Deterring Teen Bullying

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin W. Patchin ◽  
Sameer Hinduja
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
Deterrence Theory ◽  
Criminological Research ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
New Policies

While decades of criminological research have returned mixed results when it comes to deterrence theory, deterrence-informed policies continue to proliferate unabated. Specific to bullying among adolescents, many U.S. states have recently passed new laws – or updated old ones – increasing potential punishment for youth who abuse others. Police are becoming involved in bullying incidents more than ever before, and schools across the country are implementing new policies and procedures as a result of statewide mandates to crack down on the problem. Parents, too, are being pressured to respond to bullying or risk being prosecuted themselves. To assess whether youth are actually being deterred by these methods and messages, data were collected from approximately 1,000 students from two middle schools on their perceptions of punishment from various sources, as well as their bullying and cyberbullying participation. Results suggest that students are deterred more by the threat of punishment from their parents and the school, and least deterred by the threat of punishment from the police.

scholarly journals Syrian Refugees’ Integration Policies in Jordanian Labor Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7234
Author(s):  
Ahmad AlShwawra
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
The People ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Desk Research ◽  
London Conference

The Government of Jordan declared that there are more than one million Syrian refugees in Jordan while UNHCR statistics show that the number is about 700,000. Nonetheless, it is still a large problem for Jordan, especially since there is no real solution that seems to be looming on the horizon for the Syrian crisis. Consequently, that means that those refugees’ stay in Jordan is indefinite. This fact requires Jordan to work towards solutions to avoid the warehousing of those refugees in camps and to integrate them in Jordanian community to ease their stay in Jordan. To achieve that integration, Jordan must facilitate the Syrians’ access to the Jordanian labor market so they can achieve self-reliance. In February 2016, donors gathered in London for the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference, known as the London Conference, to mobilize funding for the needs of the people affected by the Syrian crisis. In that conference, Jordan pledged to facilitate Syrian refugees’ access to the labor market. This paper will study the process of Syrian integration in Jordanian society by discussing the policies and the procedures that Jordan has developed to facilitate the Syrians’ access to the labor market. The event study method combined with interviews and desk research were used to evaluate the new policies and procedures developed to facilitate this access. It was found that Jordan succeeded in creating a legal and procedural environment that facilitates Syrians’ access to formal jobs, and the Syrians went a long way toward integration in Jordan. Nonetheless, they are still not fully integrated.

scholarly journals From behavioural simulation to computer models: how simulation can be used to improve healthcare management and policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Lamé ◽  
Rebecca K Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Behavioural Simulation ◽  
Human Participants ◽  
New Policies

Simulation is a technique that evokes or replicates substantial aspects of the real world, in order to experiment with a simplified imitation of an operations system, for the purpose of better understanding and/or improving that system. Simulation provides a safe environment for investigating individual and organisational behaviour and a risk-free testbed for new policies and procedures. Therefore, it can complement or replace direct field observations and trial-and-error approaches, which can be time consuming, costly and difficult to carry out. However, simulation has low adoption as a research and improvement tool in healthcare management and policy-making. The literature on simulation in these fields is dispersed across different disciplinary traditions and typically focuses on a single simulation method. In this article, we examine how simulation can be used to investigate, understand and improve management and policy-making in healthcare organisations. We develop the rationale for using simulation and provide an integrative overview of existing approaches, using examples of in vivo behavioural simulations involving live participants, pure in silico computer simulations and intermediate approaches (virtual simulation) where human participants interact with computer simulations of health organisations. We also discuss the combination of these approaches to organisational simulation and the evaluation of simulation-based interventions.

Beyond the Collection

2016 ◽  
pp. 120-140
Author(s):  
Jill Dixon ◽  
Nancy Abashian
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Emergency Planning ◽  
Emergency Plan ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
New Information ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
New Policies

It is inevitable that library staff will need to respond to natural disasters and emergency situations – often with little or no advance warning. An important part of emergency planning is addressing public and staff safety prior, during, and immediately following emergencies. All libraries need to develop a comprehensive emergency plan with clear, consistent, and concise policies and procedures for staff. The plan needs to provide detailed instructions for all types of potential emergency situations and should be periodically re-evaluated and updated to address new concerns or when new information or resources become available. This chapter will discuss the process of creating an emergency plan for public and staff safety, including reviewing resources, consulting with experts, developing new policies and procedures, and disseminating the information to staff.

scholarly journals Continuity with change: The new editorial team and some new policies and procedures

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUBIN ABUTALEBI ◽  
HARALD CLAHSEN
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Language And Cognition ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Journal

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (BLC) is now in its seventeenth year, and what started out as a new interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of bilingualism has now become the leading journal in its field. The first issue of BLC was published in 1998 with François Grosjean, Jürgen M. Meisel, Pieter Muysken and Judith Kroll as founding editors. Over the years, the editorship has passed to David Green, Ping Li and Carmen Silva-Corvalán, with Jürgen M. Meisel staying on. The journal has not merely survived for almost 17 years but has thrived, enjoying a steady increase in readership and submissions, suggesting that the interdisciplinary approach of the journal and the breadth of topics that it covers are hitting the mark. The 2013 impact factor mirrors this upsurge of interest: BLC's 2013 impact factor is quoted as 2.229, which makes it the 5th ranked out of 160 journals in linguistics and the 27th out of 83 experimental psychology journals. Hence it is a pleasure to report to the BLC readership that the journal is in excellent shape. This is primarily due to the outstanding dedication of the outgoing team of editors (Ping Li, David Green, Jürgen M. Meisel and Carmen Silva-Corvalán), to whom we would like to extend our gratitude. Under their tenure BLC has grown to be the leading journal in the field. We will continue to count on their advice.

scholarly journals Reframing research access

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayshree Mamtora ◽  
Prashant Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pure System ◽  
Single Interface ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
New Policies

PurposeThe paper describes how Charles Darwin University (CDU) used a three-pronged approach to better serve its researchers: it developed a single interface for improved accessibility and discoverability of its research outputs, consolidated its corresponding policies and procedures and implemented training programs to support the new portal. This in turn made its suite of research outputs more openly accessible and better discoverable. The intention was to make CDU research compliant with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) policy statement, affirming the need to make Australia's research more visible, thereby enabling better access, better collaboration locally and internationally and researchers more accountable to their community.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses case study methodology and a qualitative approach.FindingsCDU Library collaborated with the University’s Research Office in undertaking a series of strategies towards reframing access to its research. The partners migrated their research collections into a single, new, integrated interface; developed new policies and consolidated existing ones; and to this end, rolled out a training and educational program for the research community. The intention of the program was to introduce the Pure repository to new researchers and to train all staff to self archive and curate their own research outputs. This new streamlined approach ensured a more comprehensive and timely availability and accessibility of the University's research outputs.Originality/valueA single source of truth was established through the migration of iCDU’s research collections, ensuring data quality was maintained. At the start of this project, there were few institutions in Australia using the Pure system, and even fewer using it as their sole repository for displaying research outputs.

Technology: Technology in Micro Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Finn
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Therapy ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Human Service Agencies ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Therapeutic Services ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Service Agencies

Online therapy is the delivery of supportive and therapeutic services over the Internet. Online therapy offers the advantages of convenience and increased access to services. Service delivery may be problematic due to ethical concerns and legal liability. Limited research supports the efficacy of online therapy for a variety of health and social concerns. Increased use of the Internet by consumers and human service agencies will likely see growing use of online therapy and require training for workers and development of new policies and procedures for online service delivery.

Agnotology and Ideology

2021 ◽  
pp. 165-185
Author(s):  
Victorene L. King
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Hiring Practices ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
White Teacher ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
New Policies

During periods of local and national unrest, leaders engage in discussions surrounding the reexamination of old policies and the consideration of new policies. Their changes to policies and procedures may be symbolic to silence objections or performative to feign new awareness, but symbolic and performative changes will not lead to transformative change. So how does a nation fix a problem of which many of its citizens are mostly ignorant? How do organizations redress inequitable hiring practices when they believe America is a meritocracy where everyone has the same chance of succeeding? How do educational institutions restructure teaching practices when the predominately White teacher workforce continues to resist talking about race? Transformative change will require the unexamined power of Eurocentric culture and thought that normalizes the marginalization, oppression, and subordination of Communities of Color and other groups of people based on gender, class, and citizenship to be completely exposed and then abolished.

Key Considerations for Lawyers Shepherding Communities through Long-Term Recovery from Major Disasters

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-188
Author(s):  
John Travis Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Local State ◽  
Recovery Programs ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Local Ordinances ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Successes And Failures

Lawyers play essential roles in creating and rolling out community postdisaster long-term recovery programs. Those programs involve counseling public entities about highly contested recovery decisions. They include designing new government and nonprofit institutions. They require developing new legal infrastructures, including statutes and local ordinances to implement a wide range of multimillion-dollar programs. They also demand drafting volumes of entirely new policies and procedures, contracts, and intergovernmental agreements to establish the legal relationships, the organizational responsibilities, and the ethics and values to guide newly minted recovery programs. The resulting legal framework can leverage significant funding to produce lasting improvements; or it can suffocate rebuilding in a regulatory straightjacket laced up at the local, state, and federal levels. This chapter highlights the strategies that may prove most successful in helping communities recover from catastrophic disaster, including specific examples of lawyers’ successes and failures in helping shepherd communities toward long-term recovery from major disasters.

Finance Department Restructuring at the Field Museum

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Keating ◽  
Nadeem M. Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Field Museum ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Short Period ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Finance Department ◽  
Financial Issues ◽  
Management Issues

Discusses the challenges that internal departments face as organizations grow and expand. The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, grew significantly over a short period of time, creating considerable problems in the finance department, as staff and systems failed to keep pace with the evolving demands placed by the museum departments. These problems resulted in outdated policies and procedures, unhappy users, and frustrated employees. The finance department needed big changes but had to make them while maintaining vital functions, improving morale, and instituting new policies and procedures. Discusses several key nonprofit management issues, including change management, the role of leadership in a crisis, the challenge of informal personnel networks and knowledge management, and key financial issues facing nonprofit organizations.

scholarly journals Standing and new policies and procedures forArthritis & Rheumatism

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 3683-3684
Author(s):  
Michael D. Lockshin
Keyword(s):  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
New Policies
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