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Outcome Evaluation of Inmate Recovery Program: Follow-Up Evaluations of a Jail-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program Over a Five Year Period

Creator:: Hughey, Raymond W.
Abstract:: Overcrowding is a serious problem in prisons and jails. Most people who are in prison and jail have substance abuse problems. Long-term, intensive, therapeutic community, substance abuse treatment in prison has proven effective in reducing arrests, amounts of incarceration and time until first arrest. Jails, with their shorter times of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1990 and Linn County Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program (LCADTP) was one of the recipients (Grant

The natural history of public works development

Creator:: Robertson, Robert A.
Abstract:: A case study of the Eugene Water and Electric Board's planning for the Minto Hydroelectric is examined in terms of social movement theory. It is hypothesized that public works projects have a significant likeness to a social movement and they conform in their essential ingredients to social movement explanations. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Callaghan. The O'Neil brothers owned 1,000 acres of timber land in Linn and Marion counties and they owned

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Creator:: Vee, Regina M.
Abstract:: Surrogate motherhood is a very complex issue with many groups having vested interests. In order to measure attitudes specific to surrogacy a 20-item Likert Scale with high reliability was developed through item analysis (N=131, Part-whole correlation range 0.749-0.478). Correlation of surrogacy attitudes was subsequently related to six other instruments: AIDS,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and 2 legislature define public policy. According to Jon D. Miller, Director, Public Opinion

Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

Creator:: Schoblom, Arielle
Abstract:: This thesis examines food insecurity in Oregon among food bank users over the course of The Great Recession. Analyzing data from the Oregon Food Bank, this thesis tells the story of the change that the recession brought upon low-income families. In examining the regional differences in food insecurity, the local...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: “primary factor in food purchase decisions” rather than nutritional value or other factors (Miller and

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Creator:: Tobey, Toni K.
Abstract:: The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: owe a great inspirational debt to Jane Donovan of Linn-Benton Community College. She not only

Social conflicts in rural communities of Oregon

Creator:: Jackson, Virgil Davis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

Creator:: Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
Abstract:: Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: research but to our lives as well. I am indebted to my parents, Jean E. Fuhr, F. Richard and Delores Fuhr

The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

Creator:: Selam, Leroy Bennie
Abstract:: This thesis is an ethnohistoric study of the water rights of the Yakima Confederated Tribes. The study considers the water rights issues of the Yakimas from the cultural viewpoint at the time of European contact to the present legal and political situation. It traces the many obstacles the Yakimas have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: southeastern corner of Washington has yielded evidence that has made it possible to document the 23 Richard D

When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

Creator:: Thomison, Patrick
Abstract:: The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the social sciences regarding the com- parison of primitive and contemporary cultures. Richard Lee

Public Participation in Urban Policy – Solution Papers Founded on Objectivity and Mutual Respectfulness

Creator:: Zarins, Eriks
Abstract:: In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was conducted to look at "solution papers" as a form of public participation. Specifically, the roles of objectivity and mutual respectfulness were under consideration. Foundational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Outcome Evaluation of Inmate Recovery Program: Follow-Up Evaluations of a Jail-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program Over a Five Year Period

The natural history of public works development

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Social conflicts in rural communities of Oregon

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

Public Participation in Urban Policy – Solution Papers Founded on Objectivity and Mutual Respectfulness

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