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Transgender Realities: The Relationship Between Transgender Visibility, Race, and Victimization
(2023-05-12)
For years, gender scholars and activists have agreed that transgender individuals in the United States face overwhelming systemic oppression as well as high rates of violence and victimization. However, few studies have ...
Losing My Political Motivation: Trends in Voting and Protesting Expectations of U.S. High School Seniors
(2023-05-12)
The purpose of this descriptive study is to analyze trends in the political engagement plans of high school seniors from 1976 to 2019. Using the Monitoring the Future dataset, I address the following research questions: ...
Big Brother in Blue: The Prying Eyes of the Police Surveillance State and Perceptions Shaped by Violent Crime Victimization
(2023-08-04)
Police surveillance technologies have become increasingly prevalent in contemporary Western society, raising public concerns about privacy and the illegitimate police use of such surveillance. Still, there is little existing ...
Native American Hegemonic Struggle and Problematizations: Exploring the Connections between Tribal Socioeconomic Disparities and Differences in Power and Place within Capitalist Society
(2020-05-08)
While Native Americans collectively fall among the most socioeconomically marginalized groups in American society, disparities in resources and wealth among different tribes are more substantial than often assumed, and a ...
The Religious Restructuring of the Politics of Education: Exploring Stalled Support for Education Spending, 1973-2018
(2023-05-12)
Recent research on Americans’ attitudes toward public education focuses on controversial legislation surrounding curriculum, increasing teacher compensation, and changing priorities of political parties. However, the ...
"It Turns You Inside Out": The Emotional Effects of Working Within the Capital Punishment System
(2022-08-04)
While previous literature on the emotional effects of capital punishment has examined the experiences of the family members of victims and the family members of accused or convicted capital murderers, little research has ...
Who is the culprit? Is it religion or patriarchal traditionalism that justifies physical violence?
(2021-05-14)
Around the world, violence is considered a substantial social, political, religious, and health issue. To understand violence in a society, it is essential to consider the processes that validate such behaviors. Validation ...
Disorder, Disorganization, and Delinquency: A Mediation Analysis of Environmental Disorder, Extra-Curricular Activities, and Delinquency from Early to Late Adolescence
(2022-05-13)
According to the literature, youth violence, neighborhood crime rates, and early delinquency have been associated with vacant or abandoned housing, and adverse environmental and urban conditions (Jackson, Newsome, and Lynch ...
Illicit Masculinity: Examining Gender Differences in Adolescent Drug Use
(2022-05-13)
While previous literature has examined how attitudes towards patriarchal and traditional gender norms influence alcohol and marijuana consumption, little research explores how these norms influence illicit drug use, ...
Parenthood Premiums and Penalties Among Asian American Workers: Exploring the Income Differences Across Gender, Marriage, and Parenthood
(2022-05-13)
This study uses the Current Population Survey to explore the intersections of gender, marriage, and parenthood on Asian American workers’ labor market outcomes. Asian Americans are unique socioeconomically compared to other ...