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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"White youth"”.
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The black-Hispanic-white youth employment differential : evidence from the demand-site
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Sustainable human capital strategy for White youth in a transformed South African Navy
Submitted in accordance with the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
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Analysis of Familial Effects in the Political Socialization of Black and White Youth
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:49:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7411988.pdf: 6870362 bytes, checksum: aba7e5dc0b1563fbff26df54125d27fd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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A Juvenile Perspective: What Affects Attitudes Of African American, Hispanic, And White Youth Toward The Police.
… differences between African Americans and Whites. The emphasis of previous research on Black-White comparisons has left unanswered many questions about minority group differences in attitudes toward the police, especially differences between Latinos and African Americans. With the usage of …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Implications for Higher Education and Mental Health
… in the academic achievement of American youth, with Latino and Black adolescents attaining higher education at vastly lower rates than White adolescents. Though numerous reasons exist for these educational disparities this study examines possible selves as they may relate to educational …
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“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth
<p>Youth racialized as non-White are more likely to experience police contact than racialized White youth, from a police stop to victimization at the hands of law enforcement. Encountering police can be a particularly traumatic event that may justify why some youth report parental engagement “The …
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Examining the Contextual Effects of Racial Profiling, and the Long-Term Consequences of Punitive Interventions: Testing Labeling Theory with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Data
<p>The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system has been well documented. More research has, however, been needed on levels of discrimination, particularly on potential biases in the earliest point of contact, such as police decisions to stop and arrest young people. …
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Public-Private Partnerships: Instruments to Enhance Education, Training and Employment Opportunities in the Republic of South Africa
… are likely to successfully generate sustainable youth employment and equip citizens with transferrable skills and the conditions under which they are likely not to generate opportunities. The thesis argues that PPPs are most likely to be successful when there is grassroots buy in from local …
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Something between us
… that would characterize a certain sector of white youth from this particular era. The intention of the novel is to reveal, albeit with a comic-serio touch, the ways in which South Africa's past, as refracted through young lives, continues to reach into the present.
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Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system
… particularly of African-American youth, seems to occur at various stages of juvenile justice processing. It is my belief that once arrested, minority youth are more likely to be certified as an adult than white youth. This paper examines the certification process in Clark County, …
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Educational outcomes of emancipated foster youth: A life course perspective
… Data for this study were taken from a sub-set of youth who participated in the Foster Youth Project at the University of Illinois. Findings from the study suggest that the educational attainments of youth discharged from foster care are influenced by factors similar to their peers in the general …
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Examining Probation and Judicial Adherence to the NYC Disposition Matrix
… have long-lasting and far-reaching impacts on youth. Structured decision-making (SDM) models, such as disposition matrices, seek to reduce unwarranted disparity and ensure uniformity in sentencing, while still safeguarding public safety and improving youth outcomes. This dissertation is the …
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A closer look at self-image in male foster care adolescents
… educational achievement and age. Foster care youth had lower family self-image and emotional health and higher social self-image when compared to the normative popUlation. When compared separately to the normative population, white youth had higher than normal moral self-image and sexual …
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Peer and school externalizing behaviors among early adolescents: an ecological systems analysis
… behaviors more for Black and Hispanic youth than for white youth. Additionally, positive parenting (cognitive stimulation and emotional support) will be associated with a decrease in peer and school externalizing behaviors more for Black and Hispanic youth than for white youth. Moreover …
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Geographies of Home: Adolescent Girls', Trans', Non-Binary Youths' Sexual Wellbeing in the GTA During COVID-19
… as adolescent girls’, trans’, or non-binary youths’ in the GTA between April-June 2021. We inquired about home, privacy, and sexual wellbeing during Canada’s third wave. Sessions were transcribed using Zoom and coded using an inductive framework with NVivo. Using intersectionality theory and …
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A Comparison Of Preparatory Academies And Traditional High Schools In A Large Urban District Of Completion Rate And Student Perceptions Of School Climate Characteristics
… of American society. The country's minority youth and its poorest residents are most at-risk of dropping out of school (apa, 2012). Bradshaw, O'Brennan, and McNeely (2008) note hispanic and black youths have a higher percentage of dropout events (22% and 11% respectively) compared to 6% of …
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Deliver Me From The Days Of Old: Rock And Roll, Youth Culture, And The Civil Rights Movement
… traditions, it introduced both black </p> <p>and white listeners to sounds and styles indicative of different racial backgrounds that were simultaneously integrated with musical elements that were still familiar to them. This new genre </p> <p>helped to encourage cross-racial identification among …
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Evaluation of Smoking Prevention Television Advertisements by Middle School Youth: Effects of Gender, Ethnicity, and Grade Level
… body of evidence that smoking behaviors in youth can be changed through effective health communication but little is known about how to systematically design and evaluate messages to achieve this outcome (Hornik, 2002). The literature is sparse about how messages are evaluated by youth. No …
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Racial Socialization in Non-Hispanic White American Families: An Exploration of the Role of Parental Racial-Ethnic Socialization
… socialization is a largely unstudied topic for White Americans. Most of the research on racial-ethnic socialization (RES) focuses on minority populations, but more literature is starting to focus on RES in White individuals. However, the mechanisms by which RES messages are transmitted are …