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- THE DUALITY OF FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS:A SEPARATE TREATMENT COURT FOR VETERANS.
- Creator
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Van Zandt, David, Milon, Abby, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This thesis examines two issues facing Florida's young and fledgling Veteran Treatment Courts. First is whether or not a separate hybrid court of already existing mental health and drug courts is needed exclusively for veterans; and second, funding and efficiency of such courts as compared to traditional criminal institutions.
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Identifier
- CFH0004189, ucf:44843
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004189
- Title
- Family Dependency Drug Courts: An Empirical Test of Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
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Lindsey-Mowery, Elizabeth, Reynolds, Kenneth, Surette, Raymond, Eastep, Mary, Winton, Mark, Zhang, Ning, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The rise in cases of child abuse and neglect over the past two decades has overwhelmed the nation's dependency court and child welfare agencies. While multiple factors are associated with child abuse and neglect, it is indisputable that substance abuse plays a significant role. The families that come into the dependency system with substance abuse issues are substantially more difficult and challenging to serve. Consequently, the families experience low levels of reunification and high levels...
Show moreThe rise in cases of child abuse and neglect over the past two decades has overwhelmed the nation's dependency court and child welfare agencies. While multiple factors are associated with child abuse and neglect, it is indisputable that substance abuse plays a significant role. The families that come into the dependency system with substance abuse issues are substantially more difficult and challenging to serve. Consequently, the families experience low levels of reunification and high levels of child welfare recidivism. In response to the increase in dependency cases involving substance abuse and the inability of the traditional dependency courts (TDC) to handle these cases, Family Dependency Drug Courts (FDDC) were created.The study utilized Therapeutic Jurisprudence Theory to examine differences in child welfare outcomes between substance abusing individuals served in a traditional dependency court system versus the therapeutic jurisprudence driven Family Dependency Drug Court system. Logistic regression, ANOVA and Chi-square were performed on a non-random sample derived from court systems in two Central Florida counties to examine two child welfare outcomes, specifically reunification rates and child welfare recidivism.The findings indicate that substance using participants in the FDDC have much higher rates of reunification than comparable substance using participants processed through the traditional dependency court. Also, of the individuals who attended FDDC, those who graduated were reunified at a significantly higher rate than those that didn't graduate. In regards to child welfare recidivism within a one year time period, there was not a statistically significant difference when comparing the FDDC participants and the TDC participants. When comparing the FDDC participants who completed the program versus those that failed to complete the program, while the child welfare recidivism rates were not significantly different, there is some evidence that the participants that completed the FDDC program experience less child welfare recidivism than those that don't have the full experience of therapeutic jurisprudence. This research lends some support for both the FDDC program and the explanatory power of Therapeutic Jurisprudence Theory. Theoretical and policy implications, as well as further research, are proposed and discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- Identifier
- CFE0005027, ucf:49983
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005027
- Title
- SAUDI ARABIA AND EXPANSIONIST WAHHABISM.
- Creator
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Baroni, Samiah, Handberg, Roger, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This thesis examines the development of Wahhabism as an ideology into a rapidly expanding, transportable, contemporary Islamic political system. Serving as the territorial foundation, individuals maintain allegiance to Makkah, the center of the Islamic world, through symbolic Islamic prayer. Along with a central, globally financed economic distributive mechanism, and Wahhabi social and educational institutions emerging from the traditional mosque, Wahhabism serves the demand for an Islamic...
Show moreThis thesis examines the development of Wahhabism as an ideology into a rapidly expanding, transportable, contemporary Islamic political system. Serving as the territorial foundation, individuals maintain allegiance to Makkah, the center of the Islamic world, through symbolic Islamic prayer. Along with a central, globally financed economic distributive mechanism, and Wahhabi social and educational institutions emerging from the traditional mosque, Wahhabism serves the demand for an Islamic political system in a late capitalist world. Wahhabism is fluid within contemporary dynamic political systems and rapidly changing international relations. Wahhabism continues to expand at a global level, at times, providing a foundation for new forms of contemporary terrorism.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- Identifier
- CFE0001005, ucf:46838
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001005