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Glasser, Ellen. "Voices of the First Women Leaders in the Federal Bureau of Investigation". UNF Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/635.
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This qualitative study utilized elite, semi-structured interviews of a purposive sample of the first women who became Special Agents and supervisors in the highly gendered Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The historical context for their experiences is significant in light of social and legal mandates for equal opportunity and the increased interest in gender-specific research that took place during the 1970s. Literature relating to feminist perspectives, the integration of women into nontraditional occupations, and the gendered nature of bureaucracy supported the conceptual framework. Guided by educational criticism, four strategies were used recursively: typological analysis was used to define categories of data; interpretive analysis was used to identify patterns and connections in the data; evaluation was used to attach value to the data beyond the participants, and thematics were used to analyze pervasive messages within the data as a whole. Typologies included the choice of nontraditional careers, decision-making, efficacy as leaders, and efforts to negotiate the FBI’s bureaucracy. Three metaphors were used to interpret connections and patterns according to feminist standpoint theory, career self-efficacy theory, and various organizational principles. A Supergirl metaphor highlighted women’s unique knowledge and complex roles; a Target metaphor highlighted complex patterns for high achievement and response to obstacles, and a Clubhouse metaphor highlighted masculine culture, the role of rules, and changes to an organization’s equilibrium. Evaluation analysis addressed the moral obligation for women in leadership and the need for organizational diversity. Themes in the data included occupational pride, the challenge to manage multiple roles, an absence of relationship support, and inconsistency in feminist views.
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Dreher, Judith A. "Victim's rights compliance efforts a review of the federal bureau of prisons /". Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2000. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2000.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2939. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis title page as 2 preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92).
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Corderman, David Sandt. "Perceptual Agreement Between Multi-rater Feedback Sources in the Federal Bureau of Investigation". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11165.
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The use of multi-rater feedback as a way to analyze perceptions within the context of job performance and leadership in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was examined. Research in this domain is notable as this type of evaluation is now being done with regularity in the private sector and is starting to be utilized more extensively in the public sector, but is still being used to a limited extent in law enforcement. The path of this research examined differences between self-assessments and assessments of others (peers and subordinates) in dimensions of leadership as measured by the same multi-rater instrument at two points in time. This research effort made use of a multi-rater survey instrument called the "Leadership Commitments and Credibility Inventory System (LCCIS)," designed by Keilty, Goldsmith, and Company, which is used in multiple industries and was expanded to capture characteristics considered important to FBI leaders. Results showed high ratings on a five point Likert scale as indicated by mean averages of self and others. Additionally, Z scores, t tests and ANCOVA indicated that FBI supervisors did not overestimate their leadership, as indicated by (1) an overall leadership measure at time two compared to time one, (2) a greater perceptual agreement between others and self existing on second multi-rater assessments than on the initial assessments, and (3) any statistical differences of means in all measured categories at time two versus time one. Various subcategories of the assessment showed a mixture of non-statistically significant results and that subordinates and peers perceived leaders differently. Further, analysis of two unique dimensions of the LCCIS, "Manage Diversity" and "Build Public Trust" showed exceptionally high results. The implications of the present research are that leadership in the FBI, as measured by different dimensions, is strong. Yet, there is no evidence that leaders or others in this organization change their perceptions over time. These findings may point to the need for multi-rater instruments to be used in concert with personal development plans in order to improve the perception of leadership.Ph. D.
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Pauling, Kristen Cederholm. "Transforming counterterrorism training in the FBI preserving institutional memory and enhancing knowledge management /". Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/March/09Mar%5FPaulling.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Schweit, Katherine D. "March 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 23, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Counterterrorism, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Best Practices, Homeland Security, Training, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, FBI, Expert Registry, Center for Lessons Learned, Skill Building, Storytelling, Organizational Change, Mobile Education Team, MET Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-68). Also available in print.
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Grunwald, Anne. "Datenerhebung durch das Federal Bureau of Investigation Massnahmen zur Terrorismusbekämpfung nach dem 11. September 2001". Baden-Baden Nomos, 2007. http://d-nb.info/989996662/04.
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Grunwald, Anne. "Datenerhebung durch das Federal Bureau of Investigation : Maßnahmen zur Terrorismusbekämpfung nach dem 11. September 2001 /". Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016729095&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Briggs, Catherine. "Fighting for women's equality, the federal Women's Bureau, 1945-1967 : an example of early state feminism in Canada". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ60524.pdf.
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Jiggins, Stephen, i n/a. "Propaganda and public information campaigns : a case study of the 1991 Australian census communication campaign". University of Canberra. Communication, Media & Tourism, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060801.162048.
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Jowett and O'Donnell observe that 'there is a clear revival of interest in
the important role of propaganda in many aspects of modern life, not
necessarily related to international intrigue or military campaigns' (1992, p.
xi). This thesis has examined the 1991 Census communication
campaign (ABS 1991a) for evidence of propaganda intentions and
strategies.
Propaganda is clearly a pejorative term and its application to a particular
campaign could imply a covert attempt at manipulation by the authority
behind the campaign�the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). As the
author was responsible for the development, implementation and
evaluation of the 1991 Census communication campaign and had
privileged access to a range of sources, a reader might expect detailed
references to internal files which reveal conscious decision-making to
mount a propaganda campaign. This is not the case. An analysis of
the 150 working files associated with the campaign revealed no support
for such a hypothesis; there was no evidence of decision-making with the
intent of implementing propaganda strategies. Similarly, during interviews
with senior ABS managers, these managers categorically rejected the
notion that the Bureau conducted a propaganda campaign and pointed
to the fact that all procedures were cleared through both the Federal
Parliament and the Privacy Commissioner.
The hypothesis explored by this thesis is that despite this lack of
conscious direction, propaganda processes are evident in the way the
ABS conducted the communication campaign for the 1991 Census. The
perspective of the thesis is closely aligned to that of Altheide and Johnson
who locate propaganda as the bridge between 'organisational image
and reality' (1980, p. 4). Altheide and Johnson regard propaganda as an
insidious phenomena based on impression-management through the
'rigorous pursuit of scientifically valid procedures and standards' (1980, p.
229). The end result of this impression-management is that certain 'facts'
are presented to the exclusion of all others. This thesis argues that
impression-management strategies are evident in the way the ABS
conducted the communication campaign for the 1991 Census. The
processes of impression-management are subtle and do not reside in
such sources as internal files. The process operates through the
internalised ethos and corporate values inculcated in the minds of senior
staff within the Bureau and is best conceptualised as a mindset, reflected
in outcomes. I have used the term mindset to cover the process of
converting abstract values into specific guides for action�fora discussion
of this process see Hall (1977, pp. 69 - 83).
This mindset is well-illustrated by the issue of compulsion�the obligation
to complete a census form. At one level the ABS procedures are
impeccable: cleared through the federal parliament and the Privacy
Commissioner�and it is this form of discourse that is documented in
internal files. The procedures do not, however, enable respondents to
make an informed decision about whether the census is compulsory and
about the ramifications for non-compliance. The mindset operating here is
based on the value of the census to the ABS�the census is good for the
ABS�it generates revenue and legitimises the role of the organisation.
The thesis presents data which establishes that there is a significant gap
between the organisational image of the census (in the corporate mind of
the ABS) and that perceived by householders. The mindset of the ABS
is clearly evident in the procedures adopted on this issue.
The main finding of this thesis is that many of the processes underlying
the development of the 1991 Census communication campaign were
subtle environmental influences. These reflected the internal dynamics of
the ABS, and its ability as an institution to control the communication
environment through addressing the needs of other major organisations,
such as the media, and the release of selective information to specific
target audiences. In this context, institutional dynamics, more than
decisions by individual managers, influenced the conduct of the campaign.
The process of propaganda, therefore, is implicit in the 1991 Census
rather than explicit�a distinction, in terms of process, drawn by Pearlin
and Rosenberg (1954) in their examination of propaganda techniques in
institutional advertising.
It should also be acknowledged that whilst the author did have privileged
access to information, there is no information contained in this thesis that
would not be publicly available. The majority of primary sources are
reports published by the ABS or papers delivered by Bureau staff at a
range of fora. Permission was sought from the ABS for assistance in
obtaining access to information and this was readily granted.
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Rosen, Lauren Christine. "A Comparison and Policy Recommendation of Correctional Approaches in the Arizona Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579053.
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The purpose of this research was to determine whether there are differences in the correctional approach of the federal government and the state of Arizona. To determine if those differences exist, a comparative study was done which looked at the mission statements, programs and services offered to inmates, cost, and recidivism rates at both the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Arizona Department of Corrections. Because differences were found to exist between the two levels of government, a policy recommendation was formulated to discuss how the Arizona Department of Corrections could implement new programs in order to have more success like its federal counterpart.
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Nilsen, Kirsti. "Social science research in Canada and federal government information policy, the case of Statistics Canada". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ28027.pdf.
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Mayer, Jochen. "State and spaces of official labour statistics in the Federal Republic of Germany, c.1950-1973". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7957.
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This PhD examines the historical making and interpretation of West-German official labour statistics in the period 1950-1973: how did official statistics come to be inscribed in state and administrative attempts to intervene into the labour market with respect to (un-)employment? Rather than considering statistics as a resource for state action and scientific investigation, this thesis is concerned with statistics as a contested topic comprising different techniques and ideas, styles of reasoning, practices, technologies and institutional contexts. Drawing on archival material from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Federal Labour Office, the Federal Statistical Office, the Organisation for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD), and other sources, the thesis examines debates over the abolition of the federal labour office’s labour statistics 1950–1963, and the establishment of a new statistical infrastructure in the following decade. In bridging work in economic and social history, and the history and geography of official statistics and technology, this thesis shows how debate on the employment files – generated in 1935 and reestablished in 1950 – as the basis of quarterly official statistics was centred on the question of which statistics for which polity. This involved different ‘statistical gazes’ at different scales among labour administrators, bureaucratic officials, and statisticians. In studying the scientific-administrative issues of how and where statistics were produced and made credible, the analysis shows how authoritarian conceptions inscribed onto the files gave way, first, to more economical conceptions of data capturing (i.e. representative samples) and, from the late 1960s, to a statistical infrastructure based on electronic data processing. In examining the different rationalities – statistical-technical and political – the thesis shows how transformations in labour statistics were affected by dynamics between: federal state space and locality; technological dreams of labour administrators and statistical requirements; mathematisation and mechanisation of the statistical discourse; trust and credibility; public critique and legitimacy.
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Chapman, Heather J. "Factors Affecting Reading Outcomes Across Time in Bureau of Indian Education Reading First Schools". DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/712.
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Regardless of age, background, or socioeconomic status, children must learn to read in order to be successful in school and in their future careers. Reading is an essential skill necessary to be successful in all other academic content areas. Despite the importance of this skill, American Indian children consistently score below the national average on tests of reading ability and reading comprehension. During recent years, many schools in the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) system requested funding through the Reading First initiative. Schools used the funding and support provided by the BIE Reading First grant to attempt system-wide change at the school level in order to refocus efforts on increasing reading achievement. The current study investigated the impact of the Reading First Initiative on American Indian students in kindergarten through third grade.
Results suggest that the models and methods employed using funding from the Reading First grant had a positive impact on certain aspects of reading achievement in students. Instructional Leadership Changes had a negative impact on student achievement while certain reading programs were found to have a more positive impact on some students than others. Furthermore, regardless of beginning of year reading level, all students showed increased gain in end-of-year outcome scores over time. Same grade cohort groups of students in kindergarten, second, and third grades demonstrated increased average scores over time as schools continued to implement Reading First models. Finally, while the gap between students with intensive needs and their peers was not erased, it also did not widen. Based on research indicating gain for these students is often below that of their peers, this is an important finding. Thus, it appears that the impact of Reading First in relation to teaching younger students the basic building blocks needed to read with fluency in the later grades was positive in the current sample.
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Johnson, M. E., i n/a. "The application of statistics to the mesoscale study of wind speed and direction in the Canberra region". University of Canberra. Information Sciences, 1986. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060802.154807.
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The temporal and spatial variability in wind speed and
direction was investigated in a study of the mesoscale wind
fields in the Canberra region. The statistical description of
the winds was based on twelve months of three-hourly data at
seventeen sites obtained in a joint program carried out by the
Division of Land Use Research, CSIRO, the National Capital Development Commission, and the Bureau of Meteorology.
The statistical analysis proceeded in stages. The first
two stages were concerned with the determination and
examination of averages and measures of dipersion. Information
on the temporal variability in regional wind, defined as the
average of the winds at the seventeen collection sites,
provided the first insight into the important determinants of
winds in the region. The data were then categorized on the
basis of the information thus obtained, and the averages over
time for each site were analysed in each category. The
variation between sites revealed the extent of the spatial
variability in the region.
For each category, for each site, there were
perturbations around the average state, and in the last stage
of the study, the analysis examined how the perturbations were
related across sites using correlation coefficients.
Generalized Procrustes Analysis was used, followed by the
extensive use of cluster analysis.
Linear modelling techniques were used at all stages of
the study, not only for wind speed, but also for wind direction
which is an angular variate and thus required different
modelling procedures. The models related the variables of
interest to terrain features such as position, elevation and
surface roughness. These models allowed an informed judgement
to be made on the likelihood of accurately estimating the winds
at other locations in the region using interpolation
techniques.
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Owens, Angela M. "A phenomenological study of criminal behavior among adult males in the Federal prison system: implications for social work practice". DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2002. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2938.
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This study has two primary objectives: first, to examine the characteristics of 75 offenders incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Talladega, Alabama, using the Pre-sentence Investigation (PSI) Report data, and second, to delve into the phenomenology of the offenders through a lengthy interview process. To achieve these objectives, three offenders types were constructed based on criminal history analysis: First-time Offenders, Repeat Drug Offenders, and Mixed Multiple Offenders.
The study found that First-time Offenders were less deviant in all respects than the other two subtypes. First-time Offenders, hailing from lower-middle class environments, were relatively better educated, more skilled, employed for longer periods, and possessed more self-control than members of the other subtypes. First-time Offenders were frequently reared in intact homes with both parents present (or involved in their lives). Repeat Offenders had mostly drug convictions with or without traffic violations and misdemeanors charges. Mixed Multiple Offenders had lengthier arrest histories than other subtypes with a variety of convictions ranging from a simple battery to homicide, rape or armed robbery-indicating a more threatening, violent, and pervasive deviant and/or criminal lifestyle than First-time or Repeat Offenders. Unlike the First time Offenders, both the Repeat Drug Offenders and Mixed Multiple Offenders were relatively less educated, less skilled, employed for less periods of time or sporadically or irregularly employed, and were reared in lower class, broken homes environments with a larger number of family members present.
Findings from this study provide a more in-depth understanding of what criminal behavior means to those who commit criminal acts and their life circumstances under which it occurs. These findings will enable social workers to design and implement more effective intervention strategies to assist offenders with their behavioral problems
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Benge, Guy Jack Jr. "Partners in Crime: Federal Crime Control Policy and the States, 1894 – 1938". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1162821110.
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BARBOSA, Alex Trindade. "Avaliação do Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil na Universidade Federal de Alfenas". Universidade Federal de Alfenas, 2017. https://bdtd.unifal-mg.edu.br:8443/handle/tede/1104.
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O Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil (PNAES) tem como finalidade ampliar as condições de permanência de discentes no ensino superior público federal. O objetivo de investigação deste trabalho é avaliar a efetividade do PNAES, para responder a pergunta se o PNAES foi um sucesso ou fracasso na Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG), no período de 2014 a 2016. Para isso, foram elaborados o índice de evasão relativa e o índice de reprovação relativa, que comparam a proporção de evasão e reprovação entre alunos não assistidos e assistidos pelo PNAES. Os resultados dos índices foram utilizados para avaliar a efetividade do PNAES. O processo de avaliação seguiu a estrutura do marco lógico que detalha o PNAES em produto, atividades, objetivos e finalidade. Ademais, foi utilizada a técnica de análise de correspondência múltipla, para analisar outras variáveis atreladas à permanência dos alunos além da assistência estudantil. Os objetivos específicos da pesquisa foram: 1º) elaborar o índice de reprovação relativa e o índice de evasão relativa, para mensurar os resultados do PNAES; 2º) aplicar o instrumento de avaliação, denominado marco lógico, para orientar a avaliação da efetividade do PNAES na UNIFAL-MG; e 3º) analisar outras variáveis possivelmente associadas à permanência de alunos na UNIFAL-MG, além das ações de assistência estudantil, como o estágio não obrigatório e as atividades de pesquisa, monitoria e extensão. Foi realizada a avalição da efetividade para os alunos ingressantes no primeiro e segundo semestres de 2014. Foi possível observar que o PNAES foi efetivo no aspecto da evasão em todos os cursos, uma vez que nos semestres avaliados os alunos assistidos evadiram em proporção igual ou menor que os alunos não assistidos. Com relação à reprovação, o PNAES foi efetivo em 64% dos cursos analisados no 1º/2014 e em aproximadamente 66% dos cursos analisados do 2º/2014. Conclui-se que o PNAES foi um sucesso para o período analisado com relação à evasão, porém com a ressalva dos cursos que necessitam de estudos para levantar os motivos de reprovações dos alunos assistidos. A aplicação da técnica de análise de correspondência múltipla possibilitou levantar a hipótese: que as atividades de pesquisa, monitoria e extensão estão associadas à permanência dos alunos ingressantes no período entre o 1º/2014 até o 1º/2016, associação esta não podendo ser aplicada com relação aos alunos de estágio não obrigatório ingressantes no 1º/2015 e no 1º/2016.The National Program of Student Assistance (PNAES) aims to extend the conditions of permanence of speeches in the federal public higher education. The objective of the research of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of the PNAES to answer a question if the PNAES was a success or failure at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG), from 2014 to 2016. For this, of relative avoidance and replication index, which compare the proportion of avoidance and disapproval among students not assisted and assisted by the PNAES. The results of the indices are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the PNAES. The evaluation process followed a logical framework structure that details the PNAES in product, activities, objectives and purpose. In addition, it was used as a multiple correspondence analysis technique to analyze other variables linked to students' permanence beyond student assistance. The specific objectives of the research are: 1) to elaborate the relative rejection index and the relative avoidance index, to measure the results of the PNAES; 2) to apply the assessment tool, called the Logical Framework, to guide an evaluation of the effectiveness of the NAPA in UNIFAL-MG; and 3) to analyze other variables possibly associated with the permanence of students in UNIFAL-MG, in addition to the student's actions, such as the non-compulsory internship and research, monitoring and extension activities. An evaluation of the effectiveness of incoming students was carried out in the first and second semesters of 2014. I found that it is not a participant of all courses, since in the semesters the students assisted were evaded in equal or lesser proportion than the unassisted students. With regard to failure, the PNAES was effective in 64% of the courses analyzed in 1/2014 and in approximately 66% of the courses analyzed in 2 / 2014. It was concluded that the PNAES was a success for the period analyzed with However, with a caveat of the courses that need studies to raise the pairs of student disapprovals. The application of the technique of multiple correspondence analysis makes it possible to raise the hypothesis: that as research, monitoring and extension activities are associated to the stay of incoming students in the period between 1º / 2014 until 1º / 2016, an association that can not be applied with for non-compulsory students entering the 1st / 2015 and the 1st / 2016.
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Lima, Fernando Fernandes de. "Determinantes do desempenho em laudos de criminalística no Departamento de Polícia Federal: uma abordagem multinível". reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/9812.
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O Departamento de Polícia Federal, em particular sua Diretoria Técnico-Científica, tem buscado adotar ferramentas modernas de administração para a melhoria da eficiência de seus processos, dentre as quais o uso de indicadores de desempenho. No caso específico da Criminalística, cuja gestão está a cargo daquela diretoria, ainda faltam estudos básicos que permitam conhecer os processos que lá se desencadeiam, para então serem adotados indicadores confiáveis e de fácil compreensão. Nessa direção, um dos primeiros passos é conhecer o tempo que cada processo demora, dadas suas características. Neste trabalho são utilizadas técnicas estatísticas para extrair da base de dados existente na Diretoria Técnico-Científica esta informação. Com a obtenção dessas informações é possível propor indicadores de desempenho adequados e de fácil acompanhamento, permitindo então aos gestores verificar o resultado efetivo de ações e decisões gerenciais.
The Brazilian Federal Police Department, through its Technical-Scientific Board, has been using modern administration tools in order to increase its processes efficiency, including performance indicators. The Criminalistics area, whose management is in charge of that board, still misses basic studies which allow the knowledge of its processes, for only then adopt reliable and easy performance indicators. In this direction, one important step is to have a realistic approach of the time that each process consumes, given its characteristics. In this work statistical techniques are used to extract this information from the databases available. With this information in hand, it is possible to propose adequate and easy to adopt performance indicators, which will allow the managers to check the result of managerial actions and decisions.
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Chung, Joonho. "Empirical study on the effects of monetary policy on the exchange rates : the role of uncertainty in monetary policy /". free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9901229.
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Pacci, Mehme. "Political Misuse of Domestic Intelligence: A Case Study on the FBI". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3223/.
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Domestic intelligence is very important in preventing disorder while ensuring unity and security during a time of national crisis. However, if uncontrolled, domestic intelligence can be subject to political misuse, which causes serious damage both to individuals and to democratic institutions. There are various theoretical explanations for political misuse of domestic intelligence. The political use of domestic intelligence is best explained by the sociological theory of unfulfilled needs. On the other hand, political counterintelligence can be best explained by Threat Theory. In order for a domestic intelligence organization to be effective, its organizational discretion must be limited by establishing clear legislation that is not secret, on the focus, limits, and techniques of domestic intelligence. This system must be supported by a multi-level control mechanism.
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Tupá, Petra. "Komparace významu lázeňství ve Spolkové republice Německo a České republice". Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-114112.
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This work deals with the topic spas in the Czech Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany. The first part is devoted to terminology. Other chapters describe the history of this industry in both countries, their spa resorts and in the end various spa statistics in the Czech Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany are compared.
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Testerman, Adam. "Discursive Security: F.B.I. Stings and the Nature of Peace". PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2351.
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The current study utilizes Critical Discourse Analysis and Thematic Analysis to study newspaper coverage of F.B.I. sting operations in The New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. F.B.I. sting operations are a modern counter-terrorism policy designed to preempt acts of terrorism. This study develops a theoretical approach to understanding F.B.I. sting operations by reviewing the critique of security. The critique of security suggests that nations construct threats in order to produce and maintain ideological and practical hegemony. Thematic categories of the newspaper discourse are formulated and analyzed in the context of security. The study employs aspects of grounded theory for theoretical positioning.
Findings suggest newspaper coverage of F.B.I. sting operations reflect and expand security in a number of important ways. Newspaper coverage provides information on a significant tactic used in the War on Terrorism and gives insight to the justification and reasoning for using that tactic. These pieces of information explain the interplay of security and counter-terrorism policy. However, findings also suggest security fosters positive relationships between nations, which requires repositioning aspects of the critique of security developed previously. Finally, newspaper discourse of F.B.I. sting operations helps contextualize the way modern counter-terrorism policy is ideologically configured. Findings show the dominant ideological configuration is security. The study considers how this framework contributes to a flawed understanding of the nature of peace.
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LIMA, Jéssica Nayara. "Acidentes nas rodovias federais pernambucanas: um estudo descritivo e exploratório". Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2015. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/17207.
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Sendo os acidentes de trânsito um problema mundial, este estudo descreve e analisa os acidentes ocorridos nas rodovias federais do estado de Pernambuco, entre os anos 2007-2012. Para a análise dos resultados, utilizou-se como opções metodológicas a análise descritiva e exploratória, através da análise de correspondência simples e múltipla. Diante das análises exploratórias, deseja-se ampliar o conhecimento sobre as associações e configurações das ocorrências e de seus fatores envolvidos, traçando os perfis dos acidentes e dos condutores dos veículos. Entre os principais resultados encontrados, identificou-se que a BR-101 é a rodovia federal com maior número de acidentes no estado de Pernambuco, cerca de 45% do total de ocorrências. Além disso, os acidentes na rodovia transversal BR-104 mostraram-se fortemente relacionados com as ultrapassagens indevidas. Identificou-se o perfil do jovem, solteiro, do sexo masculino que ingeriu álcool, com nível médio de escolaridade que sofreu lesões graves, como um dos perfis que melhor explicam os condutores envolvidos nos acidentes nas rodovias federais pernambucanas. Os resultados evidenciaram, também, os principais perfis dos acidentes, entre eles estão as colisões laterais e traseiras, ocorridas na BR-101, pela manhã, ocasionadas por falta de atenção e por não guardar distancia de segurança. Portanto, as análises descritivas e exploratórias trazem mais compreensão acerca dos acidentes. Espera-se que este estudo seja visto como uma fonte de consulta do panorama da acidentalidade no estado de Pernambuco, e que seus resultados norteiem ações adequadas do poder público e da sociedade em geral, a fim de prevenir e mitigar os transtornos causados pelos acidentes.
Since traffic accidents are a global problem, this present study describes and analyzes the accidents that occurred on Federal highways, in Pernambuco state, between the years 2007- 2012. In an effort to analyze the results, it was used as methodological options the descriptive and exploratory analysis, by the simple and multiple correspondence analysis. Given the exploratory analysis, it is needed to learn more about the associations and set of the occurred accidents, as well as its causes involved, mapping the profiles of accidents and drivers of vehicles involved. Among the main results found, the BR-101 is the Federal highway with the greatest number of accidents in the state of Pernambuco, it is about 45% of the total events. In addition, the accidents on the BR-104 cross highway showed strongly related to the undue overtaking. The identified profile as young, single, male, who has ingested alcoholic beverage, who is high school level and has suffered severe injuries is the one who best explains drivers involved in accidents in the Federal highways of Pernambuco. The results showed the main accident particulars as well: side and rear collisions, occurred on the BR-101, in the morning, due to the lack of attention and by not keeping safety distance. Therefore, the descriptive and exploratory analysis bring more comprehension upon the accidents. It is expected to this study to be seen as an inquiry source by the accident rate prospect in Pernambuco state, and its results to guide government and society to appropriate actions in order to prevent and mitigate the issues caused by these accidents.
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Kimball, Marilynn Jean. "Major crime victim's perceptions of the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2532.
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The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of perceptions crime victims have of the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office. This project focused on crime victims' perceptions of communication channels and service delivery at the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office. This research is based on a victim survey used for primary data collection.
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Islam, Md Rubayat Ul. "Utilizing Scenario Based Simulation Modeling to Optimize Aircraft Fleet Scheduling". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1560965666900518.
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Pliley, Jessica Rae. "Any Other Immoral Purpose: The Mann Act, Policing Women, and the American State, 1900 – 1941". The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1281537489.
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Berrios-Ayala, Mark. "Brave New World Reloaded: Advocating for Basic Constitutional Search Protections to Apply to Cell Phones from Eavesdropping and Tracking by Government and Corporate Entities". Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1547.
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Imagine a world where someone’s personal information is constantly compromised, where federal government entities AKA Big Brother always knows what anyone is Googling, who an individual is texting, and their emoticons on Twitter. Government entities have been doing this for years; they never cared if they were breaking the law or their moral compass of
human dignity. Every day the Federal government blatantly siphons data with programs from the original ECHELON to the new series like PRISM and Xkeyscore so they can keep their tabs on issues that are none of their business; namely, the personal lives of millions. Our allies are taking note; some are learning our bad habits, from Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ) mass shadowing sharing plan to America’s Russian inspiration, SORM. Some countries are following the United States’ poster child pose of a Brave New World like order of global events. Others like Germany are showing their resolve in their disdain for the rise of tyranny. Soon, these new found surveillance troubles will test the resolve of the American Constitution and its nation’s strong love and tradition of liberty. Courts are currently at work to resolve how current concepts of liberty and privacy apply to the current conditions facing the privacy of society. It remains to be determined how liberty will be affected as well; liberty for the United States of America, for the European Union, the Russian Federation and for the people of the World in regards to the extent of privacy in today’s blurred privacy expectations.B.S.
Bachelors
Health and Public Affairs
Legal Studies
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Davies, Llewellyn Willis. "‘LOOK’ AND LOOK BACK: Using an auto/biographical lens to study the Australian documentary film industry, 1970 - 2010". Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/154339.
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While much has been written on the Australian film and television
industry, little has been presented by actual producers,
filmmakers and technicians of their time and experiences within
that same industry. Similarly, with historical documentaries, it
has been academics rather than filmmakers who have led the
debate. This thesis addresses this shortcoming and bridges the
gap between practitioner experience and intellectual discussion,
synthesising the debate and providing an important contribution
from a filmmaker-academic, in its own way unique and insightful.
The thesis is presented in two voices. First, my voice, the
voice of memoir and recollected experience of my screen
adventures over 38 years within the Australian industry, mainly
producing historical documentaries for the ABC and the SBS. This
is represented in italics. The second half and the alternate
chapters provide the industry framework in which I worked with
particular emphasis on documentaries and how this evolved and
developed over a 40-year period, from 1970 to 2010.
Within these two voices are three layers against which this
history is reviewed and presented. Forming the base of the
pyramid is the broad Australian film industry made up of feature
films, documentary, television drama, animation and other types
and styles of production. Above this is the genre documentary
within this broad industry, and making up the small top tip of
the pyramid, the sub-genre of historical documentary. These form
the vertical structure within which industry issues are
discussed. Threading through it are the duel determinants of
production: ‘the market’ and ‘funding’.
Underpinning the industry is the involvement of government, both
state and federal, forming the three dimensional matrix for the
thesis. For over 100 years the Australian film industry has
depended on government support through subsidy, funding
mechanisms, development assistance, broadcast policy and
legislative provisions.
This thesis aims to weave together these industry layers, binding
them with the determinants of the market and funding, and
immersing them beneath layers of government legislation and
policy to present a new view of the Australian film industry.
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Wang, Chih-Liang, i 王智樑. "US Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Excessive Credit Creation: the Policies of Federal Reserve Bureau（FED）". Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42934087876743355308.
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碩士淡江大學
美洲研究所碩士班
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At the beginning of 2007, the Subprime Mortgage Crisis broke out in the U.S. and spread across the global financial market at an amazing speed, and we know it still has the great influence on the world''s economy nowadays. The crisis stemmed from the subprime loan market. This paper aims to figure out that why the financial products triggered such a severe crisis. What is the fundamental reason for the crisis? What is the linkage between the Federal Reserve and the crisis. Firstly, this author reviewed the course of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and analyzed it from the financial environment before it occurred, and explained some related incidents and timeframes. Finally author discussed the U.S. government''s policies. There are four major points in this paper：financial monetary speculation, mistaken Fed''s policies, incomplete financial regulations and inaccurate credit rating agencies and system. In conclusion, the author defined the reasons of the crisis based on the research framework and also hoped to prevent the financial crisis from happening again. The author recommends that the financial regulatory structure and the monetary authority in the U.S. be reformed. The author concluded that the optimal choice would be to grant more regulatory power and policy tools to the Fed, and thereby create sound financial environment. Furthermore, Fed’s ultimate mandate is to prevent financial crisis and to provide the macro-management support for the U.S. economy.
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Brame, Wendy Jean. "The national-local interface of social control the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Winston-Salem branch of the Black Panther party /". 2006. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/etd/umi-okstate-1877.pdf.
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Holland, Shakeera. "Unmasking serial murder: a comparison of a South African murder series with characteristics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Serial Murder Database". Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18394.
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The term ‘serial killer’ brings to mind notorious criminals whose crimes are so heinous as to
test the limits of the most vivid imagination and make us question their humanity. What is the
reality of serial murder?
In 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hosted a symposium on serial murder,
which brought together international experts in the field of serial murder with the aim of
clarifying and understanding this multifarious crime. On the 12th of March 2008, Gcinumzi
Richman Makhwenkwe, ‘The Moffat Park Serial Murderer’ was convicted of 5 counts of
murder, 3 counts of rape and 3 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances. The
Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand,
based at the Johannesburg Forensic Pathology Service (FPS) Medicolegal Mortuary Facility
performed the medicolegal investigations of death in all the victims. This research report
explores the characteristics of serial murder and serial murderers as documented in the
literature; documents the features and characteristics of the Moffat Park murder series;
compares the features of this South African murder series to those from the findings of the FBI
serial murder symposium; explores the role of the forensic medical practitioner in the
investigation of the Moffat Park series and serves to educate and inform forensic medical
practitioners of the features of serial murder as awareness may potentially lead to earlier
identification of a murder series. This could ultimately lead to earlier implementation of
specialist investigative methods, earlier apprehension of the serial murderer and most
importantly fewer victims.
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Murtaza, Arslan. "Success factors of knowledge management implementation in small and medium enterprises in United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Pakistan". Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/64811.
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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Information Systems and Technologies ManagementThe research field of the master's thesis is in Knowledge Management (hereinafter: KM). During the last few years, KM becomes one of the essential factors for the successful business and companies are becoming more knowledge-based, and they are focusing more on the people's 'minds' rather than their 'hands' to fulfil the need to knowledge (Wong, 2005). The main focus of this study is in success factors of KM having in consideration that Small and Medium Enterprises (hereinafter: SMEs) have fewer resources and opportunities, both human and financial (Farvaque & Voss, 2009). This research is about the main factors of KM that plays a successful role in SMEs in the United Arab Emirates (hereinafter: UAE), Qatar & Pakistan. SMEs in the manufacturing and services sector have taken under study to evaluate the success factors of KM implementation. To implement the KM in the organization can be hard for those who are not ready to accept the change in the organizational structure but with the implementation of KM they can survive, grow and maintain the sustainable competitive advantage (Antoncic & Omerzel, 2008). The research itself is focused on information and manufacturing SMEs sector keeping in mind that it's a service industry, e.g., where both, computer and human resources interaction are visible, and the industry has involved with many stakeholders.
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Lin, He-Chen, i 林和震. "The Intrinsic Causes of the KMT’s Failure in Mainland China as shown in the Rise and Fall of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Military Council". Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27483830788172581068.
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Du, Pey-Lan, i 杜佩蘭. "A case study about the organizational commitment, role conflict, relevant factors and job satisfaction of the expatriate accountants of the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics at Kaohsiung City Government". Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19182549593678943997.
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人力資源管理研究所
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The accountants at the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics of Kaohsiung City Government are employees of the government but being assigned to other units due to the business necessity. Owing to their main job function-neutral supervising, these accountants are facing dual managerial systems, and some conflicts from both their role-plays and lobbyists as well. This thesis is to study further about the job satisfaction of these accountants under such a special working environment. Research variables include organizational commitment to the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics, organizational commitment to the assigned units, role conflict, job characteristics, job satisfaction and lobbying. Among them, while role conflict is acting as a mediating variable, both commitments which consist of affective, continuous and normative dimensions, lobbying and job characteristics are the independent variables and job satisfaction which includes internal, external and general satisfaction is the dependent variable. The results of this research indicate as follows: (1) For the organizational commitment to the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics, males have higher affective commitment and normative commitment than females. Managerial levels have higher affective commitment and continuous commitment than non-managerial levels. (2) For the organizational commitment to the assigned units, males have higher affection commitment than females. Accountants whose education background at the high-school or vocational-school level have higher affective commitment than those who are bachelors. Nevertheless, education level shows a significant difference on normative commitment, however, there''s no significant difference between the two groups under Scheffe test. (3) Both affective and normative commitments to the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics are highly negatively correlated with those to the assigned units. In addition, job characteristic is significantly positively correlated with organizational commitment and job satisfaction, but negatively correlated with role conflict. (4) Lobbying has positive correlation with role conflict. (5) Accountants who have higher continuous commitments both to the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics and the assigned units feel more discordant in assigned units. (6) The normative commitments both to the Bureau of Accounting & Statistics and the assigned units are in proportion to the external satisfaction. The affective commitment to the assigned units is correlated with the internal satisfaction. Besides, either affective or normative commitment to the assigned units has a direct effect on the general satisfaction. (7) While role conflict is acting as a mediating variable, both job characteristics and lobbying are correlated with job satisfaction.
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McCarthy, Christabel. "Investigating the use of dasymetric techniques for assessing employment containment in Melbourne, Australia". Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8307.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.This project studies employment containment in Melbourne, Australia. Employment containment is a measure of the proportion of people that work in a location close to their home. Recent urban planning policies in Melbourne have aimed to improve employment containment in the city’s suburbs. While there has been analysis of the rates at which people both live and work within broadly defined ‘local areas’, little work has been done to investigate employment containment using smaller and more uniform catchment areas as the unit of analysis. This research attempts such a finer scale analysis using dasymetric downscaling techniques. A regression modelling approach supported by land use data, alongside a binary dasymetric method, is used to develop fine scale estimates of employment distribution, while binary and populationdensity weighted methods are used to develop a fine scale estimate of working population distribution. For the employment distribution estimate, the Poisson model that distributed employment to employment-related land use classes produced the smallest error. However, the error produced by this model is still high. For the working population distribution estimate, the population-density weighted estimate is the more accurate of the approaches, and overall produced low error. For the employment containment analysis, a number of employment centres were randomly selected and an employment containment catchment has been derived from a 5 km2 commuting distance catchment. Commuting flows from an origin-destination matrix were areaweighted to estimate flows into the employment centre from the 5 km2 catchment. The method is found to be potentially useful; however inspecting the results of this employment containment calculation highlighted flaws in the current estimates that should be addressed before the measures can be used to further analyse employment containment in Melbourne. Improvements to this method would support urban strategic and transport planning analyses at a metropolitan-wide scale.
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Kim, Sung-Ju. "The impact of federal government welfare expenditures on state government expenditures and philanthropic giving to human service organizations (HSOs) : 2005-2006". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4523.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)A sizeable body of research has attempted to examine the interaction between government spending and private giving known as the crowd-out effect. Most researchers reported that increases of government spending cause decreases of philanthropic giving to different types of nonprofits. However, few studies have attempted to indicate the interaction between government welfare expenditures and private giving to human service organizations even though human service organizations are the most sensitive to the changes of government spending. Additionally, the estimated crowd-out effects with a simple crowd-out model have been criticized for potential endogeneity bias. This paper investigates the total effect of federal government welfare spending on state government expenditures and philanthropic giving to human service organizations (known as joint crowd-out). I used the 2005 wave of the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS) to estimate the effect of federal human service grants on state government spending on, and donations to human services. From these reduced-form estimates I infer the levels of simple and joint crowd-out. I found that indicate federal spending on public welfare crowds out private giving to human service organizations while holding control variables constant in the donations equation. However, federal government spending on public welfare crowds in state government spending on public welfare.
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Severns, Christopher Ray. "A comparison of geocoding baselayers for electronic medical record data analysis". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3841.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Identifying spatial and temporal patterns of disease occurrence by mapping the residential locations of affected people can provide information that informs response by public health practitioners and improves understanding in epidemiological research. A common method of locating patients at the individual level is geocoding residential addresses stored in electronic medical records (EMRs) using address matching procedures in a geographic information system (GIS). While the process of geocoding is becoming more common in public health studies, few researchers take the time to examine the effects of using different address databases on match rate and positional accuracy of the geocoded results. This research examined and compared accuracy and match rate resulting from four commonly-used geocoding databases applied to sample of 59,341 subjects residing in and around Marion County/ Indianapolis, IN. The results are intended to inform researchers on the benefits and downsides to their selection of a database to geocode patient addresses in EMRs.
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Maxey, Hannah L. "Understanding the Influence of State Policy Environment on Dental Service Availability, Access, and Oral Health in America's Underserved Communities". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5993.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Oral health is crucial to overall health and a focus of the U.S. Health Center program, which provides preventive dental services in medically underserved communities. Dental hygiene is an oral health profession whose practice is focused on dental disease prevention and oral health promotion. Variations in the practice and regulation of dental hygiene has been demonstrated to influence access to dental care at a state level; restrictive policies are associated lower rates of access to care. Understanding whether and to what extent policy variations affect availability and access to dental care and the oral health of medically underserved communities served by grantees of the U.S. Health Center program is the focus of this study. This longitudinal study examines dental service utilization at 1,135 health center grantees that received community health center funding from 2004 to 2011. The Dental Hygiene Professional Practice Index (DHPPI) was used as an indicator of the state policy environment. The influence of grantee and state level characteristics are also considered. Mixed effects models were used to account for correlations introduced by the multiple hierarchical structure of the data. Key findings of this study demonstrate that state policy environment is a predictor of the availability and access to dental care and the oral health status of medically underserved communities that received care at a grantee of the U.S. Health Center program. Grantees located in states with highly restrictive policy environments were 73% less likely to deliver dental services and, those that do, provided care to 7% fewer patients than those grantees located in states with the most supportive policy environments. Population’s served by grantees from the most restrictive states received less preventive care and had greater restorative and emergency dental care needs. State policy environment is a predictor of availability and access to dental care and the oral health status of medically underserved communities. This study has important implications for policy at the federal, state, and local levels. Findings demonstrate the need for policy and advocacy efforts at all levels, especially within states with restrictive policy environments.