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Title
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Economic Implications of Decriminalization
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Author
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Viars, Shanyn
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Economics, Law
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Description
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Contrary to federal government policy in the United States toward illegal drug use, ten states enacted legislation to decriminalize marijuana during the 1970’s. The War on Drugs campaign of the 1980’s-1990’s halted state marijuana reform policy un...
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Intersectionality of Identity and HIV-Related Stigma
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Author
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Lovato, Laura
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Government policy, Psychology
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Description
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The impact of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention, treatment, and the well-being of people living with HIV (PLWH) is well established within the existing literature. HIV-related stigma experiences are compounded by intersections of identity, in t...
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SPACE-TIME DYNAMICS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
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Author
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Zhou, Yuhong
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Government policy, Water resources development--Management
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Description
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Water availability has become a more significant economic and policy issue in contemporary America. Although emerging as an attractive tool to water authorities, demand-side water management in urbanized areas is more complicated due to the high c...
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The Community College: Access to Opportunity or Barrier to Success
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Author
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Grubbs, Samuel
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Social structure, Government policy, Education, Higher
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Description
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The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate some of the contradictory outcomes for community college students. I investigated whether community colleges lower their students’ aspirations and make students less likely to be socially involve...
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The determinants of household violence
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Author
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Wienke, Jennifer
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Economics
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Description
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Family violence is a pervasive social issue, which warrants attention from policy makers. Theories such as nested ecological theory and general strain theory suggest that family violence increases during times of economic hardship. Even so, histor...
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Three essays on economic growth and environmental quality in China
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Author
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Yang, Hualiu
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Public administration
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Description
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This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay investigates how the distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) between the g...