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Cross-National Variation in Aggregate Levels of Life Satisfaction of Gay Men
(East Carolina University, 2021-01-07)This project examined the cross-national variation in aggregate levels of life satisfaction of gay men. Using data from the Gay Happiness Index, the World Values Survey, the European Values Study, the International Lesbian, ... -
The Black community and bodily autonomy : where do we go from here?
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-12)Through this thesis I sought to add to the literature regarding the influence of pervasive police brutality on young Black people. In it I explore the relationship between police brutality and influence on Black people's ... -
PROTESTING THE POLICE: HOW SITUATIONAL THREATS ELICIT POLICE REPRESSION AT PROTEST EVENTS TARGETING THE POLICE.
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-13)Protests challenging the police pose a significant reputational threat to law enforcement. The threat hypothesis states that police repression is motivated by the desire to maintain social control, and when threats arise, ... -
Muslim Americans and Symbolic Boundaries: A Trend Study
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)The Muslim American community is a unique social group that has had some research conducted on it, but not much has been done to assist this group with combatting discrimination and Islamophobia. The Pew Research Center ... -
THE IMPACT OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONTROLS ON RECIDIVISM IN NORWAY AND THE UNITED STATES: THE CASE OF NORTH DAKOTA PRISON EXPERIMENT
The goal of this research is to investigate to what degree the differences in recidivism rates can be accounted by differences in the dynamics of interaction between informal and formal aspects of prison organizations and ...