Browsing Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Sentence Disparity in Lewis and Clark and Gallatin Counties
(1999-04-01)This research investigates institutional discrimination in the Gallatin and Lewis and Clark County Courts exhibited in the sentencing phase of trial. Through an investigation ofthe sentences given by these courts in 1997, ... -
The Basic Philosophy Of Social Welfare Legislation
(1937-04-01)The purpose of this presentation is not to evaluate, defend or attack either Federal or state programs for social security, but, simply to explain their application to Montana. It is to be understood, however, that while ... -
The Changing Nature Of Poverty: Women And Children At Risk
(1987-04-01)Prosperity continues to elude millions of Americans. Not only are the ranks of America's poor growing at an alarming rate, they include an unprecedented concentration of women and children. This dimension of poverty has ... -
The Educator's Roles In The Prevention And Treatment Of Child Abuse And Neglect
(1981-04-01)The protection of an abused child's safety involves identification, investigation and intervention. The responsibility of teachers and school personnel is to report suspected child abuse. Responsibility for investigation ... -
The Implications of English Proficiency for Non-Native English Speaking Immigrants
(2002-04-01)This study examines non-native English speaking immigrants, a group that has been overlooked by researchers in the past. They are confronted with a large amount of change and stress; and are forced to deal with many universal ... -
The Importance Of Statistics To Sociology
(1966-04-01)When we ask questions such as "What fraction of all smokers prefer cigarette brand A?", "What fraction of all rural homes have running water?", of "What fraction of all brand A coffee cans really contain one pound?" we are ... -
The Insanity Defense & Diminished Capacity: How Should We Judge Criminal Responsibility When an Offender's Mental State is in Question?
(2007-04-01)Currently there is a push toward standardization of mental defects or diseases that can be used to show diminished capacity in a court of law. Diminished capacity is an avenue by which an offender may claim that while he ... -
The Integration And Implementation Of The Hospice Care Concept In A Community Setting
(1980-04-01)Hospice, an alternative method of health care for the dying, is in the beginning stages of development across the nation. Involved in that development are the general public, policy-makers, and healthcare professionals. ... -
The Link Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Youth Suicide in Native American Populations: A Literature Review
(2017-05-13)Recent reports have illustrated the abnormally high, and growing, epidemic of youth suicide amongst the American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) population. This growing epidemic has led to many tribes calling for a state ... -
The Loble Method Of Delinquency Prevention
(1968-04-01)Judge Tester H. Loble of the First Judicial District of Helena, Montana makes the following statements on juvenile delinquency; they are all basic to his preventive theory: 1. The twin enemies of crime are fear of punishment ... -
The Motivations of Volunteers Who Work with Terminally Ill Patients A Qualitative Study of the La Baclesse Volunteers
(2002-04-01)This qualitative research study focuses on the volunteers at La Baclesse Hospital who visit terminally ill cancer patients, in order to explore the motivations behind such action and how these motivations affect the ... -
The Negative Sociological Effect of Federally Funded Employment Programs on Their Target Recipients
(1988-04-01)While many economists and political leaders have tried to deny the seriousness of poverty in the United States, the truth is that poverty is not an issue which can be ignored. The federal government has recognized the ... -
The Nez Perce Environmental Economy
(2015-04-01)The Nez Perce Indians face a difficult task ensuring their cultural and religious ties to the environment in a world constantly in search of natural resources. The problems faced by the Nez Perce are not uncommon and occur ... -
The Relation Between The Vocational Group And Industrial Expansion Programs
(1940-04-01)The object of my thesis is to point out the relation between two new economic programs, namely, The Vocational Group as proposed by Pope Pius XI and Industrial Expansion as proposed by Mordecai Ezekiel. First we shall ... -
The Retarded Child And The Parents
(1967-04-01)The day that the couple brought the first baby home from the hospital was marked on the calender with a red circle. Each new weight gain and step forward was to be inscribed in the leather-bound baby book. The grandparents ... -
The Sociological Effects of Unemployment Upon the Family
(1962-04-01)America has undergone a period of change in the past one hundred years. It has changed from a backward frontier settlement into a powerful industrial giant. American families have been victims of the changes that have ... -
Vocational Rehabilitation In Montana
(1939-04-01)Vocational Rehabilitation is a program of restoration of physically disabled persons to remunerative employment. This service comprises all those activities which are necessary to the preparation of handicapped persons for ... -
Willingness Of Persons To Pay For And Volunteer In Delinquency Prevention Programs
(2002-04-01)Although overall crime and juvenile violent crime has been decreasing, juvenile delinquency is still perceived as a problem. The causes and vehicles of preventing and treating this societal problem have occupied the minds ... -
Youth And Problem Drinking
(1975-04-01)A summary investigation of the general meaning of problem drinking with a sketch of the physiological, psychological and sociological dimensions that precede problem drinking and alcoholism. With this background I propose ...