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Showing 1 to 20 of 377 for “"recruits"”.
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Corruption and police recruits in Ghana: A qualitative longitudinal study
… culture. It is from this perspective that police recruits offer a unique opportunity to study police corruption. Paradoxically, despite the longstanding, pervasive nature of police corruption in Africa, police recruits have rarely been studied and, while police researchers have studied this …
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Role of social networks in resilience of naval recruits: a quantitative analysis
… between the positive energy levels of Navy recruits and their resilience. We also want to understand the patterns of social networks that might help identify and improve resilience. This study hypothesizes that groups receiving positively framed resilience interventions were more likely to …
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Establishment, Mortality and Growth of Recruits in an Experimentally Disturbed Piñon-Juniper Woodland
Piñon-juniper woodlands across the American Southwest are experiencing widespread overstory mortality due to episodes of prolonged extreme drought. There is a question whether forests can fully recover from these events to their previous state, or whether they are succeeded by more arid woodlands, …
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A practical-participatory evaluation of a racial diversity education program for police recruits
… a diversity education program for police recruits. The Policing in a Multiracial Society Program (PMSP) was developed on the basis of the literature and using the input of a core academic team, veteran police officers, and community members. The PMSP is an approximately 10-hour …
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Effects ofUltraviolet Radiation on Newly Settled Recruits of the Reef-building Coral <em>Porites astreoide</em>
… larvae, but its effects on newly settled coral recruits have not previously been investigated. The purpose ofthis study was to determine if exposure to biologically relevant UVR has a negative impact on newly settled coral recruits. This objective was obtained by addressing several specific …
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Evaluating the Midwest Police Academy's ability to prepare recruits to police in a diverse multicultural society
… at the Midwest Police Academy to prepare recruits to police in racially and ethnically diverse communities. In this study, I adopted a critical race theory lens, which considered White privilege, dominant White male ideology, and color-blind racial ideology, when examining the training and …
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Predicting the number of potential military recruits over the next ten years with application to recruiter placement
The object of this thesis was to evaluate Navy recruiter placements, as resource allocation directly affects organizational efficiency and mission success. In order to produce a model to assist decision makers, this study analyzed (1) demographic characteristics of past military applicants; (2) …
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Perceptions of Justice and Motivations for Becoming a Police Officer: Differences Across Recruits and Law Enforcement Officers
… prevalent criminal justice issues among police recruits and police officers. Additionally, the motivations and perceptions were compared across recruits and officers to see if they changed over time. The purpose of this study was to see if the police subculture and socialization had an impact on …
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Continual exposure to trauma in the emergency services: an investigation into the psychological effects on new recruits
… effects of continual exposure to trauma on new recruits to the emergency services. Changes over a three-month period, in which trainee ambulance technicians were continually exposed to trauma, were measured in terms of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress symptomatology, world assumptions, …
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Growth and mortality rates of sardine (Sardinops sagax) pre-recruits in the Southern Benguela region during early 2001
The main objectives of this study were: (1) to develop a method of accurately and consistently counting daily increments; (2) to use the increments in otoliths counts to estimate age of the individuals; (3) to back-calculate hatch-dates to identify cohorts, and, (4) to analyze growth and mortality …
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Essays on military manpower : empirical analyses of disequilibria induced by recruiting goals in the market for Army recruits
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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Coping isn't for the Faint of Heart: An Investigation into the Development of Coping Strategies for Incoming Police Recruits
… must understand the socialization process of recruits entering the job. The current research seeks to understand how police recruits are socialized into the police subculture and how this affects the coping strategies they use to deal with the stressors they will confront on the job. The …
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Teaching police cultural diversity: using action research to improve the Midwest Police Academy's preparation of recruits to police in a diverse society
… Midwest Police Academy (a pseudonym) prepared recruits to work in racially and ethnically diverse communities. This study took Schlosser’s recommendations and developed an Action Research project to attempt to improve the cultural diversity training at the Midwest Police Academy (MPA). One of …
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Identification and characterisation of FAM83 proteins as key regulators of CK1 protein kinases in cells: FAM83D recruits CK1α to the mitotic spindle for proper spindle positioning
… study provides evidence that FAM83D binds and recruits CK1α to the mitotic spindle, and that the FAM83D-CK1α interaction is critical for correct and efficient spindle positioning. Cells devoid of FAM83D, or those harbouring a FAM83D CK1-binding- deficient knockin point mutation, fail to …
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The Navy's "Moment of Truth" : an analysis of recruit experiences and outcomes
Each year, thousands of recruits reveal one or more questionable events in their past during the "Moment of Truth," which occurs on the first full day of boot camp at the Navy's Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. This thesis examines the nature of these revelations and their outcomes. …
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Socialization in Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion to Christianity
… The analysis focuses on the interaction between recruits and Christians. Results supported the idea that religious conversion happens progressively. Affective bonds are essential for the religious conversion of Chinese academic immigrants. Chinese Christian converts experienced five stages. …
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