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Browsing by Department "Sanford School of Public Policy/Public Policy Studies"
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911, Is There an Emergency? The Effects of Gentrification on 911 Calls in Durham, NC
(2021-02)In recent years, urbanization in the United States has led to the displacement of low-income, minority communities for middle and high-income individuals, a process termed gentrification. Scholars debate the benefits and ... -
A Home of Our Own: Social Reproduction of a Precarious, Migrant Class
(2019-04-29)Many of the recent migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have experienced the rise of drug-related gang violence and declining economic conditions in their home countries brought on by transnational ... -
A Policy Analysis of No Hit Zones: What are barriers to No Hit Zone implementation?
(2018-12-05)No Hit Zones (NHZs) represent a new policy to prevent corporal punishment and to ensure healthy environments for children and their families. NHZs designate spaces where no hitting of any kind is tolerated and serve as an ... -
Amateur Hour: Using Historical Lessons to Assess the Trump-Kim Summits
(2019-12-06)My research examines President Donald J. Trump’s approach to recent summits with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, drawing on historical lessons from five summits since 1955. After President Trump entered office, ... -
Are Refugees and Immigrants Different? Gauging the Correlation Between Refugee Status and Economic and Educational Success
(2015-12-15)Little previous research has analyzed the long-term economic and educational trajectories of refugee and immigrant arrivals in the U.S. Studies have found that refugees outperform immigrants in long-term earnings and economic ... -
Assessing Human Rights Risk within U.S. and UN Private Security Contracts
(2018-12)Recent trends in privatization have affected the way governments wage war and direct security services. The past two decades have witnessed the rise of Private Security Companies (PSCs) and an increasing reliance on private ... -
Assessing the Evaluation Methods of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Latin American Compact Projects
(2020-11-20)International development agencies have, for decades, worked to remedy global development challenges. One of these agencies is the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). This study explores the MCC’s Latin American programming ... -
At Home or On Campus? How Duke Students Decide Where to Register to Vote
(2021-12)Before they ever step into the voting booth, eligible Duke students must first decide whether to register at their permanent home address or their Duke address in North Carolina. 84 Duke students were surveyed to assess ... -
Blockchain’s Democratic Promise?
(2018-12-01)Though blockchain may not reshape lives in the next five years, it may very well reshape those of future generations. As a result, individuals should be aware of the morality of its potential impacts. This thesis will explore ... -
Building a Trauma-Informed Foster Care System: Giving Foster Parents the Tools to Help Children Heal
(2019-04)The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, which shows a correlation between exposure to childhood adversity and negative health outcomes such as heart disease, cancer, and lower life expectancy, makes a compelling argument ... -
Carbon Price Pass-Through in the Chinese Emissions Trading Scheme: Lessons from Korea and the European Union
(2021-12)On July 16, 2021, the Chinese Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) opened trading. Covering more than 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide, the ETS accounts for 40% of China’s national carbon emissions and is the largest carbon market ... -
Carceral Care: Examining the Quality of Health Care for Pregnant Women in Jails in North Carolina
(2021-12-06)Most women who are incarcerated are of childbearing age and some individuals experience pregnancy while incarcerated. However, research on pregnancy in correctional facilities is limited to within prisons, even though healthcare ... -
Coming Home to Bull City: A Program Evaluation of Durham’s Local Reentry Council
(2021-01-19)Since the 1970s, the U.S. has seen a 500% increase in its total incarcerated population. Not only are people formally incarcerated, but as of 2016, there were about 6.6 million individuals under any kind of criminal supervision, ... -
Crack-Whores and Pretty Woman: The Media Framing of Sex Workers
(2018-12-05)International human rights organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and Amnesty International have advised nations to decriminalize sex work in order to protect ... -
Delaying Child Marriage in the World’s Most Afflicted Country: Evaluating Whether or Not Ethiopia’s ‘Berhane Hewan’ Intervention Program Could Be Replicated with Success in Niger
(2020-11-25)Niger has the highest child marriage prevalence rate in the world, with 76% of girls married by 18, and 28% of girls married by 15. Although Niger’s government has made stated, policy, and legal commitments to eliminate ... -
Dialogue in a Divided Nation: Student Perspectives on the Policies and Culture Surrounding Campus Speech
(2020-11-20)Free speech policy on college campuses faces the unique challenge of balancing the allowance of open expression with the protection of a safe, inclusive community. In an effort to address the growing concern of self-censorship ... -
Examining Family Separation Through Narratives of Family, Migration, and Separation Among Deported Mexican-U.S. Family Members
(2019-12-06)Family separation entered the U.S. political mainstream in the spring of 2018 when the Trump administration began separating thousands of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. While this policy is the first of its ... -
Exploration of Multiple Perceived Obstacles to Abortion Access for Women in North Carolina
(2019-12-06)Existing research shows that legislation such as mandatory waiting periods, restriction of federal funding to pay for abortion services, and regulations causing clinic closures can make it more difficult for women to get ... -
Fake News as a Threat to the Democratic Media Environment: Past Conditions of Media Regulation and Their Contemporary Applicability to New Media in the United States of America and South Korea
(2018-12)This study uses a comparative case study policy analysis to evaluate whether the media regulation standards that the governments of the United States of America and South Korea used in the past apply to fake news on social ...
