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The Psychological Impact Of Taser Utilization In Police Officers, Yolanda Waters
The Psychological Impact Of Taser Utilization In Police Officers, Yolanda Waters
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A substantial body of scientific and medical research has examined the relationship between conductive energy devices and their physical risk to humans. This phenomenological study focused on the psychological impact of Taser utilization in police officers. This research explored how the experience of using a Taser in the line of duty affected officers from the conceptual framework of stress inoculation training and its applicability to Taser certification; the typical mental processes associated with using less-lethal weapons, perceptions of Taser training; and, the preparation provided in training for citizen injuries and deaths. Fifteen officers who had deployed a Taser were included …
Youth Justice Arbitrators' Experiences With Restorative Justice In Rural American Areas, Leigh Dezuraye Hicks
Youth Justice Arbitrators' Experiences With Restorative Justice In Rural American Areas, Leigh Dezuraye Hicks
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The rise in the number of Black, male, incarcerated, rural youth and the retributive juvenile justice system is a prominent problem in the United States, creating a revolving door for youth in conflict with the law. Restorative justice is an alternative approach that diverts youth from court and focus on rehabilitation, but lacks sufficient experiential evidence from those involved in the process to support broader implementation. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of restorative justice arbitrators and the role they play in facilitating resolution of youth criminal charges in a rural setting in a southern U.S. …
Women's Quest To Occupy Executive Positions In Corporate America, Erica Charles-Lynch
Women's Quest To Occupy Executive Positions In Corporate America, Erica Charles-Lynch
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Women comprise 50.8% of the United States population and 47% of the workforce, and over the past few decades, many women have been promoted to midmanagement positions in Fortune 500 and other major corporations, but few run companies at the executive levels. The research problem addressed the underrepresentation of women in top leadership positions in the executive suite. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of women in upper level management in large corporations on rising to the C-suite. A basic qualitative naturalistic inquiry was used employing interviews in collecting and analyzing the data. The targeted population …
Media Coverage Of Domestic Extremists And The Influence On Police Emotions, Jamie Porter
Media Coverage Of Domestic Extremists And The Influence On Police Emotions, Jamie Porter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The media have influenced domestic extremists who are targeting the police, and this is related to negative emotions among the police. These extremists are targeting police officers based on how events are framed by the media. In this way, the media have influenced domestic extremists' target selection and caused negative emotions among police officers because they are now the targets. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to understand the perceptions of police officers about how the media have influenced domestic extremists to target them. The narrative of this qualitative inquiry was guided by a semistructured interview sample consisting …
Cctv As A Tool For Early Police Intervention: Preliminary Lessons From Nine Case Studies., Eric Piza, Joel M. Caplan, Leslie W. Kennedy
Cctv As A Tool For Early Police Intervention: Preliminary Lessons From Nine Case Studies., Eric Piza, Joel M. Caplan, Leslie W. Kennedy
Publications and Research
This study explores the prospect of utilizing CCTV as an early intervention mechanism to detect and disrupt street-level activity that can lead to violence. The analysis focuses on nine case studies in Newark, NJ, incorporating data from several sources, including video footage, computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system incident data, CAD event chronologies and face-to-face interviews with CCTV operators. The findings suggest that the benefits offered by CCTV, namely the instantaneous discovery and reporting of crime, may be rendered incon- sequential by the process times associated with the differential-response policy of police dispatch. Potential methods by which police can more proactively utilize …
The Influence Of Community Areas, Neighborhood Clusters, And Street Segments On The Spatial Variability Of Violent Crime In Chicago, Cory Schnell, Anthony A. Braga, Eric L. Piza
The Influence Of Community Areas, Neighborhood Clusters, And Street Segments On The Spatial Variability Of Violent Crime In Chicago, Cory Schnell, Anthony A. Braga, Eric L. Piza
Publications and Research
Objectives: The influence of three hierarchical units of analysis on the total spatial variability of violent crime incidents in Chicago is assessed. This analysis seeks to replicate a recent study that found street segments, rather than neighborhood units of analysis, accounted for the largest share of the total spatial variability of crime in The Hague, Netherlands (see Steenbeek and Weisburd J Quant Criminol. doi:10.1007/s10940-015- 9276-3, 2015).
Methods: We analyze violent crime incidents reported to the police between 2001 and 2014. 359,786 incidents were geocoded to 41,926 street segments nested within 342 neighborhood clusters, in turn nested within 76 community areas …
The Crime Kaleidoscope: A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis Of Place Features And Crime In Three Urban Environments, Jeremy D. Barnum, Joel M. Caplan, Leslie W. Kennedy, Eric L. Piza
The Crime Kaleidoscope: A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis Of Place Features And Crime In Three Urban Environments, Jeremy D. Barnum, Joel M. Caplan, Leslie W. Kennedy, Eric L. Piza
Publications and Research
Research identifies various place features (e.g., bars, schools, public transportation stops) that generate or attract crime. What is less clear is how the spatial influence of these place features compares across relatively similar environments, even for the same crime. In this study, risk terrain modeling (RTM), a geospatial crime forecasting and diagnostic tool, is utilized to identify place features that increase the risk of robbery and their particular spatial influence in Chicago, Illinois; Newark, New Jersey; and Kansas City, Missouri. The results show that the risk factors for robbery are similar between environments, but not necessarily identical. Further, some factors …
The Influence Of Job Assignment On Community Engagement: Bicycle Patrol And Community-Oriented Policing, Victoria A. Sytsma, Eric L. Piza
The Influence Of Job Assignment On Community Engagement: Bicycle Patrol And Community-Oriented Policing, Victoria A. Sytsma, Eric L. Piza
Publications and Research
The purpose of this study is to compare a specialized community-oriented policing (COP) unit to a reactive unit on officer perceptions of public contact and officer perceptions of job performance. We also compare bicycle patrol officers to motor vehicle patrol officers within these units. Using a static group comparison design, questionnaires were distributed to officers within the Toronto Police Service (n = 178). Bicycle patrol is associated with more contacts with the public and higher rates of proactive policing when compared to motor vehicle patrol and bicycle officers are more likely to rate higher on several measures of crime control. …
Predicting Initiator And Near Repeat Events In Spatiotemporal Crime Patterns: An Analysis Of Residential Burglary And Motor Vehicle Theft, Eric L. Piza, Jeremy G. Carter
Predicting Initiator And Near Repeat Events In Spatiotemporal Crime Patterns: An Analysis Of Residential Burglary And Motor Vehicle Theft, Eric L. Piza, Jeremy G. Carter
Publications and Research
Near repeat analysis has been increasingly used to measure the spatiotemporal clustering of crime in contemporary criminology. Despite its predictive capacity, the typically short time frame of near repeat crime patterns can negatively affect the crime prevention utility of near repeat analysis. Thus, recent research has argued for a greater understanding of the types of places that are most likely to generate near repeat crime patterns. The current study contributes to the literature through a spatiotemporal analysis of residential burglary and motor vehicle theft in Indianapolis, IN. Near Repeat analyses were followed by multinomial logistic regression models to identify covariates …
Spatiotemporal Convergence Of Crime And Vehicle Crash Hotspots: Additional Consideration For Policing Places, Jeremy G. Carter, Eric L. Piza
Spatiotemporal Convergence Of Crime And Vehicle Crash Hotspots: Additional Consideration For Policing Places, Jeremy G. Carter, Eric L. Piza
Publications and Research
Policing strategies that seek to simultaneously combat crime and vehicle crashes operate under the assumption that these two problems have a corollary relationship—an assumption that has received scant empirical attention and is the focus of the present study. Geocoded vehicle crash, violent crime, and property crime totals across were aggregated to Indianapolis census blocks over a 36-month period (2011-2013). Time series negative binomial regression and local indicators of spatial autocorrelation analyses were conducted. Results indicate that both violent and property crime are significantly related to vehicle crash counts, both overall and during the temporal confines of patrol tours. Relationship strength …
The Effect Of Risk Factors On Recidivism Among Juveniles From The Perspectives Of Juvenile Justice Professionals, Diana R. Clarke
The Effect Of Risk Factors On Recidivism Among Juveniles From The Perspectives Of Juvenile Justice Professionals, Diana R. Clarke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Within the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice system, juvenile delinquency referrals have decreased, yet at the same time, juvenile recidivism rates continue to challenge policy makers. Using Hirschi's social learning theory as the foundation, the purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to examine the perceptions of juvenile justice professionals about their experiences with youthful offenders in order to determine the causes of juvenile recidivism. Data came from in-depth interviews with 9 participants including state attorneys, judges, and mental health counselors from within the central region of the state of Florida. Data were analyzed and coded using Colaizzi's method. Two …
Law Enforcement Fitness Policies In Relation To Job Injuries And Absenteeism, Marlana Lynn Hancock
Law Enforcement Fitness Policies In Relation To Job Injuries And Absenteeism, Marlana Lynn Hancock
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
After employment, job-related fitness requirements vary for law enforcement agencies within North Carolina. Police academies mandate specific job-related fitness requirements for recruits as a condition of graduation. Once employed, little is known about why some law enforcement agencies in North Carolina have physical fitness policies and others do not, particularly when injury rates and healthcare costs continue to rise. To better understand this inconsistency, the current study used a mixed methods approach to examine 6 midsized law enforcement agencies in North Carolina with varying fitness policies. The policy of each agency, along with OSHA work-related injuries and absenteeism reports, were …
Realigning Community Policing In A Homeland Security Era, Alfred Stanford Titus, Jr.
Realigning Community Policing In A Homeland Security Era, Alfred Stanford Titus, Jr.
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The priority shift from community policing to homeland security in local police departments in the United States has threatened the relationships and successes established by community policing, though little empirical research explored the relationship between funding and implementation of homeland security versus community policing objectives among local law enforcement agencies. Using Karl Popper's conceptualization of the liberal democracy as the framework, the purpose of this descriptive study was to examine how trends in funding and implementation of both community policing and homeland security objectives changed among American law enforcement agencies between 1993 and 2013. Data were acquired from the Law …
Policing The Mentally Ill In Coronado, Ca, Jennifer Susan Ayres
Policing The Mentally Ill In Coronado, Ca, Jennifer Susan Ayres
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The growing number of individuals suffering from mental illnesses and their inability to access intervention methods has adverse effects on the criminal justice system. These impairments increase the likelihood that police officers will have negative attitudes about persons with mental illnesses. This study sought to understand whether police officers' empathy, education, experience outside of work as well as on the job, and officers' training in the field of mental health all related to police officers' attitudes relating to persons with mental illness. The purpose of this study was to expand the body of knowledge and determine how factors such as …
Crime Reduction Strategies Of Florida Sheriff's Offices Related To Residential Burglaries, Jack Armstrong
Crime Reduction Strategies Of Florida Sheriff's Offices Related To Residential Burglaries, Jack Armstrong
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In Florida, the law enforcement response to burglaries is estimated to cost $1.3 billion, yet little is understood about whether specific types of enforcement and investigation strategies have an impact on reducing the incidence of burglary. Using Cohen and Felson's concept of guardianship as part of routine activities theory as the foundation, the purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to examine whether any or all crime reduction strategies (community policing, intelligence led policing, Compare Statistics policing, traditional policing, hot spot policing, and evidence based policing) when combined with urbanity, household income, the sworn officers per 1000 population are statistically …
African American Male Police Officers' Perceptions Of Being Racially Profiled By Fellow Police Officers, Michael Armstrong Campbell
African American Male Police Officers' Perceptions Of Being Racially Profiled By Fellow Police Officers, Michael Armstrong Campbell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
African American police officers, as other African Americans, report being subjected to racial profiling by police officers, and that these encounters have, in some cases, resulted in excessive and unjustified use of force. These types of occurrences have resulted in a divide between African American and Caucasian police officers. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of African American male police officers in the State of New Jersey who feel they have been discriminated against by fellow law enforcement officers. Weber's social relationship theory served as the theoretical framework for this study. Data …
Recidivism Rates Among Juveniles With Mental Illness, Kia Chevon Russell
Recidivism Rates Among Juveniles With Mental Illness, Kia Chevon Russell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Treating mental illness is imperative to help reduce criminal justice involvement within the juvenile population. Receiving mental health care will help decrease the likelihood for youth to reoffend, ultimately reducing recidivism rates. Past studies showed there are risk factors associated with juveniles and recidivism; however, very few studies have examined what factors are prevalent after services have been received. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that increase the risk of recidivism among juveniles who have received psychiatric stabilization in Harris County, Texas. Risk factors that were assessed included age, gender, ethnicity, and criminal offense. The psychodynamic perspective …
การกลับใจของผู้พ้นโทษผ่านทางการใช้ชีวิตในบ้านกึ่งวิถีแนวคริสต์ : ศึกษากรณีบ้านกึ่งวิถีบ้านพระพรของมูลนิธิพันธกิจเรือนจำคริสเตียน, ทิวาพร เดชมณี
การกลับใจของผู้พ้นโทษผ่านทางการใช้ชีวิตในบ้านกึ่งวิถีแนวคริสต์ : ศึกษากรณีบ้านกึ่งวิถีบ้านพระพรของมูลนิธิพันธกิจเรือนจำคริสเตียน, ทิวาพร เดชมณี
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การศึกษาเรื่องการกลับใจของผู้พ้นโทษในบ้านกึ่งวิถีแนวคริสต์ ศึกษากรณีบ้านกึ่งวิถีบ้านพระพร ของมูลนิธิพันธกิจเรือนจำคริสเตียน มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาแนวคิดและรูปแบบการดำเนินกระบวนการของบ้านกึ่งวิถีบ้านพระพร กระบวนการกลับใจที่เกิดขึ้นกับผู้พ้นโทษที่สมัครใจเข้าร่วมในบ้านกึ่งวิถีบ้านพระพร และแนวทางในการพัฒนาบทบาทของภาคประชาสังคมในรูปแบบของบ้านกึ่งวิถี ที่นำเอาหลักคำสอนในพระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์มาปรับใช้ช่วยเหลือผู้พ้นโทษที่มีความแตกต่างหลากหลายให้กลับสู่สังคม โดยใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลด้วยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก และนำข้อมูลที่ได้มาวิเคราะห์เพื่ออธิบายประสบการณ์การกลับใจของผู้พ้นโทษและการดำเนินการในบ้านกึ่งวิถีแนวคริสต์ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า (1) การดำเนินงานของบ้านพระพรมีการดูแลสมาชิกอย่างเป็นระบบ กิจกรรมต่างๆส่งเสริมระเบียบวินัยและความรับผิดชอบของสมาชิก ดูแลปัจจัยพื้นฐาน ฝึกอาชีพเสริม และมีชั้นเรียนเพื่อพัฒนาความรู้ทางพระคัมภีร์ นอกจากนี้ ยังมีกระบวนการจัดการกับอารมณ์และพฤติกรรมติดตัวของสมาชิกให้เป็นไปในทางที่ดีขึ้น มีคริสตจักรพระพรเป็นศูนย์กลางประสานงานกับผู้พ้นโทษและเป็นสถานที่ที่สมาชิกเก่าและใหม่สามารถกลับมารวมตัวกันได้ ซึ่งทำให้เกิดพันธะทางสังคมที่ต่อเนื่องช่วยในการสอดส่องดูแลพฤติกรรมอย่างไม่เป็นทางการเมื่อกลับสู่สังคม (2) กระบวนการกลับใจของสมาชิกในบ้านพระพร พบว่าสมาชิกมีการเปลี่ยนแปลงในจิตใจคือตัดสินใจที่จะละทิ้งการกระทำผิดและตั้งใจดำเนินชีวิตตามแบบอย่างของพระเยซูคริสต์เริ่มตั้งแต่ในเรือนจำ และมีสมาชิกบางคนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงนี้เมื่อได้รับการฝึกฝนในบ้านพระพรแล้ว การเปลี่ยนแปลงเกิดทั้งด้านพฤติกรรม ด้านอัตมโนทัศน์ และด้านจิตวิญญาณส่งผลให้สมาชิกมีมุมมองใหม่ต่อตนเองและผู้อื่นในทางที่ดีขึ้น ช่วยให้พวกเขาดำเนินชีวิตในช่วงเปลี่ยนผ่าน (Transitional Period) จากเรือนจำไปสู่สังคมภายนอกได้อย่างเข้มแข็ง (3) ควรมีการขยายแนวคิดในการส่งต่อผู้พ้นโทษจากเรือนจำไปอยู่ในการดูแลของคริสตจักรหรือให้หน่วยงานภาคเอกชนอื่นๆ เข้ามาช่วยแก้ไขปัญหาแบบครบวงจรโดยอาจพ่วงมิติของศาสนาอันจะส่งผลให้เกิดการช่วยเหลือผู้พ้นโทษที่เป็นรูปธรรมมากขึ้น
Steven Avery, A Case Study: Making A Murderer Or Making An Identity, Allison Grussing
Steven Avery, A Case Study: Making A Murderer Or Making An Identity, Allison Grussing
Masters Theses
Steven Avery, a Wisconsin native, has spent the majority of his adult life in prison, once for a crime he was later exonerated from, and then again for murder. The Netflix series Making a Murderer documents Avery's murder trial, and uses only first hand accounts. Ultimately, this research had two goals: one was to better understand how the series utilized framing to engage in advocacy for Avery and the second was to uncover what identity was constructed by the producers and series for Avery. With a thematic analysis approach and open and axial coding this research revealed three themes that …
An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Among Social Institutions And Juvenile Arrests In Virginia, Linh Thi T. Nguyen
An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Among Social Institutions And Juvenile Arrests In Virginia, Linh Thi T. Nguyen
Theses and Dissertations
The United States has unusually high rates of violence among developed nations, including the victimization of and perpetration by youth. Using Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) as the theoretical framework, this study analyzes the relationships between social institutions and crime and the interactive relationships among the institutions in a sample of Virginia localities. Multivariate analyses are conducted to produce additive and multiplicative models, and simple slope analyses are conducted to clarify interaction/moderation effects. Findings yield mixed support for IAT. Localities with higher levels of monthly welfare per recipient (a measure of polity) have lower juvenile violent crime arrest rates, and welfare …
Assessing The Implementation Of Campus Safety Policies In Virginia Community Colleges: An Analysis Of The Forces At Play In Higher Education Institutional-Level Policymaking, Steven T. Keener
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which community colleges have implemented major post-Virginia Tech campus safety recommendations. In addition to gaining a comprehensive overview of the safety policies and practices in place, this study assessed if campus safety policy implementation levels at the community colleges correlated with institutional characteristics, and the internal and external forces that helped drive the implementation of these policies. Focusing specifically upon the Virginia Community College System, data on the policies and practices in place at each of the 23 Virginia community colleges were collected from institutional websites and through follow-up …
Static-99, Mnsost-R, And Pcl-R In Predicting Recidivism Among Texas' Sexual Violent Predators, Diana Jefferson Jefferson
Static-99, Mnsost-R, And Pcl-R In Predicting Recidivism Among Texas' Sexual Violent Predators, Diana Jefferson Jefferson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Recidivism within the sexually violent predator (SVP) population has gained worldwide attention because of the lack of protection offered to the victims that may lead to loss of life. Behavioral theory suggests that accuracy of predictive behaviors based on empirical judgement is more reliable than that based on clinical judgement. The purpose of this research was to see whether three actuarial assessment tools, Static-99, PCL-R, and MnSOST-R, could predict recidivism and whether the combination of the three-increased predictive value in the Texas SVP population. As yet, the literature provides no evidence. The Texas Open Record System provided assessment scores and …
Law Enforcement Officer Knowledge Of Mental Illness, Nashira Funn
Law Enforcement Officer Knowledge Of Mental Illness, Nashira Funn
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Media and activist groups have recently exposed the problem of negative interactions between law enforcement officers and civilians. Many of these civilians have a mental illness. Various researchers attribute these negative interactions to insufficient officer knowledge of mental illness due to a lack of training, education, and personal experiences. Very little research addresses how insufficient knowledge of mental illness may influence interactions. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and analyze self reported law enforcement knowledge using Malcolm Knowles' conceptualization of adult learning theory and andragogy as the theoretical framework. This framework bases self-directed learning/training on a needs …
Keeping The Children: Nonviolent Women Offenders In Two Michigan Residential Programs, Denise Smith Allen
Keeping The Children: Nonviolent Women Offenders In Two Michigan Residential Programs, Denise Smith Allen
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Seventy-five percent of women offenders confined to prison, jails, or residential treatment programs are custodial parents of minor children at the time of their separation. Little is known, though, about how prosocial networks are used to address the effects of separation from children. Using Bui and Morash's conceptualization of the theory of gendered pathways, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to better understand, from the perspective of incarcerated women, the experience of using prosocial networks to cope with the effects of separation. Data were collected through interviews with 10 mothers from 2 residential treatment programs in Michigan. Interview data …
Common Psycholinguistic Themes In Mass Murderer Manifestos, Laura E. Hamlett
Common Psycholinguistic Themes In Mass Murderer Manifestos, Laura E. Hamlett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Mass murder in the United States is increasing, yet understanding of mass murderers is still relatively limited. Many perpetrators compose manifestos, which include journals, blogs, letters, videos, and other writings. Previous research has indicated that personal messages are of great social and psychological importance; however, there remains an important gap in the current literature regarding studies specific to these manifestos. As such, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to provide greater understanding of mass murderers' motives and mindsets through psycholinguistic analysis of their recorded words. The constructivist conceptual framework enabled gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting thematic language …
Offender Recidivism: A Quantitative Study Of Motivational Risk Factors And Counseling, Nazak Dadashazar
Offender Recidivism: A Quantitative Study Of Motivational Risk Factors And Counseling, Nazak Dadashazar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The prison system releases over 590,000 inmates annually, adding to the current 5 million ex-offenders on supervised release. The purpose of this study was to explore the problem of increasing recidivism by identifying ex-offenders' dynamic risk and criminogenic need factors using the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R), coupled with or without mental health services during reentry in relation to recidivism. This quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional study included data collected from a sample of 128 male recidivist and nonrecidivist federal ex-offenders currently on supervised release, who were recruited during probation office meetings within the South Texas region. Regression analysis yielded statistical significance …
A Policy Evaluation: Comparing Levels Of Police Injuries Associated With The Use Of Less-Lethal Instruments In Law Enforcement - Conducted Energy Devices Vs. Other Less-Lethal Instruments, Lydia Denise Adkins
A Policy Evaluation: Comparing Levels Of Police Injuries Associated With The Use Of Less-Lethal Instruments In Law Enforcement - Conducted Energy Devices Vs. Other Less-Lethal Instruments, Lydia Denise Adkins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Police officers continue to sustain injuries during close proximity encounters with non-compliant and combative suspects. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine whether the use of less-lethal instruments, such as conducted energy devices, oleoresin capsicum, impact batons, and hands/feet defensive tactic reduced police officer injury during confrontations with uncooperative suspects at a medium-sized police department in a southern state. Fichtelberg's democratic policing was used as the theoretical framework for this study. Data were acquired from Suspect Resistant Reports (n = 409) written by police officers over a 10-year period (1/05 - 12/14). The dependent variable was police officer …
Examining What Factors Affect High School Students’ Educational Aspirations, Kalle T. Pray
Examining What Factors Affect High School Students’ Educational Aspirations, Kalle T. Pray
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
This study sought to examine the factors that influenced a high school student’s educational aspirations. This study used data collected by the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) 2009-2013 to examine how a student’s engagement, interest, attitudes toward math teacher, counselors helping with college materials, and meeting with a counselor influence a student’s educational aspirations. The findings suggest that student engagement, student interest and meeting with a counselor were significant predictors of higher educational aspirations even after controlling for being white, female, academic track, and family income. Counselors helping with college material was also a predictor of higher educational aspirations, however …
มาตรการที่เหมาะสมสำหรับการเผยแพร่ผลงานเพลงลิขสิทธิ์ในร้านอาหาร-ร้านกาแฟในกรุงเทพมหานคร, ชัยวัฒน์ ภมรเวชวรรณ
มาตรการที่เหมาะสมสำหรับการเผยแพร่ผลงานเพลงลิขสิทธิ์ในร้านอาหาร-ร้านกาแฟในกรุงเทพมหานคร, ชัยวัฒน์ ภมรเวชวรรณ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การศึกษานี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาปัญหาการบังคับใช้กฎหมายมาตรการสำหรับการเผยแพร่เพลงลิขสิทธิ์อย่างเหมาะสม และการลดปัญหาการเผยแพร่เพลงลิขสิทธิ์ในร้านอาหาร - ร้านกาแฟ โดยใช้วิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพเก็บข้อมูลด้วยวิธีการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกจากกลุ่มตัวอย่าง 2 กลุ่ม ได้แก่ ผู้ประกอบการร้านอาหาร - ร้านกาแฟในกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 9 คน และเจ้าหน้าที่ในกระบวนการยุติธรรม ประกอบด้วยเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจในกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 3 คน และผู้พิพากษาศาลทรัพย์สินทางปัญญาและการค้าระหว่างประเทศกลาง จำนวน 1 คน การสุ่มตัวอย่างใช้แบบที่มีลักษณะเฉพาะเจาะจง (purposive sampling) และการสุ่มตัวอย่างแบบลูกโซ่ (snowball sampling) โดยใช้วิธีการพรรณนาข้อมูลร่วมกับการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาข้อมูลที่ได้จากการสัมภาษณ์ ผลการศึกษาพบว่า 1) ปัญหาด้านการบังคับใช้กฎหมายที่สำคัญคือ การเลือกปฏิบัติในการตรวจสอบการเผยแพร่เพลง รวมไปถึงการแสวงหาผลประโยชน์แอบแฝงของผู้รับมอบอำนาจ ประกอบกับผู้ประกอบการส่วนใหญ่มีความรู้ในการเผยแพร่เพลงลิขสิทธิ์อยู่ในระดับน้อย 2) มาตรการที่เหมาะสมสำหรับการเผยแพร่เพลงลิขสิทธิ์คือ การกำหนดบทบาทการใช้อำนาจของผู้รับมอบอำนาจให้ชัดเจนเพื่อป้องกันการแสวงหาผลประโยชน์แอบแฝง และระบุรายละเอียดในข้อกฎหมายเกี่ยวกับข้อยกเว้นการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์ให้ชัดเจน โดยยึดผลประโยชน์ของเจ้าของผลงาน และการปกป้องคุ้มครองผลงานลิขสิทธิ์ 3) แนวทางการลดปัญหาและข้อเสนอแนะจากการศึกษานี้คือ การให้ความรู้ความเข้าใจในเรื่องกฎหมายลิขสิทธิ์และการเผยแพร่เพลงลิขสิทธิ์แก่ประชาชน เพื่อพัฒนาความรู้ความเข้าใจและทัศนคติที่ดีต่อลิขสิทธิ์ในประเทศไทยต่อไป
ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการตกเป็นเหยื่ออาชญากรรมทางเศรษฐกิจ : ศึกษากรณีแชร์ลูกโซ่, พลิสสุภา พจนะลาวัณย์
ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการตกเป็นเหยื่ออาชญากรรมทางเศรษฐกิจ : ศึกษากรณีแชร์ลูกโซ่, พลิสสุภา พจนะลาวัณย์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การศึกษาเรื่อง "ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการตกเป็นเหยื่ออาชญากรรมทางเศรษฐกิจ : ศึกษากรณีแชร์ลูกโซ่" มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษารูปแบบของแชร์ลูกโซ่ในประเทศไทย ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อพฤติกรรมการตกเป็นเหยื่อของแชร์ลูกโซ่ และแนวทางการแก้ไขปัญหาการตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ การศึกษาครั้งนี้เป็นการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงปริมาณควบคู่กับการศึกษาเชิงคุณภาพ ในการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงปริมาณใช้แบบสอบถามเป็นเครื่องมือ โดยการสุ่มตัวอย่างแบบเจาะจง (Purposive Sampling) จากกลุ่มผู้ที่ตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ จำนวน 396 คน ส่วนการศึกษาเชิงคุณภาพใช้การสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก ประชากรที่ศึกษาจำนวน 4 คน คือ เจ้าหน้าที่ที่ปฏิบัติงานโดยตรงเกี่ยวกับแชร์ลูกโซ่ ผลการศึกษาพบว่า มีแชร์ลูกโซ่ในประเทศไทย 3 รูปแบบ คือ 1. รูปแบบของแชร์ลูกโซ่ที่ใช้วิธีการขายสินค้าและบริการ มีลักษณะชักชวนให้ร่วมเล่นแบบปากต่อปาก เช่น การขายสินค้า การลงทุนแบบต่างๆ 2. รูปแบบแชร์ลูกโซ่ที่ใช้วิธีการชักชวนให้มาเป็นสมาชิกจะมีลักษณะเหมือนยุคอดีต แต่เน้นการหาสมาชิกมากกว่าการขายสินค้า 3. รูปแบบแชร์ลูกโซ่ที่ใช้วิธีการให้ความรู้และการใช้สื่อสังคมออนไลน์ที่เน้นการใช้สื่อสังคมออนไลน์เป็นเครื่องมือหาสมาชิกเข้าร่วม และการทดสอบปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อพฤติกรรมการตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ จำนวน 11 ตัวแปร ประกอบด้วย 1) ลักษณะของเหยื่ออาชญากรรม 2) ความเชื่อ 3) การตกเป็นเหยื่ออาชญากรรมตามแนวพุทธ 4) แบบแผนการดำเนินชีวิต 5) กิจวัตรประจำวัน 6) โอกาส 7) การบังคับ 8) การสนับสนุน 9) ความสามารถ 10) ค่านิยม และ 11) เป้าหมาย/วัตถุประสงค์ ทั้งหมดส่งผลต่อพฤติกรรมการตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ มีแนวทางในการแก้ไขปัญหา คือ 1) การให้ความรู้แก่ประชาชนเกี่ยวกับรูปแบบของแชร์ลูกโซ่ที่หลากหลายและซับซ้อน 2) แจ้งต่อเจ้าหน้าที่ทันทีเมื่อประชาชนตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ เพื่อดำเนินการให้ความช่วยเหลือโดยเร็วที่สุด 3) ควรมีการบูรณาการหน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้องเพื่อให้เกิดความร่วมมือในการปราบปราม ป้องกัน และแก้ไขปัญหาการตกเป็นเหยื่อแชร์ลูกโซ่ให้เกิดเป็นรูปธรรม และ 4) ควรแก้ไขบทลงโทษในความผิดเกี่ยวกับแชร์ลูกโซ่ให้รุนแรงขึ้น เพื่อให้ผู้กระทำผิดเกิดความเกรงกลัว ไม่กล้ากระทำความผิด