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Correctional Staff Work and Family Conflict, 2008.
This paper analyzes a study of possible antecedents of correctional staff work on family conflict.
1,504 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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The paper reviews a study done on one mid-western correctional facility that explored the possible antecedents of correctional staff work on family conflict. The paper examines the measures of validity and reliability, as well as proposed changes in methodology for increased validity and reliability. The paper also looks at methodology for the reliability of future studies.
Outline:
Part 1: Validity and Reliability in General
Face Validity
Content Validity
Criterion Validity
Predictive Validity
Construct Validity
Alternate-Forms Reliability
Inter-observer Reliability
Inter-item Reliability
Part 2: Improvements in Reliability and Validity
Replication of the Study
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"Self reporting studies are inherently, unless carefully crafted, in the areas of validity and reliability. When reviewing validity, the three measurement areas of idiosyncratic individual errors, generic individual errors, and method factors are all difficult to overcome in self reported studies. The perception of self and of surroundings can be as varied as the individuals self reporting the results to the researchers. Further, the motivation to be completely accurate and candid with the researchers is not evident, especially in this case where the researchers were paying for the results. The researchers chose to study only one correctional facility, and of the 450 possible respondents, received only 275 responses. (Lambert & Hogan, 2006, p.21) These factors lead to the low levels of validity and reliability further explored below."
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Article Review: "Possible Antecedents of Correctional Staff Work", 2008.
This paper identifies the types of data and variables contained in the research by Eric Lambert and Nancy Hogan entitled 'Possible Antecedents of Correctional Staff Work on Family Conflict'.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper explores an article that presents the exploratory research by Lambert and Hogan entitled 'Possible Antecedents of Correctional Staff Work on Family Conflict' and reported in a 2006 "Professional Issues in Criminal Justice: A Professional Journal". The author points out that the nominal level of measurement was the control variables labeled "Personal Characteristics", such as gender, age and position. The paper reports that the measures of the variables, other than those of the personal characteristics, were on a sliding scale, which could not be interpreted as ordinal data or variables. The author reports that the independent variables were the level of job danger, role ambiguity, role conflict, instrumental communication (performance feedback), integration, input to decision-making, supervision, job variety and organizational fairness; the dependent variable of work on family conflict was rated at several different levels.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Nominal Data / Nominal Variables
Ordinal Data / Ordinal Variables
Interval Data / Interval Variables
Ratio Data / Ratio Level Variables
Methodology of Research
Proposed Version of Similar Research
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"The goal of yielding a bounty of ratio data would require an expansion of the dependent variable on the survey. In the present research, work on home conflict was limited to nine items varying from time conflict to strain or harm to family life. The researchers determined that only five of the independent variables had a statistically significant influence upon work on home conflict If it is desired to obtain more ratio data, then a new survey should be prepared emphasizing the five areas most likely to antecede work on home conflict and of those items rate the level of each area of work on home conflict established by the first survey."
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Work and Family Conflict: The Dual-Earning Family Problem, 2000.
A look at the conflict between work and family that two-income families face and the lack of support they receive from employers.
6,096 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 29 sources, $ 143.95
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"One of the largest transformations in family life over the last decades has been the rise of the dual-earner family. The number of families which are dual-earner, married couple households has increased dramatically, having overtaken "traditional" breadwinner/homemaker families in number as early as the mid-70s, continuing into even through the late 1980s and 1990s. Despite the phenomenal growth in this segment of the population, very little has been done to meet the growing needs of dual-earner families. With the prevalence of mothers and fathers in the work force, inevitably we find that there is a conflict. Caregivers in the workforce face the difficult decision to choose between their family and their jobs, and unfortunately, most employers do not do enough to help."
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Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct, 2007.
This paper analyzes the problem of correctional staff sexual misconduct in the United States from several different viewpoints.
2,625 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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In this article the writer notes that the issue of staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct remains a prevalent problem within the United States correctional system. The writer points out that there is a vast amount of research on the topic that has triggered the passage of new laws as well as placed a greater focus on the need for correctional facility officials and the Department of Justice to take actions to put an end to the abuse. The writer offers solutions to this increasing problem. The writer concludes that it appears that correctional administration and prison staff clearly have their work cut out for them if they want to achieve a safer and fairer modern correctional system.
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"Although somewhat recognized as a problem, sexual abuse within the prison system did not seem to occur as frequently as the later research tends to reveal. For example, by the early 1980s, it became increasingly noticeable that sexual abuse by those in a supervisory type position tended to be strategic, and that such formulations implied the presence of cognitive processes that allow offenders to simultaneously overcome their own inhibitions and the resistance of the victim. Ferund was among the first to explicitly acknowledge the role of cognition in explaining sexual abuse. He argued that sexual offenders had to overcome both internal and external inhibitions as well as the resistance of the victim in order for abuse to occur. According to his research, these offenders had to find a way to avoid taking responsibility for or to deny the harmfulness of behaviors that they would otherwise recognize as abusive. In general, researchers theorized that prison guards idealized the fact that they were in control over an unworthy population, and that such cruel treatment as sexual abuse was deserved by this population."
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Correctional Staff Absenteeism, 2007.
This paper examines a study that explores reasons for staff absenteeism in correctional facilities.
4,299 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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The paper attempts to pinpoint the reasons for staff absenteeism in the prison system. The paper presents a study that uses a survey of corrections staff in a major prison facility. The paper discusses how solving the abstenteeism problem will help to improve the health, safety and well-being of staff members as well as inmates.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Problem Statement
Research Objectives
Literature Review
Methodology
Glossary of Terms
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"Absenteeism in the correctional system reduces the efficiency of the organization. It can also be costly as well. The problems associated with absenteeism in prisons are exacerbated by rapidly rising prison populations (Dolovich, 2005). . In 1975, there were approximately 226,000 inmates in prisons across the United States (Cettinger, 1976 in Dolovich, 2005) By 1984, the population had risen to 740,000 (Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr., 2004). By 2003, the prisoner population in the United States was over 2.1 million (Harrison and Beck, 2004). This dramatic rise in prison populations places the entire system under strain. Absenteeism significantly adds to this problem as staff struggle to take up the slack for those that are not at work."
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Work Family Conflict, 2002.
A study into the conflicts faced by working parents.
5,073 words (approx. 20.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 127.95
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This paper explores the issue of working parents and the conflicts they face between juggling their family responsibilities with their work schedules. Specifically, the paper makes reference to a large number of studies conducted into this issue, including Chow and Berheide, Voydanoff, Frone, Russell and Cooper, Bronneberg, Hammer, Allen and Grigsby and Frone, Yardley, and Markel in 1997. The paper looks at working mothers and the effects on their own and their children's lives.
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"Research has been conducted in the field of work-family conflict for a number of years. Initially studies on family and work were being conducted as being two separate areas of research. But later research has focused to be dealing with the interrelationship between family and work and between work and family. Based on quantitative survey research, present research aims to promote a relationship between work, family and community."
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"Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change", 2002.
Summarizes the themes and conflicts presented in "Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change" regarding the family of contemporary society.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 75.95
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The authors examine the many themes and conflicts that surround the discussion of the family today. They reveal how the definition of "family" that the social elites construct is very different from what reality actually is. They show how economic realities, violence within the home, and discrimination on all levels, affect families in all walks of life. The authors do an excellent job in demonstrating how the division between men's and women's tasks have significantly changed since capitalism has become embedded within the society.
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Conflict in the Family, 2002.
This paper explains conflict within families in respect to the shifts in family structure caused through social changes.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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Currently, many researchers who study the structure of the family in respect to traditional and cultural differences suggest that the alteration of the traditional family structure has directly resulted in conflict within families.
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Conflict Within the Family, 2005.
A review of domestic conflict and conflict resolution, focusing on what is healthy and what is not.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses conflict within the family in relation to married couples, courts, and adolescents. The paper further discusses the types of conflict resolution, and places focus on the concept of the win-win approach to conflict resolution within the family. Through research the paper discusses concepts that have been tested that provide information on positive outcomes in conflict resolution associated to this concept.
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"When conflict occurs within modern society it is often exhibited through two predominant types of confrontation. Destructive conflict involves outcomes that are based on competition during the conflict. In this instance there are generally two opposing forces that are determined to dominate the other, and the stakes become higher between the individuals as they attempt to take measures to inflict emotional pain on each other. Constructive conflict, however, allows individuals to learn, and grow through the experience that is progressed through the idea that both parties will ultimately "win" in the outcome of the exchange. Cahn (1994) contends that constructive conflict is, by nature, a method of developing socially, and maintaining intimacy between couples (p. 114). Cahn (1994) suggests that every person must possess his or her individualism, as well as the association with a family unit (p. 114)."
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Lok Family: Patient and Family Education, 2002.
A look at how patient and family health education is an integral part of quality care.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper analyses the needs of the Lok family who have a family member who needs health care. The paper explains how an integral part of quality care is that all care professionals who interact with the patient and family members share the responsibility of providing patient and family education. In this case the author establishes that as the family are immigrants it is necessary to understand and respect their religious and cultural background in order to be able to provide the best health education.
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"Patient and family education is an integral part of quality care. Providing it is a responsibility shared by all care professionals who interact with a patient and with family members. Teaching patients can be the most challenging as well as the most rewarding aspect of care. Understanding the patient's religious and cultural background is an important consideration when providing health education to the Lok family. In order to determine the family's cultural status and understand its forced migration, I must be open-minded, show respect for beliefs that differ from my own, and avoid making assumptions or stereotyping. In educating the Lok family, it is essential to understand Chinese culture. China is a country of multiple faiths, with a large segment of the pop..."
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The Families in "Swiss Family Robinson" and "The Borrowers", 2006.
A comparison of the families and their experiences in the novels "Swiss Family Robinson" and "The Borrowers".
2,120 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper studies the family members and dynamics in two American novels about marooned families. The paper compares the personalities and character traits of the matriarchs and patriarchs, as well as the children. Another similarity discussed is the scenes in which the families are forced to venture into unknown territory in order to survive. The paper also illustrates how both books reinforce the traditional values of the nuclear family. In fact, the paper concludes that the most important lesson from these books is that the family will pull together to surmount obstacles and to counteract adversity.
From the Paper
"The Robinsons reached their unlikely new home when they were shipwrecked on their way to settle in a place that was not their home. We are not told how the Borrowers came to be living under the floor, but we do find out that at one time there was a colony of Borrowers, some of whom were extended family, living in the same house. Both environments require the participation of both mother and father to survive. In both, the father leaves the home every day to obtain the things necessary for survival. In both, the mothers stay home and prepare meals, provide clothing and keep the home comfortable and clean. In both, the home - no matter how undesirably located - is a haven for the family, the place where they feel safe and where they enjoy each other's company."
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Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 2007.
This paper examines the issue of conflict and resolution, studying the terrorist attacks of September 11.
3,753 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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In this article the writer first discusses the term 'conflict' and looks at how it can be defined. The writer then describes that when an Islamic militant and terrorist took it upon himself to resolve a conflict as he saw it, he launched terror attacks on the people of the United States of America, and the result was large scale devastation and destruction and panic and adverse impacts on the economic and political and social system of the United States. Further, the writer studies the impact and attempts at resolution of the conflict. The writer concludes that perhaps, in the long run, Bush's ideals would create more conflict around the globe, than resolve them in any way. One can only wait and see what will happen eventually, and find out whether it is possible to resolve conflicts of high order with any amount of success.
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"However, at the same time, it must be remembered that there were other losses that were not covered by private insurance, or were not qualified under the charitable contributions, or even by the emergency relief funds, and these were the really huge losses that occurred due to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Several different agencies undertook the study of the economic losses that were caused by the September 11 debacle, and according to the New York City Partnership, the attacks on the two World Trade Center Buildings must have cost the state, at the very least, $ 83 billion, as per the value in the year 2001, and this included the costs of total losses, that is, both the direct and the indirect costs. Out of this estimate, only about $ 67 billion of the losses would be completely covered by insurance and other contributions. In a more recent study, according to an Officer of the New York City Comptroller's Office, as of April 2002, the total costs of the clean up of the World Trade Center has been much quicker and also much less costly than the initial estimates had indicated."
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Desert View Modified Community Correctional Institute, 2006.
A review of the problems facing the staff working in a correctional institution.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the difficulties when working in a correctional institution. Correctional officers are in daily contact with murders, rapists and other violent offenders. It is often necessary for such facilities to expand, or to bring in more inmates, simply because of the nature of today's society. The paper reports that these needs put increased pressure on an already strained support system. Correctional officers are often underpaid and turnover can be high in correctional facilities. Desert View Modified Community Correctional Institute has such a need to expand; however, the high rate of turnover among the correctional officers, in conjunction with the difficulty in hiring new officers, makes it difficult to maintain the staff needed for such an expansion. Such difficulty would make an expansion difficult and unsafe for the community.
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Familial Evolution: Role Relationships in the Family Structure, 2005.
An examination of family structure and roles in Kaye Gibbons' "Ellen Foster," Celia Rothenberg's "Child of Divorce, and "Confessions of an Erstwhile Child."
1,087 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The family, an evolving entity that exists beyond the boundaries of genetics, encompasses relationships intertwined by emotions, education, proximity and biology. The roles each member of the family holds: father, mother sister, and brother, impact the family specifically, and potentially impact society at large. This paper examines these ideas by taking a look at "Ellen Foster" by Kay Gibbons, "Child of Divorce" by Celia Rothenberg and "Confessions of an Erstwhile Child" (anonymous).
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"The actions of the family affect society at large. Roles remain the same, but the people playing them and their methods constantly fluctuate. While increasingly common to find homes where both parents work, it remains an unfortunate necessity. Children of these homes often draw their life's instructions from daycare workers and television rather than the tutelage of their mothers and fathers. Rather, it is imperative that the pursuit of advanced education, critical thinking, and spiritual exploration be encouraged and demonstrated by the parents."
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Family Business, 2007.
This paper explores conflict and conflict resolution within family businesses.
1,915 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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The paper provides a literature review that examines the potential conflicts that can arise in family businesses and the practice of conflict resolution. The paper discusses the healthy nature of conflict in the family firm and explores why family businesses have such a global impact on business today.
Outline:
Introduction
Review of Literature
Conflict as Catalyst
Conclusion
From the Paper
"There are thousands of strong family businesses of every size and type and they share a great deal in common, with issues that are unique to family. In the modern research on business the family business still gets a lot of attention, as a viable and sometimes strong business model with many common potential strengths and potential liabilities to analyze and consider. One area of particular interest to those who research family business is communication as the connections and history of families can both strengthen and weaken this factor depending upon the family."
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