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Conversational Topics Of Urban Malaysia Preschoolers / Evelyn Kow Pei Ping, Evelyn Pei Ping Kow Jan 2012

Conversational Topics Of Urban Malaysia Preschoolers / Evelyn Kow Pei Ping, Evelyn Pei Ping Kow

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The central aim of this study is to identify the conversational topics of urban Malaysian preschoolers. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, this descriptive study elicited data from an urban, English medium child care and development centre, which provided two groups that comprised 18 preschoolers of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Punjabi descent. A compact digital camera with video recording function was used to record the preschoolers’ reading time, activity time, drawing time, playtime and mealtime conversations on a first-hand basis for four consecutive days and on two separate occasions – September 2009 and March 2010. These conversations yielded 26 clips totalling …

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Linguistic Strategies Of Politeness In Malaysian Chatrooms / Nur Najla Zainal Anuar, Zainal Anuar Nur Najla Jan 2012

Linguistic Strategies Of Politeness In Malaysian Chatrooms / Nur Najla Zainal Anuar, Zainal Anuar Nur Najla

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This study delves into the issues of language and politeness among chatters who use the chat room to communicate via the internet. The medium of communication used in this study is the Yahoo instant messenger where it is a private web based chat room, created specifically for this purpose. In order to find out if politeness is used by chatters in this „faceless‟ community, it is investigated in terms of language forms and functions through the use of emphatic stress, capitalization and excessive punctuation marks, greetings, leave-taking, profanity language as well as a self censorship. Later on, language use is …

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'Interpretive Genres' In Natural History : A Socio-Cognitive Perspective / Yee Chee Leong, Chee Leong Yee Jan 2012

'Interpretive Genres' In Natural History : A Socio-Cognitive Perspective / Yee Chee Leong, Chee Leong Yee

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This study is an interdisciplinary research that analyses written discourses in natural history through the genre analysis’ lens. Genres are explored and examined by drawing on insights gathered from different disciplines such as linguistics, communication and environmental humanities. Data collected comprise a corpus of selected natural history texts published by the Malaysian Nature Society, Malaysia’s oldest non-governmental environmental and conservation body. Multiple conceptual and analytical models are combined to examine these resources from a socio-cognitive perspective: Bhatia’s (2004) multidimensional and multi-perspective model for professional discourse analysis and the notion of ‘generic integrity’; Tilden’s (1957) principles of interpretation; and Leftridge’s (2002) …

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A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Representation Of Donald Trump In The Guardian / Zainab Hamzah, Hamzah Zainab Jan 2012

A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Representation Of Donald Trump In The Guardian / Zainab Hamzah, Hamzah Zainab

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Employing Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach (Wodak 2001), this research report analyzes the construction of negative-other representation of Donald Trump and his Golf Complex project in Balmedie, Scotland by The Guardian online. The e-news articles are examined for the strategies that are employed to construct a negativeother representation of Donald Trump, and the ways these strategies are linguistically realized. The ensuing findings reveal that eventhough The Guardian successfully constructs a negative-other representation of Donald Trump, his success in getting the planning permission for his golf project shows this hegemonic influence and power over the people of Scotland.

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Language Learning Strategies Used By Undergraduates To Overcome Language And Affective-Related Problems In Speaking English / Hazlia Azila Illias, Illias Hazlia Azila Jan 2012

Language Learning Strategies Used By Undergraduates To Overcome Language And Affective-Related Problems In Speaking English / Hazlia Azila Illias, Illias Hazlia Azila

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A study was carried out to examine and to compare between the perceptions of the English-major and non-English-major University of Malaya students towards the problems they faced in speaking English and between the strategies they used to improve their spoken English. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to investigate and to compare between the English-major and non-English-major students‟ perceptions towards their language-related and affective-related problems in speaking English, and to examine and to compare between both groups‟ use of cognitive and functional-use strategies to improve their spoken English. The sample for the English-major population consisted of 30 students majoring …

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Retorik Bahasa Tamil Dalam Pengumuman Pemasaran Nilai Sosial Thr Raaga / Kalaiselvi Shanmugam, Kalaiselvi Shanmugam Jan 2012

Retorik Bahasa Tamil Dalam Pengumuman Pemasaran Nilai Sosial Thr Raaga / Kalaiselvi Shanmugam, Kalaiselvi Shanmugam

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This research attempts to scrutinize the usage of rhetoric strategies in a program called PNS which is aired by a private radio channel called THR Raaga. This research aims to identify the rhetoric strategies that are aired in PNS as well as describe them systematically in qualitative and quantitative forms. Phrases that contain a certain rhetoric strategy will also be identified and portrayed. Besides this, the effectiveness of the PNS announcements will also be studied from the listeners’ view about this program. Library research was done as a base for this study. A research framework suggested by Cobert & Connors …

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Identity Construction And Code Switching In English Newspaper Advertisements / Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John, Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John Jan 2012

Identity Construction And Code Switching In English Newspaper Advertisements / Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John, Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John

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Identity construction and code switching in print advertising has become an area of growing interest. However, studies on this topic in the Malaysian context are limited. Globally there are significantly more studies conducted, but most scholars investigate the occurrence of English lexical items in local language advertising. Thus, an examination of code switching in advertisements in the Malaysian context would be significant. This study aims to examine the construction of identity through the use of code switching in English newspaper advertisements in Malaysia. Specifically, this study examines how code switching is used to construct identity, determine the types of identities …

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A Genre Analysis Of Promotional Language In A Brahmin Matrimonial Website / Janet Linda A/P George Martin, Janet Linda George Martin Jan 2012

A Genre Analysis Of Promotional Language In A Brahmin Matrimonial Website / Janet Linda A/P George Martin, Janet Linda George Martin

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This paper explores how male and female subscribers in the “Brahmins Matrimony Website” advertise themselves based on Bhatia’s promotional genre analysis moves. Generally, Indians would seek for potential life partners based of the same caste. The Brahmins are the highest caste in the Indian caste system. They are generally known to be very religious with priestly background, allowing marriages only within their own caste in order to maintain their position and also to perserve their cultural background and identity. Therefore, in this study the researcher has chosen the “Brahmins Matrimony Website” (www.brahminsmatrimony.com) as the source of data collection. There are …

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Circumstantial Meanings In 'Tuesdays With Morrie : An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life's Greatest Lesson,' A Memoir A Systemic Functional Perspective / Tong Su Hsien @ Alice Tong, Alice Su Hsien Tong Jan 2012

Circumstantial Meanings In 'Tuesdays With Morrie : An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life's Greatest Lesson,' A Memoir A Systemic Functional Perspective / Tong Su Hsien @ Alice Tong, Alice Su Hsien Tong

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The current study attempts to examine the use of Circumstantial elements in the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson by Mitch Albom. Drawing from Halliday and Matthiessen’s (2004) System of Circumstantiation, this study aims to reveal the choices of Circumstantial elements in the data and relate how the choices are used to fulfill the text’s social purpose of recounting. The selected data is transcribed, coded, analysed and provided in distribution tables. The distribution of Circumstantial elements shows that Circumstance of Location (Place and Time) predominates the chosen texts with 50.34% confirming the …

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Language Choice Among The Ceylonese Community In Klang / Nirmeela Navaneethachandran, Nirmeela Navaneethachandran Jan 2012

Language Choice Among The Ceylonese Community In Klang / Nirmeela Navaneethachandran, Nirmeela Navaneethachandran

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Understanding Of Socio-Ecological Barriers To Primary School Children's Walking To And From School In Tehran / Roya Shokoohi., Roya Shokoohi Jan 2012

Understanding Of Socio-Ecological Barriers To Primary School Children's Walking To And From School In Tehran / Roya Shokoohi., Roya Shokoohi

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Wimax Adoption Among Working Adults In Klang Valley / Ng Chin Kok, Chin Kok Ng Jan 2012

Wimax Adoption Among Working Adults In Klang Valley / Ng Chin Kok, Chin Kok Ng

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The Influence Of Financial Learning And Filial Piety On Retirement Planning In Malaysia / Folk Jee Yoong, Jee Yoong Folk Jan 2012

The Influence Of Financial Learning And Filial Piety On Retirement Planning In Malaysia / Folk Jee Yoong, Jee Yoong Folk

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The Responses Of Malaysian Public Listed Companies To The Ifrs Convergence / Phang Soon Yeow, Soon Yeow Phang Jan 2012

The Responses Of Malaysian Public Listed Companies To The Ifrs Convergence / Phang Soon Yeow, Soon Yeow Phang

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The Roles Of Propensity To Use And Precipitating Events On Is Related Innovation Adoption Behaviour By Entrepreneurs / Sedigheh Moghavvemi, Sedigheh Moghavvemi Jan 2012

The Roles Of Propensity To Use And Precipitating Events On Is Related Innovation Adoption Behaviour By Entrepreneurs / Sedigheh Moghavvemi, Sedigheh Moghavvemi

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The main aim of this study is to investigate entrepreneurs behavioural intention (i.e., intention to use) and use behaviour toward IS related innovation adoption. Among all these competing IS adoption models, Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) has been considered as the most vigorous and prudent to assess the IS adoption behaviour by individuals. Although UTAUT is a robust and parsimonious theory, and many prior studies in IS adoption behaviour have validated and confirmed UTAUT in different contexts, there are still criticism to the theory, specifically to the predictive ability of behavioural intention to predict use behaviour. …

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Students’ Metacognition As A Mediator Between Instruction And Student Cognition / Ng Peng Lan, Peng Lan Ng Jan 2012

Students’ Metacognition As A Mediator Between Instruction And Student Cognition / Ng Peng Lan, Peng Lan Ng

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This qualitative case study complemented by quantitative data analysis examined pre-university Sociology students‘ metacognitive processes and how their strategies change based on achievement and metacognition levels. The Planned Action Interview (PAI) on 53 students‘ metacognitive processes found three phases: Metacognitive Knowledge (MK), Metamotivators(MM), and Metacognitive Regulation (MR) and three dimensions of learning: metacognitive, cognitive, and behavioral. First, at the metacognitive dimension, MM mediates between MK and MR. Second, at the cognitive dimension, student metacognition mediates between instruction and learning. Student metacognition improves through reflecting, monitoring, controlling, and motivating strategies. The metacognitive profile of eight high achievers consisted of an evaluative …

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Early Childhood Caries, Dietary Habits And Nutritional Status Of Toddlers : An Intervention Study In Kelantan / Ruhaya Hasan, Ruhaya Hasan Jan 2012

Early Childhood Caries, Dietary Habits And Nutritional Status Of Toddlers : An Intervention Study In Kelantan / Ruhaya Hasan, Ruhaya Hasan

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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a health promotion intervention program (TIPTOP package) in preventing early childhood caries (ECC), to improve nutritional status and dietary habits among toddlers. The study design was an intervention prospective study and conducted in Tumpat and Pasir Mas districts in Kelantan. The intervention group was 2-3 year old toddlers in Tumpat and received the TIPTOP package, while the control group was in Pasir Mas and received the normal toddlers’ oral health program under the MOH. Baseline information on a proxy population of 527 preschool children (5-6 years old) showed that …

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The Discourse On Science, Islam And Modernity In 19th Century Thought: Sayid Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani’S Exchange With Ernest Renan As A Casestudy / Fadzlullah Bin Shuib, Fadzlullah Shuib Jan 2012

The Discourse On Science, Islam And Modernity In 19th Century Thought: Sayid Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani’S Exchange With Ernest Renan As A Casestudy / Fadzlullah Bin Shuib, Fadzlullah Shuib

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The purpose of this dissertation is to describe and contextualize an account of the discourse on modern science, Islam and modernity in the nineteenth century. It is a descriptive and analytic undertaking, written in an academic language.The study is primarily based on the assumption that the current debate on science, Islam and modernity in the the nineteenth century can be presented through the elaboration and analysis of the works of renowned thinkers. The research scope encompasses both Islamic and Western thought in relation to works written by two scholars namely Sayyid Jamal al-Din Al-Afghani and Ernest Renan, as well as …

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Analisis Perbandingan Konsep Maslahah Dan Mafsadah Antara Imam Al- Ghazzali Dan Imam Al- Shatibi / Akbar Sarif, Sarif Akbar Jan 2012

Analisis Perbandingan Konsep Maslahah Dan Mafsadah Antara Imam Al- Ghazzali Dan Imam Al- Shatibi / Akbar Sarif, Sarif Akbar

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Kajian ini bertajuk “Analisis Perbandingan Konsep Maslahah dan Mafsadah antara Imam al-Ghazzali dan Imam al-Shatibi. MaÎlaÍah dan mafsadah merupakan konsep yang sentiasa dijadikan sandaran utama para ulama dalam menangani permasalahan hukum. Penjelasan tentang konsep maÎlaÍah dan mafsadah yang menjadi akar umbi maqÉÎid al-SharÊ‘ah telah dilakukan oleh al-ImÉm al-GhazzÉlÊ dalam kitab-kitabnya. Boleh dikatakan al-ImÉm al-GhazzÉlÊ adalah perintis yang menjelaskan kedua-dua konsep ini secara terperinci. Namun perbahasan maÎlaÍah dan mafsadah banyak dirujuk kepada penulisan al-ImÉm al-ShÉÏibÊ, bahkan terdapat dakwaan bahawa al-ImÉm al-ShÉÏibÊ merupakan pengasas kepada Ilm maqÉÎid al-SharÊ‘ah. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan konsep maÎlaÍah dan mafsadah dalam pandangan ulama uÎËl, serta …

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Reading Comprehension Difficulties Among Middle Eastern Students / Ihab A. Abdulaziz, A. Abdulaziz Ihab Jan 2012

Reading Comprehension Difficulties Among Middle Eastern Students / Ihab A. Abdulaziz, A. Abdulaziz Ihab

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Reading is a process that requires effort on the readers’ part if they want to understand what they are reading. A vast amount of research has been devoted to understand processes that contribute to reading comprehension. As part of that research, this study was conducted to explore problems or difficulties faced by 30 Middle Eastern students in the University of Malaya when they read texts in English and the reading strategies used by them. Based on the hypotheses that the students lack of ability to identify main ideas, infer information, deduce meaning from context, elicit specific information or details, guess …

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Generic Structure Of Introductions In Entrepreneurship Research Articles / Fatemeh Naderi Osat, Osat Fatemeh Naderi Jan 2012

Generic Structure Of Introductions In Entrepreneurship Research Articles / Fatemeh Naderi Osat, Osat Fatemeh Naderi

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The purpose of the present study is twofold. Firstly it seeks to find the generic structures that are inherent in the introduction sections of entrepreneurship research articles and secondly it investigates the role of experiential metafunction and its distribution in realization of obligatory generic elements that are found in the data. The approach applied is a combination of Halliday and Hasan’s (1989) model of genre analysis to find the generic structure potential (GSP) of the introduction sections as well as Halliday’s (1994) model of transitivity analysis to find the typicality of the process types and their contribution in the realization …

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Sabah Malay Dialect : Phonological Differentiation In Social Context / Jane Wong Kon Ling, Jane Kon Ling Wong Jan 2012

Sabah Malay Dialect : Phonological Differentiation In Social Context / Jane Wong Kon Ling, Jane Kon Ling Wong

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Sabah Malay Dialect (SMD) or ‘the speech of Sabah’ is used widely as a lingua franca in interaction between different ethnic groups, and within single groups in Sabah. The broad sociolinguistic setting of the people of Sabah has influenced the formation of SMD. This is enhanced by migrations from Indonesia, the Philippines and other states in Malaysia. Consequently, the vast socio-cultural and socio-economic settings have resulted in language variations in SMD. SMD displays distinctiveness especially in its phonology compared to Standard Malay and other dialects. SMD is indeed a dialect in its own right as shown by this study. Adopting …

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Economic Development And The Problem With The Problem-Solving Approach, Justin Deystone Jan 2012

Economic Development And The Problem With The Problem-Solving Approach, Justin Deystone

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Scholars and practitioners alike have recently pointed to the idea of a "new moment" in the field of law and economic development, as well as a hope for a fruitful rethinking of political economy. The idea is that we have passed out of the period of high "neoliberalism," associated at one time with Reagan, Thatcher, and the so-called Washington Consensus and now eclipsed by the ascendance of the Obama Administration. The hope attending the new consensus is that, in the wake of neoliberal law and policy, the field of law and development might be on the verge of a new …

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Duncan Kennedy's Third Globalization, Criminal Law, And The Spectacle, Aya Gruber Jan 2012

Duncan Kennedy's Third Globalization, Criminal Law, And The Spectacle, Aya Gruber

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It's A Just A Different Way Of Cooking: Social Learning And Aboriginal Father And Son Attachment Within The Dampier Peninsula Indigenous Parent Support Catch And Cook Event, Andrew Guilfoyle Jan 2012

It's A Just A Different Way Of Cooking: Social Learning And Aboriginal Father And Son Attachment Within The Dampier Peninsula Indigenous Parent Support Catch And Cook Event, Andrew Guilfoyle

Research outputs 2012

The 2012 IPS Father’s Day Catch & Cook events The 2012 Father‟s Day events held in each of the communities, built on the events held in Djarindjin and Ardyaloon the previous year. Last year the events were dedicated for fathers catching food and then cooking together with their sons. This year the event included the fathers and sons preparing food for women. With this shift there was a whole of family focus and also a shift of venue. In Djarindjin the event was held at the school grounds near the basketball courts. In Ardyaloon, rather than away from the main …

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Public Libraries : Celebrating Diversity, Rajeswari Chelliah, Justin A. Brown, Barbara Combes Jan 2012

Public Libraries : Celebrating Diversity, Rajeswari Chelliah, Justin A. Brown, Barbara Combes

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Internal Whistle-Blowing Intentions: A Study Of Demographic And Individual Factors, Syahrul Ahmad, George Smith, Zubaidah Ismail Jan 2012

Internal Whistle-Blowing Intentions: A Study Of Demographic And Individual Factors, Syahrul Ahmad, George Smith, Zubaidah Ismail

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Internal auditors hold a unique position in their organizations to prevent, deter, and detect corporate wrongdoings. However, the role of this profession in investigating their ethical decision-making behaviors towards internal whistle-blowing intentions has been very often neglected. Furthermore, although extensive researches have been undertaken on the issue of whistle blowing globally, empirical studies on this area are still scarce in Malaysia. This paper examines internal whistle-blowing intentions among internal auditors in Malaysia by utilizing three independent vignettes. A mail survey was conducted to investigate demographic and individual factors that could influence internal auditors’ ethical decision-making processes. The likelihood for internal …

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Inclusion And Empowerment Of Export Processing Zone Women In Sri Lanka: Stakeholders Perceptions And Perspectives, Peter Hancock, Indika Edirisinghe Jan 2012

Inclusion And Empowerment Of Export Processing Zone Women In Sri Lanka: Stakeholders Perceptions And Perspectives, Peter Hancock, Indika Edirisinghe

Research outputs 2012

The vast majority of research on women who work in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and in Sri Lanka focuses on the ‘lived experiences’ of the women themselves. The other major source of research with a similar focus comes from macro-economic perspectives, focusing on policy and economic rationale behind the emergence of EPZs and global export-oriented manufacturing in general. This paper provides insights into the issues of empowerment and inclusion of Sri Lankan EPZ workers, but does so from the perspective of 22 stakeholders in Sri Lanka who have unique insights to offer. The stakeholders were factory managers; senior public administrators; …

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As Long As Your're Resilient You'll Succeed: School Disaffected Adolescents' Perspectives On Their Willingness To Engage In High Injury-Risk Graffiti-Writing Activities, Myra Taylor Jan 2012

As Long As Your're Resilient You'll Succeed: School Disaffected Adolescents' Perspectives On Their Willingness To Engage In High Injury-Risk Graffiti-Writing Activities, Myra Taylor

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A lack of sense of school belonging can be a destabilising aspect in disaffected students’ lives, so much so that they will often seek an alternative sense of belonging outside of the school arena. Gaining out-of-school acceptance within the non-conforming, graffiti subculture is dependent upon proving one’s worth through willing engagement in visual acts of high-risk daring. This exemplar study examines the health-risk injuries sustained by eight adolescent crew leaders within the graffiti subculture. The study’s findings reveal four reoccurring sources of graffiti-related injury (ie. tagging hard-to-reach places, fighting rival crews, graffing under the influence, and eluding Police capture). A …

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Caseload Allocation And Special Judicial Skills: Finding The 'Right Judge', Kathy Mack, Sharyn Roach Anleu, Anne Wallace Jan 2012

Caseload Allocation And Special Judicial Skills: Finding The 'Right Judge', Kathy Mack, Sharyn Roach Anleu, Anne Wallace

Research outputs 2012

Australian courts, as with those in most common law systems, value judicial officers who are generalists. Appointment to a court indicates that the appointee is capable of dealing impartially with all types of cases that come before it. However, caseload allocation processes within courts also recognize and value different skills or expertise that may be applied to particular types of cases or to particular judicial tasks. Our research investigates ways magistrates courts in Australia (first instance courts of general criminal and civil jurisdiction) manage caseload allocation processes to match magistrates’ skills and abilities to specific work demands within their general …

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