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Vietnamese America high school dropout rates: Ethnicity as insulation
Get PDFThis article addresses the question ofwhyVietnamese Americans show much lower high school dropout rates than the American population in general. It looks at two of the major explanations for failure to complete high school: family economic situation and family structure.ltconsiders how the difference in dropout rates between VetnameseAmericans and the two large American racial groups (blacks and whites) may be related to differences in family income and family structure. The findings suggest that the low dropout rates among the VIetnamese do not result from economic or family structure characteristics of individual Vietnamese families. The findinds suggest, instead, support for the position that an immigrant culture, understood as a distinctive pattern of SOCial relations, can insulate young people from disadvantages in American society at large
Developing a field-intensive methodology for generating a randomized sample for gang research
No full textThis paper was stimulated by concerns for methodological Issues in gang research the paper describes the strategies in developing a design for drawing a stratified proportional random sample of gang members and goes beyond limited non-probability quota samples. To compare gang members across communities and gang variations first, this paper proposes procedures and techniques for drawing a random sample of gang subjects based on probability proportional to size quota Second, Describes the role of ethnographic field work and social mapping in defining sampling frames. Third, it presents the use of Map info in developing and mapping catchment areas. Fourth, it describes the procedures util1zed 1n generat1ng gang rosters and their role in generating interview sample quotas and finally, it discusses the processes for developing sampling quotas and drawing of the sample
Alcohol, drugs, and violence among youth, 1992
No full textThe prevalence of alcohol. drugs. and violence among youth age 12-21 IS estimated from the youth supplement (Youth Risk Behavior Survey) of the 1992 National Health lnterview Survey. We present national benchmarks on the extent of alcohol. drug . and violence-related behavior among youth . Risk activities among six race/ethnic and gender groups are compared and examined byeducational and employment status . School and work are selected because of their economic signifcance to youth The incidence of risk among youth by race and gender is complex the prevalence of alcohol, drugs, and violence varies by education and employment for the different groups of youth . Nonetheless. we discover that Mexican American men and white men exhibit comparable risk profiles Among women. alcohol use was greater among the employed than those witho ut a Job: college attendance was associated with greater alcohol use among Mexican American women. For blacks. a lower medince of health risks was associated with more favorable educational and employment status . The findings suggest that greater attention be given to differences in health risks by race/ethnicity and gender and to the contributions of education and employment in determming health risks among youth
The funeral director: Maintaining business, reputation and performance
Get PDFThis paper, based upon direct and participant observation, a review of literature, and personal interviews, explores the world of funerals, the occupation of funeral director, and the role of customer. The literature and the data are woven together. Described in this paper are the activities of a funeral director and what happens during the funeral process
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997: Policy implications for practice with substance abusing parents who have maltreated their children
Get PDFCombining Merton's Strain Theory with Labeling Theory and moral entrepreneurs*
Get PDF*Originally printed in Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology 2010 38(2).Ritzer (197 4) wrote that sociology is a multi-paradigmed discipline where each framework can hold several theoretical explanations. Such declarations are often treated individually, but there are often unexplored confluences between them. Merton's goals-means theory of social strain, for example, is here considered as a labeling one heavily laced with implications about moral authority when applied to studies in deviant behavior. The synthesis of dialogues, illustrated with sociological ideas from modern novels, validates the thesis that social complexities deserve integrated explanations
Fictional reality and the portrayal of justice in modern sociology and contemporary novels*
Get PDF*Originally printed in Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology 2006 34(2).Social justice is a popular subject of discussion in sociology, politics, jurisprudence, as well as popular novels. The outcomes of its proceedings are equally curious because that which is "just" depends upon such variables as defining the direction that justice needs to take, allocating authority to enforce it, and public reaction to its consequences. This article represents a layered investigative journey into the portrayal of justice in nine popular series of novels because its fictional enactment represents the way that the population would like to see it enforced, but does not. Since the body of the material reviewed here are works of fiction which incorporate known data a new expression is offered. Fictional reality refers to the ways in which novelists weave fair knowledge about modern justice into stories which please their audiences, and this article explores themeans by which that melding occurs
Bill W. meets the Spanish Armada: Sinners' and saints' retold epiphanies from A.A. to Cursillo
Get PDFThis article expands our bodies of knowledge about turning points in peoples' lives by drawing upon information from studies of addiction and from the available information about the religious movement called cursillo. A retold epiphany, like a drunk-a-log in Alcoholics Anonymous, represents the recounted conÂversion story which provides information about a life of abuse or misdirection, the actual turning point or paradigm shift, and evidence which substantiates the reborn person. While retold epiphanies are different from many private and communal disclosures and their environments, all three forms of self-examination are present in the cursillo movement which is directed toward the spiritual re-creation of the participant