rectified by a hazard pay premium.


Review Of: Eckard Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk In Organisations: The Case Of German Waste Management, Jeremy S. Cleverly Sep 2001

Review Of: Eckard Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk In Organisations: The Case Of German Waste Management, Jeremy S. Cleverly

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Eckard K-Kämper, Decision Making Under Risk in Organisations: The Case of German Waste Management (Ashgate Publishing Co. 2000). Preface, Acknowledgements, Bibliography. ISBN 0-7546-1434-4 [183 pp. $69.95. Hardbound, 131 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401- 5600].


Transplanting And Rooting Workers In London And Brussels: A Comparative Perspective, Janet L. Polasky Sep 2001

Transplanting And Rooting Workers In London And Brussels: A Comparative Perspective, Janet L. Polasky

History

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Review Of: Risk In The Modern Age: Social Theory, Science And Environmental Decision Making (Maurie J. Cohen, Ed.), Amy Cutler Sep 2001

Review Of: Risk In The Modern Age: Social Theory, Science And Environmental Decision Making (Maurie J. Cohen, Ed.), Amy Cutler

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Risk in the Modern Age: Social Theory, Science and Environmental Decision Making (Maurie J. Cohen, ed., St. Martin's Press 2000). List of Figures and Tables, List of Contributors, Preface, Index. ISBN 0-312-22216-5 [264 pp. $65.00. Hardbound, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010].


Review Of: Pierre Clastres, Chronicle Of The Guayaki Indians (Paul Auster, Translator), Sophie Sparrow Sep 2001

Review Of: Pierre Clastres, Chronicle Of The Guayaki Indians (Paul Auster, Translator), Sophie Sparrow

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Pierre Clastres, Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians (Paul Auster, trans., Zone Books 2001). Translator's Note and Forward. ISBN 0-942299-78-7 [352 pp. $15.00. Paperback, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142-1493].


Public Perceptions Of Genetically Engineered Foods: Playing God Or Trusting Science, Michael D. Mehta Sep 2001

Public Perceptions Of Genetically Engineered Foods: Playing God Or Trusting Science, Michael D. Mehta

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The author considers whether levels of religiosity or scientism affect public perceptions of genetically engineered foods.


Crimes Against Children By Babysitters., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod Sep 2001

Crimes Against Children By Babysitters., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Presents information on the frequency and nature of crimes committed against children by babysitters. As part of OJJDP's Crimes Against Children Series, the Bulletin draws on the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to examine victim and offender characteristics, including gender, age, type of injury, and victim-offender relationship. The Bulletin also presents an overview of how NIBRS works to collect a wide range of criminal information for a variety of offenses. The Bulletin concludes by examining the implications of NIBRS data, particularly in regard to the severity of threat posed to children by babysitters.


Unh Awards Four Research Grants In Support Of New Center For The Social Sciences, Erika Mantz Jul 2001

Unh Awards Four Research Grants In Support Of New Center For The Social Sciences, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Study Finds Fewer Incidents Of Nonconsensual Sex On Campus, Erika Mantz Jul 2001

Study Finds Fewer Incidents Of Nonconsensual Sex On Campus, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Anatomy Of A Community-Level Fiscal Impact Model: Fit-4-Nh., Tracey L. Farrigan, John M. Halstead, Martin L. Shields, Douglas E. Morris, Edmund F. Jansen Jr Jul 2001

Anatomy Of A Community-Level Fiscal Impact Model: Fit-4-Nh., Tracey L. Farrigan, John M. Halstead, Martin L. Shields, Douglas E. Morris, Edmund F. Jansen Jr

Natural Resources & the Environment

Abstract: This paper describes the development of a fiscal impact tool for New Hampshire communities (HT -4-NH). FIT -4-NH belongs to a family of computergenerated fiscal impact assessment models designed to estimate the impacts to local government revenues and expenditures that result from economic changes. In the past, work in this area has centered on the completion of countylevel models for the midwestern states. FIT-4-NH is unique in that it was designed for rural community-level use in the northern New England region of the country.


Unh Survey Finds Teachers And Students Give School Resource Officers High Marks, Erika Mantz Jun 2001

Unh Survey Finds Teachers And Students Give School Resource Officers High Marks, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Child Abuse Reported To The Police., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod May 2001

Child Abuse Reported To The Police., David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Child abuse is commonly regarded as a child welfare problem, and a considerable amount of information has been amassed from this perspective. When a child is assaulted, however, it is not only a child welfare problem, it is a crime, and yet there is a lack of law enforcement data available for researchers to analyze. Use of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), which collects detailed data about crime and its victims, should help fill this gap. This Bulletin describes NIBRS and its role in depicting police experience with child abuse and reports key findings derived from NIBRS data. Analysis …


Unh Hosts Second Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Kim Billings Apr 2001

Unh Hosts Second Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Kim Billings

Media Relations

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 49 (Apr. 24, 2001), The New Hampshire Apr 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 49 (Apr. 24, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


April 30 Holden Lecture Features University Of Washington Scholar, Erika Mantz Apr 2001

April 30 Holden Lecture Features University Of Washington Scholar, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 47 (Apr. 17, 2001), The New Hampshire Apr 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 47 (Apr. 17, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 45 (Apr. 10, 2001), The New Hampshire Apr 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 45 (Apr. 10, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Second Languages In The Us The Subject Of Unh International Seminar, Erika Mantz Mar 2001

Second Languages In The Us The Subject Of Unh International Seminar, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 41 (Mar. 27, 2001), The New Hampshire Mar 2001

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 41 (Mar. 27, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.