This study examined the extent to which physical activity policies may be associated with consistent disparities in meeting physical activity recommendations across racial/ethnic groups. The analyses found that policies were not consistently related to disparities in physical ac…
Eric Hobsbawm argues that recently created nations in the Middle East, such as Israel or Jordan, must be novel. In most instances, these new nations and nationalism that goes along with them have been constructed through what Hobsbawm refers to as “invented traditions.” This the…
Many regions in China face severe environmental degradation. The government response to these problems has varied from region to region. In particular, environmental rehabilitation in the Tarim River Basin in southern Xinjiang has been much more successful than in the grasslands…
In the criminal justice system, risk assessment instruments (RAIs) provide information about justice involved individuals that court officials use to make various decisions. This dissertation explores the adoption and impact of state-level policies regarding the use of risk asse…