Hazing in the U.S. Armed Forces : recommendations for hazing prevention policy and practice / / Kirsten M. Keller [and five others], National Defense Research Institute

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220142103321
• Autore: Keller Kirsten M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8330-9030-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.6/1
• Soggetti: Bullying - United States; Hazing - United States - Government policy; Military offenses - United States; Soldiers - United States - Social conditions; Electronic books.; United States Armed Forces Military life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Summary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Study Tasks and Analytical Approach; Organization of the Report; CHAPTER TWO: Defining Hazing; Knowledge of Hazing; Hazing Definitions; Assessing the Current DoD Definition of Hazing; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE: The Effects of and Motivations for Hazing; Hazing as a Ritual or Initiation Rite; Proposed Effects of Hazing on Hazees; Proposed Factors Contributing to Support for Hazing Among Hazers; A Taxonomy of Hazing in the Military; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: Preventing and Responding to Hazing in the Armed ForcesPotential Levels of Antihazing Efforts; Current Hazing Training in the Armed Forces; Recommendations; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE: Understanding the Prevalence and Characteristics of Hazing Incidents; The Importance of Tracking Hazing Incidents; Tracking Hazing Incidents at the Service Level; Potential DoD-Wide Hazing Database; Measuring Hazing Through Surveys; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX: ; Conclusions and Recommendations; Defining Hazing; Why Hazing Occurs; Preventing and Responding to Hazing in the Armed Forces; Understanding the Prevalence and Characteristics of Hazing IncidentsConclusion; APPENDIXES; A. Overview of Study Methodology; B. A Case Study in Hazing Reform; C. Coding of Service-Level Hazing Prevention Training and Education; References

The biological consequences of socioeconomic inequalities / / Barbara Wolfe, William Evans, and Teresa E. Seeman, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816140403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-61044-793-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/042
• Soggetti: Poverty - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- The SES and health gradient :a brief review of the literature / Barbara Wolfe, William Evans, and Nancy Adler -- Promise of biomarkers in assessing and predicting health / Arun Karlamangla, Tara L. Gruenewald, and Teresa Seeman -- Biological imprints of social status : socioeconomic gradients in biological markers of disease risk / Tara L. Gruenewald, Teresa E. Seeman, Arun S. Karlamangla, Elliot Friedman, William Evans -- Dissecting pathways for socioeconomic gradients in childhood asthma / Edith Chen, Hannah M. C. Schreier, Meanne Chan -- The biological consequences of socioeconomic inequalities / David Rehkopf, William Dow, Tara Gruenewald, Arun Karlamangla, Catarina Kiefe, Teresa Seeman -- Cognitive neuroscience and SES disparities / Jamie Hanson and Daniel Hackman -- Brain development and poverty : a first look / Jamie Hanson, Nicole Hair, Amitabh Chandra, Ed Moss, Jay Bhattacharya, Seth Pollak, and Barbara Wolfe -- Reversing the impact of ses disparities over the life course on cognitive and brain aging / Michelle C. Carlson, Christopher L. Seplaki, ; and Teresa Seeman -- Conclusions / William Evans, Teresa Seeman and Barbara Wolfe -- Index.