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Sexual Boundary Violations Between Peace Officer Agencies And Offenders, Jacqueline Lorraine Goins Jan 2002

Sexual Boundary Violations Between Peace Officer Agencies And Offenders, Jacqueline Lorraine Goins

Theses Digitization Project

Peace officers across this country have allowed a hostile environment to be created with offenders who are in their custody. An overview of the issues to be addressed in this study will begin with sexual boundary violations among peace officers and offenders, such as physical intimacy and emotional commitment that meets the sexual needs of the peace officer.

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Family Mealtimes: Topics Associated With The Adolescent's Academic Standing And Self-Esteem, Deborah Ann Vandenboom Jan 2002

Family Mealtimes: Topics Associated With The Adolescent's Academic Standing And Self-Esteem, Deborah Ann Vandenboom

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to investigate family mealtime dynamics from the adolescent's perspective and explore what topics are discussed compared to what topics they would like to discuss, and to examine the association among mealtimes and the adolescent's academic status and self-esteem.

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Biracial Identity: A Study Of The Biracial Experience With Biracial College Students, Evelyn Louise Galasso Jan 2002

Biracial Identity: A Study Of The Biracial Experience With Biracial College Students, Evelyn Louise Galasso

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to examine biracial identity, and the specific identitiy choices made by biracial individuals at the college level. In addition, this study explored the many factors that may be associated with the choice of a racial/biracial identity.

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Condom Use In 15-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls Before And After Initiating Hormonal Contraception, Mary Louise Placencia Jan 2002

Condom Use In 15-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls Before And After Initiating Hormonal Contraception, Mary Louise Placencia

Theses Digitization Project

This study provides data suggesting that adolescent girls who receive education and hormonal contraceptive methods at a school-based clinic in the Fontana Unified School District, are more likely to have a signficant improvement in condom use, which improves safe sex practices and reduces the risks of sexually transmitted diseases.

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Outcome Measures In Adult Protective Services Interventions, Theresa Angela Parrella Jan 2002

Outcome Measures In Adult Protective Services Interventions, Theresa Angela Parrella

Theses Digitization Project

With the aging of the baby boomers there is a concern for the liklihood of an increase in reported cases of adult and dependent abuse with Adult Protective Services (APS). This study examined what the social work implications were regarding clients who refuse APS interventions and what subsequent outcomes existed. Data was extracted from closed case files for the period of January 1, 2000 and January 31, 2001 in the high desert region of San Bernardino County.

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Connecting Composition And Literature Through The Rhetorical Situation, Maria Luisa Douglas Notarangelo Jan 2002

Connecting Composition And Literature Through The Rhetorical Situation, Maria Luisa Douglas Notarangelo

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis suggests that the idea of the rhetorical situation-a work's text (or language), author, audience, and social context-can serve as a connection between literature, literary theory, and composition studies. Criticisms of Emily Dickinson's Poem 754 are presented, and each is categorized according to the element of the rhetorical situation upon which it focuses.

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Is Society's View Of Sexual Harassment Evolving Along With New Legal Precedents?, Amy Lynn Laufenberg Laufenberg Jan 2002

Is Society's View Of Sexual Harassment Evolving Along With New Legal Precedents?, Amy Lynn Laufenberg Laufenberg

Theses Digitization Project

This study was designed to investigate if society's view of sexual harassment is evolving along with new legal precedents that include remedies for same-sex sexual harassment. By using an aggressive provocation questionnaire and varied scenarios where responses were recorded on a 5-point Likert scale assessing their perception of the level of sexual harassment depicted in the scenario. Thus examining the role of aggression in people's perceptions of sexual harassment.

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Resource Guide For The 2002 General Education Development Exam, Timothy Scott Houser Jan 2002

Resource Guide For The 2002 General Education Development Exam, Timothy Scott Houser

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to develop a beneficial resource guide for teachers of the updated (2002) General Education Development (GED) examination.

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Sparing The Rod?: Social Workers And Corporal Punishment, Christopher Omer Brannon, James Oliver Tanghal Jan 2002

Sparing The Rod?: Social Workers And Corporal Punishment, Christopher Omer Brannon, James Oliver Tanghal

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to develop a survey that would provide professionals with an idea as to the thoughts, feelings, and values that social workers held regarding physical punishment towards a child. Social workers stand in a position to intervene in the intergenerational transmission of violence.

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The Effects Of Perceived Parental Educational Involvement, Acculturation And Self-Esteem On The Academic Performance And Aspirations Of Mexican-American Adolescents, Francisco David Carranza Jan 2002

The Effects Of Perceived Parental Educational Involvement, Acculturation And Self-Esteem On The Academic Performance And Aspirations Of Mexican-American Adolescents, Francisco David Carranza

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of parental educational involvement, acculturation and self-esteem on the academic performance and academic aspirations of Mexican American adolescents.

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An Assessment Of Elderly Health Care Needs And Access In Three Urban San Bernardino Communities, De Anna Le Sabin Jan 2002

An Assessment Of Elderly Health Care Needs And Access In Three Urban San Bernardino Communities, De Anna Le Sabin

Theses Digitization Project

This project was an assessment of elderly health care needs and access. Three urban San Bernardino communities in zip codes 92405, 92410, and 92411 were targeted. The assessment was structured according to King's theoretical construction of community as a multilevel interaction between personal, interpersonal and social systems. The components of the assessment included digital photographs, web-based internet assessments, key informant interviews, and community business visits.

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The Relationship Between Long-Term Effects Of Child Neglect And Parenting Styles, Triny Marilyn Brown, Valerie Jean Bedore Jan 2002

The Relationship Between Long-Term Effects Of Child Neglect And Parenting Styles, Triny Marilyn Brown, Valerie Jean Bedore

Theses Digitization Project

The relationship between long-term effects of child neglect and parenting styles were examined in this study. It was predicted that adults who have been neglected, as children, would be more likely to adopt an authoritarian parenting style.

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University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 2002-2004, University Of Texas At Tyler Jan 2002

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 2002-2004, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

Archives Space instance: https://archivesspace.uttyler.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/22361

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A Comparison Of Grandmothers' And Grandfathers' Stress In Raising Their Grandchildren, Mia Lucero Attruia, Doris Lorraine. Morrow Jan 2002

A Comparison Of Grandmothers' And Grandfathers' Stress In Raising Their Grandchildren, Mia Lucero Attruia, Doris Lorraine. Morrow

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to build on previous descriptive research on grandparents' experiences of stress in raising their grandchildren. The research method used was a qualitative approach. The goal in utilizing a qualitative approach lay in a desire to understand the unique stress experience of grandfathers and grandmothers in raising their grandchildren, as they live it and feel it.

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Closing The Gap Between Research And Practice: Foundations For The Acquisition Of Literacy, Molly De Lemos Jan 2002

Closing The Gap Between Research And Practice: Foundations For The Acquisition Of Literacy, Molly De Lemos

Literacy and numeracy

Over the years two main approaches have emerged in the teaching and learning of reading and writing. One is the 'whole language' approach; the other concentrates more on instruction in phonics. This paper focuses on the theoretical assumptions underlying these two approaches to the teaching of literacy, and the studies which have been undertaken, in the international arena, to find out how children progress, from their earliest educational years, in attaining both initial reading skills and lifelong literacy.

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A Co-Curriculuar Theatre Arts Handbook: Tips And Techniques To Use When Directing A Production At The High School Level, Paul Vernon Wickline Jan 2002

A Co-Curriculuar Theatre Arts Handbook: Tips And Techniques To Use When Directing A Production At The High School Level, Paul Vernon Wickline

All Graduate Projects

This project is a handbook of techniques and strategies for beginning directors of high school drama programs. Included in this handbook are sections on selecting the best productions for your actors, strategies for directing the young actor, helpful hints on how to build a successful extra-curricular drama program, and more. This project was based on a review ofliterature (including extant curriculum guides and articles and textbooks on directing and acting) and the author's fifteen years experience as an actor, director, and theatre arts educator.

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Can Treaty Law Be Supreme, Directly Effective, And Autonomous--All At The Same Time?, Richard Stith, J.H.H. Weiler Jan 2002

Can Treaty Law Be Supreme, Directly Effective, And Autonomous--All At The Same Time?, Richard Stith, J.H.H. Weiler

Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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2002 Jackrabbit Baseball, South Dakota State University Jan 2002

2002 Jackrabbit Baseball, South Dakota State University

Jackrabbit Baseball Media Guides (1998-2015)

2002 Roster
About SDSU
Coach Ekeland
Assistant Coaches
2002 Preview
2002 Lettermen
Player Profiles
2001 Statistics
School Records
Year-by-year statistical leaders
Lettermen
All-NCC Selections
Year-by-Year Scores
Behind the Scenes

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The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Graduate Studies Catalog, 2002-2004, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Jan 2002

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Graduate Studies Catalog, 2002-2004, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Losing Faith : The Process Of Converting To Atheism, Jennifer J. Jacobi Jan 2002

Losing Faith : The Process Of Converting To Atheism, Jennifer J. Jacobi

Graduate Research Papers

The current study examines the process of converting to atheism and the counseling issues associated with it. It is argued that conversion to atheism can be conceptualized according to the model of religious conversion that Paloutzian, Richardson, and Rambo (1999) suggested. Research on atheism is reviewed in terms of how it fits into the stages of this model, and implications for counseling are discussed.

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Soaring To New Heights [Yearbook] 2002, Bridgewater State College Jan 2002

Soaring To New Heights [Yearbook] 2002, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State Yearbooks

Annual yearbook published by the students of the Bridgewater State College. The 2002 yearbook is dedicated to John Heller and Jerrol Justin Toledo.

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Media Literacy In Public Schools, Robert Timothy Chapman Jan 2002

Media Literacy In Public Schools, Robert Timothy Chapman

Theses Digitization Project

This study investigates media literacy curricula in upper-income and lower-income public schools. Twelve principals participated in a telephone survey by answering fifteen questions about their schools and districts.

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Acculturation Experience Of Africa Immigrants In The United States Of American, Judi Minage Ukiru Jan 2002

Acculturation Experience Of Africa Immigrants In The United States Of American, Judi Minage Ukiru

Theses Digitization Project

The conclusions extracted from this research project show that little research has been done on social issues presented by the African immigrant to America. Those charged with public welfare research and intervention must develop tools and strategies necessary to assess the needs of African immigrants, to facilitate their improved adjustment to their environment. African immigrants in the United States can benefit from similar research designs and resources accorded to the Latino and Asian populations.

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Child Abuse And Domestic Abuse: Factors In Reunification, Jane Margaret Scarlett, Bryan Anderson Wing Jan 2002

Child Abuse And Domestic Abuse: Factors In Reunification, Jane Margaret Scarlett, Bryan Anderson Wing

Theses Digitization Project

This study was designed to differentiate the significant demographic and familial factors found in families when reunification is successful versus when reunification fails in cases of child removal due to physical abuse and domestic violence. The purpose of this study was to identify which, if any of these factors, lead to successful reunification. Content analysis of adjudicated cases of child abuse in San Bernardino County was used to transform qualitative information into quantitative data.

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Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz Jan 2002

Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz

Theses Digitization Project

The study investigated the relationship between San Bernardino County Department of Adult Protective Services (APS) client refusal of services and the outcome of their cases. A data extraction tool was used to collect demographic information about the APS clients and their perpetrators, types and number of contacts made by the APS worker, types of abuse, reasons for refusal, and outcomes from closed APS cases for the San Bernardino, Ontario, and Rancho Cucamonga regions.

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Road Rage: Where Is It Coming From?, Steven Leigh Pennington Jan 2002

Road Rage: Where Is It Coming From?, Steven Leigh Pennington

Theses Digitization Project

This project will address the increasing problem of violence on our nations roadways. This form of violence, termed road rage, is also occurring worldwide.

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Representations Of Scotland In Edwin Morgan's Poetry, Theresa Fernandez Mendoza-Kovich Jan 2002

Representations Of Scotland In Edwin Morgan's Poetry, Theresa Fernandez Mendoza-Kovich

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis is an examination of the poetry of Edwin Morgan. It is a cultural analysis of Morgan's poetry as representation of the Scottish people. Morgan's poetry represents the Scottish people as determined and persistent in dealing with life's adversities while maintaining hope in a better future.

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Dementia And Elder Abuse In Domestic Settings, Karen Ann Anderson, Ann Watschke-Dixon Jan 2002

Dementia And Elder Abuse In Domestic Settings, Karen Ann Anderson, Ann Watschke-Dixon

Theses Digitization Project

America's growing elder population affects every segment of the social, political and economic landscape. This population has generated public concern and debate reagarding the problems faced by this often-vulnerable group, including the issue of elder abuse. This research project examined associations between dementia and elder abuse in domestic settings utilizing secondary data obtained from Adult Protective Services of San Bernardino County.

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Removal, Reunification, And Reentry: The State Of Foster Care Children And Their Substance-Abusing Parents, Jeannette Doswell Jan 2002

Removal, Reunification, And Reentry: The State Of Foster Care Children And Their Substance-Abusing Parents, Jeannette Doswell

Theses Digitization Project

The increasing number of children who have reentered foster care is a pervasive problem today. The present study examined the recovery of substance-dependent parents and the length of time between reunification and a maltreatment recurrence event.

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A Satisfaction Survey Of Relative Caretakers, Teri Lynn Elliott, Sandra. Medina Jan 2002

A Satisfaction Survey Of Relative Caretakers, Teri Lynn Elliott, Sandra. Medina

Theses Digitization Project

It is assumed that a parenting role by a grandparent or grandparents has been tied to life events, Such as divorce or the death of their own children. The parent was no longer in the picture and the grandparent stepped in to care for the children. Although this pattern has by no means disappeared, society is now seeing more and more cases of dysfunctional parents who are unable or unwilling to raise their own children who are therefore being raised by the grandparent. relative caregivers such as grandparents.

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