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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Gang Prevention from a Top-Down Perspective

Social Sciences
This paper presents a top-down approach to gang prevention, emphasizing the importance of addressing the complex structural conditions that accumulate to foster gang activity.
Abigail F. Kolb, William J. Kolb, Michael Favors   +2 more
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Comparative Findings from the IEA Civic Study and Their Impact on the Improvement of Civic Education in Australia

Journal of Social Science Education, 2003
The IEA Civic Education Study occurred in a context of little formal civics curricula in Australian schools. The paper compares some Australian data with that from England and the USA.
Suzanne Mellor
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EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: AMONG THE REAL AND VIRTUAL CIVIC INITIATIVE [PDF]

Istraživanja u Pedagogiji, 2017
The new media enable numerous advantages in the strengthening of civic engagement, through removing barriers in space and time and through networking of individuals of the same social, civic or political interests at the global level.
Jasmina Arsenijević, Milica Andevski
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Holyoke Visible: A Public Art Project in Holyoke, Massachusetts

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
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Joseph Krupczynski
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DIFFERENT VALUES AS THE PREDICTORS OF VARIOUS FORMS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: THE POLISH CASE

Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
This article aims to examine the relationships between various forms of civic engagement and values, using a four-form model of civic engagement and the Shalom Schwartz model of values.
Ryszard KLAMUT
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Millennials: Shifting Values and Influences for Civic Engagement

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2019
Civic engagement is a complex field of study covering a spectrum of activities and is well-documented, especially among the millennial generation. Individuals of Generation Y, also referred to as millennials, are quickly approaching the point of becoming
Marlene K. Rebori
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Fostering Muslim Civic Engagement through Faith-Based Community Organizing [PDF]

, 2017
Muslims often encounter discriminatory practices similar to those experienced by other minority groups living in the United States. Such practices range from mass incarceration and anti-immigration efforts to racial and religious profiling.
Fulton, Brad R.
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Factors related to health civic engagement: results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to understand progress towards a Culture of Health

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Civic engagement, including voting, volunteering, and participating in civic organizations, is associated with better psychological, physical and behavioral health and well-being.
Tamara Dubowitz, Christopher Nelson, Sarah Weilant, Jennifer Sloan, Andy Bogart, Carolyn Miller, Anita Chandra   +6 more
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Ships Passing In The Night? [PDF]

, 2014
In this Cousins Research Group Report, David Mathews describes two different civic engagement movements. One is underway in higher education. On campuses across the country, leadership and service learning programs are growing, and students are taught ...
David Mathews
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source