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  Families, Crime and Criminal Justice: Charting the Linkages

  Greer Litton Fox, Michael L. Benson, and Ryan E. Spohn

  Chapter: Gender Differences in the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Criminal Activity over the Life Course, written by Ryan Spohn, UNO faculty member.

  "Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research" is a series of volumes that features scholarly work on the frontiers of interdisciplinary research on families and family life. Volume 2, Families, Crime and Criminal Justice reflects this pioneering orientation by bringing together new empirical research that examines the various ways that families intersect with and are affected by crime and the criminal justice system. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume is reflected in the diversity of disciplines represented, including developmental psychopathology, criminology, sociology, family studies, psychology, social work and demography. The inclusion of qualitative studies based upon observational techniques and in-depth, long interviews as well as quantitative work using demographic and survey approaches demonstrates the wide methodological range employed by the authors. The topics examined include the involvement of children in crime, the patterns and impact of violence in the home, the impact of criminal involvement on parenting strategies and youth development, the experience of families of victims and perpetrators, and responses of the criminal justice system to the needs of families.

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  The University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for Space Data Use in Teaching and Learning

  Neal Grandgenett and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 2000-4

  Within the context of innovative coursework and other educational activities, we are proposing the establishment of a University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for the Use of Space Data in Teaching and Learning. This Center will provide an exciting and motivating process for educators at all levels to become involved in professional development and training which engages real life applications of mathematics, science, and technology. The Center will facilitate innovative courses (including online and distance education formats), systematic degree programs, classroom research initiatives, new instructional methods and tools, engaging curriculum materials, and various symposiums. It will involve the active participation of several Departments and Colleges on the UNO campus and be well integrated into the campus environment. It will have a direct impact on pre-service and in-service educators, the K12 students that they teach, and other college students of various science, mathematics, and technology related disciplines, in which they share coursework.

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  The Encyclopedia of Psychology

  Alan E. Kazin and Michael J. Cortese

  "Theories in cognitive psychology," co-authored by Michael J. Cortese, UNO faculty member.

  After more than a century of extraordinary growth and development, the science of psychology at last has a reference source that defines the study of mind and behavior. Here in eight superbly organized volumes is the definitive guide to every area of psychological theory, research, and practice. The product of a unique collaboration between APA and Oxford University Press, the Encylopedia of Psychology is a state-of-the-art synthesis of classic and contemporary knowledge.

  International in scope, the Encyclopedia of Psychology will be the first place to turn to for authoritative information on every area of the field — and for answers to literally thousands of questions about concepts, methods, theories, findings, major figures, schools of thought, and emerging areas of interest. Organized alphabetically, the articles range from 500 to 7,000 words in length. Multi-article entries cover major topics in depth, and the 400 biographies constitute a mini-encyclopedia in itself. An extensive system of cross-references and blind entries facilitate research from article to article and clarify links within the field. An exhaustive index makes topic location quick and easy.

  The Encyclopedia of Psychology serves a remarkable variety of readers: students and their teachers in every area of psychology as well as in such related fields as sociology, social work, nursing, and allied health; researchers in the cognitive sciences and neurosciences; and clinicians and other mental health and human service professionals. It will be the definitive information, research, and reference source for many years to come.

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  Classic American Semi Trucks

  Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Stan Holzman

  Co-authored by Jeremy H. Lipschultz, UNO faculty member.

  Climb in for an over-the-road journey through the variety of handsome semi trucks of yesterday and today. This colorful volume showcases the big rigs of Mack, Peterbilt, White, Western Star, Freightliner, and Volvo, plus many defunct manufacturers such as Hayes, Autocar, Sterling, and American Coleman. Brief profiles convey the history of each company's products, while nostalgic and contemporary photographs showcase their big rigs.

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  Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defense in Central and Eastern Europe

  Petr Pavlinek and John Pickles

  Co-authored by Petr Pavlinek, UNO faculty member.

  Environmental Transitions is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both under state socialism and during the period of transition to capitalism. The change in politics in the late 1980s and early 1990s allowed an opportunity for a rapid environmental clean up, in an area once considered one of the most environmentally devastated regions on earth. The book illustrates how transformations after 1989 have brought major environmental improvements, as well as new environmental problems. It shows how environmental policy, economic change and popular support for environmental movements, have specific and changing geographies associated with them. Environmental Transitions addresses a large number of topics, including the historical geographical analysis of the environmental change, health impacts of environmental degradation, the role of environmental issues during the anti-communist revolutions, legislative reform and the effects of transition on environmental quality after 1989. Environmental Transitions contains detailed case studies from the region, which illustrate the complexity of environmental issues and their intimate relationship with political and economic realities. It gives theoretically informed ideas for understanding environmental change in the context of the political economy of state socialism and post-communist transformations, drawing on a wide body of literature from West, Central and Eastern Europe.

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  Child Custody: Practice Standards, Ethical Issues, & Legal Safeguards for Mental Health Professionals

  Robert Henley Woody

  Essential reading if you are currently involved in custody cases or are considering work in the family law arena. Also a valuable resource for judges and attorneys who must evaluate the extent to which testimony by mental health practitioners is ethical, appropriate, and consistent with accepted practice standards.

  The author, a psychologist and attorney, uses his unique perspective to delineate standards for practice when providing services to children and families where there are custody disputes.

  Ethical issues, legal risks, and appropriate safeguards for providing services in child custody cases are described. Core areas for custody evaluations are defined, including: child development, family relations, parenting skills, psychopathology, family systems and dysfunction, and the ruling-out of child abuse. The importance of clarifying professional roles and functions is stressed. Specialized intervention and assessment strategies are presented as well as management issues, legal concerns, and guidelines for testimony. Also includes over 100 valuable summary guidelines and cautions.

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  The IEBM Handbook of Information Technology in Business

  Milan Zeleny and Qiuming Zhu

  Editor: Milan Zeleny

  Chapter, Face Recognition, authored by Qiuming Zhu, UNO faculty member

  Chapter, Voice Recognition, authored by Qiuming Zhu, UNO faculty member

  Chapter, Computer Vision, authored by Qiuming Zhu, UNO faculty member

  Information technology and management information systems are assuming an ever greater importance in the arena of business and management. Traditional areas of the work place are being redefined while MIS and IT are becoming the most potent productive forces and sources of competitive advantage. "The IEBM Handbook of IT in Business" explains these new developments and puts them into the wider business context. Coverage includes clear explanations of the new technological developments in the business world, how and why they are being applied, and the new strategies and infrastructures involved.

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  Bethsaida : A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, vol. 2

  Rami Arav and Richard A. Freund

  Co-authored and co-edited by Rami Arav, UNO faculty member.

  This second volume reports the findings of the Excavation Project from 1944 to 1996. The number of archaeological discoveries exceeded all previous seasons.

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  Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1997, Volume 45: Gender and Motivation

  Dan Bernstein, Nikki R. Crick, Nichole E. Werner, Juan F. Casas, Kathryn M. O'Brien, David A. Nelson, Jennifer K. Grotpeter, and Kristian Markon

  Chapter: Childhood aggression and gender: A new look at an old problem, co-authored by Juan Casas, UNO faculty member.

  Does knowing a person’s gender give us a reliable sense of how aggressive, competitive, or emotional he or she is? In this volume leading scholars examine different aspects of this issue. Carol Tavris discusses the state of gender research and the reasons for the continuing popularity of essentialist theories of gender opposition. Nicki Crick and a team of researchers reassess stereotyped assumptions about gender and aggression, employing a more comprehensive definition of aggression as damaging relations rather than only bodies. Diane Gill looks at the relationship between gender and sports competition, explicating how the unique social context of sports affects gender perceptions and performances. Reed Larson and Joseph Pleck question the popular conception of men as less emotional than women, studying gender differences in “felt” rather than “expressed” emotions in daily life. Leonore Tiefer considers the ways in which gender roles in sexuality are socially rather than biologically constructed.

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  The Airline Quality Rating 1999

  Brent D. Bowen, Dean Headley, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 99-3

  he Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline performance on combined multiple criteria. This current report, Airline Quality Rating 1999, contains monthly Airline Quality Rating scores for 1998. Additional copies are available by contacting Wichita State University or the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

  The Airline Quality Rating 1999 is a summary of month-by-month quality ratings for the ten major domestic U.S. airlines operating during 1998. Using the Airline Quality Rating system of weighted averages and montly performance data in the areas of on-time arrivals, involuntary denied boardings, mishandled baggage, and a combination of 12 customer complaint categories, major airlines comparative performance for the calendar year of 1998 is reported. This research monograph contains a brief summary of the AQR methodology, detailed data and charts that track comparative quality for major airlines domestic operations for the 12 month period of 1998, and industry average results. Also, comparative Airline Quality Rating data for 1997, using the updated criteria, are included to provide a reference point regarding quality in the industry.

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  Handbook of Health Administration and Policy

  Anne Osbourne Kilpatrick, James A. Johnson, Mary Ellen Uphoff, and Dale Krane

  Editors: Anne Osborne Kilpatrick and James A Johnson

  Chapter 30, Health Care Technology Assessment, co-authored by Dale Krane, UNO faculty member.

  This comprehensive text offers a broad view of health care policy, health services delivery and organization, and health care management. Drawing on the insights of over 100 scholars and leading practitioners, it highlights organizational changes reflected in health care mergers, networks, and affiliations and describes the role of funding agencies in the direct provision of services. Providing over 2350 references, tables, and drawings, the book charts the influences of managed care on provisions, funding, and the configuration of providers and services, and portrays the increasingly influential and challenging role of health administrators.

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  Free Expression in the Age of the Internet: Social and Legal Boundaries

  Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

  In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet, Jeremy Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free expression is constrained by social norms and conformity.Lipschultz explores social limits on free expression by first examining history of print and electronic media law and regulation. He utilizes the gatekeeping metaphor, the spiral of silence, and diffusion theory to explore current data on the Internet. He uses Reno v. ACLU (1997) as a case study of current First Amendment thinking. This book includes recent evidence, including samples of content from Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge, and the investigation of President Clinton as it unfolded on the World Wide Web.The analysis is related to broader issues about Internet content, including commercial and other communication. The new technologies raise new questions about legal and social definitions of concepts such as privacy. Free expression is explored in this book under the umbrella of a global, commercial economy that places importance on legal rights such as copyright, even where those rights limit free flow of ideas.The Internet places free expression on two tracks. On the one hand, corporate players are developing cyberspace as a new mass media. On the other hand, the Internet is virtual space where individuals have the power to connect and communicate with others in ways never before seen. This groundbreaking text advancing new media scholarship uses the most current case studies from the Internet to show free expression in practice today. Lipshultz presents a relevant and efficacious social communication theory of free expression which critically examines the necessary factors involved in comprehensive policy analysis and enactment.

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  The Challenge To New Governance in the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Effective Central-Local Relations

  National Institute for Research Advancement and Dale Krane

  Editor: National Institute for Research Advancement

  Chapter, Local Government Autonomy and Discretion in the United States, authored by Dale Krane, UNO faculty member.

  In July, 1998, the Third International Conference on Local Governance" was held in Tokyo under the co-sponsorship of NIRA and the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Leading scholars and administrative practitioners attended the conference from the five countries of Japan, the United States, South Korea, China and Australia. Regarding the relations between a central government and local governments, a variety of issues including globalization and decentralization were discussed from various standpoints and levels. This publication is a collection of papers which were presented at the conference.

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 2

  Anming Zhang, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 99-6

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 3

  Anming Zhang, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 99-7

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 4

  Anming Zhang, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 99-8

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  The Airline Quality Rating 1998

  Brent Bowen, Dean Headley, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 98-1

  The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline performance on combined multiple factors important to consumers. Development history and calculation details for the AQR rating system are detailed in The Airline Quality Rating issued in April, 1991, by the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. This current report, Airline Quality Rating 1998, contains monthly Airline Quality Rating scores for 1997. Additional copies are available by contacting Wichita State University or the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

  The Airline Quality Rating 1998 is a summary of month-by-month quality ratings for the nine major domestic U.S. airlines operating during 1997. Using the Airline Quality Rating system and monthly performance data for each airline for the calendar year of 1997, individual and comparative ratings are reported. This research monograph contains a brief summary of the AQR methodology, detailed data and charts that track comparative quality for major domestic airlines across the 12 month period of 1997, and industry average results. Also, comparative Airline Quality Rating data for 1991 through 1996 is included to provide a longer term view of quality in the industry.

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  Educational Technology: Best Practices from America's Schools

  William C. Bozeman, Neal Grandgenett, Neal Topp, Elliott Ostler, and Carol Mitchell

  Chapter: The Space Shuttle Simulation Laboratory, co-authored by Neal Grandgenett, Neal Topp, Elliott Ostler, and Carol Mitchell, UNO faculty members.

  Stay up to date concerning the remarkable advances in technology, computers and computer-related hardware, as well as significant reductions in costs, in and across America’s schools and educational system. This book profiles innovative programs and practices that have been implemented within schools across-the-country. It provides an overview of each program’s accomplishments and obstacles, along with details about the resources required (including human, financial and physical). Also listed are the names and addresses of contact people at each site who are available to provide additional information.

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  In the Socratic Tradition: Essays on Teaching Philosophy

  Rory J. Conces

  Chapter 16: A Participatory Approach to Teaching Critical Reasoning, authored by Rory J. Conces, UNO faculty member.

  This practical guide for teaching philosophy brings together essays by two dozen distinguished philosophers committed to pedagogy. Addressing primarily practical issues, such as how to motivate students, construct particular courses, and give educational exams, the essays also touch on theoretical issues such as whether moral edification is a proper goal of teaching ethics. An excellent sourcebook for graduate students just learning to teach as well as for professors searching for new strategies and inspiration or called upon to teach courses outside of their specialties.

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  The Dialogic Classroom: Teachers Integrating Computers, Pedagogy, & Research

  Jeffrey R. Galin and Joan Latchaw

  Co-edited by Joan Latchaw, UNO faculty member.

  Chapter 3: Voices That Let Us Hear: The Tale of the Borges Quest, co-authored by Joan Latchaw.

  Chapter 6: The Seven Cs of Interactive Design, co-authored by Joan Latchaw.

  The 12 essays collected in this book suggest both practical and theoretical approaches to teaching through networked technologies. Moving beyond technology for its own sake, the book articulates a pedagogy which makes its own productive uses of emergent technologies, both inside and outside the classroom. The book models for students one possible way for teaching and learning the unknown: a dialogic strategy for teaching and learning that can be applied not only to technology-rich problems, but to a range of social issues. This approach, based on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, understands language itself as a field of creative choices, conflicts, and struggles.

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  Flight of Dreams: A Life in the Midwestern Landscape

  Lisa Knopp

  "When I was eleven the world was filled with birds," writes Lisa Knopp of her girlhood in Burlington, Iowa. Picking up where she left off in her first book, Field of Vision, Knopp knits together sections of her life story through a pattern of images drawn from nature. The most prevalent of these unifying themes are metaphors of flight--birds, wind, moving upward and outward and across the midwestern landscape from Nebraska and Iowa to southern Illinois.

  Reminiscent of Thoreau's introspective nature writing and Dillard's taut, personal prose, each chapter in Flight Dreams stands alone as a distinct narrative, yet each is linked by profoundly personal descriptions of dreams, the natural world, defining experiences, and chance encounters with people that later prove to be fateful. Part Eastern meditation, part dream sequence, part historical reconstruction, Flight Dreams testifies to a deep understanding of how the natural world--its visible and invisible elements--guides our destinies.

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1998 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 1

  Tae Hoon Oum, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 98-6

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1998 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 3

  Tae Hoon Oum, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 98-8

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  The Conference Proceedings of the 1998 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society, Volume 4

  Tae Hoon Oum, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 98-9

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  The Symposium Proceedings of the 1998 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG), Volume 1

  Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, Brent D. Bowen, and UNO Aviation Institute

  UNOAI Report 98-3