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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Department of Justice"”.
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Affirmative action policy and practice in the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development with particular respect to gender
… research report set out to provide an evaluation of the progress made by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development with respect to affirmative action and employment equity, and particularly with respect to the promotion of greater gender equity in employment, especially at the …
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A plan for the reorganization of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice in the Republic of Liberia
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Police Administration and Public Safety, 1963
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The United States of Embarrassment: How Concerns about the World’s View of America Propelled Justice Department Action in Civil Rights
In the infancy of the Cold War, the Department of Justice submitted a series of amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court in support of civil rights for the first time in history. Curiously, these amicus briefs were laden with rhetoric about the hindrance the international spotlight on American …
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The U.S. Government's Investigation of E.B. Stahlman as an Enemy Alien: A Case Study of Nativism in Nashville
… Nashville Tennessean, led to an investigation of his citizenship during World War I. Hatred of Germans was at a fever pitch and not only did the Department of Justice examine Stahlman, who actually had been naturalized as a child, but the Tennessean also accused him of being a German …
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Website Accessibility Compliance at Research Institutions
… institutions were evaluated on six measures of website accessibility. All but one institution had at least one website fail the accessibility assessment, and the single institution that performed well had recently been investigated by the Department of Justice regarding the accessibility of …
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A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS
AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF VALERIE V. HENDERSON, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, presented on December 6, 2012, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS MAJOR PROFESSOR: …
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A study of the infrastructure and legislation for adoption in Ireland c.1911-1971
… to 1971. Over this sixty year period a number of aspects to adoption in Ireland are examined. Before 1952 there was no formal legislation covering the practice of adoption in Ireland; adoptions were arranged on an informal or de facto basis. In this sense, adoption is charted throughout the …
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Culture clash: Making the case for a new paradigm in police cultural training
… standards in most police agencies result in most officer candidates having little, if any, meaningful exposure to the "oppositional" culture of the urban, minority poor. Given the current popularity of the Community Oriented Policing paradigm---with its emphasis on positive police/community …
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ADA Compliance and Accessibility of Aquatic Facilities in the North Texas Area
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which existing aquatic facilities in the North Texas metroplex complied with the 1991 Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the proposed Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines: Recreation …
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Juveniles Adjudicated in Adult Court: The Effects of Age, Gender, Race, Previous Convictions, and Severity of Crime on Sentencing Decisions.
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze the influences such as age at current offense, gender, race, previous convictions, and the seriousness of crimes that contributed to the decisions received by juveniles in adult court. This study examined a secondary data set from the United States …
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Understanding State And Community Operated Juvenile Programs In Rural And Urban Communities Throughout Kentucky
… and site visits, it uncovers the nuances of program implementation and staff perceptions of their impact on juvenile delinquency. Findings highlight significant differences in resource allocation, community engagement, and programmatic challenges between rural and urban settings, as well …
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What do police officers know about eyewitness memory? A comparison of knowledge between eyewitness experts and police investigators
In October of 1999 the United States Department of Justice published a set of guidelines to assist law enforcement in the collection of identification evidence. The purpose of the present study is to assess the knowledge possessed by police investigators about the Guidelines and other variables …
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Protecting the Majority: A Study into the Difference in State Response to Militant Extremists
… quantitative research carried out in the pursuit of a Master's degree. This research details an examination of the hypothesis that the political ideology of militant extremists and the selection of Majority or Minority target influences sentencing severity. The research uses information collected …
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The relationship between participation in different types of training programs and gainful employment of formerly incarcerated individuals
According to the United States Department of Justice (2017), over 10,000 formerly incarcerated individuals are released each week from federal and state prisons. Approximately two-thirds of this population will be re-arrested within three years of release. Although employment has been found to …
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Some aspects of railroad mergers since World War II, 1945-1960
The purpose of this study is to give historical and factual information regarding merger of railroads since World War II. The study examines the effects of specific mergers on the railroads, on the railroad employees, on competition and on the public interest. Data for the history of the railroad …
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Sentence Length and Recidivism: Are Longer Incarcerations the Solution to High Rates of Reoffending?
The effect of sentence length on recidivism is an important area of research in the fields of Sociology and Criminology. With all of the social and economic considerations that go into the effectiveness of a correctional institution, there is a consistent demand for making sure these institutions …
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Delivering Computer-Based Training Within State Prisons
… programs: incarcerated individuals. The Department of Justice reports that 5 out of 6 State Prisoners are arrested and returned to prison within nine years of their initial release. Research shows that education is a pathway to reducing the U.S. prison population. Individuals who …
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Framing Crime: An Analysis of News Media Twitter Data
… media platforms like Twitter. Using this method of information sharing, news organizations can instantly reach consumers as events unfold in real time. With character limitations with Twitter, one may assume news organizations use words carefully and succinctly to report vital information to the …
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Everything in My Power: Harry S. Truman and the Fight Against Racial Discrimination
Any attempt to tell the story of federal involvement in the dismantling of America's formalized systems of racial discrimination that positions the judiciary as the first branch of government to engage in this effort, identifies the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision as the beginning of the …
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