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Contributing factors to the decriminalization of infant abandonment and the implementation of safe haven legislation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
across the United States. The goal was to seek information on what was being reported in the media and the public's reactions prior to enacting the legislation in eight states; California, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York...
Conceptualizing the ultimate punishment in China : a political, cultural, and historical analysis of the death penalty in communist China, 1949-2007
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In his well known essay "Politics as a Vocation", Max Weber argued that the "...state is a human community that...claims the monopoly of the legitimate ...
Systemic preservation and political legitimation : a critical examination of the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While researchers in economics, history of law, and business administration have conducted extensive research into the origins of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, few...
The vintners on the Missouri : political process and social control during the campaign against prohibition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
and lifestyle practices. This perspective advocates that prohibition was a symbolic legislation reflecting the dominant status of those supporting the law. In this sense, prohibition was not focused on instrumental aspects of social control. However, little...
Structural foundations, triggering events, and facilitative contingency : the social origins of California’s Compassionate Use Act of 1996
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
departure from the war on drugs approach which characterized 20th century American marijuana policy, the development of state-level medical cannabis laws has largely been ignored by criminologists and critical legal scholars. This dissertation aims...
Interest group activity and the political process : examining the origins of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this research was to identify whose interests were served in the creation of the Drug Price Competition and Term Patent Restoration Act ...
Politics of homelessness: hidden motivations for the criminalization of homelessness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
the power of the .growth machine. The issue of homeless is not addressed, instead the issue is treated as a problem to the community in which the only solution is through law enforcement and removal of the population rather than social services. The effect...
A housing survey of Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
Text from page 2: "The following thesis is an investigation into one phase of the social life of Columbia, -- the conditions, of housing. The problem of the investigation is whether the people of Columbia are properly ...
Internal colonialism and social control in the Age of Terror : the FBI's war on Islamic charities following the September 11th Attacks of 2001
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
their mission of shutting down potential terrorist supporters in the United States. The FBI especially targeted Islamic charities suspected of funding terrorism. I explore the efficacy of that strategy at both the level of law enforcement as initiated...
Untrained children in industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
What becomes of the thousands of children who drop out of the St. Louis schools each year on reaching the age of fourteen when the compulsory education law no longer compels their attendance? They are just at the age when our present schools cannot...
Views and perceptions of what causes crime : the case of black women offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Although there have been some research studies focused on offenders' perceptions of crime, the majority have involved male inmates and used quantitative ...
The other within: prismatic identities and authentic selves within the marginalized
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This article's aims are three-fold: First, it attempts to problematize the current essentialist positions of identity formation, particularly that of the Other, within the social sciences. It attempts to explore how the ...
The work of the Board of public welfare of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The Board of Public Welfare idea is a universal one, by which we mean that such an institution is applicable to other communities. Its spirit, aim, and principles have been tested, and found not wanting; they meet the fundamental needs of a growing...
Turning money into speech: campaign finance, political advertising, and the civic sphere
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
findings show that campaign spending is being increasingly reregulated to serve interest groups rather than the public. While more opportunities to engage in independent speech emerged, the number of truly autonomous groups has seen little change...
The criminalization of tattooing in Oklahoma : an application of Clegg's circuits of power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research addresses the dynamics involved in the processes of criminalization and decriminalization giving particular attention to issues of power. ...
Border threads : ethnographic tales of escape, agency, and violence in a shelter in Pakistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study highlights the theoretical usefulness of viewing domestic violence shelters through the conceptual framework of border-crossing ...
Outdoor relief by the counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
In the following pages the results of a somewhat isolated study of outdoor relief are presented. The general value of the study probably lies in the novel view it affords of a public relief system in the earlier stages of its development. Though...
A social and cultural history of the federal prohibition of psilocybin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation focuses on the events leading to the 1968 federal prohibition of psilocybin. The goal is to show how the primary active compound in an ostensibly harmless fungus (the psilocybin mushroom) became controversial ...
Woke : internet news and social media on recent attitudes towards police use of force
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, social media, and Internet news. Police are concerned about the impact this potential increase in negative publicity may be having on the relationship between police legitimacy and crime prevention. However, scant research has examined the role Internet...
The rhetoric of the uninsured : claimsmaking in public policy research
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Public policy research is often seen as another arena applicable to the objective lens of science, as policy makers "the best evidence," or scientific facts, about a social problem to determine which solutions are most warranted. Hundreds...