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Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (Nasis) 2015-2016 Methodology Report, Bureau Of Sociological Research

Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)

Bureau of Sociological Research

2015-2016 NASIS Methodology Report

Contents

Introduction 3

Mode Selection 3

Design and Item Selection 3

Sampling Design 4

Experimental Design Treatment 4

Data Collection Process 4

Response Rate 5

Data-Entry Training, Supervision, and Quality Control 5

Processing of Completed Surveys 5

Data Cleaning 5

NASIS Sample Weights 6

Design Effects 6

Questions 6

Estimate of Sampling Error 9

Appendices 10

Appendix A: Cover Letters 10

First Mailing Cover Letter 10

Second Mailing Cover Letter 11

Appendix B: Survey Instrument 12

Version 1 (printed in black & white only) 12

Version 2 (printed in color) 28

Version …

Nasis 2016: Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey Questionnaire, Bureau Of Sociological Research

Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)

We need your help to learn about how Nebraskans think, feel, and live. Researchers from the University of Nebraska and across the state are counting on your help to learn about a variety of issues. Your responses will help shape program and policy development in Nebraska now and into the future.

127 questions; 16 pages

Streamlining Justice: How Online Courts Can Resolve The Challenges Of Pro Se Litigation, Ayelet Sela

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Psyx 594.01: Political Psychology Seminar, Lucian G. Conway

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Investigating Disparities In Behavior And Care Between Alaska Native And Non-Hispanic White Victims Of Sexual Violence: The Importance Of Culturally Competent Nursing Care, Danielle Koster

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

The purpose of this research was to determine the existence of health care disparities experienced by Alaska Native women victims of sexual violence and to address the need for sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) to provide culturally competent care. This was a secondary data analysis of research collected from over 1,600 Alaska SANE surveys between 1996-2006. Variables investigated included: behaviors during examination, condition during assault, time from assault to report, hospital admittance, injuries sustained, and victim-suspect relationships. Alaska Native women were described as having less controlled behavior, being less cooperative, and less likely to be sober; they also often suffered …

Terrorist Experts’ Perceptions Of How The Internet Has Shaped International Terrorism, Samuel F. Wilson Ii, Teresa M. Lao Ph.D., Ernesto Escobedo Dr.

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

The use of the Internet by terrorists has greatly contributed to international terrorism. The Internet is a main strategic communication asset for terrorists who use online message boards and chat rooms to share information, coordinate attacks, spread propaganda, raise money, and recruit. The Internet gives terrorists a medium to legitimize, propagate, and intimidate citizens to their cause. Their strategies are based on careful analysis of human communications; thus, messages are adapted and carefully delivered to appeal to people who may need something to believe in. This study bridged the gap in knowledge by exploring, understanding, and explaining the perceptions of …

Law Enforcement Officers' Experiences Of Exposure To Trauma, Michelle B. Nirenberg, Robyn Trippany-Simmons, Tiffany C. Rush-Wilson

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

Violent, traumatic, and stressful work situations are common for law enforcement officers (LEOs). LEOs are susceptible to stressful situations that impact their emotions and have the ability to affect job performance. This phenomenological study focused on identification of how traumatic incidents affected 10 LEOs from 2 rural law enforcement agencies from a rural community in the southeastern United States. Participants were interviewed regarding the experience of how encountering or witnessing traumatic events impacted their emotions during and after the incident, coping mechanisms they implemented, views on seeking mental health treatment, and importance of peer support. Findings indicated that LEOs expressed …

2016 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

This 24th edition of the Nova Southeastern University Fact Book reflects an expanding body of data and information that provides perspective on the university’s character, growth, and accomplishments.

The 2016 Fact Book includes narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and development of the institution. Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats to provide pertinent detail, and general trends are highlighted.

Buying Sex On-Line From Girls: Ngo Representatives, Law Enforcement Officials, And Public Officials Speak Out About Human Trafficking—A Qualitative Analysis, Sriyani Tidball, Mingying Zheng, John W. Creswell

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Federal agencies report the high level of sex trafficking of minors in the United States. This trafficking often occurs on-line with the Internet. Pimps commonly advertise children for sexual exploitation online, and they search social networking sites for young victims. Thus, the high rate of trafficking minors and the increased use of technology have led to a need to better understand purchasing young girls for sex on-line. This qualitative study focused on learning from NGO representatives, law enforcement officials, and public officials their experiences about how men buy girls on-line for sex, and the words that the men use in …

Southridge Center, Pioneers

Campus & Center Histories

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Rights Of War-Affected Children: The Convention On The Rights Of The Child And Transitional Justice For Child Soldiers In Sierra Leone And Rwanda, Carolina Shin

Theses & ETDs

In post-conflict societies whose legal capacity has been diminished by conflict, international legal intervention is essential to carrying out transitional justice. In internal conflicts that have involved a significant number of child soldiers and juvenile offenders of international crimes, adjudicating the ‘dual status’ of child soldiers remains an integral part of the transitional justice process. The international legal regime comprised of international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law regarding child soldiers is principled in the ‘straight-18’ position; yet, international law grants domestic courts the legal authority to determine the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and by …

Born Too Soon Or Simply Born Black? Implications Of Preterm Birth Among African American Women, Nisha Hodge

Theses & ETDs

Preterm birth (PTB) is the birth of an infant less than 37 weeks old. It is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 5. In the US, 9.6% of all births are preterm, but for African Americans the risk for having a preterm birth is 16-18%. The disproportionate rates of PTB among African American women have both biological and social influences. African American women’s distinctive vaginal biomes and predisposition to infection and pro-inflammatory response reveal genetic influences for determining increased risk for PTB. Genomic sequencing and methods of elucidating DNA methylation sites associated with preterm birth …

Harding Magazine Winter 2016 (Vol. 24, No.1), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Processes Of Racialization Through Media Depictions Of Transracial Violence, Megan Allen

Undergraduate Review

In this research project, I explore the process of racialization in media coverage of White-on-Black violent events (both crimes and incidents not recognized by the legal system as crimes) using a critical race theory framework. The past three years have seen a series of killings of and assaults on African American people that have become newsworthy, as they have been seen, often controversially, as unjustified. The controversy has largely broken down on racial and political lines, with minority Americans and the left seeing these incidents as evidence and example of ongoing racial inequality, with whites and the right, in particular …

Editors And Advisory Board

The Graduate Review

No abstract provided.

Resilient Threads Telling Our Stories Hilos Resilientes Cosiendo Nuestras Historias, Carolina Paz Gana, Lynne M. Jenkins

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Sewing is traditionally women’s work. Often characterized as homespun, even quaint, it is associated with the domestic sphere. What at first glance may appear charming belies the persuasive ways in which women work with textiles to depict apartheid in South Africa,1 identity,2 forced migration,3 grass roots activism,4 encoded messages,5 and remembrance of murdered and missing indigenous women.6 Perhaps that is why the powers that be are mostly unaware of its subversive potential, and thankfully so, as this potential remains under the radar “sew” to speak while galvanizing those at the margins. How might sewing bring women together in a circle …

A New Logic Model For Change, Zsa-Zsa Lashawn-Marie Booker

Wayne State University Dissertations

Logic models are defined as visual diagrams that help to explain the theory of change for a program. Over the years the logic model has become a common tool for educational programs who seek to apply for and obtain grant funding. However, the limitations of the logic model make it ineffective at managing evaluations. This study is a retrospective cohort design. The three main goals of this study are to (1) research logic model limitations and adapt a revised logic model that could effectively evaluate an educational program, (2) test both the original and revised logic models on an educational …

Recollections By Lloyd Miller, Lloyd Miller

Recollections

No abstract provided.

Caron, Carter, And Bedford At The Supreme Court Of Canada: Society Can Change But History Will Always Stay The Same, Nicolas M. Rouleau

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

Good facts make good law. And at the Supreme Court of Canada, good social and legislative facts can change the law. Between December 2013 and November 2015, the Supreme Court released Bedford, Carter, and Caron, three decisions that ruled on the same three constitutional issues the Court had ruled on 20 to 30 years earlier. In the Prostitution Reference, Rodriguez, and Mercure, the “first versions” of each case, the Court had refused to find in favour of the claimants. Neither the factual records nor the interpretation of the relevant provisions allowed the Court to establish the existence of their constitutional …

Undergraduate And Graduate Program Descriptions For 2016-2017, Wright State University

Program Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate program descriptions for the 2016-2017 school year. This document also includes program descriptions for undergraduate and graduate certificates, licensures, master's degrees, and more.

A Time To Fly And A Time To Die: Suicide Tourism And Assisted Dying In Australia Considered, Hadeel Al-Alosi

Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review

In the United Kingdom, a series of high-profile court cases have led the Director of Public Prosecutions to publish a policy clarifying the exercise of its discretion in assisted suicide. Importantly, the experience in the United Kingdom serves as a timely reminder that Australia too should formulate its own guidelines that detail how prosecutorial discretion will be exercised in cases of assisted suicide. This is especially significant given the fact that many Australian citizens are traveling to jurisdictions where assistance in dying is legal. However, any policy should not distract from addressing law reform on voluntary euthanasia. Australian legislators should …

The Correlation Between Wiretapping And Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis Of American And European Societal Views On Government Surveillance, Lora A. Esau

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

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Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Confession evidence can be extremely damaging in the courtroom; jurors are more willing to convict based on the presence of a confession than eyewitness evidence and character testimony (Kassin & Neumann, 1997). To date, no research has examined whether jurors notice variations in confession evidence based on whether the confession is consistent or inconsistent with the crime evidence (a likely low quality confession). In Study 1, mock jurors read a trial summary in which a suspect’s confession was consistent or inconsistent with other case facts. Jurors were marginally more likely to convict if the confession and case facts were consistent …

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Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper responds to negative public perceptions of United States law enforcement agencies. The research in this paper addresses six areas of policing reforms that have the potential to positively impact police-community relations: (1) building trust and legitimacy, (2) policy and oversight, (3) technology and social media, (4) community policing and crime reduction, (5) officer training and education, and (6) police-media relations. This paper reviews the existing literature in each topic area. The purpose of each literature review is to more accurately understand possible solutions to the widespread distrust of police and the issue of police brutality. This paper makes …

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The Supreme Court of Canada’s Charter jurisprudence often resembles a seesaw. The Court will tilt toward a robust approach that favours individual rights and freedoms only to adjust a short time later when the broader social or economic costs of its expansive jurisprudence become evident. Expansion is followed by contraction. Whether this pattern is best described in terms of “trimming its sails”, taking corrective measures, or simply clarifying doctrinal scope, the Court has teetered to one side and tottered back again on a number of occasions.

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The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

Over the last several decades, Parliament has steadily increased the use of mandatory minimum sentences. Canada now ranks second in the world — behind only the United States — in the number of offences it has that carry mandatory minimums. In R. v. Nur, the Supreme Court of Canada declared unconstitutional the three-year mandatory minimum sentence for a first conviction for possession of a firearm. Prior to Nur, the Court had not struck down a mandatory minimum sentence since R. v. Smith, decided 30 years earlier. In the time between Smith and Nur, the Court was asked to consider the …

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Ohio V. Clark: The Primary Purpose Of The Mandatory Reporting Provisions & Child Testimonial Statement In Relation To The Confrontation Clause, Eun Jin Kim

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