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Violence Attribution Errors Among Low-Risk And High-Risk Offenders, Vicki Waytowich
Violence Attribution Errors Among Low-Risk And High-Risk Offenders, Vicki Waytowich
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Juvenile offenders have numerous factors that contribute to their delinquency, including family dysfunction, drug and alcohol abuse, negative peer influences, and social cognitive development. One area of social cognitive development linked to deviant behavior is attributional biases. Based on the prior research of Daley and Onwuegbuzie (2004), the purpose of the present concurrent mixed methods study was to explore the differences in the frequency of violence attribution errors among juvenile delinquents; the extent that peer-victimization, self-esteem, and demographic variables predict violence attribution errors among juveniles; and the differences in the types of violence attribution errors between incarcerated (high-risk) and probation …
Access To Higher Education In Florida And South Africa: A Comparative Policy Analysis, Marty Z. Khan
Access To Higher Education In Florida And South Africa: A Comparative Policy Analysis, Marty Z. Khan
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study examines issues of access to higher education in Florida and South Africa. On November 9, 1999, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order 99-281 to establish the One Florida Initiative (OFI), which barred the use of race as a factor in university admissions. In South Africa, the government in February 2001 issued its National Plan for Higher Education (SANPHE). This plan outlined a framework to redress past inequities in the higher education system perpetuated by the former government's apartheid ideology. Senior university leaders in Florida and South Africa were required to implement their respective policy. …