Homeless persons--Services for--Kentucky--Louisville; Homelessness--Kentucky--Louisville; Inmates of institutions; Community-based social services--Kentucky--Louisville
The purpose of this study was to examine the link between various aspects of service utilization and the institutionalization of homeless individuals. The researcher wished to determine whether participation in various therapeutic, medical, and...
Volunteer workers in social service; Halfway houses; Faith-based human services
This study examines the backgrounds and motivations of individuals who volunteer for a
Protestant Christian faith-based halfway-house for recently released offenders. Drawing
on eight in-depth interviews with volunteers from a faith-based ministry...
Drugs and crime are inextricably connected. Much of the growth in the prisoner population in America is attributable to the misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol. Offenders who abuse or are dependent on drugs are at high risk for substantial health...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
Federal legislation in 1992 entitled the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act reordered many of the previous methods employed in the detention of juvenile offenders. Among the reform measures required by the act, there was a mandate to...
Acting; Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail
This thesis considers my preparation for and performance in "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail." Through four themed chapters (ego, intellect, energy, and fear), I explore strengths of my acting that have become weaknesses. I consider their...
Gardeners--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Community gardens--Kentucky--Louisville
Using four surveys, two created by this researcher, another created by Walizcek, Mattson, and Zajicek, and a fourth created by Herbach, the researcher compared the characteristics of community gardeners, their motivations for gardening, and the...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 31. No. 36. but is actually Vol. 31. No. 28.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. An article has been clipped from the bottom corner of pages one and two.
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Image from Associated Press Photo, Chicago Bureau. AP caption: "Kentucky mob invades jail to seize...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Caption from Associated Press: "Jail from which mob took victim--the Breathitt County Jail at Jackson,...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Various small portions are missing from each page of this issue and pages two, three, and seven are very faded.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 29. No. 33. but is actually Vol. 29. No. 36. This issue is four pages.
Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails
Address: 540 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Armory Place and Liberty Street is the Jefferson County Jail. The stone and brick building includes a raised basement plus three stories topped by two hexagonal towers with lightning...
African American men--Social conditions; Crime and race; Peer pressure
The initial goals of this study include locating and identifying the taxonomic groups mentioned in Moffitt's (1993) (i.e. life-course persistent offenders, adolescent-limited offenders) using data from the National Longitudinal Survey 1997...
During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as
domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and
exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights...
Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails; Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.)
Jefferson County Jail, Louisville, Kentucky. Men, mostly in suits and hats, crowd the sidewalk, and men in white short sleeve shirts are behind bars upstairs.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Pages three, four, five, and six are missing from this issue.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Pages five and six are missing from this issue.
