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Distilling whiteness : prohibition of alcohol and Americanization of German-Americans in Missouri /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In the field of sociology, Joseph Gusfield (1963) is considered the leading authority on the prohibition of alcohol in the United States in 1919. ...
Edwin Sutherland and the origins of differential association theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine thoroughly the origin of Edwin H. Sutherland’s theory of differential association and to show hew it evolved with Sutherland’s development as a criminologist. Comparing ...
Punishment and social structure: reactionary Bourbonism and the social origins of Progressive Era death penalty reinstatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This thesis is an attempt to extend a former investigation that sought to identify those social factors which influenced many, at least, if not all, ...
Bringing up context : reconciling inmates' narratives and institutional rhetoric in prison policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research evaluates narrative-style interviews conducted with thirty male inmates at a medium-security prison, the content in the instructor's ...
Outlets matter : an ethnographic study of an organized clandestine Chinese immigrant social network in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Recent government statistics shows an astonishing figure of illegal Chinese workers coming into the US every year. Reportedly, it represents only a portion of the Chinese illegally residing in the United States. There exist ...
The vintners on the Missouri : political process and social control during the campaign against prohibition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research on the prohibition movement have focused on the activities of groups such as the WCTU, ASL and others sharing rural Protestant ideals ...
Faith behind bars : the social ecology of religion and deviance in the penitentiary
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The relationship between religiosity and institutional misconduct among prison inmates is examined using survey data collected from a large sample of state and federal prison inmates in the United States. It was determined ...
Class awareness in Iceland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
In this paper new survey data are used to study class awareness in Iceland. Responses to two subjective class questions are analyzed to test a synthesis of Weber's theory of class and reference group theory. The findings, ...
Finding pseudo families in women's prisons: fact and fantasy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This paper examines prison literature concerning women's facilities, focusing on the years 1960-1979. Sixteen specific pieces of literature are examined focusing on three claims in respect to sexuality among the incarcerated ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Contributing factors to the decriminalization of infant abandonment and the implementation of safe haven legislation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this research study was to explore the contributing factors to the decriminalization of infant abandonment and the rapid implementation ...