Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1950. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [194]-198).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 563 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaugural dissertation--Göttingen. / "Litteratur": verso 3rd-4th prelim. leaves.

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 57 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät--Freiburg im Breisgau--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 1990. / Bibliogr. p. [176]-185. Notes bibliogr.

Submitted by Rangel Sousa Jamile Kelly (jamile.kelly@ufba.br) on 2012-07-14T13:29:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação antônio.pdf: 469360 bytes, checksum: 30f2bfb825486044eafc9fadf78d4aae (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-14T13:29:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação antônio.pdf: 469360 bytes, checksum: 30f2bfb825486044eafc9fadf78d4aae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-30 / Este trabalho tem a preocupação de examinar em que medida os crimes passionais ocorridos entre casais com vínculos amorosos e/ou sexuais em Salvador/Bahia entre 1890-1940, contribuíram para legitimar a desigualdade de gênero, pretende também identificar as concepções de gênero que perpassavam aquela sociedade e sua influência na prática dos crimes passionais estudados. Para alcançar os dramas passionais pesquisou os processos-crimes, selecionando-os em função dos vínculos amorosos e/ou sexuais ali presentes. Para subsidiar a fonte criminal e alargar as interpretações sobre os crimes, foram buscados textos jornalísticos que, como discursos representativos daquela sociedade, deram suporte à reconstrução das experiências cotidianas dos moradores de Salvador no episódio dos crimes passionais. Para além dessas fontes, visando compreender a posição dos agentes forenses ante os crimes passionais mencionados, foi importante consultar as obras jurídicas da época e tal investigação possibilitou a apropriação das falas nos tribunais e a relação entre eles e a sociedade em geral. Como criação jurídica de uma prática cultural, a figura do crime passional perpassou a sociedade soteropolitana, que pouco a pouco interiorizou as representações de paixão como justificativa para os atos criminosos. / Salvador

56 pages / This thesis analyzes the depictions of Whites and Blacks in crime stories in local television news in Portland, Oregon. Previous studies have concluded that television news reinforces "modern racism" by the way in which Blacks and Whites are shown in crime stories. This study analyzed two randomly constructed weeks in early 1994. Black suspects were shown more often in handcuffs and in jail uniforms, and each Black suspect depicted in a crime story was a suspect in a homicide. The results were divided into two categories to reflect the influence of the attach on skater Nancy Kerrigan, which dominated the local news because of the Tonya Harding connection.

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This research explores why young men participate in organised crime in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. From an ecological perspective, decisions are the result of a combination of factors at the macro, micro, and individual levels. The research explores factors at each of these levels, particularly the role of unfulfilled aspirations, the family and community environments, as well as different dimensions of poverty. In doing so, it uses an original survey covering a sample of 180 delinquent young men aged 12 to 29, who were in prison for organised criminal activity, and a sample of 180 non-delinquents with the same age, social background, and geographical origin in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Twenty in-depth interviews were also carried out with a sub-sample of delinquents. To my knowledge, this is the first study to use a quasi-experimental approach to understand why young men in Mexico participate in organised crime that considers their aspirations and measures multidimensional poverty amongst a population that is commonly excluded from census data. The thesis draws on several theoretical frameworks from the fields of criminology and sociology, including anomie and attachment theories. The findings lend support to the importance of aspirations at the individual level. Opportunity constraints predict criminal participation and delinquents tend to place greater value on material items than their non-delinquent counterparts, which calls for the co-creation and management of aspirations of former delinquents and at-risk youth with the aid of counsellors. In the family environment, being raised in a single parent household was a significant predictor of participation in organised crime. As these households are often headed by women, greater support for working mothers is pressing, as work in the assembly plants in Juárez (the prime source of employment) is not accompanied with childcare. More involved fathers who constitute positive role models are necessary to mitigate the risks of criminal participation. In the community environment, regularly spending time in a gang significantly predicted organised crime participation. Although gangs constitute a gateway, they do not unequivocally lead to organised crime. This calls for an adequate assessment of gangs, a phenomenon that is still poorly understood in Mexico. At the macro level, the findings reveal that those who are more income deprived have a lower probability of having participated in crime, suggesting that participation reduces income poverty marginally. However, a higher proportion of delinquent participants are vulnerable due to deprivation in several social indicators and most delinquent participants are still multidimensionally poor, despite their participation in organised crime. This indicates that participating in crime does not constitute an effective or sustained pathway out of poverty, a message that should be communicated to at-risk youth. A more robust poverty and inequality reduction program accompanied by fiscal reform and higher minimum wages are also among the key policy recommendations.