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Unemployment and the incarceration of pretrial defendants
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The Rusche and Kirchheimer thesis, which argues that labor market marginality engenders larger confinement populations, has amassed substantial empirical support in recent years. However, there still remains the question whether these... The results of the time series analysis reveal no statistically discernible relationship between the unemployment rate and the pretrial misdemeanor incarceration rate. The incarceration rate for pretrial felony offenders also varies...
Public entrepreneurship in Florida local government administration
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The problem. Public entrepreneurship is increasingly regarded as the means to manage governmental organizations, even through, the approach has not been fully investigated and researched. The term entrepreneurship is often overused and... Research methods and strategies. Rather than concentrate on an ideal definition, the identification of traits, or a single influential person, this dissertation explores public entrepreneurship as an evolutionary process that follows... Findings and conclusions. Each case provides a profile of the entrepreneurial process in local government and exposes variations in the decision-making processes by which entrepreneurial activities are formed and operationalized. Public...
THE IDENTIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE AND THE SOLUTIONS REPORTED BY FIRST-YEAR VOCATIONAL TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ AND NATIONAL MASS CONSCIOUSNESS IN PUERTO RICO
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Since the 1930s, the problem of national identity has become one of the most crucial issues in the Puerto Rican political and cultural arena. Politicians like Pedro Albizu Campos, Luis Munoz Mar(')in, and Luis A. Ferre, and writers like... This dissertation tries to show how Jose Luis Gonzalez has attempted to achieve his primary aim of helping develop and enrich a national mass consciousness in Puerto Rico. It also describes the evolution of his humanist views. Gonzalez's...
Marginal labor and county-level punishment patterns in Florida during the 1980s
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This study looked at the impact of marginal and surplus labor on criminal punishment. The primary objectives of this study were: (1) to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the relationship between surplus labor and criminal... The findings indicate that unemployment does predict prison and probation admissions. No support for the trade-off thesis was found. The most significant predictor of punishment rates was the percent of young, black males in the...
PERCEPTIONS HELD BY FLORIDA SUPERINTENDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND PRESIDENTS OF THEIR FUNCTIONS, QUALIFICATIONS, AND PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO THE PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE
Factors influencing student attrition in public community colleges
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As the United States moves from an industrial society to an informational society, the need for the skills and knowledge generally obtained from institutions of higher education is expanding. The graduation rate of an institution is... Community colleges serve a unique function in the Unites States' system of higher education. While providing a second chance for many individuals who otherwise would not be able to continue their education, this specific clientele tends... The statistical techniques used were logistic regression and Classification and Regression Trees (CART). The dependent variables were structured in two different ways. The first was based upon the length of follow-up and whether the... The most important status variable was employment. Working full-time negated the advantages of working at all. Students working full-time were between two and three times more likely to drop out than students not working full-time. The most important continuous variable was GPA. The standardized odds ratios for the dichotomous outcomes indicated the chances of remaining enrolled increased by a factor of 1.30 to 1.40 per standard deviation increase.
Lateral distribution of detrital clay minerals in Lower Cretaceous sediment, western North Atlantic and its continental margin
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Fine grained sediment from Lower Cretaceous turbidites (DSDP Site 603) and their correlative deltaic deposits (Baltimore Canyon Trough) were compared mineralogically and texturally. The shelf sediment is coarser grained than deep sea... In deep-sea turbidites, smectite dominates the $<$0.5 micrometer fraction and illite is most abundant in coarser clay fractions. Smectite level is highest in clay-rich sand beds and in clay rip-up clasts, indicating it has been reworked... Previous studies of the clay mineral composition of Lower Cretaceous western North Atlantic sediment hypothesized extensive vertisols along the eastern North American margin to account for high smectite levels, but the results of this... Possible sources for pelagic smectite include Early Cretaceous volcanic ash derived from the New England-Quebec volcanic event, from andesitic volcanism in Mexico, and possibly more extensive exposure of syn-rift diabase and associated...
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF SOME MOLECULAR PROBLEMS. PART I: NORMAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR ELUCIDATING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE - IRON PENTACARBONYL. PART II: A STUDY OF NON-BONDING TO PI-ANTIBONDING ELECTRON TRANSITIONS--ALKYL NITRITES AND ROTATORY DISPERSION
The whole problem of the democratization of students is one requiring the participation of all students continuously in a living environment which begins with the simple experiences of the kindergarten and progresses more and more...
CHARACTERISTIC VALUES OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S HONORS PROGRAM AND VALUED ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM AS JUDGED BY PARTICIPANTS, WITHIMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT
The influence of teacher feedback on children's peer preferences and perceptions
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Causal relationships between teacher feedback and children's peer preferences and perceptions were examined. Kindergarten, first, and second grade children (N = 149) viewed a videotape analog of a classroom scene in which a child actor ... Multivariate analyses of variance (2 (Sex) x 5(Condition)) revealed main effects for Condition only. Planned comparison tests indicated that teacher feedback was causally related to peer preferences and perceptions. Positive feedback...
The purpose of the study was to develop a standardized curriculum for pilot training which can be used in response to ever-increasing demand for the pilot-with baccalaureate. The demand is partly in response to the military's curtailment... Precedent for standardization exists, expecially in the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) in World War II. The expense and complexity of pilot training today demand optimum use of resources. The many curricular organizational models which exist indicate the necessity for organization. Development of a list of elements is but one step in the organizational model used. The four groups represented within the panel were Air Carriers, the Air Force, the Navy and General Aviation. The differences exhibited as groups were generally attributable to differences in mission . The Delphi survey technique was... Programs reviewed were the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, Purdue University, the University of Illinois, the University of South Alabama and the Federal Aviation Administration. Of the 756 elements listed as being taught by any of the... A standardized aviation pilot training program at the pre-specialization level which will satisfy the needs of all sectors of aviation is possible. Organizations which teach pilots do not teach significantly different elements through...
Perceptions of sexual harassment: The influence of physical attractiveness and status
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The current study was an investigation of extralegal factors in the perception of sexual harassment. Undergraduate students who were enrolled in introductory psychology classes watched a videotape of an interaction in a work setting. A... Contrary to predictions based on the "beauty is good" stereotype, the physical attractiveness of the harasser did not influence subjects' perceptions of the interaction. Regarding status, subjects were more likely to view comments from a...
EFFECTS OF TEACHER MARITAL STATUS AND KNOWLEDGE OF A CHILD'S FAMILY'S MARITAL STATUS ON TEACHER RATINGS OF SELECTED TRAITS OF THE CHILD
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The purposes of this study were to determine whether knowledge of a child's family's marital status (divorced home/intact home/family status unknown) and/or teacher's marital status (single/divorced) would affect the teacher's ratings of... To test the hypotheses, two instruments were employed. The Personality Trait Rating Scale (PTRS) and the Predicted Behavior in School Form (PBS) were used by the teachers to rate behaviors of a five year old child observed on a videotape. Findings were: (1) knowledge of a child's family marital status did not have any significant effect on teachers' ratings on the PTRS or on the PBS. Mean rating scores on both instruments did not differ significantly among the three...
The trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 brought world-wide attention to the Nazi concentration camps and led to countless discussions by historians and theologians. In addition to American and British novelists and playwrights, many poets... The first literary response to the Holocaust was mainly autobiographical in accounts by camp inmates. Literary critics have discussed these memoirs and novels. Little attention, however, has been given to the impact of the Holocaust on... Through a discussion of eighteen poets and the characteristics of American and British poetry since World War II, this essay attempts to demonstrate three points: First, images of the concentration camps are used metaphorically by a...
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING CONSUMER EDUCATION CONCEPTS IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILES TO SELECTED SECONDARY STUDENTS IN HOME ECONOMICS
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The purpose of the study was to develop instruments to determine what teachers and experts think ought to be taught, what is taught, and what is known concerning consumer education in clothing and textiles programs in home economics in... The test items were formulated in relation to those concepts identified in the Florida 1974 Free Enterprise and Consumer Education Act including: advertising, appliances, banking, budgeting, credit, governmental agencies, guarantees and... Data were collected from 131 senior high school students in two public schools of Bay County, Florida. Seventy first semester clothing and textiles students were assigned to the experimental group whereas 61 home economics students who... It was concluded that the test was reliable due to an analysis coefficient (K-R 20) which was .90 when administered to the experimental group and .89 when administered to the control group. The t test was used to determine if there was a significant difference in the mean of the test scores of the experimental group and the control group. No significant difference was found between the mean score of the experimental and...
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THREE DEMONSTRATION CONDITIONS IN THE ACQUISITION OF A MOTOR SKILL (TIME, CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION)
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The purpose of this study was to compare both the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing live demonstrations (with a fully adequate and precise display of the movement) and videotaped demonstrations (with and without a fully adequate... After observing one of the three demonstrations, 97 tenth and eleventh grade students completed a written test which assessed their knowledge of information critical to satisfactorily performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Next, the... A one-way analysis of variance test revealed no significant differences in the time required for practice and feedback between demonstration groups. Females did require a significantly longer period of time for practice and feedback than...
"Since Claxton High School is among the few schools in its geographical area which have a physical education program, and since that program has been in effect for only a short period of time, it is felt that the people of the community...
STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM AS COMPARED WITH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE REGULARCURRICULUM IN THE FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS OF COLLEGE AT FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY, 1967 TO 1969
Announcement day effects and the role of strategic transactions: An empirical investigation
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The evidence of a negative price response generally associated with the initial announcement of seasoned common stock offerings demands a more explicit rationale for why management would undertake an action that serves to lower current... The results show that the market does use information relating to capital structure apart from the issue-investment decision in determining the motive for the offering. However, the results are contrary to that implied by pecking-order.... The evidence also shows that insiders most familiar with the operations of the firm are abnormally high sellers over the second and third months prior to the initial announcement. Further, this selling activity is directly related to the...
Odd couples/romantic texts: The writings of Charles and Mary Lamb, William and Sarah Hazlitt, and Paul de Man
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This dissertation brings together essays written on various texts by Charles Lamb, Mary Anne Lamb, William Hazlitt, Sarah Hazlitt and Paul de Man. In Chapter One, I draw on Bakhtin's ideas of heteroglossia and dialogism to argue that the... In Chapter Two, I use Michel Foucault's work on sexuality and madness to re-read Lamb's essays "Confessions of a Drunkard" and "Edax on Appetite" and William Hazlitt's novel Liber Amoris as confessions that partake of the pedagogical...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE GRANT-AWARDING PRACTICES OF FLORIDA'S PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS TOWARD INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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The present study examined the 1977, 1978, and 1979 IRS 990 tax returns of 227 Florida-based philanthropic foundations in an effort to describe their grant-awarding activity toward institutions of higher education and to ascertain the... Significant descriptive findings were as follows: (1) For each year examined, institutions of higher education received higher average grant awards than other segments of the grant-seeking population. They also increased each year in... Following the descriptive analysis, chi-square tests for theoretical proportions and independence were utilized to ascertain whether certain kinds of institutions received disproportionate numbers of grants and whether there was a...
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