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Reports & Papers

The College of Social Science faculty is actively engaged in a variety of policy research and evaluation activities. Below are several Working Papers on policy topics of current interest. Please also visit the listing of on-going research projects conducted by the policy center faculty. Also, please visit the Social Science Research Institute website for a complete listing of the research awards and grants awarded to CSS faculty.

Working Papers

Bruce Barnes' presentation entitled, "Harmonizing North American (Canada/US) Foreign Policies: Cultural Factors, Conflict Resolution and the Rule of Law" is now available online at http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/news_events/Archived%20Event%20Publications,%20Presentations%20and%20Speeches/index.php.

Workplace Bathroom Retrofits (PDF)

Spreadsheets

Author: Shanah Trevenna (February 2009)

Workplace De-Lamping (PDF)

Author: Matthew Wolfe (May 2008)

Family Caregiver Tax Credits (PDF)

Author: David C. Nixon (January 2008)

Workplace Recycling (PDF)

Author: David C. Nixon (November, 2007)

Report to the Twenty-fourth Hawaii State Legislature on Open Government

[Senate Resolution 107 (SD1)]

Author: College of Social Sciences Public Policy Center (December 2006)

State Programs to Encourage Long Term Care Insurance (PDF)

Policy Brief (PDF)

Author: David C. Nixon (November 2006)

Sustainable Saunders Survey (PDF)
Author: David C. Nixon (June 2006)

Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force Report

Author: Public Policy Center and Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs (October 2005)

Hawai'i Statewide Strategic Plan for Victim Services (2005)

Evaluation of the First-to-Work Educational Policy and the Bridge to Hope Program (2004)

Hawai'i at the Crossroads: A Long-Term Energy Strategy

Author: Hawaii Energy Policy Forum (June 2004)

Affordable Housing: Public Policy Issues and Options (PDF)

Author: College of Social Sciences Public Policy Center (Feb. 2004)

Arrest Trends, Gang Involvement, and Truancy in Hawaii: An Interim Report to the Twenty-Second Hawaii State Legislature (PDF)
Author(s): Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Shayna Freeman and Joanne Nakano (Feb 2004)

How Safe are Hawaii's Schools? Volume I (PDF)
Authors: Meda Chesney-Lind and Joanne Nakano (Aug 2003)

Opportunity for State Legislatures (PDF)
Authors: Sen. Les Ihara, Jr. (July 2003)

Understanding Gangs and Delinquency on Oahu Volume I (PDF)
Authors: Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Pavela Fiaui, Steven Connery (Feb 2003)

Youth Service Center Evaluation Research Volume II (PDF)
Authors: Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Pasko, Nancy Marker, Pavela Fiaui, Steven Connery (Feb 2003)

The Underclass: Long-Term Unemployment, Race And Space In The American Context (PDF)
Authors: James H. Spencer and Michael Storper (2003)

People, Places and Policy: A Politically-Relevant Framework for Efforts to Reduce Concentrated Poverty and Joblessness (PDF)
Author: James H. Spencer (Dec 2002)

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