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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: ...
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, ...
American Indian wives' perceptions of agreement consensus: A study of marital power.
(2001)
Social scientists have traditionally based their study of marital power on western patriarchal notions of power. Concepts of power between wives and husbands have been measured by outcomes of decision making with economic ...
Not for men only: The (de)-construction of lesbian/queer public sexualities.
(2005)
This research study is an exploration of women's sexuality in general and lesbian/queer women's sexuality in particular. There has been little done in terms of examining women's sexuality and sexual practices, especially ...