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Drug Courts And The De Facto Legalization Of Drug Use For Participants In Residential Treatment Facilities, Andrew Armstrong

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

For Mice Or Men Or Children - Will The Expansion Of The Eighth Amendment In Atkins V. Virginia Force The Supreme Court To Re-Examine The Minimum Age For The Death Penalty, Jamie Hughes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Cultural Assessment Of Employee Motivation In The Brazilian Hotel Industry: A Comparison Between The Northeast And The Southeast, Ana Claudia Quadros Gomes

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study used Hofstede's (1980) Value Survey Module to compare culture and Hackman and Oldham's (1980) intrinsic motivation six-item measure to compare motivation to work between hotel employees in Northeast and Southeast Brazil. The results of this study showed there are significant cultural differences between the two regions. These differences are correlated to motivation; Sub cultural differences found between Northeast and Southeast Brazil require that training contents and organizational culture differ between the regions since employees' values and needs and values are not the same. The correlation between culture and motivation suggests that cultural differences may be used by managers …

Teachers' Perceptions Of Societal Factors In Teacher Education During The 1980s, Suzanne Michele Katz

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Over the past 150 years teacher education has continually been accepted as a necessity for those charged with instructing the young, especially when paired with the common school movement. If all school-aged children were to be in classrooms it followed that teachers trained in educating students needed to be available. As school populations exploded from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, most communities called for teachers in increasing numbers. Such is an example of the link between societal factors and the education of teachers. The political, historic, and societal foundations on which the practice of teacher education is grounded …

Frederick Douglass And The Gospel Of Zarathustra / By Neil Segars, Neil Segars

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Effect Of Natural Disasters On Congressional Elections / By Henry Alfred Sumrall, Ii, Henry Alfred Sumrall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Comparison Of Insurance Consumer Behavior Between Hong Kong And Shenzhen Residents, Hong Wa Choi, Chun Pong Tse

Bachelor Degree - Management - Final Year Project

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Sex Education In The Schools: What Role Does It Play?, Darby H. Mcelderry, Hatim A. Omar

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Information regarding pubertal development, sex, pregnancy, and contraception should be provided to children and adolescents in an age-appropriate manner from parents, health care providers, and schools. This article reviews the medical literature on school sex education programs, adolescents' perception of these programs, and the role played by the media, parents, and health care professionals in sexual education of teens.

Parenting Adolescents, Sandra L. D'Angelo, Hatim A. Omar

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

The period of adolescence is often thought to be one of intense stress and turmoil. Yet many parents and teens negotiate this developmental stage without extreme family conflict and without sacrificing close relationships. This review summarizes a portion of the literature on parent-adolescent relationships, focusing on monitoring and control of adolescent behavior and parenting style. Basic principles to emphasize when working with adolescents and parents are also included.

Brand Development By Small Firms, Aoife Hackett

Theses

The thesis explores the process of developing and managing brands. Particular emphasis is placed on how small enterprises gain recognition and acceptance for brands, the obstacles they encounter and how they surmount these obstacles.

In a review of the literature, brand management strategies and the value of brand loyalty to a business were discussed. Brand equity and measurement and measures of brand equity were also reviewed.

Interviews were conducted with large successful firms to discover arrangements and processes they employ to maintain market support, to extend the coverage or application of their brands to new product versions or new segments, …

The Repatriation Of Corporate Female Executives : A European Study, Colette Collins-O'Sullivan

Theses

Over the past number of years there has been an increasing recognition that an important element of a successful foreign assignment includes a successful repatriation process. In recent years, empirical studies of women in international management from a European perspective have been carried out, however, the topic of female repatriation still remains a relatively unexplored area. The majority of the existing research on repatriation is taken from a male perspective. The particular focus of this study is the repatriation process from a female perspective. Twenty-seven senior international female managers representing a wide range of industry and service sectors were interviewed. …

Victim Impact Statements In Capital Trials: A Selected Bibliography, Jean M. Callihan

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Deception In Morality And Law, Larry Alexander, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Ten Years Of Payne: Victim Impact Evidence In Capital Cases, John H. Blume

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

A little over a decade ago, in Payne v. Tennessee, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for capital sentencing juries to consider “victim impact evidence” (VIE). Reversing its prior decisions in Booth v. Maryland and South Carolina v. Gathers, a six to three majority of the Court held that “if the State chooses to permit the admission of victim impact evidence and prosecutorial argument on that subject, the Eighth Amendment erects no per se bar.” Part I of this Article will discuss the Court’s prior decisions in Booth and Gathers, and Parts II and III will …

Speeding In Reverse: An Anecdotal View Of Why Victim Impact Testimony Should Not Be Driving Capital Prosecutions, Sheri Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Victim Characteristics And Victim Impact Evidence In South Carolina Capital Cases, Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen P. Garvey, Martin T. Wells

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The use of victim impact evidence (VIE) has been a standard feature of capital trials since 1991, when the Supreme Court lifted the previously existing constitutional bar to such evidence. Legal scholars have almost universally condemned the use of VIE, criticizing it on a variety of grounds. Yet little empirical analysis exists that examines how VIE influences the course and outcome of capital trials. We analyze the influence of VIE based on interviews with over two-hundred jurors who sat on capital trials in South Carolina between 1985 and 2001.

First, we describe the VIE introduced at sentencing trials, using a …

American Shame : The Psychodynamics Of Willa Cather's The Song Of The Lark, Stephen Monroe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Sexual Aggression And Impulsivity : An Examination Of Impulsivity As A Moderating Variable In Sexual Aggression, Hillary Hunt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Fragmentation And Disorganization In Written Trauma Narratives : A Comparison Of Measurement Methods / By Sushma Topiwala Roberts, Sushma Topiwala Roberts

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Determining The Causes Of Symptom Outcome In The Victims Of Pursuit Behaviors (Stalking) / By Tory A. Seif, Tory A. Seif

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Agnus Dei : An Exploration And Presentation Of John Pielmeier's Agnes Of God / By Mark Curtis Reeves, Mark Curtis Reeves

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising On The Quality Of The Patient-Physician Relationship / By Mansi B. Shah, Mansi B. Shah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Miranda's Demise, Steven D. Clymer

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Miranda v. Arizona has been a prominent fixture of the American criminal justice system, as well as police television shows and movies, for more than a third of a century. And when, amid considerable fanfare, the Supreme Court in June 2000 announced its decision in Dickerson v. United States, it appeared that Miranda would retain that status for the foreseeable future. In Dickerson, a surprisingly large 7–2 majority settled a long-standing debate about the constitutional legitimacy of Miranda, holding that the Miranda rules are firmly grounded in the Fifth Amendment’s self-incrimination clause.

But now, a mere three …

Evaluation Of The Maudsley Addiction Profile (Map) For Use With An American Substance Abuse Population, Hannelore T. Barbieri

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Multi-dimensional instruments in the addiction field developed in the United States as well as in other countries are limited. The Maudsley Addiction Profile (MAP), a brief, multi-dimensional instrument developed in the United Kingdom (UK), is designed to assess the treatment outcome of individuals with alcohol and/or drug (AOD) problems and associated issues. This measure consists of sixty items across the domains of substance use, health risk, physical/ psychological health and personal/social functioning. The MAP, which has been validated on British as well as on several European samples of substance abusers, has been suggested for further validation. The current study was …

Patients Presenting For Psychiatric Emergency Services : Clinical Characteristics, Psychosocial Stressors And Disposition, Kristen Maura Cirelli

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of 600 individuals who presented to two Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) located in one county of southern New Jersey. A retrospective chart analysis investigated demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables that describe the PES presenter. It also examined how these variables differ between the urban and suburban sites, and how they affected the disposition decision. Because there is a paucity of information investigating the role that psychosocial stressors play, there was specific focus on psychosocial stressors as defined by Axis IV of the multiaxial system outlined in the American Psychiatric Association's …

Adam, Eve, And Emma: On Criminal Responsibility And Moral Wisdom, Thomas Morawetz

Faculty Articles and Papers

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The Epidemiology Of Critique, Michael Fischl

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Trouble With Daubert-Kumho: Reconsidering The Supreme Court's Philosophy Of Science, The, David Crump

Missouri Law Review

This Article begins with a brief exploration of the philosophy of science that is laid out in the Daubert, Joiner, and Kumho cases. It then proceeds to examine the question, “what is science”? A related section considers the disadvantages and ironic results of the Daubert-Kumho definition of science. Next, the Article considers the characteristics of a good scientific theory or model. It compares the resulting criteria to those set out in Daubert and its progeny and shows how the Supreme Court’s philosophy can produce dubious consequences. A final section sets out the conclusions, which include the possibility that the Supreme …

Semiotics, Hermeneutics And Cash: An Essay On The True And Fair View, Lawrence A. Cunningham

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

Cash is king. As countries struggle to develop accounting standards that translate across borders, the cash flow statement is a promising place to look. This essay reviews global accounting practices in several countries, showing how angst expressed in concepts such as semiotics and hermeneutics are both fascinating and unnecessary. In doing so, it considers continuing weaknesses in the US regulatory model, including in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and shows ways that markets have been ahead of regulators in developing convergence in financial reporting.

Cd / Pc 650 Aspects Of Aging: Developmental, Cultural, Religious, Harold W. Burgess

Syllabi

1. John C. Cavenaugh and Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Adult Development and Aging (2002). This text presents a standard psychological perspective on aging and the scientific study of aging. It is a basic introduction to aspects of aging from a gerontological perspective. 2. Charles G. Oakes, Working the Gray Zone (2000). After a long career as a gerontologist, Oakes reflects on the ways in which the church could work more effectively (and Christianly) with older adults.