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Warren, Patricia Y. – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
Blacks and Whites perceive American social institutions in very different terms, and views of the police are no exception. Prior research has consistently demonstrated that race is one of the most salient predictors of attitudes toward the police, with African Americans expressing more dissatisfaction than Whites. The purpose of this research is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Trust (Psychology), Whites, African Americans
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Ludwig, Timothy D.; Geller, E. Scott; Clarke, Steven W. – Behavior Modification, 2010
Additive effects of publicly posting individual feedback following group goal-setting and feedback were evaluated. The turn-signal use of pizza deliverers was studied in a multiple baseline design across two pizza stores. After baseline observations, pizza deliverers voted on a group turn-signal goal and then received 4 weeks of group feedback on…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intervention, Generalization, Motor Vehicles
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Shope, Jean T.; Molnar, Lisa J. – Journal of Safety Research, 2003
Review of graduated driver-licensing (GDL) programs in six states. Concludes that GDL programs are effective in reducing the crash risk of teenage drivers and that the impact of these studies and others to come will guide future research, practice, and policy. (Contains 2 tables and 19 references.) (AUTHOR/WFA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Driver Education, High School Students, High Schools
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Waller, Patricia F. – Journal of Safety Research, 2003
Discusses research in North Carolina during the 1970s that lead to graduated driver licensing, some of the educational principles on which it is based, obstacles to its acceptance, and some of the early efforts to implement it in the United States and elsewhere. (Contains 1 figure and 17 references.) (AUTHOR/WFA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Driver Education, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries