Browsing by Department "Sociology"
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An Analysis of Strain and Substance Use Among Youth
(2006-05-15)
General Strain Theory has been used to test relationships between delinquency and the various types of strains felt by individuals. Although this theory is relatively new, it has been empirically tested in many studies. ...
Applying Social Science Data Tools to Criminal Justice Politics, Administration, and Research: The Case of Alabama
(2005-12-15)
Information from a variety of criminal justice and demographic sources can be merged to create a data file useful for a variety of audiences. Politicians, administrators, and academics would be beneficiaries of analyses ...
An Archaeological Investigation of the Indian Hill Site, 1Wx15, a Middle Woodland Culture
(2013-04-16)
The object of this study was to assess the variability in adaptive strategies for an extinct Middle Woodland population in the Alabama River valley. Previous archaeological investigations demonstrate a disputed cultural ...
Bad Rap: Examining the Role of African American Males in Popular Music
(2010-12-02)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the claims made by popular media and public figures regarding rap music and its potential to adversely socialize Americans—particularly young adults and children—and show that ...
Bargain Theater: A Dramaturgical Analysis of a Flea Market
(2008-08-15)
More than five thousand flea markets are conducted each year in the United States alone
(Karch, Andriola and Berman 2002). Of those five thousand plus, little is known of their
visitors, their vendors, their management, ...
Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals
(2014-07-09)
Identity is a term that is difficult to define, yet every human being has one. It is a strong indicator of how people will act and defines them in an important way and is a reflection of one’s self and self-understanding. ...
Can Health and Wellness Education Programs Help Decrease the Number of New Incidences? A Study of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Malawi
(2014-07-11)
This study entails a secondary data analysis and a proposed program model for the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Malawi. Addressing key issues such as what is the best way to decrease the number of new incidences of HIV/AIDS in ...
Ceramic Analysis of Proto-Historic Domestic Structures from 1EE89: A Transitional Culture on the Coosa
(2010-08-12)
Excavations at 1EE89, the Historic Creek town of Hickory Ground identified an extensive Proto-Historic occupation. This occupation is identified by evidence of 30 domestic structures and one public structure. The majority ...
Child Abduction in Television News Media: A Content Analysis
(2014-12-09)
Television news media can be a beneficial part of society. It allows for individuals to gain knowledge about what is occurring around them. When child abduction cases are presented to the public through television news ...
College Choice, Racial Identity, and Perceived Consequences for African Americans at Predominately White Institutions in the South
(2015-12-08)
Using a sample of fourteen African American students at a single Predominately White Institution (PWI) in the south, this research tries to uncover how African Americans make the choice to attend a PWI over a Historically ...
Competing identities: a gendered analysis on the effect of religiosity on homosexual identity formation
(2012-05-17)
This study analyzes the effect of religiosity on homosexual identity formation, focusing specifically on if this effect is different between males and females. Past research has shown that gender and levels of conservativism ...
A Content Analysis of Sex and Drug Law Legislation
(2010-07-06)
There have been claims which have suggested recent federal sex offender legislation is innovative. The current study uses previously passed, but current federal drug legislation to determine if new federal sex offender ...
Deception of Phishing: Studying the Techniques of Social Engineering by Analyzing Modern-day Phishing Attacks on Universities.
(2016-05-05)
Techniques applying manipulation, persuasion, and influence have been used for centuries to conduct malicious acts of crime against others. Social engineering is the act of using various manipulation techniques to get other ...
Digital Modes of Communication: The Relational Effects between College Students and their Friends, Parents, and Intimate Partners
(2012-02-08)
This study analyzes the nature of relationships between college students and their parents, friends, and intimate partners; specifically relating to primary preferred method of communication, perceived victimization, and ...
The Effect of Pornography Consumption of Males' Propensity to Rape
(2007-08-15)
The legality of pornography and its effects on viewers has been a topic of debate for decades in the United States. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of pornography and its effects on sexual aggression ...
Exploring 'Place' in Planning and Zoning Debates Across a Rural-Urban Gradient
(2006-08-15)
Land use policy and zoning are examined here as socio-political forms of landscape creation. This study examined the human-place perspective of rural residents experiencing demographic and physical changes due to the ...
Factors Associated with the Black and White Student Achievement Gap: An Exploratory Study
(2006-08-15)
This paper discusses some of the possible contributors to the differences found between black- white Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores for elementary and middle school students. This study examines the following ...
Honor, the State, and Its Implications: An Examination of Honor Killing in Jordan and the Efforts of Local Activists
(2008-05-15)
The topic of honor crimes is a controversial one that has gained a great deal of attention over the years. There are many countries such as Jordan that grants leniency to honor crime perpetrators by providing them with ...
Iggression: an examination of the role of digital technologies in the 2011 Arab Awakening
(2012-04-30)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are rapidly proliferating to cultures all over the world. The invention of Internet and its exponential diffusion created a new niche for studying social change within ...
The Impact of Intellectual Property Law on Developing Countries: Patent Law and Essential Medicines
(2014-11-17)
The relationship between intellectual property and healthcare is ever growing, particularly when dealing with patent law and the access to essential medicines in the least developed countries. This study explores the ...