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Sanderson, Jennifer M.; Desai, Mayur M.; White, Marney A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Overweight adolescents engage in risk behaviors at different rates than healthy-weight peers. Most extant research has focused on white or regional samples. Purpose: This article examined associations between weight and risk behaviors and determined whether associations differ by race/ethnicity. Methods: Youth Risk Behavior Survey data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Body Weight
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White, Michael D.; Ready, Justin – Crime & Delinquency, 2010
Despite the Taser's increasing popularity among police agencies, questions have been raised concerning the weapon's use and effectiveness as well as its potential to cause serious injury or death. This article examines all Taser deployments by the New York City Police Department from 2002 to 2005 (N = 375) and uses two multivariate…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Violence, Research Methodology, Police