Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Ternes, Marguerite"

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Digital dating abuse : applications of the theory of planned behavior

McArthur, Jennifer Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-08-05)

Using Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (TPB) as a framework, the present study investigated the factors associated with emerging adults’ intentions to perpetrate three different forms of digital dating abuse (DDA), as ...
Experiences in the foster care system and criminality in women

Parsons, Kayla M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-03-01)

Research has shown that adults who were placed in foster care (FC) as youth are more likely to engage in offending behaviour in adulthood than adults who were not involved in FC as youth. The current study aims to ...
“I’ve certainly grown from all of this” : factors related to criminal behaviour and desistance from crime among Canadian, justice-involved women

MacNeill, Taylor Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021-12-20)

The rate of incarceration of Canadian women increased by 16.3% between 2009-2010 and 2018- 2019 (Public Safety Canada, 2020). Trauma, mental illness and substance use have been noted to be integral in understanding ...
Racial and political bias in parole decision-making

Bruce, Alice I. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-08)

It has been well-established that Indigenous peoples in Canada are overrepresented in every level of corrections, including provincial/ territorial and federal, in youth, male, and female populations. Despite the national ...
Were you being coercive or providing an opportunity to come clean? : an investigation of alternative questions

Hyland, Kathleen Marguerite Farrell (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Interrogations in North America are guided by the Reid Model of Interrogations. The model comprises nine steps, and the two studies presented in this paper investigate step seven: alternative questions (AQs). Alternative ...