Theses & Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations by graduate students in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Agrochemicals and rural women's health in the Volta Region of Ghana, Sedomda Kpikpitse Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Women's occupational health and safety in the informal economy: Maternal market traders in Accra, Ghana, Joyceline Amoako Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The civic and political engagement of Latinos in Omaha, Nebraska, Christian Israel Espinosa Torres Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Human trafficking and the media: Comparing newspapers' portrayal of victims and offenders, Brittany Leigh Virkus Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Is higher education the key to unlock the door of fortune? A study of students' occupational aspirations, Daiyue Sun Open Access Thesis
The unveiling of W.E.B. DuBois : A qualitative content analysis of diverse interpretations of the works and life of W.E.B. DuBois, Sonja Lee Bock Open Access Thesis
Mean girls and troublemaking boys : a qualitative study about interpretive reproduction and peer culture in a preschool classroom, Heidi Marie Gansen Open Access Thesis
The Duluth Model in practice: Evaluating police and practitioner response to domestic violence, Jessica L. Lorenz Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Role strain in probation and parole work and strategies used to reduce strain, Samantha A. Shoger Open Access Thesis
Women's status and fertility rates : results from national level data, Jason Thomas Surratt Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Advanced information processing technologies and police discretion, Kevin Wayne Howard Open Access Thesis
The social origin of violent behavior, Todd Arthur Mensink Open Access Thesis
Transforming lives: Exploring the impact of transitioning on female-to-male transpersons and partners of female-to-male transpersons, Megan Marie Tesene Open Access Thesis 2012 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Testing the selective chivalry theory in Iowa : gender sentencing of rural property offenders, Maria Dorothy Herring Koeppel Open Access Thesis
The effects of OWI victim impact courses on offender recidivism, Sarah Emily Johnson Open Access Thesis
The new childbirth : an analysis of planned cesarean sections, Loren Wilbers Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Voluntary Simplicity and its effects on personal identity, family life, and relationships, Julie Ann Fox Open Access Thesis
An analysis of state-by-state variations in African American incarceration rates, Kristen Laura Johnson Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the sentencing of non-violent drug offenders, Christopher Joseph Koch Open Access Thesis
Institutional racism and public policy : a critical discourse analysis of the war on drugs, Kyle L. Mahannah Open Access Thesis
When networks matter : Mexican migrants' access to the welfare state through social ties, Margaret Louise Ralston Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Gender inequalities in toddler confrontation teachers' responses, Jessica Hermeyer Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
The Authority of Traditional Islamic Leaders: A Sociological Study of Kyai's Authority in Pesantren, Achmad Zainal Arifin Open Access Thesis
Gender Socialization through Children’s Literature: Body and Beauty Image, Meera Basnet Open Access Thesis
Gender and policing : an analysis of police departments as gendered organizations, Kimberly L. Seavey Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
We're not "free-loading jocks" : the presentation of the self in the everyday lives of the collegiate level student athlete, Katie Leanne Sorrell Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Protecting us from pictures : gender and support for legal restrictions on pornography, Elizabeth Lynne Chivers Open Access Thesis
Drug use and pool performance : an exploratory study, Robert P. Hansen Open Access Thesis
Impact of the child-parent relationship on affectual solidarity between grandchildren and grandparents : the perspective of young adults, Maria A. Monserud Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Portrayal of women in magazine advertisements targeted toward three age groups of women : a content analysis, Stephanie Lynn Cummings Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Coping responses among aged home health care clients : a qualitative study, Bobbie Kay Grother Open Access Thesis
The new social discipline : a critical analysis of federal drug-free workplace legislation and employee drug testing, Matthew T. Lammers Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Family structure and children's academic achievement : the role of income and parental control, Jean M. Hoth Open Access Thesis
The double edged sword of depersonalization: An examination of depersonalization's role in the police profession, Michael J. O'Connor Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Gender, religion, causal attributions, and correctional orientations among juvenile justice personnel, Amy Lynn Lyons Open Access Thesis
Dramaturgical perspective in modern police work : an analysis of interviews and observations, Michael P. Wagner Open Access Thesis
In their own words : women's caregiving experiences, Loralie L. Wiebold Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Gangs, drugs, and delinquency, Tina Renea Engstrom Open Access Thesis
The social history of a moral vision : a qualitative study of the Ulster Project in Decorah, Iowa, Mark Murray McCrory Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Correctional management : the systemic impact and consequences of truth-in-sentencing legislation, Timothy S. Sexton Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Evaluating intensive home supervision : a community based juvenile corrections program, Laone K. Kishman Open Access Thesis
An exploratory look at university students' attitudes toward welfare recipients, Glen Leonard Lantz Open Access Thesis
Another look at social learning theory and dating violence, Samantha Smith O'Hara Open Access Thesis
The aftermath of teenage childbearing : the characteristics of successful adjustment, Sarjo Sanneh Patrick Open Access Thesis
Expressive individualism in a midwestern situated youth subculture group, Jeffrey Michael Webb Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The influence of relative campus prestige between dating partners on dating behaviors, Jennifer Meehan Open Access Thesis
An analysis of racial bias in revocation rates among felony probationers in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Ross Thomas Todd Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
A review and modification of Wilson and Herrnstein's integrated theory of criminality as it pertains to serial murder and serial rape, Karen Bower Mead Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Sociological implications of technology: The historical treatment of technology in sociological theory and a proposal for empirical research, Martin E. Hansen Open Access Thesis 1992 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Occupational outcomes of bachelor's degrees earned by nontraditional students, Mary Ellen Ellyson Wacker Open Access Thesis 1991 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Racial discrimination in the Big Ten Athletic Conference sports of football and basketball, Reginald John Green Open Access Thesis
