On October 3, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953 (AB953) into California law. This new legislation, titled The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, requires all police and sheriff's departments in California to, among other thin . . .

This project focuses on homelessness in Turlock, CA. Homelessness is a complex problem for the City, and was previously explored in a 2007 study by researchers from CSU Stanislaus (Garcia & Jasek-Rysdahl, 2007). That study concluded that there was muc . . .

This exploratory project focuses on homelessness in the City of Turlock, CA; a complex problem previously explored by researchers from CSU Stanislaus (Garcia & Jasek-Rysdahl, 2007). That study found much mistrust, anger, and frustration surrounding th . . .

This project focuses on homelessness in Turlock, CA. Homelessness is a complex problem for the City, and was previously explored by researchers from CSU Stanislaus (Garcia & Jasek-Rysdahl, 2007). That study concluded that there was much mistrust, ange . . .

This project focuses on homelessness in Turlock, CA. Homelessness is a complex problem for the City, and was previously explored in a 2007 study by researchers from CSU Stanislaus (Garcia & Jasek-Rysdahl, 2007). That study concluded that there was muc . . .

The problem of domestic violence its associated costs have become increasingly visible to the public. Batterer Intervention Program data were originally collected and analyzed for program evaluation by the California State University at Stanislaus . . .

Despite continuing efforts to improve body armor performance and increase its usage, there has been limited research focusing on police officers who have survived a real life-threatening incident while wearing a body armor. This study used a qualitati . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between misanthropy and criminal behavior including the relationship between misanthropy and crime by sex. Method: This study uses data collected from a self-report survey adminis . . .

This study investigated the question of whether the legal carrying of concealed handguns by licensed citizens reduces violent crime. Rational choice theory provided the context for the study’s basic premise that a prevalence of concealed carry license . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a correlation existed between a city’s DUI rate and DUI Crash rate. The author’s hypothesis was that an increase in DUI arrest rate would lead to a decrease in DUI-related collisions. Arrest data, cra . . .

This study analyzed the daily incidents of domestic and simple battery in the city of Sacramento with respect to temperature for the years 2005 to 2009. Cases of domestic and simple battery reported to the Sacramento Police Department were incorporate . . .

Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) A General Theory of Crime posits that the absence of self-control influences crime and deviance. Since its publication, there has been a substantial amount of inquiry supporting the proposition; yet no empirical work h . . .

Previous research has shown that the law enforcement occupation is a dangerous profession that has the highest violent victimization rate in the United States (Fridell, Faggiani, Taylor, Brito, & Kubu, 2009). This descriptive study aims to add to the . . .

My role in this research study was to code and input data gathered from the Modesto Police Department (MPD) survey. The goal of the MPD survey was to describe interactions with Modesto residents and Modesto Police Officers. The research study focused . . .

The overall purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of inmate suicide and preventative methods that are practiced among correctional facilities. This study discusses contributing factors of inmate suicide, risk factors among inmates, . . .

This study looked at marijuana use among college students and if peer influence had an effect on an individual’s use of recreational marijuana. This study used a convenience sample of 206 college students that were attending California State Universit . . .

This research focuses on the media portrayal of honor killings in Iran. The thesis explains what honor is and why some kill women in order to keep it protected. Secondary analysis differs from approaches that seek to critically assess theory; methods . . .

The topic of this study is how different demographics and crime rates in police beats differ in their perceptions of interactions with Modesto, California police officers. The research questions for this study are: Do citizens of Modesto, California d . . .

This study focuses on whether the immersion in communication technologies plays a central role in the lives of people born after 1984, and whether people born after 1984 text while driving more than those born before 1984. The sample is made up of 181 . . .

This study analyzed pre and post natural disaster index crime rates in the city of Houston, Texas with using Hurricane Alex occurring in 2010. The data used are the crime rates from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Hurricane Alex was a category 2 . . .