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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Minority communities"”.
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Investigating The Dual Mortgage Market: The Distribution Of Subprime Lending By Race And Its Consequences For Minority Communities
… to keep in mind the need to ensure that minority borrowers who are in the position to afford a home loan maintain the ability to get a loan, but increased care must be taken to ensure that they obtain the ability to do so on fair terms.
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"Experience is the Best Teacher." Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) among Ethno-Racial Minority Communities in Toronto: A Phenomenological Study
… experience of clients who are of ethno-racial minority background. As Ontario is a racially and ethnically diverse environment in which many people of minority backgrounds are placed on CTOs. This study, utilizing a phenomenological methodology, interviewed twenty-four participants of …
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The Relationship Between Community Policing, Police Profiling And Brutality, And How It Relates To Minority Communities’ Perceptions Of Police
<p>Ethnic communities in the United States are at a greater risk of police-related mortality and experiencing racial profiling by the police and are more likely to report negative perceptions of the police than White Americans. Community policing has been proposed as a viable solution to this …
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The Impact of Utilitarian Public Policies on Minority Communities: A Comparison of New York City and New South Wales, Australia.
<p>The purpose of this thesis is to highlight and critique the ways in which utilitarianism manifests itself in comparative public policy. While public policy studies tend to focus on national levels, cities, and states can also be major sites of theoretical and policy formulation that are adopted …
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The Role of Ethnic Minority Communities and Identities in Explaining Relationships with and Attitudes toward the Police in the London Borough of Hackney
… ethnicity’ paradigm in explaining current police/minority dynamics by taking a nuanced view of these often artificially broadened categories. I consider other influences, such us social groupings and history of migration as well as community assets of collective efficacy and organisational …
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A legal realist critique of the new international law regime relating to the treatment of minority communities in Eastern and Central Europe : (a dialectical theoretical inquiry)
… legal regime relating to the treatment of minority communities in Eastern and Central Europe (ECE) following the end of the Cold War. The general methodological approach on the basis of which it was produced derives primarily from the traditions of American legal realism and the first-wave …
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Dudley Square : a public building as a catalyst for urban revitalization
… the economic and commercial center for Boston's minority community. Between 1650 and 1950 the Dudley Square area grew in importance to become a major economic center outside downtown Boston. By the 1960's, Dudley's status had declined. The Massachusetts economic boom of the 1980's with the …
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Aesthetics, Politics, and the Urban Space in Postcolonial British Literature
… interventions employed by marginalized and minority communities in Postcolonial Britain in the face of political and social dispossession. It looks at Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen (1975), Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1989), and Zadie Smith’s NW (2012), along with each text’s …
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"""Are there any activities?"" Black mothers' perceptions and choices pertaining to recreational activities for their children"
… between recreational professionals and the minority communities that they are serving. This study, thus, highlights the importance of a cultural competency model in approaching recreation planning, marketing, staff training, etc. in efforts to bridge the gap between the expectations of the …
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The Contours of Secularism in South Asian Minority Writing
… between secularism and identity in South Asian minority writing. Though India and Sri Lanka were founded as secular states in the 1940s, they have consistently failed to protect the rights of religious and ethnic minorities since the 1980s. Thus, critics have been debating whether secularism as …
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The intersection of environmental planning and social justice : Denver's Platte River Greenway
… risk (primarily toxicity) that low-income communities and communities of color experience. The environmental justice movement has devoted much less attention to the broader array of environmental issues that affect the welfare of low-income and minority communities. These include risk from …
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Bilingualism and educational achievement:a study of young bilinguals in Birmingham schools and colleges
… which would favour the attrition or survival of minority languages in the British situation. The data necessary to address this question was provided by a sample of three hundred and seventy-four 16-19 year olds, studying in Birmingham schools and colleges during the period 1987-1990 and drawn …
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Mitigating delinquency through academic intervention: an empirical test of social control theory
… on problem behavior. Rarely tested in at-risk, minority student groups, the adolescents sampled in this research attended schools zoned for predominantly disadvantaged minority communities. Findings demonstrate that grade point average, attendance, gender, and participation in GEAR UP summer …
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Environmental perceptions and participation in environmental decision-making among Blacks: A study of environmental justice and solid waste management planning in two Illinois counties
… and generally assumes a deliberate targeting of minority communities because of social, political or economic interests.
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Culture clash: Making the case for a new paradigm in police cultural training
… 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 relations---current police hiring and training practices handicap police agencies in their efforts to gain the …
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Identifying and Exploring Capacity and Readiness of Faith-Based Organizations Implementing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Disease Health Programs
… States, accounting for more than 63% of deaths. Minority communities experience a disproportionate burden of adverse health outcomes related to these diseases. Collaborative partnerships with faith-based organizations (FBO) present a unique platform to effectively implement lifestyle-related …
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Green rebuilding the South Bronx : mapping the capacity to promote sustainable development in New York
… building practices. I focus on the low-income minority communities of the South Bronx to ensure all of NYC-even historically marginalized neighborhoods-is part of the journey towards sustainable development. This green building study of New York suggests the potential of new policies and …
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An Ethical Call for Early Implementation of Palliative Care for Underserved Heart Failure Patients
… has a disproportionate impact on underserved, minority communities. Over the coming decade, heart failure will become a chronic disease for more Americans as treatments improve, but the disease cannot be cured. Minority populations are, and will continue to be, disproportionately impacted by …
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Framing Flint : comparing mainstream and black newspaper coverage in the wake of environmental racism.
… grassroots efforts and depends on voices from minority communities. By drawing on critical race and framing theories, this study considers how local black newspapers, the Chicago Defender and the Michigan Chronicle, have framed the Flint water crisis in comparison to mainstream newspapers, the …
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Distance and disparity: social disadvantage and the distribution of hazardous waste in America
… proximity to hazardous waste by poor and minority communities. The majority of this research has found evidence to support claims of environmental injustice, yet no research to date has examined the role of residential segregation in producing or proliferating environmental inequities. …
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