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Review Of Wildflowers And Grasses Of Kansas: A Field Guide By Michael J. Haddock, Douglas Ladd Apr 2006

Review Of Wildflowers And Grasses Of Kansas: A Field Guide By Michael J. Haddock, Douglas Ladd

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Field guides serve multiple purposes. They are windows into the identities and attributes of a subset of biota. At their best they are also primers of patterns of biodiversity, ecological relationships, and conservation issues and serve as entry points for kindling interest in natural sciences and conservation.

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Review Of Biological Control Of Invasive Plants In The United States Edited By Eric M. Coombs, Janet K. Clark, Gary L. Piper, And Alfred F. Cofrancesco, Jr., Andrew Norton Apr 2006

Review Of Biological Control Of Invasive Plants In The United States Edited By Eric M. Coombs, Janet K. Clark, Gary L. Piper, And Alfred F. Cofrancesco, Jr., Andrew Norton

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

As pointed out in the volume's introduction, biological weed control is an increasingly important tool for managing invasive plants on public and private lands at a time when this strategy is under increasing scrutiny over real (and perceived) threats to native pants and ecosystems. The volume updates and expands upon Biological Control of Weeds in the West (1996) and should be considered an essential reference for policy makers, land managers, students, and researchers involved with biological weed control throughout North America.

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Review Of Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes Edited By Todd A. Radenbaugh And Glenn C. Sutter, Fred Samson Apr 2006

Review Of Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes Edited By Todd A. Radenbaugh And Glenn C. Sutter, Fred Samson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Four primary phases to an ecosystem cycle involve the release of carbon, energy, and nutrients by insects, fire, grazing or other agents; reorganization of the primary resources by pioneer species; exploitation of resources (succession) and redevelopment of more complex ecological relationships; and storage (climax) of resources until an ecological driver initiates a new phase.

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Review Of Grasslands: Toward A North American Conservation Strategy By David A. Gauthier, Alberto Lafon, Theodore P. Toombs, Jugen Hoth, And Ed Wiken, David Gibson Apr 2006

Review Of Grasslands: Toward A North American Conservation Strategy By David A. Gauthier, Alberto Lafon, Theodore P. Toombs, Jugen Hoth, And Ed Wiken, David Gibson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In this short book the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America (CEC) outlines its vision for conserving the central grasslands. The CEC is a trinational organization created under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to address regional environmental concerns.

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Appreciating A Pretty Shoulder: The Risquie Images Of Charles Ellis Johnson, Daniel Davis Apr 2006

Appreciating A Pretty Shoulder: The Risquie Images Of Charles Ellis Johnson, Daniel Davis

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Housed in the collections of the Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University is an intriguing set of risqué photographs dating roughly from 1890 to 1910. Some of the images are stereo-views or cabinet card portraits of burlesque actresses either in tights or displaying bare necks, shoulders, and upper bosoms. Other photographs in the collection are even more suggestive with women undressing, lounging about with dresses that reveal their thighs, wearing body suits, and removing one-another’s clothing. By today’s standards they are more comical than pornographic. Considering the conventions of the time, however, especially in conservative, turn-ofthe-century Utah they …

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Review Of One House: The Unicameral's Progressive Vision For Nebraska By Charlyne Berens, James Johnson Apr 2006

Review Of One House: The Unicameral's Progressive Vision For Nebraska By Charlyne Berens, James Johnson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This is a book that needed to be written-a valuable, though flawed, addition to the literature on Nebraska's unique legislative body. It is the first addition to research on the Nebraska Legislature in some time and presents a new approach to the subject: has the Unicameral lived up to the promises of its founders? The answer is, by and large, yes.

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Underlying Causes And Implications Of Nebraska Retail Trade Patterns, Rex Nelson, Bruce Johnson, David Darling Apr 2006

Underlying Causes And Implications Of Nebraska Retail Trade Patterns, Rex Nelson, Bruce Johnson, David Darling

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Declining retail trade in rural America is a concern for rural residents, their leaders, and rural development professionals. This cross-sectional study presents a framework for understanding relationships between changes in retail trade and rural population declines. The study uses county trade pull factors as a benchmark for retail trade in Nebraska and develops a theoretical and a statistical model to explain changes in this measure. The model suggests that retail trade in a given county is a function of the customer base, the buying power of those customers, and the quality of the retail environment.

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A Delicate Balance: Rainfall And Groundwater In Nebraska During The 2000-2005 Drought, Mark Burbach, R. Matthew Joeckel Apr 2006

A Delicate Balance: Rainfall And Groundwater In Nebraska During The 2000-2005 Drought, Mark Burbach, R. Matthew Joeckel

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Recent decreases in rainfall and the accompanying decreases in groundwater levels since 1999 indicate heightened vulnerability to drought in Nebraska and the surrounding Great Plains. Precipitation across Nebraska during 2000-2005 ranged from 72% to 108% of the 30-year normal value, with fully 90% of 150 stations reporting below-normal precipitation. Simultaneously, groundwater levels declined more than 9 m in the most heavily impacted areas, most of which were already experiencing declines due to extensive irrigation development and low recharge rates. Thus, recovery from the drought and long-term intensive land use will be particularly challenging in densely irrigated areas of Nebraska. In …

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Review Of Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga Of The Shortgrass Prairie By Paul A. Johnsgard, Richard Reading Apr 2006

Review Of Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga Of The Shortgrass Prairie By Paul A. Johnsgard, Richard Reading

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Prairie Dog Empire provides a semitechnical overview on what some ecologists refer to as the Prairie Dog Ecosystem, focused on black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and their associated vertebrate species. Given the controversy surrounding management of prairie dogs, it is surprising that such a volume has not been published previously. Leave it to that prolific guru of the Great Plains, Paul Johnsgard, to pen a book directed at filling that void at such a crucial juncture.

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Review Of On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes Of North America By Michael Forsberg, Dale Hjertaas Apr 2006

Review Of On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes Of North America By Michael Forsberg, Dale Hjertaas

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Michael Forsberg is a gifted photographer. I opened this book for a quick look, saw the first photograph, a stunning full-page photo of a dancing Sandhill crane leaping for the sky, and did not put the book down until I had looked at everyone of its 154 photographs. Particularly beautiful is a two-page photograph silhouetting a dozen Sandhill cranes against a golden sky, their legs extended, preparing to land at a roost along the Platte. Through the photographs Forsberg shows us the places where cranes live and gives us a look into their lives, capturing copulation, hatching, chick rearing, feeding, …

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Reducing Smooth Sumac Dominance In Native Tallgrass Prairie, Susan Tunnell, James L. Stubbendieck, Sal Palazzolo, Robert Masters Apr 2006

Reducing Smooth Sumac Dominance In Native Tallgrass Prairie, Susan Tunnell, James L. Stubbendieck, Sal Palazzolo, Robert Masters

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra L.) is a resprouting shrub native to the tallgrass prairie region that increases in density without an active disturbance regime. Our objective was to use prescribed fire and herbicides to decrease smooth sumac density as a strategy to improve a degraded tall grass prairie remnant. In two separate experiments repeated in space and time, we used prescribed fire in combination with herbicides at various rates and two application methods to develop an effective management scheme for reducing smooth sumac. We used a randomized complete block design with 13 herbicide treatments and a control with three …

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Review Of Red Pedagogy: Native American Social And Political Thought By Sandy Grande, Steven Crum Apr 2006

Review Of Red Pedagogy: Native American Social And Political Thought By Sandy Grande, Steven Crum

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In this intriguing book, written by an indigenous Quechua scholar whose ancestors come from Peru, Sandy Grande introduces a new term which she labels "Red Pedagogy." The term has more than one facet.
One element of Red Pedagogy is its insistence that Native Americans in general, including indigenous scholars, and non-Natives need to critique, challenge, and even reject dominant modes of thought that have been applied to indigenous populations for years. Grande provides sol id evidence that some Native scholars are currently challenging older paradigms. For example, Taiaiake Alfred, a Mohawk political scientist, questions the modern-day usage and practice of …

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Review Of Species At Risk: Using Economic Incentives To Shelter Endangered Species On Private Lands Edited By Jason F. Shogren, Mace Hack Apr 2006

Review Of Species At Risk: Using Economic Incentives To Shelter Endangered Species On Private Lands Edited By Jason F. Shogren, Mace Hack

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Consider the fact that approximately 80% of the species listed as endangered or threatened in the United States rely in part or completely on privately owned lands for their survival. For residents of the Great Plains, this statement certainly rings true. Most Great Plains states have public land ownership percentages below 10%, ranking among the lowest in the nation. And although we lack the abundance of listed species "enjoyed" by some of our neighbors, those we do have could not possibly subsist on the scattered fragments of suitable habitat found on public lands. Species-at-risk conservation, in the Great Plains especially, …

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Review Of Archaeology On The Edge: New Perspectives From The Northern Plains Edited By Brian Kooyman And Jane Kelley, Raymond Leblanc Apr 2006

Review Of Archaeology On The Edge: New Perspectives From The Northern Plains Edited By Brian Kooyman And Jane Kelley, Raymond Leblanc

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book is a tribute to the late Dr. Richard Forbis, the figure many Plains archaeologists regard as the founder and nurturer of Plains archaeology in Canada. The book begins with a fond reminiscence by Scott Raymond, a longtime colleague, who relates some of Dick's foibles, his distinctive chuckle, the near permanent fixture of his pipe, but also his sterling qualities as a scholar and teacher.

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Review Of Windswept: A Passionate View Of The Prairie Grasslands Text And Photographs By Wayne Lynch, Jane Austin Apr 2006

Review Of Windswept: A Passionate View Of The Prairie Grasslands Text And Photographs By Wayne Lynch, Jane Austin

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Many people never visit the vast grasslands of the midcontinent, or they cross it with scant attention, speeding down major highways to the more stunning scenery of the Rockies or coastlines. Common perceptions focus on the seemingly boring topography (relatively fiat), near-constant winds, and extreme temperatures. But Wayne Lynch's book of photographs and evocative text captures the subtle, dynamic beauty of the prairie landscape and provides fascinating details about the plants and animals that live there, making even those familiar with this landscape want to look more closely.

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Precipitation And Fire Effects On Flowering Of A Rare Prairie Orchid, Gary Willson, Manda Page, F. Adnan Akyuz Apr 2006

Precipitation And Fire Effects On Flowering Of A Rare Prairie Orchid, Gary Willson, Manda Page, F. Adnan Akyuz

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

A small, isolated population of the threatened western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles) occurs at Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota, in a mesic prairie that is periodically burned to control invasive cool-season grasses. During 1995-2004, monitoring counts of flowering orchids in the monument varied considerably for different years. Similar precipitation amounts in the spring and histories of burning suggest that fire and precipitation in the spring were not the causes of the variation. For the eight non-burn years in the monitoring record, we compared the number of flowering plants and the precipitation amounts during six growth stages …

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Review Of Wildflowers Of Montana By Donald Anthony Schiemann, Clayton Mccracken Apr 2006

Review Of Wildflowers Of Montana By Donald Anthony Schiemann, Clayton Mccracken

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Wildflowers of Montana is in the stack of books I take on botanizing expeditions. At bedtime one or two pages read as I fall asleep ends the day nicely. The book is well designed as a quick reference to 350 of Montana's best flowering plants.

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Review Of Weather Extremes Of The West By Tye W. Parzybok, John Nielsen-Gammon Apr 2006

Review Of Weather Extremes Of The West By Tye W. Parzybok, John Nielsen-Gammon

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Some books can serve multiple purposes. Weather Extremes of the West is one of them- well suited for use as a resource for middle school and high school students, as a good read for any self-proclaimed weather nut or person fascinated by the weather, and as a bathroom book fit for sporadic bursts of reading spread out over several months.

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Review Of The Art Of The Warriors: Rock Art Of The American Plains By James D. Keyser, Kelley Hays-Gilpin Apr 2006

Review Of The Art Of The Warriors: Rock Art Of The American Plains By James D. Keyser, Kelley Hays-Gilpin

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The Art of the Warriors is a beautifully designed and lucid introduction to Plains rock art. Written by one of the foremost authorities on this subject, Forest Service archaeologist James D. Keyser, it neither mystifies nor oversimplifies. This glossy, oversized volume will appeal to three primary audiences: those who love the Great Plains but know little about rock art, those who love rock art but know little about the Great Plains, and scholars who enjoyed Keyser and Klaasen's Plains Indian Rock Art ( 2003) but longed for color photos. Useful endnotes and an extensive bibliography complement the lavishly illustrated text.

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Demand Estimation For Agricultural Processing Coproducts, Cheryl Wachenheim, Patrick Novack, Eric Devuyst, David Lambert Apr 2006

Demand Estimation For Agricultural Processing Coproducts, Cheryl Wachenheim, Patrick Novack, Eric Devuyst, David Lambert

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Coproducts of processing agricultural commodities are often marketed for use as livestock feed through private transaction. The resulting lack of historical price information prohibits the use of positive time series techniques to estimate demand. Linear programming is used as a normative technique to estimate step function demand schedules for coproducts by individual livestock classes. Seemingly unrelated regression is used to smooth demand schedules by fitting demand data to generalized Leontief cost functions. Estimates are adjusted for data censoring using probit analysis. Aggregate quantity demanded of sugarbeet pulp, wheat middlings, and potato waste is relatively responsive to price changes (i.e., demand …

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Review Of Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status Of United States Species Edited By Michael Lanoo, William Duellman Apr 2006

Review Of Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status Of United States Species Edited By Michael Lanoo, William Duellman

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Since 1989, biologists and conservationists have become concerned about the worldwide decline of amphibians, especially frogs. What species are declining? Where? Why? What can we do about it? These questions, easy to ask but difficult to answer, are broadly addressed in this thick tome containing the contributions of 215 individuals, many of whom have spent years gathering information pertinent to their discussions. The book is divided into two major parts-"Conservation Essays" and "Species Accounts." In the former are essays on declines, causes, conservation, education, surveys, and monitoring. Each species account of an amphibian known from the United States has sections …

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Review Of George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence Of Genetics In The 20th Century By Paul Berg And Maxine Singer, Donald P. Weeks Apr 2006

Review Of George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence Of Genetics In The 20th Century By Paul Berg And Maxine Singer, Donald P. Weeks

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

George W. Beadle-1958 Nobel Prize winner, giant of the order Isaac Newton had in mind when he wrote of standing on the shoulders of scientific predecessors- provided the first compelling evidence that the units of inheritance we call genes perform their function in sustaining life by encoding information to produce myriad biochemical catalysts called enzymes. The story of Beadle's life and his development of the "one gene-one enzyme" hypothesis is elegantly laid out by Paul Berg and Maxine Singer in this scholarly and engrossing biography. Through the authors' nimble guidance, we discover an "uncommon farmer" indeed, one whose talent and …

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Review Of Civic Communion: The Rhetoric Of Community Building By David E. Proctor, Brett Zollinger Apr 2006

Review Of Civic Communion: The Rhetoric Of Community Building By David E. Proctor, Brett Zollinger

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

David Proctor advances the concept of "civic communion" as both a useful heuristic and a process. As the former, it supplies the community researcher and development practitioner with a "lens" for understanding the community scene. As a process, Proctor argues, it constructs and reinforces community. He defines civic communion as "community-coalescing events that establish and open an ethical rhetorical space for creating, crystallizing, and organizing community-building talk," those "collective moments of intense, yet transitory praise for community . . . [and] moments of enthusiastic praise for local community structures." His book sheds social interaction/constructionist light on the phenomenon of community.

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Great Plains Research Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 2006: Front And Back Matter, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. Apr 2006

Great Plains Research Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 2006: Front And Back Matter, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Front and back matter from the spring 2006 issue (volume 16, issue 1) of the scholarly journal Great Plains Research.

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Bison And The Food Distribution Program On Indian Reservations, David Lulka Apr 2006

Bison And The Food Distribution Program On Indian Reservations, David Lulka

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In recent years, bison products have been incorporated into the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). This paper examines the factors leading up to this particular development and the structural problems that have yet to be resolved within the program. Altogether, the findings illustrate that cultural traditions, health problems, and economic concerns instigated the federal government to embark upon this new policy. Unfortunately, while the program has responded to tribal demands in certain respects, it has not resolved underlying structural inequalities between tribal and nontribal communities. In particular, the FDPIR does not acknowledge the problematic nature of production-consumption networks …

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Review Of Hard Choices: Climate Change In Canada Edited By Harold Coward And Andrew J. Weaver, Matthew Bramley Apr 2006

Review Of Hard Choices: Climate Change In Canada Edited By Harold Coward And Andrew J. Weaver, Matthew Bramley

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

It's challenging to cover the complex issue of climate change in a 250-page book, let alone in a 500-word review. Hard Choices does cover the ground quite well, reviewing climate science, impacts, adaptation, technology, policy, law, equity, and ethics.

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School Counselor Confidence Designing And Implementing A Measure: Experiences From Washington State, Tina M. Anctil, Todd E. Johnson Apr 2006

School Counselor Confidence Designing And Implementing A Measure: Experiences From Washington State, Tina M. Anctil, Todd E. Johnson

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Overview of a study that was conducted at the WSU School Counseling Summit, Spring 2005. Participants designed a MEASURE to be implemented in the 2005-2006 school year. This presentation discusses the results.

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Information Processing In A Structured Interview: Identifying Use Of Heuristics And Heuristic-Based Bias, Dian Cuellar Ruud Apr 2006

Information Processing In A Structured Interview: Identifying Use Of Heuristics And Heuristic-Based Bias, Dian Cuellar Ruud

Social Work Dissertations - Archive

The survey interview has been recognized as the most frequently used data collection procedure in the social sciences (Dijkstra & van der Zouwen, l987). Although the survey interview is an essential methodological tool in social science research, it is fraught with problems of validity and reliability. Cognitive psychology offers a perspective to further explore the methodological facets of the survey interview. Research in the underlying cognitive processes involved in information processing over the past two decades has enhanced the understanding and utility of the survey interview in survey methodology (Tourangeau, Couper, & Conrad, 2004; Tourangeau, Rips, & Rasinski, 2000; Sudman, …

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A Qualitative Examination Of Risk Factors Influencing Female Adolescent Delinquency In Dallas County, Texas, Vicki Lynn Tankersley Apr 2006

A Qualitative Examination Of Risk Factors Influencing Female Adolescent Delinquency In Dallas County, Texas, Vicki Lynn Tankersley

Social Work Dissertations - Archive

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors influencing juvenile delinquency for females in Dallas County, Texas and discuss the implications of the findings for future practice, policy, and research. Qualitative research methods in this study have given a voice to female adolescents housed in the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center by giving these young women the opportunity to share and convey information about their lives and factors they felt had been influential in their referral to the Dallas County Juvenile Probation Department. The sample included twenty-six female adolescents who were housed at the Dallas County Juvenile …

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Evaluating American Correctional Association Accreditation Of Adult Correctional Institutions, David Ralphs Apr 2006

Evaluating American Correctional Association Accreditation Of Adult Correctional Institutions, David Ralphs

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

This research study focuses on the impact that accreditation by the American Correctional Association has on violence, crowding, and educational and counseling offerings in adult correctional facilities. Data from the American Correctional Association and the 1995 and 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities are studied by joining databases and performing statistical analysis on the resulting data. The resulting analysis reveals negative relationships between ACA accreditation and violence and positive relationships between ACA Accreditation and educational and counseling program offerings in adult correctional institutions.

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