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St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, January 1, 1995

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

St. Justin Catholic Deaf Community Sunday Bulletin, January 1, 1995

Saint Justin Catholic Deaf Community Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Pittsburgh, PA

Saint Justin Catholic Deaf Community Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

The Importance Of Health Insurance Reform, Nancy Landon Kassebaum

Maine Policy Review

In her commentary, Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas outlines a proposed bipartisan health insurance reform act which she will introduce in the Senate next year.

Centennial Library E-News, January 1995, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Library Computer Classroom Available; Videorecordings; CedarNet Library Resources; Periodicals; User Education Program

Gender Analysis Of The Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Karen J. Kellums

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

The purpose of this study was to determine if any of the twenty items on the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) show differential item functioning (DIF) between gender and item response. Archival data were obtained on two groups: (a) 331 members of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS, USA), 197 males and 134 females, average age 44.5 years (Adams, 1993; Stratton, 1992); and (b) 392 incoming freshmen students at a liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest, 148 males and 244 females, average age 18 years (Foster & LaForce, 1991). For each sample, partial correlations were computed for gender-related response …

The Relevance Of Matching Dna: Is The Window Half Open Or Half Shut, D.H. Kaye

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Sentencing Guidelines And Prison Population Grouth, Thomas B. Marvell

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Fifth Amendment--Upholding The Constitutional Merit Of Misleading Reasonable Doubt Jury Instructions, Shelagh Kenney

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

26 U.S.C. 5861(D) Requires Mens Rea As To The Physical Characteristics Of The Weapon, Martin T. Lefevour

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Reflections On Firearms And The Criminal Law, Franklin E. Zimring

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Youth Violence, Guns, And The Illicit-Drug Industry, Alfred Blumstein

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Regulating Gun Markets, Philip J. Cook, Stephanie Molliconi, Thomas B. Cole

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Keeping Guns Out Of The Wrong Hands: The Brady Law And The Limits Of Regulation, James B. Jacobs, Kimberly A. Potter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Changes In Firearms Ownership Among Women, 1980-1994, Tom W. Smith, Robert J. Smith

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Armed Resistance To Crime: The Prevalence And Nature Of Self-Defense With A Gun, Gary Kleck, Marc Gertz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Human Skeletal Remains From The Pre-Colonial Greek Emporium Of Pithekoussai On Ischia (Na): Culture Contact In Italy From The Early Viii To The Ii Century Bc, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Lenape Maize Sales To The Swedish Colonists: Cultural Stability During The Early Colonial Period, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Assisting Workers Displaced By Structural Change: An International Perspective, Duane E. Leigh

Upjohn Press

Leigh begins by providing a summary of the evolution of labor market programs in seven industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. He points out that a number of these nations are dealing with long-term unemployment by linking unemployment insurance benefits to participation in labor market programs, and that this is a requirement U.S. policy makers should examine closely. Leigh also performs informal cross-country evaluations of these countries' programs,focusing on policies he feels merit attention. A three-level active labor market program is then proposed for the U.S.

Permanent Job Loss And The U.S. System Of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Frank P.R. Brechling, Louise Laurence

Upjohn Press

The authors reexamine the experience rating provisions in the U.S. UI system and look at its effects on both temporary layoffs and long-term permanent layoffs. For temporary layoffs, they propose a higher degree of experience rating through a restructuring of the tax code while eliminating administrative time lags between the payment of benefits and the resulting changes in taxes. Brechling and Laurence also propose experience rating as an effective means of internalizing the costs of the growing number of permanent layoffs, making the case that payroll taxes are not the ideal means of implementing experience rating in this situation. In …

Program Applicants As A Comparison Group In Evaluating Training Programs: Theory And A Test, Stephen H. Bell, Larry L. Orr, John D. Blomquist, Glen George Cain

Upjohn Press

The authors begin with a thorough assessment of the many nonexperimental employment and training program evaluation techniques based on non-random comparison groups. These techniques typically use econometric methods to estimate the effects of employment and training programs by using comparison groups from non-program "external" sources. Then, recognizing the inherent drawbacks in these methods, Bell, Orr, Blomquist and Cain respond by reintroducing an evaluation method first implemented in the 1960s, the use of "internal" comparison groups consisting of nonparticipating program applicants. These groups include withdrawals, screen-outs and no-shows of the programs being evaluated in order to solve the selection bias problem. …

Fourteenth Amendment--Equal Protection: The Supreme Court's Prohibition Of Gender-Based Peremptory Challenges, Beth A. Deverman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Global Electronic Community: Modeling The Sociology Of Self-Organization, Joan Roca, William Ammentorp, Thomas Morgan

Library Services Publications

The revolution in telecommunications of the past decade has brought about fundamental changes in the patterns of professional communication. Internet and other electronic networks make it possible for geographically-dispersed individuals to engage in meaningful dialog concerning common problems. These exchanges result in a Global Electronic Community which is unique in human experience. This is a community that is truly self­-organizing in that it can take on new forms momentarily. Consequently, it is a dynamic community with continually-changing membership and structure; a society populated with both human and electronic agents. It is, as a result, more complex in the roles its …

"A Friend To Go Between Them": Interpreters Among The Iroquois, 1664-1775, Nancy L. Hagedorn

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

In recent years, interest in early American Indian history and an emphasis on ethnohistorical methods have led to new approaches to the study of cultural contact in colonial America. Several scholars have used cross-cultural groups such as missionaries and white Indian captives as vehicles for analysis. Another group that moved relatively freely back and forth across the cultural divide was that of interpreters. From their intermediate position between European and Iroquois cultures, these men and women interpreted more than languages. Although linguistic skills were essential, successful mediation between Indians and Europeans also required a knowledge of the culture and customs …

Center For Psychological Studies 1995-1996 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

CPS Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

What Is Happening To The Communication Disciplines?, Paul E. Nelson

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

introduces a series of articles in the special issue on communication programs of colleges and universities in the U.S.

Private Pension Policies In Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis, John A. Turner, Noriyasu Watanabe

Upjohn Press

In this comprehensive review of private pension systems in effect world-wide, Turner and Watanabe discuss the fundamental issues facing nations as they adopt and expand private pension systems. Specific policies in effect in several private pension systems are analyzed including those in nations dominating world pension assets (Japan, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.), as is the country whose system is widely regarded as the model for developing nations, Chile. Turner and Watanabe also provide a compendium on the worldwide trends influencing pension systems and their implications for pension policy.

Training Sociologists: Professional Socialization And The Emergence Of Career Aspirations, Bruce Keith, Helen A. Moore

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The individual and departmental factors affecting graduate students' professional socialization were studied by employing data from 309 PhD students in 16 graduate programs in sociology. Using Rosenbaum's tournament model of opportunity structures and aspects of Tinto's model of social psychological integration, this study examines students' access to initial funding, resources in the department, indicators of prior ability, current professional activities, mentoring processes, and social psychological factors for their effects on socialization into the academic profession. Access to initial funding and to mentoring have substantial effects on PhD students' professional socialization, but prove to be less than rational processes in the …

Television And Its Relationship To A Person's Character, Keri Phillips

Master's Theses

The following study looked at the relationship between the types of television shows a person watches, either violent, neutral, or nonviolent, and his/her score on the Character Counts Questionnaire (CCQ), which measures a person's character and ethical values. Subjects were asked to complete the CCQ and rate on a five point bipolar scale, whether they enjoyed or did not enjoy watching the selected television shows. While using the CCQ, several problems were found and changes were made to overcome them. The most prevalent problem was that the original scoring method was so rigid it did not give a reflective measure …

American Terrorism And The Sociological Imagination In 1995: A Sociologist’S Commentary, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

On Wednesday morning, April 19, 1995, a rented truck parked purposefully near the entrance to the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, exploded with extreme force, killing and wounding hundreds of people, including dozens of youngsters in a day care facility. The lethal explosion directly challenged the sovereignty and legitimacy of the United States government. The nation, our television sets reported, was in shock. How could such a terrible event occur in the United States? The television images, so much like frozen frames from a fantastic made-for-TV action-adventure movie, challenged our sensibilities and stung the national consciousness.