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Jennifer Fulbright – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The goal of the research was to learn about the opinions of Texas college students on the death penalty and to determine the impact that prior interaction with the criminal justice system through incarceration or employment had on their opinions. A sequential, explanatory mixed methodology was implemented during the data collection, analysis, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Opinions, Death
Kheibari, Athena; Walker, Robert J.; Clark, James; Victor, Grant, III; Monahan, Ed – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Rising rates of incarceration in the United States and continuing use of the death penalty in over half of the states in the United States signal a need for more involvement of social workers in forensic roles to mitigate unjust sentencing. The National Association of Social Workers has consistently maintained a professional policy stance in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Educational Change, Counselor Training, Institutionalized Persons
Bokhari, Ehsan – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2023
The prediction of dangerous and/or violent behavior is particularly important to the conduct of the U.S. criminal justice system when it makes decisions about restrictions of personal freedom, such as preventive detention, forensic commitment, parole, and in some states such as Texas, when to permit an execution to proceed of an individual found…
Descriptors: Violence, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Prediction
Brelias, Anastasia – Mathematics Teacher, 2015
Recommendations for reforming high school mathematics curricula emphasize the importance of engaging students in mathematical investigations of societal issues (CCSSI [Common Core State Standards Initiative] 2010; NCTM [National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] 2000). Proponents argue that these investigations can positively influence students'…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Statistics
Lambert, Eric G.; Camp, Scott D.; Clarke, Alan; Jiang, Shanhe – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
In 1972, former Supreme Court Justice Marshall postulated that the public was uninformed about the death penalty and information would change their support for it. There is some indication that information about the death penalty may change people's level of support. This study re-examines data used by Lambert and Clarke (2001). Using multivariate…
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Death, Prior Learning, Religious Factors
Steen, Julie A.; Mann, Mary; Gryglewicz, Kim – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
In response to the rising importance of human rights, social work student attitudes toward human rights and the effect of human rights course content on these attitudes were assessed. Descriptive results from a sample of 77 students pointed to a few areas of low support for the human rights philosophy, specifically rights related to mental…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Philosophy, Course Content, Student Attitudes
Falco, Diana L.; Freiburger, Tina L. – Qualitative Report, 2011
Strong public support for capital punishment is arguably the number one reason why the death penalty continues to be used as a form of correctional policy in the U.S. criminal justice system. Therefore, it is fundamental that the measure of death penalty opinion be heavily scrutinized. Utilizing a methodological approach not typically employed in…
Descriptors: Opinions, Focus Groups, Death, Justice
Sethuraju, Raj; Sole, Jason; Oliver, Brian E. – SAGE Open, 2016
Although a sizable number of studies have gathered information from college students regarding their varying degrees of support for capital punishment, few have explored the underlying rationales behind these students' death penalty support or opposition. In addition, although criminal justice majors have frequently been used as study…
Descriptors: College Students, Death, Punishment, Law Enforcement
Atehortua, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Intelligence tests are used in a variety of settings such as schools, clinics, and courts to assess the intellectual capacity of individuals of all ages. Intelligence tests are used to make high-stakes decisions such as special education placement, employment, eligibility for social security services, and determination of the death penalty.…
Descriptors: Adults, Intelligence Tests, Children, Error of Measurement
Wiersma, Beth A.; Siedschlaw, Kurt D. – College Student Journal, 2016
Beginning with the passage of The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act in 1994 and Megan's Law in 1996, the federal government and states have passed numerous pieces of legislation to control and restrict those convicted of sex offenses. This study surveyed the attitudes of undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Crime Prevention
Price, Keith; Coleman, Susan; Byrd, Gary R. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2014
The study of capital juries remains a subject of critical interest for the public and for legislative and judicial policy makers as well as legal scholars and social scientists. Cowan, Thompson, and Ellsworth established one of the standard methodologies for examination of this topic in their 1984 seminal study by observing the subjects' debate…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Death, Punishment, Bias
Andrews, Arlene Bowers – Social Work, 2012
When a client faces a penalty of death, defense attorneys may call on social workers in many capacities: mitigation specialist, expert witness, consulting specialist, direct witness, or defense-initiated victim outreach worker. The American Bar Association set forth standards for capital defense attorneys, which led an interdisciplinary team to…
Descriptors: Interviews, Guidelines, Biographies, Data Interpretation
Strasser, Dina – Educational Leadership, 2014
"What do you do--and what do you need--to stay sane?" This is what an educator asked a group of teachers and administrators in the Rochester City School District, one of the poor-performing school districts that the governor of that state had referred to as needing a "death penalty." The educators repeatedly noted five items…
Descriptors: Teacher Morale, Teaching Conditions, Administrator Role, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Harrison, Christopher W. – Social Education, 2012
Capital punishment, still practiced in many countries around the world, represents a highly controversial human rights issue. As citizens of the world, the existence of a diversity of death penalties challenges some of the most cherished and universal values. For social studies educators seeking to move their students toward finding their voice as…
Descriptors: Social Action, Civil Rights, Punishment, Teacher Role
Beaudoin-Ryan, Leanne; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Developmental Science, 2014
Stem-cell research. Euthanasia. Personhood. Marriage equality. School shootings. Gun control. Death penalty. Ethical dilemmas regularly spark fierce debate about the underlying moral fabric of societies. How do we prepare today's children to be fully informed and thoughtful citizens, capable of moral and ethical decisions? Current approaches…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Nonverbal Communication