Showing papers by "Bridgewater State University published in 1989"

Breaking Away: A Study of First Generation College Students and Their Families

Abstract: Detailed family histories were taken of students who were the first in their families to go to college. This paper utilizes the psychoanalytic and family systems theory of Helm Stierlin and others to explore (1) how college matriculation for first-generation students is linked to multigenerational family dynamics, and (2) how these students reconcile (or do not reconcile) the often conflicting requirements of family membership and educational mobility. The same modernity that creates the possibility of opportunity for these students is seen also to create the potential for biographical and social dislocation.

Manipulation and suicide attempts in jails and prisons

Abstract: The suspicion of man ipu la t ion is present wi th most nonfatal selfinjuries t ha t occur in correct ional settings. The suspicion is there because jai l or prison staff often share the common presumpt ion t ha t people who wan t to kil l themselves do and so those tha t survive have some other agenda in mind besides death, particu la r ly when, as f requent ly occurs, they have inflicted medical ly minor injuries on themselves . The suspicion is also apparen t ly confirmed by the inmates themselves , who in the a f t e rmath of an act of del iberate self-harm will often reassure correctional and clinical staff t ha t they m e a n t no harm, but s imply wan ted to achieve some concrete aim, l ike get out of discipl inary segregation. There is also a sociological logic to the suspicions of manipulat ion in ja i l suicide at tempts . Wi th the label '~danger to self ' can go re l ief from the obligations of the imprisoned. Behavior t ha t mimes the suicidal can win t ransfer from a jail to a hea l th service unit , forensic or other hospital. Nowhere else except in mi l i t a ry are the secondary gains of nonfatal self-injury p resumed to be as strong. Ja i l or prison self-harm appears to present the manipu la t ive component of suicide a t tempts in its pures t form. In professional circles, clinical work in jails, prisons or forensic hospitals has t rad i t ional ly been though t of as a backwater , the preserve of the

The case of two trials: Father-son incest

Abstract: Although efforts for investigating and prosecuting child abuse cases have increased little attention has been paid to juror response to child testimony. This paper, developed as part of a pilot study to test a questionnaire for polling jurors' opinions in child sexual abuse cases, analyzes a case in which there was a reversal of outcome at retrial. Poll results of the jurors' opinions suggest the need for testimony from law enforcement and child sexual abuse experts to explain children's perception, memory, and recall of a reported experience.

Reimbursement of Private School Tuition to Parents Since Burlington

Abstract: In 1985 the U.S. Supreme Court settled what had been an extremely controversial issue: Are parents who unilaterally enroll their handicapped child in a private school entitled to reimbursement of those expenses if the private school is later determined to be the appropriate placement under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act? Although the Court answered that question in the affirmative, litigation over reimbursement for privately obtained services has not ended. Several new issues not contemplated or answered by the high court's decision have since emerged. This article describes those issues and outlines how the lower courts have dealt with them.

Euclid's algorithm and Lamé's theorem on a microcomputer

Abstract: rk_2 = rk_iqk + rk; 0 < rk < rk_l9 k-l = k%+1 + r ^ l ' fe+l = °The process halts when a remainder 0 is obtained and then gcd(m, n) is the divisor r^ in the last step of division. A theorem of Gabriel Lame (1795-1870) asserts that the number of divisions required to find gcdO, ri) by Euclids algorithm is no more than five times the number of digits (base 10) in the smaller of m and n. For proofs see [1] and [2]. Our idea is to keep a count of the number of divisions required to produce gcd(m, ri) by Euclid's algorithm, for a range of values of m and n, and to study the distribution of these numbers.