Answered Questions

QUESTION: battered women's shelters and the decline of women killing their abusers (in the U.S.)?

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Several months ago, a friend attended a training around domestic violence and sexual assault. She recently told me that one of the presenters had said that the rates of women killing their abusive spouses/partners dropped dramatically with the establishment of battered women's shelters in the United States. She said that the presenter did not state where he got this information. Where would i find studies/reports confirming (or disproving) this statement?

QUESTION: Unemployment benefits & focus groups

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I'm currently receiving unemployment benefits and will be participating in a one-day paid focus group. The group states that I will receive an "honorarium" for my participation: does this count as income or work?

QUESTION: intentional communities/disability

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hey folks,
i am looking for info. on which inttentional communities in the us and/or world-wide have programs or accept people with disabilities.
thanks!

QUESTION: Army recruitment spam on SUNY email

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I am a college student, and recently my entire campus community received an email from an army recruiter. I know that colleges are required to allow recruiters on campus at the risk of losing federal funding, but i can't find anything regarding the legality giving away student information, in this case email addresses, to recruiters. Any information at all would be helpful.

It's a SUNY--a state school, if that matters.

QUESTION: History of Anarchism in Eastern Europe/Balkans

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I wonder if I could get some help with the history of anarchism/radical movements in the following countries:

Armenia
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Georgia
Ukraine

... Obviously there has been quite a lot written on anarchism in the Ukraine and Bulgaria, but I'm finding information on other countries (especially Georgia and Armenia) quite elusive. Any help would be appreciated!

QUESTION: Prison Population statistics and health care costs

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I'm doing a research project in which I try to estimate the cost of health care for prisoners as a function of age. The best way (that I can think of) to do this is to find the prison health care spending of each state, and also the prison population characteristics.
The question is, does anyone know where I can find prison population statistics that include age? I need this for each state, and/or the federal prison system. If someone knows how to use census data files, that might help - their summary statistics don't have enough information to be useful.
Thanks for your time.

QUESTION: cocaine

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what can you do to analyse the ingredients and percentage of what is inside the cocaine that you get from you dealer?

QUESTION: Libraries, personal information collection

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Legal guidelines and ALA polices concerning the collection of personal information during registering to obtain a library card. Some information is necessasry such as a contact. But when is the line crossed into the area of invasiveness?

Can libraries research personal information on a patron such as phone, numbers, addresses, etc through online directories and then add that information to patorn records?

Can I ask for my personal records used by a particular library system, including comments made by library staff concerning myself? T

QUESTION: studies or report examining economic status of white people in U.S. prisons?

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Are there any studies or reports examining the economic backgrounds of white people who go to prison? If so, where would I find them?

QUESTION: Quitting My Job. Paycheck Withheld

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I quit my job without notice and I still have uniforms to turn in. Can an employer with hold my paycheck until I turn in the uniforms? This is not my final paycheck. I have one more coming.