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The Giles and Elliot discriminant functions diagnosing sex and race from cranial measurements were tested on a series of forensically examined crania of known sex and race. Of 52 crania of known sex, 46 (88%) were correctly diagno...
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The Giles and Elliot discriminant functions diagnosing sex and race from cranial measurements were tested on a series of forensically examined crania of known sex and race. Of 52 crania of known sex, 46 (88%) were correctly diagnosed. Racial diagnoses were correct in 30 (71%) of 42 crania of known race. Analysis of the facial data indicates that most of the errors resulted from the misclassification of American Indian crania as White or Negro. This suggests that the temporally remote and geographically limited prehistoric Indian crania used in developing the functions do not provide a data base representative of the present-day U.S. American Indian population. Cranial size, age at death, and certain pathological conditions altering cranial form can also contribute to misdiagnoses of sex and /or race by the function. We conclude, that despite some shortcomings, the Giles and Elliot discriminant functions provide a useful tool in forensic anthropology. (Author)
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This report will indicate the theory of racism upon which interracial dynamics were studied in terms of a quantitative content analysis. There then will be a consideration of problems in soliciting subjects and a description of me...
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This report will indicate the theory of racism upon which interracial dynamics were studied in terms of a quantitative content analysis. There then will be a consideration of problems in soliciting subjects and a description of methodology used to test the theoretical assumptions. The report will include plans for dissemination of the findings, a bibliography of pertinent source material and an appendix of instruments used in the investigation. (Author)
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The purpose of the research is to characterize patterns of care, utilization, outcomes and costs of treatments for localized prostate cancer such as surgery, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and brachytherapy. In part...
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The purpose of the research is to characterize patterns of care, utilization, outcomes and costs of treatments for localized prostate cancer such as surgery, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and brachytherapy. In particular, the research characterizes the patterns of care, utilization and outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) versus open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP). MIRP has fewer peri-operative complications and shorter lengths of stay compared to RRP. Additionally, there are volume outcomes effects in which there are fewer complications and cost savings associated with higher RALP hospital volume. Factors associated with the rapid adoption of MIRP include higher RALP hospital volume, patient race and seeking a second opinion and younger surgeon age. Finally, certificate of need programs do not appear effective as a control measure in attenuating IMRT utilization and costs.
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This report contains a series of tables and figures that describe homicide patterns and trends in the United States from 1980 through 2008. It also includes overall homicide rates for 2009 and 2010 (for which detailed data are not yet available).
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Homicide rates recently declined to levels last seen in the late 1960's. The Nation's homicide rate was 4.6 per 100,000 population in 1950. It doubled from the mid-1960's to the late 1970's. In 1980 it peaked at 10.2 and fell to 7...
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Homicide rates recently declined to levels last seen in the late 1960's. The Nation's homicide rate was 4.6 per 100,000 population in 1950. It doubled from the mid-1960's to the late 1970's. In 1980 it peaked at 10.2 and fell to 7.9 in 1985. It rose again in the late 1980's and early 1990's to another peak of 9.8 in 1991. After 1991 the homicide rate declined sharply. In recent years the decline has slowed. The Nation's murder rate was 5.5 in 2000 compared to 5.7 in 1999. These findings and many more are from Homicide Trends in the United States, a section of the BJS web site that describes homicide patterns and trends in the United States since 1976. The site displays 50 graphics and supporting tables updated with the 2000 data. Homicide is of interest not only because of its severity but also because it is considered by experts to be a fairly reliable barometer of violent crime. At a national level, no other crime is measured as accurately and precisely.
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With the largest cities leading the way, the Nation's murder rate in 1998 fell to its lowest level in three decades. Much of the decline was in those cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, where the rate fell from 35.5 per 1...
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With the largest cities leading the way, the Nation's murder rate in 1998 fell to its lowest level in three decades. Much of the decline was in those cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, where the rate fell from 35.5 per 100,000 population in 1991 to 16.1 per 100,000 in 1998. The sharp increase in homicides in the late 1980s and much of the subsequent decline are attributable to a rise and fall in gun violence by juveniles and young adults. Despite the encouraging improvement since 1993, the levels of gun homicides by juveniles and young adults are well above those of the mid-1980's. These findings and many more are from Homicide Trends in the United States, a section of the BJS web site that describes homicide patterns and trends in the United States since 1976. Homicide is of interest not only because of its severity but also because it is a fairly reliable barometer of all violent crime. At a national level, no other crime is measured as accurately and precisely. The site displays 50 graphics and supporting tables and includes the recently released 1998 data.
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This BJS Crime Data Brief outlines the primary findings from a new section of the BJS website about homicide patterns and trends since 1976. Homicide is of interest not only because of its severity but also because it is a fairly ...
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This BJS Crime Data Brief outlines the primary findings from a new section of the BJS website about homicide patterns and trends since 1976. Homicide is of interest not only because of its severity but also because it is a fairly reliable barometer of all violent crime. At a national level, no other crime is measured as accurately and precisely. Topics covered include long term trends, demographic trends, multiple victims and offenders, infanticide, homicides by intimates, law enforcement officers killed, weapons trends, regional trends, and trends by city size. The data analyzed are from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program particularly the Supplementary Homicide Reports.
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This book is based upon a PH.D dissertation written by an Air Force officer who studied at the University of Denver. Currently an Associate Professor of History at the Air Force Academy, Major Osur's account relates how the leader...
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This book is based upon a PH.D dissertation written by an Air Force officer who studied at the University of Denver. Currently an Associate Professor of History at the Air Force Academy, Major Osur's account relates how the leadership in the War Department and the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) tried to deal with the problem of race and the prejudices which were reflected in the bulk of American society. It tells a story of black racial protests and riots which such attitudes and discrimination provoked. The author describes many of the discriminatory actions taken against black airmen, whose goal was equality of treatment and opportunities as American citizens. He also describes the role of black pilots as they fought in the Mediterranean theater of operations against the Axis powers. In his final chapters, he examines the continuing racial frictions within the Army Air Forces which led to black servicemen protests and riots in 1945 at several installations.
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This is the first in a series of special reports based on data from the 2002 Census of Agriculture. This report serves two major purposes. It pulls together the relevant U.S. and State level 1997 and 2002 principal operator counts...
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This is the first in a series of special reports based on data from the 2002 Census of Agriculture. This report serves two major purposes. It pulls together the relevant U.S. and State level 1997 and 2002 principal operator counts formerly found in separate publications. The report also provides, for the first time, information on the race combinations most commonly reported in the 2002 collection by those operators who indicated they were of multiple races. The report reproduces the coverage adjusted numbers of principal operators by race for 1997, first published in the February 3, 2004 preliminary release of the 2002 Census of Agriculture. It also includes the final 2002 numbers for principal operators by race, published in the June 3, 2004 final release of the 2002 Census of Agriculture. For comparison purposes, the numbers of principal operators by race that were originally published in the 1997 Census of Agriculture are also included. Spanish, Hispanic or Latino origin is considered an ethnicity and not a race. Data on the numbers of operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino origin are not shown in this report. Those data are shown in Volume 1, Table 49, 2002 Census of Agriculture.
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