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Judge Decision Protocols Conforming To The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act, Jackline Browder
Judge Decision Protocols Conforming To The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act, Jackline Browder
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) assists courts in applying key factors when determining the jurisdiction of the child’s home state in custody rulings. Family court judges have the task of determining the outcome of child custody rulings. Although the UCCJEA exists, application of the act varies by state. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine (a) if the application of the UCCJEA and its factors are applied in custody court cases, (b) if judges used or attempted to conform to the UCCJEA, and (c) if any outside factors were identified or applied to judge …
Vicarious Trauma Experienced By Human Trafficking Victim Service Providers, V'Hesspa Glenn
Vicarious Trauma Experienced By Human Trafficking Victim Service Providers, V'Hesspa Glenn
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Human trafficking involves the commercial exploitation of others for labor or sexual purposes and is underreported, underdetected, and underprosecuted. Vicarious trauma is described as negative reactions to working with individuals experiencing complex trauma and includes changes in helping professionals’ self and disruptions in cognitive schemas, identities, memories, and belief systems about others and the world. Many researchers have explored various aspects of human trafficking and secondary trauma in trauma-exposed helping professionals, but there is a dearth of qualitative literature that explored vicarious trauma in human trafficking victim service providers. The research question and purpose of this qualitative, interpretative phenomenological study …
Effects Of Intervention And Prevention Programs On Youth Risk-Taking Behavior In Monroe County, Audrey D. Davis
Effects Of Intervention And Prevention Programs On Youth Risk-Taking Behavior In Monroe County, Audrey D. Davis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Crime committed by adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 is a recurring issue in the United States. Research showed a number of contributing factors associated with youth risk-taking behaviors and juvenile delinquency. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to improve the understanding of the relationship between intervention and prevention programs and curbing risk-taking and delinquency among adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 in Monroe County, New York. This study addressed the connection between modern theories of deviance and programs of juvenile delinquency intervention as conceptualized by Chapman as the theoretical framework. Using intrinsic case …
Examination Of Strategies To Implementing Chip-And-Personal Identification Number Credit Card Authentication Infrastructures, Neville Arthur Gallimore
Examination Of Strategies To Implementing Chip-And-Personal Identification Number Credit Card Authentication Infrastructures, Neville Arthur Gallimore
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Chip-and-Personal Identification Number (PIN) technology is seen as a game changer in many e-commerce industries and a transformational technology in the 21st century. However, security concerns have made chip-and-PIN adoption relatively slow. Massive unauthorized card payment transactions in the United States (U.S.) cost victims an estimate totaling billions of dollars. Information Technology (IT) managers are concerned with credit card fraud's financial loss and liability cost. Grounded in Rogers’s diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic study was to explore strategies used by IT managers to transition their e-commerce organizations to chip-and-PIN credit card authentication infrastructures. The participants …
The Impact Of Pbis Instructional Strategies On Student Engagement, Kathy Hughes-Tucker
The Impact Of Pbis Instructional Strategies On Student Engagement, Kathy Hughes-Tucker
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSchool districts across the United States are using multiple systems to improve teacher instruction and student engagement. The problem at a middle school in North Texas is that it is unknown how middle school teachers are using Positive Behaviors Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to engage students. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how sixth-grade teachers are using PBIS instructional strategies to engage students, as well as sixth-grade teachers’ perceptions of PBIS for engaging students in the classroom. PBIS, along with Watson’s behavioral theory and Vygotsky’s cognitive development theory, served as the conceptional framework for this study. …
Experiences Of African American Female Offenders On Parole And Under Community Supervision, Shirley Lawson
Experiences Of African American Female Offenders On Parole And Under Community Supervision, Shirley Lawson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
African American female offenders on parole under community supervision reenter communities as convicted felons and face the challenges of intersectionality and collateral consequences. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the experiences of African American female offenders active on parole and under community supervision. General strain theory was used to explore the experiences of African American female offenders on parole and under community supervision. Data were collected through semi-structured telephone interviews with a purposive sample of 10 African American female offenders, ages 18 and above who were on parole and under community supervision. Colaizzi’s seven-step method …
Barriers That Prevent Officers From Seeking Mental Health Support, Jessica Jude Ziegler
Barriers That Prevent Officers From Seeking Mental Health Support, Jessica Jude Ziegler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractLaw enforcement officers have hidden their inability to cope with the exposure to trauma and occupational stress endemic to the profession. This particular community continues to suffer because of the stigma associated with seeking mental health and stress management. The problem this study addressed are factors embedded within police culture that deter officers working in the Tampa Bay region from help-seeking behaviors. There is a critical need to evaluate officers’ perceptions in order to provide lifesaving tools that can ultimately mitigate police suicide. Participants were ten police officers from six different agencies located within the Tampa Bay region. Data were …
Strategies For Banks Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Finance Compliance Programs To Protect Financial Systems, Pamela L. Connell
Strategies For Banks Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Finance Compliance Programs To Protect Financial Systems, Pamela L. Connell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective implementation of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs exposes the vulnerability of banks’ and increases the threats of money laundering and terrorist financing. The banking community must address the threat of money laundering and terrorism finance to protect the global financial system from abuse. Grounded in the fraud management lifecycle theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies to reduce threats of money laundering and terrorist financing. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, a review of bank policy documents, and previous Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) cases. The participants comprised six BSA/AML compliance officers at banks …
Psychosocial Characteristics Of Health Care Providers Who Sexually Offend Minor Patients, David Richard Davenport
Psychosocial Characteristics Of Health Care Providers Who Sexually Offend Minor Patients, David Richard Davenport
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Male health care provider sexual misconduct with minor patients is an ongoing problem in the United States. Previous research has produced a scant amount of insight regarding the phenomenon, and there is a lack of causal model development. Multimodal self-regulation theory served as the guide for the research questions in this study, which explored the psychopathology, paraphilia, and negative childhood experiences of male U.S. health care providers who commit sexual misconduct against minor patients. The goal was to develop offender profiles for each of five health care provider groups. Exploratory research was used with a grounded theory design for data …
Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Emotional Health Of Military Police, Murat M. Elahi
Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Emotional Health Of Military Police, Murat M. Elahi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In recent years, reports of police stress during the COVID-19 pandemic have proliferated across the United States. The extent and nature of the pandemic on the morale and emotional health of law enforcement and the communities they serve have received significant attention from scholars and researchers. In addition, a growing body of literature examining the impact on work performance and overall mental health of first responders serving selflessly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic also exists. However, there was gap in the research of the impacts on the emotional health of military police members that have worked during the …
Perceptions Of Support For Adult Students At A Community College, Holle Lynn Ford
Perceptions Of Support For Adult Students At A Community College, Holle Lynn Ford
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Adult college students face unique challenges that can derail their dreams of completing a degree or certificate program. The problem addressed in this study was that, although postsecondary institutions in Tennessee have been tasked with equipping at least 55% of adult residents with a college degree or certificate by the year 2025, some college leaders were struggling with how to best support adult students. Guided by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to better understand what supports were needed to best meet the needs of adult students who are completing a degree or …
The Effects Of Federal Funding Reductions On Emergency Shelters In Urban U.S. Sanctuary Cities., Venice Hylton
The Effects Of Federal Funding Reductions On Emergency Shelters In Urban U.S. Sanctuary Cities., Venice Hylton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractWhen the U.S. federal government reduces funding to urban sanctuary cities because of those cities’ refusal to cooperate with federal law enforcement agents this affects the services offered by the municipalities to their residents. The purpose of this study was to provide a better understanding of the effects that withdrawal of federal funds from urban sanctuary cities have on people experiencing homelessness. The social exchange theory provided the theoretical foundation for the study, which featured a qualitative exploratory case study design and involved interviews with four shelter administrators in three mid-Atlantic states. The participants described (a) the effects of reduced …
The Damages Of Outstanding Veterans Disability Compensation Claims, Lisa Marie Mckinney
The Damages Of Outstanding Veterans Disability Compensation Claims, Lisa Marie Mckinney
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Department of Veterans Affairs failed to process service disability claims promptly, which resulted a backlog from 1993 to present. This impacted veterans by limiting medical care and affected their quality of life. For the past 30 years or longer, military veterans have complained about their quality of life and the status of their service-connected disability claim. The fundamental purpose of the study was to discover how veterans’ quality of life was affected while waiting for their final word on disability comprehensive benefits and or their appeal cases. Human resource theory and the Institutional Analysis and Development assessment were used …
Stigma Toward People With Opioid Use Disorder In Southwest Michigan, Kathy A. Carruthers
Stigma Toward People With Opioid Use Disorder In Southwest Michigan, Kathy A. Carruthers
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The opioid epidemic is one of the largest health problems in America. In one Southwest Michigan county, opioid overdose deaths increased from 36 deaths in 2008 to 104 deaths in 2017. In the same county, stigma was identified as the highest-ranked reason people do not seek opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine knowledge that social work practitioners have regarding stigma toward people who inject drugs with OUD in Southwest Michigan. The purpose aligned with social work values as people with OUD are marginalized and cannot advocate for themselves. The theoretical framework that guided …
Mothers’ Perceptions Of Quality Of Life After A Prison Nursery Program, Gwendolyn D. Burke
Mothers’ Perceptions Of Quality Of Life After A Prison Nursery Program, Gwendolyn D. Burke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractRoughly 1,400 babies are born annually to incarcerated women in the United States. A few mothers keep their babies with them in a prison nursery program. Most incarcerated women return to living in a community setting. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experience of mothers transitioning from a prison nursery program to a community-based program with their prison-born child and their perception of their quality of life (QOL) postincarceration. Sen’s capability approach of well-being, including a multidimensional measure of QOL, was the theoretical foundation for this study. In-depth semistructured interviews were used to explore the experience …
Providers’ Perceptions Of Chiropractic Care In Treatment Of Opioid Addiction, Rebekah Jan Khan
Providers’ Perceptions Of Chiropractic Care In Treatment Of Opioid Addiction, Rebekah Jan Khan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Fifteen hundred people in the United States die each week from opioid-related overdoses. In addition, the U.S. court system has been inundated with individuals facing legal proceedings, with opioid addiction, impacted competency, and recidivism. There has been a call for alternatives to address the crisis. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of (addiction) providers regarding chiropractic treatment in the management of opioid addiction. The health belief theory was used to guide the study. Interview data were collected from six participants via Zoom or phone. Thematic analysis resulted in four emergent themes: lack of knowledge of …
Exploring Perceptions Of Staff Preparedness For Emergency Response In Transitional Houses In Texas, Patrick Onuoha
Exploring Perceptions Of Staff Preparedness For Emergency Response In Transitional Houses In Texas, Patrick Onuoha
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractDisaster preparedness for emergency response within transitional houses is a problem that often fails to receive attention, a situation that can lead to injuries or death during disaster events. One of the factors responsible for this lapse is the contractual nature of most of the transitional houses, with inherent inadequacies in types and quality of services. Although research in this area is relatively scarce, a synthesis of literature reviewed suggested greater focus on disaster management in other areas and almost nothing with regards to transitional houses. The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand staff emergency preparedness in …
Factors Associated With Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use And Prescription Opioid Misuse Among Rural Americans, Brittany Cox
Factors Associated With Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use And Prescription Opioid Misuse Among Rural Americans, Brittany Cox
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Opioid misuse is a rapidly evolving health epidemic in the United States, leading to opioid use disorders, overdose deaths, and disparities in treatment. The rural population may be more susceptible given socioeconomic status, less educational attainment, and lower income. The impact on specific populations is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to identify the association of nonmedical prescription opioid use (NPOU), prescription opioid misuse (POM), and treatment-seeking with race, age, sex, education, and insurance status among rural Americans. The social-ecological model (SEM) served as the theoretical framework. The SEM described the interplay between individual, relationship, community, and …
A Social Constructivism View Of Police Community Relations In Saint Louis' Inner-City Communities, Tyrone Carter
A Social Constructivism View Of Police Community Relations In Saint Louis' Inner-City Communities, Tyrone Carter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The implementation of policies and initiatives often have adverse effects, causing societal harm or encouraging unprecedented events. Proactive policing strategies like Stop and Frisk Initiatives or similar tactics have historically caused trust issues between Missouri law enforcement and the community they protect and serve, complicating an inevitable relationship needed to enhance public safety. This research sought to examine how community public perception and social constructions influence government laws and statutes in Saint Louis. The theory that guided this study was the Social Constructions of Target Populations Theory; the case study examined how implicit biases in law enforcement shape the perceptions …
Examining Middle And High School Administrators Strategies To Support Parent Involvement And Student Achievement, Rosalind Marie Ellis
Examining Middle And High School Administrators Strategies To Support Parent Involvement And Student Achievement, Rosalind Marie Ellis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Middle and high school administrators in a Midwest school district needed to implement strategies to support parent involvement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine how middle and high school administrators implemented strategies to support parent involvement that may influence student achievement. The conceptual framework that supported this study was Epstein’s framework of six types of involvement. The research questions focused on how middle and high school administrators implemented strategies to support parent involvement that may influence student achievement and how the administrators perceived the effectiveness of the strategies they implemented. Semistructured interviews were used to collect …
African American Men’S Experiences With Reentry Programs With Employment And Wraparound Services, Trelles Evans
African American Men’S Experiences With Reentry Programs With Employment And Wraparound Services, Trelles Evans
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem that was addressed in this study is the high cost that communities pay when African American men returning home from prison do not receive proper resources to prepare them for returning to the community and then end up reincarcerated due to criminal behavior and violations of parole or probation. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the daily lived experiences of African American men between the ages of 30 and 50 who receive real-life transitional employment with wrap-around service opportunities through reentry programs. No research was found that explored the daily experiences of those individuals …
Decision Making By Law Enforcement Supervisors Regarding Professional Courtesy And Discretion, Jennifer Marie Hollifield
Decision Making By Law Enforcement Supervisors Regarding Professional Courtesy And Discretion, Jennifer Marie Hollifield
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractRecent studies suggest a negative shift in the way the public views U.S. law enforcement officers (LEOs), including an increased lack of trust. Mistrust may be attributed to misuse of power, abuse of discretion, or the extension of professional courtesy by LEOs. While discretion, and the misuse of discretion has been studied by many scholars, decision making process related to professional courtesy has not been studied as a contributing factor. The problem addressed in this study is the negative environment of mistrust between law enforcement and the public that can make it difficult for an officer to do their job …
Exploring The Impact Of Student Conduct Models On Student Development At Hbcus, Deona Cureton
Exploring The Impact Of Student Conduct Models On Student Development At Hbcus, Deona Cureton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The effectiveness of the student conduct approaches of the mixed method model, a mixture of restorative justice and traditional sanctioning, and traditional sanctioning, known as the “model code,” in student learning at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has been largely unexamined in existing literature. This quantitative study examined whether the model code process or a mixed method model process is more effective and efficient in producing learning and accountability. The present study utilized the 28-item questionnaire from the Student Accountability and Restorative Research (STARR) Project, a multicampus study conducted in 2011 in the United States. In the current study, …
Child Welfare Workers’ Development Of Cultural Competency For Clients In Poverty, Rachel Armstead
Child Welfare Workers’ Development Of Cultural Competency For Clients In Poverty, Rachel Armstead
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Children of families living in poverty are at a higher risk of being victims of child maltreatment than children of families not living in poverty. Many families involved in the child welfare system live in poverty and have low socioeconomic status. The National Association of Social Workers requires all social workers to have a level of cultural awareness, knowledge, and skill to engage clients from diverse cultures. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore child welfare workers’ understanding of cultural competence and their implementation of culturally sensitive practices as they engage clients living in poverty. Bacote’s cultural competence …
Disparities In The Sentencing Of African American Men In Wayne County, Michigan, Brian Banks
Disparities In The Sentencing Of African American Men In Wayne County, Michigan, Brian Banks
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe ability of judges in the U.S. criminal justice system to administer penalties based on a defendant’s socioeconomic status has resulted in a disproportionate number of African Americans receiving harsher penalties than those of other racial groups and socioeconomic statuses. Currently, there is little evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of harsher sentencing of defendants with lower socioeconomic statuses in preventing crime or lowering recidivism, but more work is needed to clarify what sentencing factors judges use. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the factors that Wayne County, Michigan, judges used during the sentencing process of criminal defendants, along …
Effects Of Expungement Laws And Public Perception On Employers’ Attitudes Toward Hiring Wrongfully Convicted Individuals, Tija Lashon Hopkins
Effects Of Expungement Laws And Public Perception On Employers’ Attitudes Toward Hiring Wrongfully Convicted Individuals, Tija Lashon Hopkins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractMany studies have been conducted with a focus on wrongful convictions, but few have been conducted that were focused on the effects of wrongful convictions on hiring managers when it comes to issues of employment for exonerates. Criminal background checks are frequently a part of the hiring process, and hiring managers may lack knowledge or awareness of issues facing wrongfully convicted individuals in terms of record expungement and sealing. Simultaneously, public perception may hinder hiring managers’ desire to extend employment offers to exonerates, as hiring managers might fear reprisal from customers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore …
The Impact Of Wrongful Death Lawsuits On Police Officers, Richard Kevin Powers
The Impact Of Wrongful Death Lawsuits On Police Officers, Richard Kevin Powers
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Law enforcement has become known as one of the most stressful occupations. Stress can have negative impacts on police officers’ professional careers and their personal life. This qualitative research revealed the unseen pressure of wrongful death lawsuits involving police officers, especially those cleared of any criminal wrongdoings. The study explored the police officers' perceptions while gaining knowledge from their lived experiences of how wrongful death lawsuits impacted them professionally and personally. This qualitative study was guided by the person-in-environment theory, which means that the environment can affect the police officer. In return, the police officer can affect the environment. The …
The Need For Belonging For Previously Incarcerated Probationers, Alaina Elam
The Need For Belonging For Previously Incarcerated Probationers, Alaina Elam
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research on offender rehabilitation has primarily focused on providing those who are incarcerated with programs and resources to mitigate the circumstances that would lead to recidivism. There is an absence of research on how the need for belonging could reduce recidivism in probationers. Recidivism remains a social problem for many U.S. communities, as those being released are not properly equipped for their transition. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of probationers regarding their transition into their community, recidivism, and their need for belonging. As individual fulfillment and human motivation were examined, Maslow’s self-actualization …
Reporting Sexual Revictimization: The Decision-Making Process For Victims With Prior Reporting Experience, Jessica Paige Frye Holcomb
Reporting Sexual Revictimization: The Decision-Making Process For Victims With Prior Reporting Experience, Jessica Paige Frye Holcomb
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
It is widely known that sexual assault is a pervasive global health issue. Victims of sexual assault face a greater risk of later being sexually revictimized. Despite its prevalence, sexual assault is the most underreported of violent crimes. Existing research has explored rates of formal and informal sexual assault disclosure, barriers, and motivators to report as well as survivor experiences withing the criminal justice process. However, the deciding factors for sexual assault victims in reporting revictimization or how any prior experience making a report may impact their decision to report subsequent assaults have not been studied previously. The purpose of …
Disciplinary Practices Among High School Administrators, Stephanie Ganaway-Pasley
Disciplinary Practices Among High School Administrators, Stephanie Ganaway-Pasley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
School administrators are responsible for the safety and physical well-being of the students. Although school disciplinary policies are in place, there is a problem with school administrators' practices and decisions when administering discipline for students' inappropriate behavior. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to explore the disciplinary processes used by school administrators when administering student discipline to determine the relationship between levels of offenses and the gender and race of students. Guided by the theory of justice, this study investigated the relationship between the level of offenses and disciplinary processes that reflect the level of offenses, as described in …