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  • Exploring a Mental Health Crisis : An Examination of Mental Health Arrests in Benton County, OR

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    Lanfear, Charles C.
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    Benton County, Oregon is presently experiencing a crisis level of police contacts with mentally ill suspects. The cause of this sudden increase is currently unknown and local law enforcement is not adequately equipped or funded to respond to this development. This report summarizes the recent literature on law enforcement encounters...
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    : Scott M. Akins Benton County, Oregon is presently experiencing a crisis level of police contacts

  • Sovereignty Under Arrest? Public Law 280 and its Discontents

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    Cline, Sarah N.
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    Law enforcement in Indian Country has been characterized as a “maze of injustice”—one in which offenders too easily escape and victims are too easily lost (Amnesty International, 2007). Tribal, state, and federal governments have recently sought to amend this through the passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA)...
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    . APPROVED: _____________________________________________________________________ Scott M

  • Chasing Green: A Multiple Streams Analysis of Oregon’s Measure 91

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    Levering, Matthew
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    Over the past three years recreational cannabis legalization has emerged as a major policy issue in the United States. The novelty of this movement has created a gap in the state of literature focusing on the examination of cannabis legalization policy processes. Using a two-pronged Multiple Streams approach, this study...
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    of Public Policy Oregon State University Committee: Scott Akins, Seth Crawford, Roland Eisenhuth

  • The Impact of Correctional Therapeutic Communities on Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis

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    Booker, Meredith
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    At any given time, 60% to 85% of prisoners across the United States are struggling with substance addiction and dependence. Upon release, about two-thirds of former prisoners will reoffend and return to prison. Due to the high rate of substance use and abuse in prisons, drug treatment, specifically Correctional Therapeutic...
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    : Major Professor, Scott Akins At any given time, 60% to 85% of prisoners across the United States

  • The effects of procedural justice policies for the domestic violence courts in Recife, Brazil

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    Amorim, Mariana Fernandes da Cunha Loureiro
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    To combat violence against women, the Brazilian government enacted the Maria da Penha Law (MPL) in 2006 and established the domestic violence specialized courts. Based on the assumption that fair procedures enhance the legitimacy of legal authorities and may enhance victims’ satisfaction and cooperation with prosecution, this research aims to...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________________ Scott Akins To combat

  • Irrational Fear or Cause for Concern? The Effects of Hispanic Immigration on Crime Rates in Tucson, Arizona

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    Algara, Carlos
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    The popular perception, throughout the United States of America, is that there is a positive relationship between recent immigration and crime. The more immigration in an urbanized setting, the more violent crime occurs. Crime is socially constructed to be associated with large influxes of “outsiders” into the community. America has...
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    Effects of Hispanic Immigration on Crime Rates in Tucson, Arizona Abstract Approved: Scott M. Akins

  • Unsubstantiated fears : assessing the effects of recent immigration on part I index crimes

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    Stansfield, Richard
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    In this paper I examine the impact of recent immigration, in addition to other community predictors on community counts of violent and property crimes in Austin, Texas, a multi-ethnic city. I combine data from the 2000 US census of population and housing with census tract level uniform crime report data...
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    part I index crimes. Abstract Approved: Scott M. Akins In this paper I examine the

  • The reclamation potential of a sand and gravel site in Linn County, Oregon: Lower Kiger Island

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    Chase, Nicholas Scott
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    The objective of this paper is to conduct a geographical inventory of a sand and gravel site, Lower Kiger Island, so as to identify and evaluate other potential land uses subsequent to the extraction of its aggregate resources. This information is intended to aid citizens, land use planners, and sand...
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    COUNTY, OREGON: LOWER KIGER ISLAND by Nicholas Scott Chase A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE

  • An Investigation of Photographic Band-Ratioing

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    Fisher, Scott William
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    A photographic band-ratioing technique was investigated. The data source consisted of 70 mm Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) negatives. The process would require combining registered positive and negative transparencies to achieve a ratio modulation in the resulting print. This would also require compensation for atmospheric effects on the original negatives by...
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    AN INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC BAND-RATIOING by SCOTT

  • Buildout density projections for the West Corvallis Growth Management Project

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    Russell, Scott A.
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    Benton County, Oregon has been experiencing relatively high growth and development during the last five years. This new growth has put a strain on urban and rural development in the county. To cope with this growth, comprehensive plans, zoning, and many other planning issues must be assessed and revised according...
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    Analysis of Geographic Data by Scott A. Russell A Research Paper submitted to The Department of