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The Adoption Of Restorative Justice As A State Policy Response To Criminal Justice Concerns: A Mixed Methods Inquiry
Over the past two decades, 32 states have enacted legislation supporting the use of restorative justice as crime response. The purpose of this study is to explore the contexts in which restorative justice has been adopted ... -
African American Fathers And Afrocentric Parenting - Factors Associated With Parenting Of Their Children
(Social Work, 2010-11-01)To provide an alternate explanation for the behavior of African American fathers in their parenting using an Afrocentric model, comparing it with the parenting behavior of the Caucasian father, who would use primarily an ... -
AFRICAN AND AFRO-CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT AND DIASPORA PERSPECTIVES OF POLICE VIOLENCE “IT’S ABOUT CULTURE, NOT RACE”
(2016-12-08)Police violence with minority communities in the U.S. is a growing problem and has gained a lot of national attention in recent years. While the issue seems to be prevalent in the country, the current means to track the ... -
Age Differences in Preparing for, Responding to, and Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Strengths of Older Adults
(2022-12-15)This dissertation consists of three independent articles, investigating the age differences in preparing for the continuation of COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing negative COVID-19 impacts across multiple domains, and ... -
Age-Friendly Airports: A Qualitative Study of Older Adults Aged 55 and Older
(2020-08-12)As baby boomers are increasing in numbers and living longer, many older adults are continuing activities that bring pleasure and promote independence in their lives. Extant literature suggests an increase in air travel ... -
AN EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAMS SERVING INFORMAL GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS: A DESCRIPTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY APPROACH
(2018-08-07)Grandparent caregiving is a widespread form of kinship care in the U.S. More than 2.7 million of grandparents in the U.S. are the primary caregivers for grandchildren without parental involvement (US Census Bureau, 2012). ... -
An Analysis Of Classroom Environment And Child Outcomes Across Three Models Of Early Childhood Intervention
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)This research study presents a comparative analysis to examine classroom environments and child developmental outcomes across three early intervention models that serve children living in low-income families. Two long ... -
Analysis Of Several Factors Contributing To Increased Fertility Rates In India: Religion As Compared To Education And Wealth
(Social Work, 2014-07-14)India continues to experience increased population growth, in spite of the country's nationally instituted family planning program that began in 1952. While there is research on the various factors contributing to the ... -
An Analysis Of The Funding Environment For Technology Assisted
(Social Work, 2009-09-16)This project analyzed the funding environment for online social and emotional support for young adults with Spina bifida. It answered the research question: how to develop a fundable program through assessing the following: ... -
Are Colleges and Universities Failing to Meet the Needs of the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community By Failing To Meet The Needs of Social Work Students?
(2016-11-30)With the notable trend for recognition of the transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) Community, as well as their having issues that are separate and distinct from the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) community, the ... -
Assessing the relationship between acute and chronic health conditions and transportation disadvantage and quality of life among older adults in Tarrant County, Texas
(2018-08-08)By the year 2035, for the first time in US history, there will be more older adults in the US than individuals under the age of 18 (Vespa, 2018), and Tarrant County, Texas is the fastest growing community in the country ... -
Assessment Of Social Support And Peer Influence As Factors Contributing To High School Completion Among African American Males
(Social Work, 2008-04-22)The study employed a non-experimental survey design to assess social support, spiritual beliefs and peer influence as contributing factors to high school completion among 203 African American males between 18 and 24 years ... -
Association of Social Support and Academic Achievement among Veterans in College
(2017-08-11)The focus of this study was to examine the association of social support and Student Military Veterans (SMV) achieving academic success in higher education. The researcher conducted a systematic review comprised of 12 ... -
Associations Among African American Parent Education, Perceptions, Behaviors, And Child Weight Status: A Cross-sectional Data Analysis
Purpose: Obesity in children and adolescents is a worldwide epidemic that is anticipated to worsen over time (Budd & Volpe, 2006; Chatterjee, Blakely, & Barton, 2005; Hossain, Kawar, & El Nahas, 2007). Within the past 30 ... -
Associations And Predictors Of Depressive Symptoms And Smoking Among Adolescents In United States
(Social Work, 2008-04-22)Studies done on the association of smoking and depression found inconclusive results in the direction of the association. The present study utilized public data from the Add Health to examine the associations between ... -
Barriers to Resource Access: The Need for Social Workers as Cultural Brokers in Hispanic Immigrant Communities
(2021-12-08)Although the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020), there exists inequality in resource access among U.S. born and immigrants. The inequality has been created and maintained by the ... -
Barriers to Self-sufficiency for Syrian Refugees After Resettlement
(2018-08-13)This case study serves as insight into the barriers to refugee self-sufficiency for resettled Syrians. An understanding of the refugee experience and obstacles faced after the initial resettlement period was developed ... -
Bulimia Nervosa And Substance Use Disorders: Comorbidity And Treatment
(Social Work, 2013-07-22)This paper will demonstrate the connection in the professional literature that individuals who suffer from bulimia nervosa also have a high chance of suffering from a substance use disorder. Although, the literature ... -
Bullying Exposure Prevalence Among School-age Children And Adolescents Receiving Social Work Intervention In A Community Mental Health Research And Training Setting
(Social Work, 2014-07-14)Prior research has examined the prevalence of bullying exposure among school-age children and adolescents. However, data was primarily gathered from a non-clinical population within a school-based setting. The present study ... -
Bystander Sexual Violence Prevention Program: Implementation And Evaluation With High-risk University Males
(Social Work, 2013-07-22)This research reports the findings of an evaluation of a theoretically-based, peer-facilitated, bystander sexual violence prevention program to determine its effectiveness at changing attitudes and behaviors related to ...