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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2016

Games has received help from many individuals since its inaugural issue in 2009. We are especiall... more Games has received help from many individuals since its inaugural issue in 2009. We are especially grateful to the following 146 referees for their great support of Games during the past two years.

Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States, 2020

Disability, Human Rights and the Limits of Humanitarianism, 2016

In this paper I will provide evidence that shows that syllable structure acquisition does not occ... more In this paper I will provide evidence that shows that syllable structure acquisition does not occur at early stages. The study of 50 children, from 4;0 to 4;11, shows that at this age, children have not acquired the syllable structure yet. Previous literature suggests that syllable structure is acquired before 36 months old, however this study shows that 50-year-old children have not acquired yet. At the same time, this study reveals that the age of acquisition has a negative impact in reading and writing development.

Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights, 2015

Regulations: Regulations are authorised by section 3bis of the Act, which was inserted in 1937 an... more Regulations: Regulations are authorised by section 3bis of the Act, which was inserted in 1937 and amended with effect from 2001. Pre-independence regulations have not yet been researched.

Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States, 2021

Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, 2020

BACKGROUND Exposure to violence (ETV) during one's life has been associated with increased ri... more BACKGROUND Exposure to violence (ETV) during one's life has been associated with increased risk for substance abuse. Adolescent ETV is also related to substance abuse into adulthood, and has been shown to have a cumulative effect. This study adds to the understanding of how ETV relates to a range of substance use outcomes by specifying how different types of violence affects substance use behaviors in African American young adults, and examines how this exposure is moderated by other life stressors, and health and social experiences. METHOD Factor analysis was conducted to identify unique types of ETV in 638 African American men and women ages 18-25. The resulting factors represent 1) childhood ETV and 2) community ETV as adults. These were regressed upon substance abuse outcomes. RESULTS 78% of the respondents were exposed to some form of violence during their childhood. Lower childhood ETV were significantly associated with a lower risk of engaging in dangerous substance use b...

Journal of family strengths, 2017

Recommended Citation Saadatmand, Forough .; Harrison, Roderick; Bronson, Jennifer; Crouse, Deanna... more Recommended Citation Saadatmand, Forough .; Harrison, Roderick; Bronson, Jennifer; Crouse, Deanna; Jackson, Monica; and Johnson, Mark (2017) "Gender Differences and the Impact of Exposure to Violence on Depressive Symptoms and Sleep Habits among Young African American Adults," Journal of Family Strengths: Vol. 17 : Iss. 1 , Article 5. Available at: https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol17/iss1/5

HIGHLIGHTS This report presents prevalence estimates of disabilities among prison and jail inmate... more HIGHLIGHTS This report presents prevalence estimates of disabilities among prison and jail inmates and characteristics of those inmates with a disability. Estimates of the prevalance of disabilities include inmates who reported at least one of six specific disability types: hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living. An estimated 32% of prisoners and 40% of jail inmates reported having at least one disability. Prisoners were nearly 3 times more likely and jail inmates were more than 4 times more likely than the general population to report having at least one disability. About 2 in 10 prisoners and 3 in 10 jail inmates reported having a cognitive disability, the most common reported disability in each population. Female prisoners were more likely than males to report having a cognitive disability, but were equally likely to report having each of the other five disabilities. Non-Hispanic white prisoners (37%) and prisoners of two or more races...

More than half (58%) of state prisoners and two-thirds (63%) of sentenced jail inmates met the cr... more More than half (58%) of state prisoners and two-thirds (63%) of sentenced jail inmates met the criteria for drug dependence or abuse, according to data collected through the 2007 and 2008-09 National Inmate Surveys (NIS) (figure 1). In comparison, approximately 5% of the total general population age 18 or older met the criteria for drug dependence or abuse. General population data come from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) collected from 2007 to 2009 by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Drug dependence and abuse estimates in both the NIS and NSDUH data collections were based on criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).1,2

A n estimated 684,500 state and federal prisoners were parents of at least one minor child in 201... more A n estimated 684,500 state and federal prisoners were parents of at least one minor child in 2016 (figure 1, table 1). About 626,800 (47%) males and 57,700 (58%) females in state or federal prison were parents with minor children. Prisoners reported having an estimated 1,473,700 minor children. Highlights Nearly half of state prisoners (47%) and more than half of federal prisoners (57%) reported having at least one minor child. In state prison, about 58% of females were parents with minor children, compared to 46% of males. Nearly 3 in 5 females (58%) and males (57%) in federal prison were parents with minor children. Nearly 1.5 million persons age 17 or younger had a parent who was in state or federal prison in 2016. Parents in state or federal prison had an average of two minor children each. An estimated 19% of minor children with a parent in state prison and 13% with a parent in federal prison were age 4 or younger.

Note: See appendix table 3 for percentages, standard errors, and significance tests. *Comparison ... more Note: See appendix table 3 for percentages, standard errors, and significance tests. *Comparison group. **Difference with the comparison group is significant at the 95% confidence level. aIncludes inmates with a score of 13 or more on the K6 scale. See Methodology. bIncludes inmates who reported they had ever been told by a mental health professional they had a mental disorder. cIncludes inmates with a score of 7 or less on the K6 and who had never been told by a mental health professional they had a mental disorder. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012. About 1 in 7 state and federal prisoners (14%) and 1 in 4 jail inmates (26%) reported experiences that met the threshold for serious psychological distress (SPD) in the 30 days prior to a survey that was conducted between February 2011 and May 2012 (figure 1). Similarly, 37% of prisoners and 44% of jail inmates had been told in the past by a mental health professional that they had a mental disorde...

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2021

Some children experience violence and trauma with effects lasting into adulthood. We examine how ... more Some children experience violence and trauma with effects lasting into adulthood. We examine how five types of childhood exposure to violence (ETV) affect the current depression, sleep habits, and drug use of 638 African American youth ages 18 to 25, in Washington, D.C. We correlated childhood exposure to conventional crime, child maltreatment, peer/sibling victimization, sexual victimization, and witnessing crime/indirect (WC/I) victimization with depressive symptoms, depressive moods, trouble sleeping, current drug use, lifetime alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use, and current ATOD use problems. Depressive symptoms and lifetime ATOD use were significantly correlated with each childhood ETV measure; depressive moods with WC/I and peer/sibling victimization, trouble sleeping with childhood maltreatment and current drug use, and problems with ATOD with childhood sexual victimization. Specific types of ETV are correlated with different behavioral and health outcomes in young adulthood and these differences are important to study further.

Peace Review, 2012

I would like to learn more about human rights so I can have more interest in them. —Anacostia Sen... more I would like to learn more about human rights so I can have more interest in them. —Anacostia Senior High School, male, age 15 Today's global climate is dominated by increasing social inequality, b...

Journal of the National Medical Association