Estimates of the incidence of mental disorders indicate that 35% of inmates in prison populations have a diagnosable mental illness, indicating there is a need to understand how emotional disturbance plays a role in the mental status of female...
Visual communication -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Photography -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The current Advanced Photography course at Glastonbury High School has been primarily an extension of the Introduction to Photography course. There is a need to improve the Advanced Photography course, adding three (3) comprehensive units, Portrait...
Liability has become an increasing concern to police officers. This study extended existing research by expanding the definition of liability to include internal discipline, criminal arrests, in addition to civil lawsuits against police officers. ...
Reading (Elementary) -- Remedial teaching; Music in education
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement teaching methods to build
fluency in struggling readers and to generate hypotheses regarding the impact that music
has in helping to build fluent oral reading. Methods using music to promote...
The purpose of this study was to compare the stress felt by officers employed by different size departments to identify differences and similarities between small town and urban policing. This study surveyed 104 officers of various ranks from four...
Although historians have long been familiar with an accepted picture of Eva Peron, the elusive personality of Argentina's most dynamic female has undergone a significant evolution in the past fifty years. As an unknown actress, Eva Duarte was first...
Rural, untouched land is being threatened by construction of subdivisions and retail buildings to support the growing population and continuing urban and suburban sprawl. Natural resources and the environment are drastically changing, and are in...
Social Movement Theory (SMT) is an area of study in Sociology and Political Science that provides an analytical framework for understanding the factors involved in organized social action. A social movement develops in response to an injustice or...
Facebook (Electronic resource); English language -- Study and teaching -- Japanese speakers
Previous research suggests that ESL learners more readily acquire pragmatic awareness than grammatical awareness (Bardovi-Harlig & Dörnyei, 1998; Schauer, 2006, 2009), which is likely due to a greater amount of natural L2 input in the ESL...
The introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002 created a new element of uniformity and extended the capabilities of the European Union. Through a lengthy process of trials, failures, and breakthroughs, which spanned from the European Union’s...
Educational equalization; Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Curricula
This qualitative study documented the journey of both teacher and students as they explored a gender-balanced approach to the sixth-grade art curriculum. The study focused on broadening student perspectives, demystifying male and female artists,...
This qualitative inquiry explored student experiences and responses while producing and evaluating computer-generated art. In our highly technological world, art can be digitally rendered. And while students are excited and eager to explore the...
This study proposes to investigate community policing styles and their influence on misdemeanor arrest rates, and serious property and violent crime. Participants in the study include all police agencies within the state of Connecticut serving...
