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Legal and extra-legal variables in sentencing outcomes: The effect of race and gender.
(2002)
A long debate has existed in criminal justice literature about the effects of legal variables and extra-legal variables on sentencing. The debate centers on the importance of each type of variable and the effects produced ...
Patterns of interaction of victims of domestic assault.
(2002)
This research study addresses the interaction patterns of victims of domestic violence in the setting in which the domestic violence occurred as compared to their family of origin, work/school, social, and current family ...
Careers of their own: Role-identity negotiation among Air Force officers' wives.
(2006)
The purpose of this study is to explore how a military officer's wife, one foot on each meandering path, might navigate simultaneously her careerist and traditional wife roles. Specifically, this study asks the following: ...
A study of female commanders in the United States Army: Culture, command and the women who lead.
(2003)
Organizational changes occurred at the individual level through the development of personal relationships. Organizational changes were manifested in several ways. Organizational changes occurred through personal interaction ...
"Can the sensational be elevated by art?" :
(1997)
Since few scholars are acquainted with Braddon, I spend Chapter 1 recounting her background and the works of previous scholars about her. Chapter 2 delves into the serialized mode of production in order to contextualize ...
Coming to Kashi: Ethnography of an American Ashram.
(1997)
Coming to Kashi: Ethnography of an American Ashram focuses on the growth and history of a "new religious movement, " its principal commune, Kashi Ashram, in Sebastian, Florida, and on the stories of its residents and the ...
"Our obligation to memory": Home environment, public service and feminism in the works of Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Willa Cather.
(1999)
Some turn-of-the-century American women writers such as Jane Addams and Willa Cather use various ideas of memory and domesticity around which to build a "conservative" feminist theory through which to draw women's traditions ...
Elisabeth Hevelius: Observational Astronomer
(2015)
Elisabeth Hevelius, wife of Johann Hevelius, was an astronomer in her own right. They worked together in the observatory of their Gdansk home to measure angular widths and distances with a great sextant, which required two ...
Effects of resistance training on arterial elasticity and C-reactive protein in premenopausal women.
(2007)
Endurance training has been shown to increase elasticity of the arteries; however, the effect of resistance training on arterial elasticity is unclear. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a ...
Combining general strain theory with feminist theories to explain rape.
(2006)
A closed-ended survey consisting of 136 questions was distributed to 298 males in seven introductory sociology courses. After eliminating the missing cases and those who did not fit the age requirements for participation, ...