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2008 Honor Roll Of Donors, Lindenwood University

Donor Reports

2008 Lindenwood University donor report.

Identifying Preschool Students In Need Of Early Intervention, Cassie Delso Wells

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate a screening instrument targeting identification of preschool students in need of early intervention in order to determine the screening instrument's predictive validity. This study specifically examined the relationship between student scores on the DIALS and student achievement in reading at the end of first grade. All participants in the study were residing on Alaska's North Slope and the majority were Alaska Natives. The remote geographic location of the North Slope along with the ancient traditions of the Inupiat Eskimos, including the Inupiaq language that is still spoken among the residents of the …

Usa V. Wecht

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

2008 Fall - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

No abstract provided.

Sami Matters (Fall 2008), Center For Evidence Based Practices

SAMI Matters

A newsletter of the Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE). The SAMI CCOE is a partnership between the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Research Institute at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, CWRU. The partnership is in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health.

Nebraska Community Learning Center Network: Expanded Learning Opportunity Fund Mapping Project, Mitchel Herian, Nancy Shank

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on Terminology and Population
Fund Mapping Challenges
Approach and Presentation
Fund Mapping Results
Current Funding
Survey of Nebraska Funding Sources
Summary of Federal Funding Programs
Early Childhood Care
Survey of Nebraska Afterschool Programs
Federal Funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Nebraska Crime Commission
Parental Involvement
Potential Funding
Summary of Federal Programs
Discussion of 2008 Survey of Funding Sources
Future Directions and Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix A - Summer 2008 Survey of Organizations that Fund Expanded Learning Opportunities
Appendix B - Potential Federal Programs for Expanded Learning Opportunities
Appendix C - …

Lindenwood University Student Handbook, 2008-2009, Lindenwood University

Student Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University students.

Jsu Rotc Alumni Chapter Newsletter | Volume 11, Issue 2 (2008), Jacksonville State University Reserve Officers' Training Corps Alumni Chapter

ROTC Historical Documents

The JSU ROTC Newsletter is an unofficial alumni newsletter published in the interest of JSU ROTC alumni. The newsletter offers information on ROTC events, updates, scholarship recipients, newly commissioned officers, and alumni.

Usa V. Raghunathan

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Undergraduate Catalog - The School Year 2008-2010, Prairie View A&M University

Undergraduate Catalog

No abstract provided.

Criminal Psychological Profiling: A Comparative Study Of Knowledge And Perception Between Police Officers And Criminology And Criminal Justice Students, Bonnie Lynn Bevers

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge and perceptions of police officers from police departments in North Texas and students in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at the University of Texas at Arlington on criminal psychological profiling. Data was obtained from a sample of graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Arlington and police officers in the Investigation Unit at Irving Police Department. Officers and students seemed to agree that criminal psychological profiling was a significant tool in the criminal justice field, while having differing perceptions of whether education or experience were more …

Predictors Of Critical Thinking As A Component Of An Outcomes Assessment In A Graduate Level School Of Social Work., Tonya Michelle Tucker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study utilized the standardized California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) Form 2000 to measure students' pretest and post test critical thinking abilities prior to and upon completion of a critical thinking infused curriculum. In addition, the researcher also tested a predictor model for students' entry level critical thinking skills, as well as two separate predictor models for students' acquired critical thinking skills. The researcher not only tested each of the models using the total scores, but also for the subscales of analytic, inference, evaluation, deductive and inductive. A paired samples t test indicated there were no significant differences between …

Sin City Kentucky : Newport, Kentucky's Vice Heritage And Its Legal Extinction, 1920-1991., Michael L. Williams 1948-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an examination and analysis of the role of law enforcement in the transformation of a city's downtown from one dominated by sleazy strip bars and prostitutes to one of family entertainment. The focus is on the police and prosecutors; however, a substantial portion of the thesis discusses the role of Newport, Kentucky's, City Commission. The thesis chronicles Newport's vice history from early Prohibition through the early 1990s and the impact of city government upon anti-vice efforts becomes evident, but law enforcement that paved the way. The approach is chronological. Newport's transformation was an evolutionary process. Elected officials …

Securities Fraud, Recidivism, And Deterrence, Jayne W. Barnard

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Catalog, 2008-2009, Roger Williams University

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Police Chiefs' Use And Executive Subordinates' Perceived Use Of Non-Performance And Performance Based Criteria In Promotional Decisions: Organizational Mobility Channels, Bill D. Press

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The purpose of this study was to investigate police promotion and channels of mobility from an "appointed perspective" by those who do the appointments, as well as those chosen for the appointment. There were two ultimate goals of this study. The first was to describe the characteristics of police chiefs and subordinate police executives, and the importance of non-performance based criteria and performance based criteria used in promotion decision making by police chiefs and perceptions of use by subordinate police executives. The second was to extend the intra-organizational mobility model developed by Beehr and Taber (1993), with four additional non-performance …

Happiness And Punishment, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan Masur

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2008 Fall, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Fall 2008.

An Evaluation Of The Texas Team’S Teen Dating Violence Awareness And Prevention Toolkit, Nöel Bridget Busch-Armendariz, Karen Kalergis, Alison Little, Hyeyoung Woo, Jacqueline Garza, Tiffany Ross, Institute On Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of the evaluation project is to assess the process and the outcomes of implementing an intervention based on the Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Toolkit. For this purpose, the IDVSA research team developed a model for schools to follow based on multiple materials in the Toolkit. The project looked at how effective the intervention was in increasing awareness of dating violence among teens and knowledge of how to respond if they or their peers are in an abusive relationship.

The findings are organized into three sections based on the sources of data. The first section records the …

Summer Commencement: August 1, 2008, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Summer Commencement program from August 1, 2008.

The Overlooked Group: Career Preparation For Counselors-In-Training, Devika Dibya Choudhuri, Irene Mass Ametrano

Michigan Journal of Counseling: Research, Theory and Practice

There is a lack of specific resources for preparing counselors-in-training for their future profession. This article strives to identify and discuss some of the unique challenges and career preparation issues faced by master’s level counselors. The responsibility of counselor education programs to send out new counselors who are adequately prepared for the workforce is addressed, and examples of career resources used in one master’s level training program are provided.

The Forgotten Minority: A Cross-Sectional And Time-Series Analysis Of American Indian/Alaska Native Child Abuse And Neglect, 1993-2003, Linda Kaye Ketcher

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Very little empirical research has been conducted on child abuse among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). This dissertation examines the rate of reported AI/AN child abuse from 1993-2003 for the 20 U. S. states with the largest percentages of AI/AN populations. Research on child abuse and neglect from at least two bodies of literature is examined - one on child abuse in the general population and the other on child abuse among American Indians/Alaskan Natives. Based on SAS output from pooled time series analysis, two tables were created, one for the general population and one for the AI/AN population. The results …

Herald Of Change? New Jersey's Repeal Of The Death Penalty, George W. Conk

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Panel Ii: The Death Penalty On Appeal: Constitutionality, Equality, And Proportionality Review, James R. Zazzali, Deborah T. Poritz, James K. Smith, Alan B. Handler, Peter G. Verniero, Lawrence S. Lustberg

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Panel Iii - Legislative Moratorium And The New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, R. Erik Lillquist, Celeste Fitzgerald, Kevin D. Walsh, James H. Coleman Jr., Miles S. Winder Iii

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Defendant Race, Psychological Expert Witness Race, And Racially Salient Psychological Expert Testimony On Juror Decision Making, Lily Cheyanne (Manick) Munavu

Dissertations

The present study examined the effects of defendant race, psychological expert witness race, the racial salience of a psychological expert witness's testimony, and modern racism on juror decisions. Participants were randomly assigned to one of eight conditions that varied the race of the defendant (Black or White), the race of the psychological expert witness (Black or White), and the racial salience of the expert witness testimony (racially relevant or not racially relevant). Participants were asked to review the case documents of a criminal case in which the defendant was charged with battery and robbery. Participants rendered verdicts for both charges, …

The Theory And Practice Of Drug Courts: Wolves In Sheep Clothing?, Kristen E. Devall

Dissertations

This dissertation is a case study of an adult drug court in a medium-size Midwestern city. The primary impetus behind the creation of the drug court model was the partial recognition that the "get tough" approach to crime and the "war on drugs" was ineffective in "solving the United States' drug problem. Drug courts represent an integration of a public-health approach and a public-safety strategy of fighting crime and administering "justice." The bulk of the extant research regarding drug courts addresses one central question: "Do drug courts work?" Researchers and evaluators alike have attempted to answer this question over the …

Social Work Field Instructors' Perceptions Of On-Line Training, Denise E. Dedman

Dissertations

Social work has recently identified the field placement as the signature pedagogy of the profession, yet little has been done to identify the best means of training field instructors to supervise students in their field placements. This study addressed attitudes and perceptions of social work field instructors regarding on-line training in their roles. While previous studies of university social work program field placement directors had been conducted, there exist no broad studies of the field instructors' perceptions. Some earlier qualitative studies of field instructors identified time constraints as a significant issue in their willingness to continue accepting interns. This, along …

Graduate Catalog - The School Year 2008-2010, Prairie View A&M University

Graduate Catalog

No abstract provided.

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

No abstract provided.