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Novak, Kenneth J.; Chamlin, Mitchell B. – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Racial bias in traffic enforcement has become a popular line of inquiry, but examinations into explanations for the disparity have been scant. The current research integrates theoretical insights from the racial threat hypothesis with inferences drawn from the empirical analyses of the factors that stimulate officer suspicion. The most intriguing…
Descriptors: Race, Cues, Social Control, Racial Composition
Charleston, Carmen Renfroe – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore and better understand the effect of parent participation on the academic success and well being of students, especially those in the elementary grades. This area of concentration was chosen because extensive research has shown that the early years are the most formative and active interaction by parents can…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Elementary School Students
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Corder, Bilie F.; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, 1986
Compared psychological and social characteristics of two groups of juvenile rapists (N=16) and a control group (N=16) of adolescents with histories of nonsexually assaultive behavior. Results showed that rapists who had assaulted younger victims seemed very different from both the rapists with older victims and the controls. Implications for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Criminals, Delinquency
Gendron, Jean-Denis, Ed.; Vigneault, Richard, Ed. – 1981
Articles include: (1) "Variables psychologiques et sociales reliees a l'apprentissage d'une langue seconde par l'immigrant adulte en situation scolaire" (Psychological and Social Variables Related to the Learning of a Second Language by the Adult Immigrant in the Academic Situation) by A. d'Anglejan and C. Renaud, (2) "Les contacts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Context, Culture Contact