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Arguments for funding new professional sport stadia with public money center upon the notion of community--fans' connection with the teams and the money that teams bring into the community. Through the lens of community theorists like Wirth (1938, 1964), Bellah and colleagues (1985), and Putnam (2000), this paper locates the professional sport franchise within local community relations and analyzes the ways in which local elites attempt to evoke community support (both emotional and financial) for their franchise. Following Ingham and McDonald (2003), we argue that professional sport is not an effective means for re-building any lasting sense of community. The results of town meetings held with citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, reveal schisms along class, urban/suburban, and fan/non-fan lines, demonstrating that public subsidization of professional sport not only does not (re)generate a community-as-a-whole, but indeed may further divide residents depending upon their situated interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces a new approach to the analysis of changes in sex offender residences over time. Using a Markov chain framework, we analyze residential movement patterns of registered sex offenders in Hamilton County, Ohio, over a three-year period (2005–2007). Results indicate a 46 percent reduction in offenders violating spatial restriction zone policy as compared to a counterfactual case where offenders move as a function of housing distributions. Strong legacy effects are also found as offenders previously in violation of restriction policies move into other restricted zones at a higher rate than offenders who were previously in compliance with the policy. Parcels that previously were home to registered offenders also continue to attract offenders in future periods. Although we find differences in the probabilities of attracting offenders for parcels outside and inside restricted zones that are consistent with offender restrictive policies, these differences are actually significantly smaller than what holds under the counterfactual. Parcels in restricted zones continue to attract offenders at a higher rate than expected, despite the policy restrictions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A personal narrative is presented, which is an 1881 reprint from the newspaper "Cincinnati Commercial Tribune," in which the author discusses his 1881 visit to the Shaker Village of White Water in Hamilton County, Ohio, including in regard to Shaker agriculture, labor and the village's houses.

The article discusses the Shaker Village of White Water Village in Hamilton County, Ohio from 1840 through 1881. Particular focus is given to the lawyer, jurist and journalist Alfred George Washington (A.G.W) Carter's (he is also known as Judge Carter's) visit to the White Water Village in 1881. The relationship between White Water Village and Cincinnati, Ohio, including the depiction of the Village in Cincinnati newspapers, is discussed.

The article offers the author's insights on the role of effective communication on profitable supplier relationship. Fairfield, Ohio-based label converter Intermec Technologies Corp. gives a brief example, mentioning some of the problems such as insufficient communication skills and unwise decision making, which lead to costly interruptions of work. It suggests that companies should develop communication skills and applying safety measures on production to address the mentioned problems.

The Help America Vote Act that Congress passed in 2002 required election boards to update their punch card voting systems with new voting technologies by 2006. This change greatly increases the operational and logistical complexities of administering elections in many areas. Because of security concerns and the large physical size of some types of new voting machines, they must be delivered to each polling location during a specified day and time window. Therefore, to generate feasible, cost-effective delivery routes, election boards must solve a difficult vehicle-routing problem. Routes designed by our solution methods have been successfully implemented in Hamilton County, Ohio, to deliver voting machines to polling locations for multiple elections since May 2006. We describe our solution methods and analyze the sensitivity of route costs to time-window and delivery-day constraints. Our sensitivity analysis identified cost-savings strategies that the Hamilton County Board of Elections used to negotiate a new scheduling protocol with poll workers; this protocol reflects a compromise between accommodating poll workers' schedules and reducing the cost of delivering the voting machines. The Board of Elections successfully implemented this new method of specifying delivery time windows, which allowed greater routing flexibility, for the November 2006 midterm election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article assesses the excess of risk in cluster analysis by considering low rank thin plate spline models (TPS) within a semiparametric approach to focused disease clustering for small are health data, particularly lung cancer deaths in Hamilton county, Ohio. Focused clustering refers to the tendency of the observations to cluster around pre-specified locations for putative hazards. Reduced rank TPS models are introduced for smoothing the mean parameter of Poisson counts. It relates the findings of the pure spatial analysis of data consisting lung cancer deaths in the state of Ohio from 1987 to 1988.

In Hamilton County, Ohio, the infant mortality rate for African American infants in 2002 was 18.1 per 1,000 live births compared with 14.4 for the United States. It is essential to engage community residents and leaders in identifying the underlying cultural factors contributing to this disparity. The purpose of the study was to explore the cultural contexts of prenatal and infant care practices among African American women of childbearing age living in an urban community located in Hamilton County, Ohio. This was an ethnographic community-based participatory research study. Seven participants were recruited for the study. Family support from mothers and sisters in obtaining needed resources related to pregnancy and child care emerged as the central theme. A strong family-based social network was core to the culture of pregnancy and infant care for these women. Nurses should consider developing family-centered interventions to reduce disparity in infant health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper seeks to improve local policy makers' ability to monitor changes in the spatial distribution of Section 8 housing voucher recipients by combining hot-spot analysis with dot mapping and census tract analysis. All three methods were used to analyze the distribution of more than 6,000 Section 8 participants in Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati). The hot-spot analysis identified three groupings of high density Section 8 housing voucher clusters (1) clusters: that were located in the center or at the edge of Cincinnati's black ghetto to the east of the industrial Mill Creek Valley, (2) clusters to the west of the Mill Creek Valley in areas that in recent years have begun to experience racial transition and (3) clusters related to suburban development funded by the federal government's Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. While the latter are located in middle-income census tracts, voucher recipients comprise a majority of the tenants. We recommend that planners and housing officials use hot-spot analysis in the future in conjunction with the more widely known dot mapping and census tract analysis techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Researchers examining court dispositions and domestic violence recidivism have argued that disposition effectiveness varies by offender characteristics. We extended this research with analyses of 3,662 persons arrested for misdemeanor assaults on intimates in Hamilton County, Ohio. The incidence, prevalence, and time to rearrest are examined for arrestees with no filed charges, subsequently dropped charges, court-mandated treatment, probation, jail, and split sentences. No ,filed charges and probation correspond with significant differences in all outcomes across the entire sample. Moreover every disposition coincides with differences in rearrest for particular subgroups of arrestees (distinguished by violent histories, substance abuse, cohabitation, race, education, residential stability, and characteristics of neighborhood populations). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A primary purpose of sex offender community notification statutes is to give community members the opportunity to engage in precautionary behavior to prevent victimization. This exploratory study examines the effect of notification by comparing the behavior of 87 Hamilton County, Ohio, residents receiving sex offender notification to the behavior of 149 other residents who had not received notification. The findings indicate that notified respondents are significantly more likely to engage in behaviors to protect themselves and others from victimization, and to engage in community reporting behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Addressing the methodological shortcomings of extant research on the racial invariance thesis, race-specific rates of intimate assault are examined across census tracts in Hamilton County, Ohio. We extend Miles-Doan's (1998) approach to examining neighborhood structural effects on intimate assault rates in order to test the racial invariance thesis. Findings reveal comparable effects of neighborhood disadvantage and population age structure on assault rates for African-American males and white males, yet a stronger effect of "disinvestment" (in marriage and in neighborhoods) on rates for African-Americans. These results conflict with previous city-level analyses demonstrating stronger structural effects on other violent crime rates for whites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the Early Intervention Mediation (EIM) project conducted at the Court of domestic Relations of Hamilton County, Ohio to test the efficacy of early introduction of mediation to resolve parenting issues. Percentage of resolution rate of parenting issues by mediation.

A questionnaire to assess attitudes toward recovery from psychiatric disorders was developed in conjunction with consumers from the Hamilton County Recovery Initiative. People with mental disorders, family members, professionals and others were surveyed, and 844 completed questionnaires constituted the final sample. This study reports the development and analysis of the questionnaire. The original 21 item scale was reduced to 7 items loading on two factors: Factor 1 "Recovery is possible and needs faith," Factor 2, "Recovery is difficult and differs among people." Differences in attitudes were found among professionals, people with mental disorders, family members, and others. The questionnaire can be used to help assess feelings about recovery and possibly determine for whom services focusing on advocacy and self-help might be more efficacious than traditional mental heath services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The postwar economic and population expansion of the 1950s resulted in a home-building boom and the installation of over 9,500 mechanical home aeration sewage systems in Hamilton County, Ohio. Most of these systems discharged to common collector lines, stormwater sewers, and dry ravines. Homeowners were not educated about proper maintenance and operation of the systems. Consequently, widespread degradation of water quality occurred.In 1994 public outcry forced the Hamilton County Board of Health to implement an intensive and successful routine inspection program. Today, all aeration systems are inspected annually. Upon approval, the Hamilton County Board of Health issues an operation permit.The operation permit and the inspection program, along with policies, staff development, and technological components, have resulted in water quality improvements in Hamilton County. A strong homeowner education program is part of the inspection program; success in reducing water pollution and the threat of potential disease in Hamilton County neighborhoods may be partially attributed to persuasive homeowner education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A telephone survey of 1,172 Hamilton County, Ohio residents indicated that for ever-married people, 25.1 per cent of those aged 18-45 and 33.8 per cent of those 30-45 had been sterilized. Blacks and Whites had comparable levels of sterilization but, among Blacks, female sterilization was over eight times as common as vasectomy, while for Whites, the ratio was 1.2. Catholics had only one half the sterilization rate of Protestants. Race, sex, income, and education were all related to knowledge and attitudes toward vasectomy. The need for more information was a major reason cited for not having a vasectomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the effects of dispositions on rearrest for domestic violence, using a sample of adults arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence in Hamilton County, Ohio. Methods used to track arrestees after their sentences; Effects of domestic violence; Factors which influence the cause of domestic violence.

Describes the use of the public health assessment approach in analyzing the health and safety effects of the landslide at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in Hamilton County, Ohio. Development of the landfill as a public health hazard and nuisance; Review of environmental and medical data; Exposure pathway analysis; Toxicological analysis; Public health response plan.

This study analyzes (1) the effects of affluence perception on anomia and (2) the importance of affluence perception as an intervening variable interpreting the effects of race, education, and income on anomia. The analysis uses survey data from a probability sample of adults in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio. Affluence perception is found to be positively related to anomia and to account for part of the effects of race, education, and income on anomia. The three demographic variables, however, have stronger independent effects on anomia that cannot be accounted for by perception of affluence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT This paper reports a quasi-replication of Lopreato's test of hypotheses derived from Dahrendoff's theory of class and class conflict in imperatively coordinated associations. Using survey data from a probability sample of Hamilton County, Ohio, adults, measures are constructed of position in the authority structure, perception of the legitimacy of the authority structure, and acquiescence to authority. Our analysis supports Dahrendorf's contention that workers without authority (the obey class) tend to perceive the authority structure as less legitimate than do workers with authority (the command class). Contrary to Dahrendorf. however, out study indicates that the command class is less likely than the obey class to acquiesce to authority: and that there is a cleavage in both legitimacy perception and acquiescence within the command class. The middle command class acquiesces least to authority and perceives the authority structure as least legitimate. These patterns are maintained even after statistically controlling for race, sex, age, and education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the use of electronic data processing (EDP) system in vote counting in the Election Board of Hamilton County, Ohio. The use of such equipment in Hamilton County has resulted in accurate vote-counting, better record-keeping and increased public confidence in elections with only a slight increase in overall election costs. The Election Board investigated the voting system manufactured by the Coleman Electronic Systems of California. The Board was particularly impressed with the successful use of the machines in a 1962 election in Kern County, California, where approximately 95,000 electors had voted. Kern County was the first place to use the Coleman System in an official election. Both the accuracy and speed of counting were notable. On the recommendation of the Board of Elections, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners executed an agreement to purchase the vote-counting equipment on June 17, 1963. The adoption in Hamilton County of this system of vote counting is an example of the piecemeal method of adapting electronic equipment to governmental activities. The County government rendered no technical assistance to the Board of Elections in its efforts to solve the counting problem through the use of EDP equipment.

This article discusses a study which investigated the normal net cost of social work in Cincinnati and Hamilton County in Ohio. The study discovered the difficulty in determining where to draw the line between social work and certain aspects of the educational process. In conclusion, there is lacking not only a concept and definition of social work but of a social agency. The enumeration of social agencies, as well as determining the cost of social work is necessarily to no small extent arbitrary and indefinite.

The article presents a plant survey on the restoration project for the Hamilton County Park District's Shaker Trace Wetlands in Ohio. Survey shows the identification of 527 species of plants and animals including waterfowls, turtles, spike rushes, cattails, and water pimpernel. It notes the removal of the woody plants through Hydro-Axe machine. Moreover, the introduction of other plant species is also reported.

The article offers information on the restoration of biodiversity at Shawnee Lookout by lowering deer numbers in Ohio. It states that the Hamilton County Park District has reduced the number of deer population to prevent significant habitat damage and biodiversity loss. It notes that deer-exclosure data and vascular plant survey shows that several species of native plants are growing and flowering after the deer management program.

We monitored breeding bird populations in a woodland plot in Hamilton County, OH. By comparing historical data (1991-1998) with 2003 populations, we observed a decrease in the populations of more species than expected by chance. In contrast, few species showed a population increase. Overall, the total number of territorial males in 2003 was 12% below the average number from 1991 to 1998. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses Hamilton County, Ohio voters' approval of a $13-million-a-year property tax levy designed to fund in-home services for elder residents under the Elderly Services Program (ESP). Background; Program design issues are age criteria, income criteria and level of disability criteria.