Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: victimization, criminal
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1994-03
ISBN-10: 078810523X
ISBN-13: 9780788105234

Essential facts on victims, crimes, & offenders. Includes: crime trends since 1973; victim characteristics; characteristics of rapes, robberies, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, motor thefts, etc.; violent offender characteristics; victim households, & much more. Charts & tables.

Author: Adrienne L. Fernandes
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: working, school, olds, year, youth, disconnected
Number of Pages: 82
Published: 2009-12-31
ISBN-10: 1437920055
ISBN-13: 9781437920055

Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Background; (3) Overview of Research on Disconnected Youth: Methodology and Number of Disconnected Youth; Other Characteristics; Reasons Associated with Disconnection; (4) Analysis of Disconnected Youth: (a) Overview; Limitations; (b) Findings: Reasons Reported for Youth Not Being in School or Working; Characteristics of Disconnected Youth; Characteristics of Parents Living with Disconnected Youth; Trends Over Time; (5) Discussion: Overview; Poverty, Family Living Arrangements, and Parental Characteristics; Implications for Policy. Charts and tables.

Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: victimization, report, survey, national, criminal, crime
Number of Pages: 166
Published: 1993-04
ISBN-10: 0788106554
ISBN-13: 9780788106552

Essential facts on victims, crimes, & offenders. Includes: crime trends since 1973; victim characteristics; characteristics of rapes, robberies, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, motor thefts, etc.; violent offender characteristics; victim households, & much more. Charts & tables.

Author: Programme for International Student Assessment
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: pisa, messages
Number of Pages: 42
Published: 2004-12-14
ISBN-10: 9264007342
ISBN-13: 9789264007345

This wrap-up volume of the PISA 2000 project presents the key findings, including fascinating findings on reading performance, characteristics of successful students, differences between the interests and study habits of boys and girls, the effect of school climate and resources on student performance, and the effect of school autonomy on performance. The book includes country-by-country profiles that provide information on student performance, socio-economic status, student characteristics, school characteristics, and system characteristics.

Author: Craig Perkins
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: states, united, victimization, criminal
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 1996-05
ISBN-10: 0788126318
ISBN-13: 9780788126314

Essential facts on victims, crimes, & offenders. Includes: crime trends since 1973; victim characteristics; characteristics of rapes, robberies, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, motor thefts, etc.; violent offender characteristics; victim households, & much more. Chapters include the national crime victimization survey, a demography of victims, victims & offenders, geography & the crime event. Charts & tables.

Author: Jeanne M. Woodward
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: nineties, chartbook, housing, groups, racial, ethnic, america
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 1994-06
ISBN-10: 0788146505
ISBN-13: 9780788146503

Presents a statistical overview of the current housing conditions of White; Black; American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut; & Asian or Pacific Islander households. Data are also shown for Hispanic-origin households who may be of any race. Presents findings from a biennial national sample survey of approximately 55,000 housing units. Covers: patterns of distribution & growth: 1987 & 1991; social characteristics; physical characteristics of housing units; financial characteristics of the housing inventory; & selected characteristics of detailed race groups & Hispanic-origin households, by type. Extensi

Author: Robert D. Crutchfield
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: labor, crime, markets, participation, force
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 2011-01
ISBN-10: 1437930344
ISBN-13: 9781437930344

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. A study of how individuals¿ employ. and educational circumstance affects the likelihood of engaging in acts of common crime. Also studies how the characteristics of residential neighborhoods interact with individual characteristics to affect criminal involvement. The goal is to answer the following questions: (1) How do employment and job qualities effect individual young adults¿ (YA) involvement in crime?; (2) How do neighborhood characteristics effect YA involvement in criminal behavior?; (3) How are juvenile employ. and educ