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The New Drug War Or The New Race War: Incarceration's Impact On Minority Children, Families, And Communities, Karen P. Lawrence
The New Drug War Or The New Race War: Incarceration's Impact On Minority Children, Families, And Communities, Karen P. Lawrence
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations
This non-experimental study examines the issues of over-representation of minorities in the criminal justice system due to drug-related incidences, race relations, and the impact such representation has on families, children, and communities. The exploration of the current criminal justice efforts against drugs is presented through a meta-analysis qualitative lens in an effort to disseminate the information on those arrested, sentenced, and subsequently incarcerated for various drug offenses. In an attempt to understand the encyclical racial disparities that promulgate the criminal justice system, the study relies on information from several key theorists to cement the discussions in the research. Qualitative data …
Who We Are: Incarcerated Students And The New Prison Literature, 1995-2010, Reilly Hannah N. Lorastein
Who We Are: Incarcerated Students And The New Prison Literature, 1995-2010, Reilly Hannah N. Lorastein
Honors Projects
This project focuses on American prison writings from the late 1990s to the 2000s. Much has been written about American prison intellectuals such as Malcolm X, George Jackson, Eldridge Cleaver, and Angela Davis, who wrote as active participants in black and brown freedom movements in the United States. However the new prison literature that has emerged over the past two decades through higher education programs within prisons has received little to no attention. This study provides a more nuanced view of the steadily growing silent population in the United States through close readings of Openline, an inter-disciplinary journal featuring …
Word From The Chair - Feshe Fire-Ems Education, Rodger E. Broome Phd
Word From The Chair - Feshe Fire-Ems Education, Rodger E. Broome Phd
Rodger E. Broome
Fire and emergency services is a complex world that presents responders with problems to solve under significant time constraints. We value people who can make decisions on their feet and actualize them quickly with precision. This requires training, education, and experience (TEE).
Collaborative Command, Rodger E. Broome
Collaborative Command, Rodger E. Broome
Rodger E. Broome
Utah Valley University teaches fire command facilitating a naturalistic and comparative models of decision making through collaborative command. Based on Gary Klein's (1998) monograph "Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions."
Education - "What's In It For Me?", Megan Stone, Rodger E. Broome
Education - "What's In It For Me?", Megan Stone, Rodger E. Broome
Rodger E. Broome
Personal and professional growth through college education for emergency services workers.
Ideas Turned Into Inactions, Rodger E. Broome
Ideas Turned Into Inactions, Rodger E. Broome
Rodger E. Broome
When sociopolitical and economic ideologies drive the decision to withhold services. Subscriptions for fire services not paid.
"We Don't Need No Education!" Really?, Rodger E. Broome
"We Don't Need No Education!" Really?, Rodger E. Broome
Rodger E. Broome
Why fire service employees, fire departments, and communities benefit from college educated firefighters.