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Showing 1 to 20 of 356 for “"incarcerated"”.
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Understanding Incarcerated Women's Motivation to Exercise
Women make up only 7% of the incarcerated population (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol, 2012). However, this number is rising exponentially. The female prison population has increased eight-fold since 1980 (Carson & Gionelli, 2013). Up to 70% of women who are incarcerated will recidivate (Mallik-Kane & …
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Assessment of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Females
Psychopaths constitute only an estimated 1% of the population, yet they are responsible for a disproportionately large number of violent and nonviolent crimes. The literature addressing this syndrome among male offenders is quite extensive. In contrast, psychopathy and its underlying factor …
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A Comparative Study of the Psychological Profiles of a Selective Sample of Incarcerated Females Versus Non-Incarcerated Females
… developing distinct psychological profiles for incarcerated females.</p> <p>Method. The psychological assessment instrument employed to develop these profiles is the Sixteen Factor Personality Questionnaire (16PF). The data which were computed and analyzed to test the eight null hypotheses were …
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Fostering hope among formerly incarcerated Black men
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Performing (for) survival: performance tactics of incarcerated women
… as well as theatrical works by and about incarcerated women. This project adds to the field by locating performance practices in and of prison within wider social contexts of the politics of carceral spaces. The main questions posed by this project were ‘what does theatre/ performance …
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'Burning Issues': Incarcerated Firefighting Programs in the U.S.
There are at least 15 states in the U.S. that use incarcerated people to fight wildland fires: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. This thesis outlines the broad adoption and …
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Educating Incarcerated Youth In Illinois: A Blended Learning Model
… and ability to meet the unique needs of incarcerated youth. These findings are particularly important given the correlation between educational achievement and recidivism. Findings also indicated great promise for using blended learning to address the challenges related to transience, …
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Gestalt Group Psychotherapy With Incarcerated Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study
… Gestalt group therapy treatment model for incarcerated schizophrenia. Results from modified analytic induction demonstrated increased levels of participation, autonomy, interpersonal skills, information seeking and a reduction in psychotic symptoms. This study also provided novel insight …
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Healthcare Encounters of Formerly Incarcerated Women: A Grounded Theory Study
… been a stark increase in the number of formerly incarcerated women in the United States. The purpose of this research was to explore how formerly incarcerated women perceived their healthcare encounters. The aims of this study were to answer the following questions. How did formerly incarcerated …
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Epidemiology of Hiv-Infection In Incarcerated Women In South Carolina
… population, the opposite remains true among incarcerated individuals. In the US and in most jurisdictions, HIV prevalence in the correctional setting is higher among female inmates when compared to males. This dichotomy is not fully understood and few studies have focused on women in the …
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Evaluating a Brief Sexual Violence Therapy Group for Incarcerated Women
<p>Incarcerated women report higher rates of sexual victimization and mental illness than the average woman and incarcerated men. Researchers have argued that sexual victimization is a pathway to prison for women, and that there is a lack of trauma-focused treatments in prisons. Some researchers …
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Imagining ‘possible selves’ as an intervention strategy for incarcerated youth
… selves’ as an intervention strategy for incarcerated youth. The participants share experiences of their own incarceration as juveniles as well as insights gained through their recent working experience with incarcerated youth. This study concerns itself with risk and resilience factors …
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Ethical and Clinical Concerns for Incarcerated Pregnant Women and their Children
… of the deliberate indifference test involving incarcerated pregnant women specifically. The practice of mass incarceration within this country has contributed greatly to the number of women and pregnant women incarcerated, without the necessary advancements or even establishment of healthcare …
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Personality characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of rape among incarcerated sex offenders
… rape supportiveness was examined in a sample of incarcerated sex offenders. Previous surveys have shown that dispositional variables are determinants of sexual aggression. Research has also shown that situational variables, such as alcohol and anger, are recurrent proximal determinants of sexual …
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Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Application of the Stress Process Model.
… to examine the lives and experiences children of incarcerated parents from a theoretical perspective through an application of the social stress process. Previous research on children of incarcerated parents has neglected to add a theoretical component to their research, which is the intention of …
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