sUnit 3: Concepts By: Tiffany Linville Kaplan University CJ490: Research Methods in Criminal Justice Professor: Elycia Daniel 3/24/2013 Abstract Problem statement: Wayne County data indicates that 25% of the population has used illicit drugs at some point in their life (Wayne County‚ Indiana Strategic Prevention Framework‚ 2005). Briefly summarize from at least 4 journal articles‚ government reports‚ or databases on your topic. Summarize statistical data where appropriate
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January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball
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Topic #6 – Anxiety Disorders (OCD) Reviewed by : ............................... / JC2 a) Definitions‚ Measures‚ Examples of Obsessions and Compulsions DEFINITION OF OBSESSIONS & COMPULSIONS Obsessions involve recurring and persistent thoughts‚ images‚ or impulses that are experienced as inappropriate‚ intrusive‚ and anxiety provoking‚ and are not just excessive worries about real-life problems. Compulsions involve repetitive and rule following behaviour or mental acts that the sufferer feels
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profitability of the utilities. Efficient‚ clean and less expensive to implement than most other alternatives‚ combined cycle power plants offer a blend of operational attributes that makes it the best choice for power production. The generated power and efficiency of gas turbine plants depend on the temperature of the inlet air. At high ambient temperatures‚ a power loss of more than 20%‚ combined with a significant increase in specific fuel consumption‚ compared to ISO standard conditions (15 C)‚ can
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Page v Tuesday‚ May 8‚ 2007 6:13 PM Contents List of Tables and Figures vii Notes on the Contributors viii List of Abbreviations xi 1 Politicizing Gender in Discourse: Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis as Political Perspective and Praxis Michelle M. Lazar Part I 1 Post-Equality? Analyses of Subtle Sexism 2 Power and Discourse at Work: Is Gender Relevant? Janet Holmes 31 3 The Gender of Power: The Female Style in Labour Organizations Luisa Martín Rojo and Concepción Gómez Esteban 61
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THE MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF COMBINED DISCRETE/CONTINUOUS PROCESSES by Paul Inigo Barton‚ M.Eng‚ A.C.G.I. May 1992 A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of London and for the Diploma of Membership of the Imperial College Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College of Science‚ Technology and Medicine London SW7 2BY To Amy 2 Abstract Currently available dynamic simulation packages are mainly suitable for the continuous simulation
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research study aims to identify the effect of the location of the computer shops to the... Methodology is the systematic‚ theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field of study. It comprises the theoretical analysis of the body of methods
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any aspects such as the fashion style‚ hobby‚ and the language style. The later aspect is the interesting one that we want to analyze in our mini research. The influence of figure public language style toward society is could studied in Critical Discourse Analysis (commonly abbreviated to CDA). Fairclough‚ the founder of CDA‚ explains that CDA is a theory of language in relation to power and ideology (1995:1). This is a theory enabling us to discover how a ruling class rules the society through their
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The Field of Foucaultian Discourse Analysis: Structures‚ Developments and Perspectives Rainer Diaz-Bone‚ Andrea D. Bührmann‚ Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez‚ Werner Schneider‚ Gavin Kendall & Francisco Tirado Abstract: The article outlines the field of FOUCAULTian discourse analysis. The FOUCAULTian concept of discourse is introduced‚ and methodological positions and methodological developments are sketched. Compared to other qualitative social research approaches‚ the different researchers and
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military with a literary viewpoint. I plan to break down the logistics of military communication‚ and show how they form a discourse community. According to Bizzel‚ a discourse community “is a group of people who share certain language using practices.” To put it in simple
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