An analysis of mandatory arrest policy on domestic violence

Women are more likely to be beaten, raped, or killed because of domestic violence. Men have beaten their wives and partners for centuries with no payback from the criminal justice system. Recent decades domestic violence cases became an important focal point for criminal justice system. Despite increased public awareness, domestic violence remains a serious public policy issue in all around the world. Domestic violence was historically an area of policing where officers were reluctant to interfere because of its sensitive nature vary from one culture to another. Governments started to face with increased liability for police inaction. Therefore law makers passed laws requiring the warrantless arrests of individuals for misdemeanor assault of an intimate partner. This article tries to explain background information over domestic violence from public policy perspective at first. Then tries to explain mandatory arrest policies with its goals and effects. After evaluation and implications of mandatory arrest policies on domestic violence this article concludes by recommending various policy recommendation at the end

Economic Barriers to Democratization in MENA

The literature on regime change in the MENA region had claimed the occurrence of political liberalization and democratization during the 1990s, foreseeing a transition from the dominant authoritarianism in the region to politically more liberal regimes. These analyses neglect the state of permanent authoritarian political regimes with the centralized economic power and their role as periphery states in the world system. In this paper, we have reassessed the existing literature on regime change in the MENA region taking into account the economic and political impacts of rentier economies, with a close look at the countries in the region where popular uprisings took place to overthrow authoritarian leaders during the first half of 2011. We have followed Schlumberger's (2002) method of classification and comparative approach in order to pinpoint a correlation between the authoritarian regime's economic power based on resource allocation, its political dominance and the leaders' role in neo-liberal global political economy

The usage of creative thinking activities in the social studies courses of the 7th grade

Gerçekleştirilen bu çalışmada, 7. sınıf Sosyal Bilgiler dersinde yaratıcı düşünme etkinliklerinin kullanımının, öğrencilerin derse yönelik başarı düzeyleri ve derse karşı tutumları üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırma 2014-2015 eğitim ve öğretim yılında, 13 haftalık bir sürede, Aydın ili Efeler ilçesi 75. Yıl Vali Muharrem Göktayoğlu Ortaokulu'nda gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini Aydın ilinde bulunan ortaokullardaki 7. sınıf öğrencileri, örneklemini ise Aydın ili Efeler ilçesi 75. Yıl Vali Muharrem Göktayoğlu Ortaokulunda 2014-2015 eğitim ve öğretim döneminde öğrenim gören sabahçı grup tüm 7. sınıflar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada 7-A sınıfı 1. kontrol grubu, 7-C sınıfı 2. kontrol grubu, 7-B sınıfı ise deney grubu olarak belirlenmiştir. Araştırma toplam 74 öğrenci üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Araştırma 7. Sınıf Sosyal Bilgiler dersi 2 ve 3. ünitelerini oluşturan "Ülkemizde Nüfus" ve "Türk Tarihinde Yolculuk" üniteleriyle sınırlıdır. Araştırmada 13 hafta boyunca yaratıcı düşünme yeteneğini geliştirdiği düşünülen etkinlik, yöntem ve teknikler uygulanmıştır. Uygulama öncesinde ders başarısını ölçmek amacıyla kontrol ve deney gruplarına öntest, uygulama sonrasında ise sontest uygulanmıştır. Ayrıca kalıcılığı tespit edebilmek için sontestten 3 hafta sonrasında geciktirilmiş sontest uygulaması yapılmıştır. Sosyal Bilgiler dersine karşı olan tutumu ölçmek amacıyla kontrol ve deney gruplarına öntest-sontest uygulamaları yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonunda elde edilen veriler Kruskal-Wallis ve Wilcoxon testleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular deney grubu öğrencilerinin, ders başarılarında anlamlı bir artış yaşandığını göstermiştir, ancak bu farklılık geciktirilmiş sontest uygulamalarına yansımamıştır. Ayrıca deney grubu öğrencilerinde Sosyal Bilgiler dersinden hoşlanma anlamında olumlu bir değişim yaşandığı görülmüştür.In this scientifically proved study, the effect of creative thinking activities on students' attitudes towards Social Studies lesson in 7th grade and their success levels were analyzed. The search has been run in 2014-2015 educational year in 75. Yıl Vali Muharrem Göktayoğlu Secondary School within 13 weeks. The population of the study consists of the 7th grade students in Aydın, Efeler province. The sample is the early riser group of 7th graders in 75. Yıl Vali Muharrem Göktayoğlu Secondary School. In the study 7/A class is considered as the set control group, 7/C as the 2nd control group and 7/B class as an experimental group. The study has been applied on 74 students in total. The study is limited to the 2nd and 3rd units, "Ülkemizde Nüfus" (the Population of Our Country,) and "Türk Tarihinde Yolculuk" (Voyages in Turkish History) of the 7th grade. We used creative thinking activities to coordinate the subjects during 13 weeks. In addition, some creative thinking development methods were used during those weeks. A pre-test was applied in order to assess the success levels of pupils and a post-test was also applied. In addition to these, 3 weeks later "delayed post-test" was applied in order to identify the persistence of their knowledge. For the assignment of students' attitudes towards Social Studies lesson, pretest and post-test applications were practised. At the end of the study, the data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis ve Wilcoxon tests. It is obviously stated that the success level of students in Social Studies lesson was increased sensibly when supported by creative thinking activities. However, it is hard to find these improvements in "delayed post-test". Surprisingly students' attitudes toward the lesson was developed substantially. Nevertheless, there is no difference between control and experimental groups in delayed posttest, which means recalling the subjects, even with creative thinking activities or conventional methods do not differ

Düşünce Özgürlüğü, Bilgi Edinme Özgürlüğü ve Bilgi Hizmetleri

This paper deals with the relationship between freedom of expression and freedom of information, and summarizes the basic concepts with regards to freedom of information such as access to government information, privacy, access to electronic information, and intellectual property rights. It stresses the relationship between freedom of information and libraries along with the role of libraries in promoting freedom of information

Performance based study on the seismic safety of buildings

In the scope of this study, information has been provided on the Static Pushover Analysis which is a nonlinear deformation controlled analysis method and the Capacity Spectrum Method used to determine the performance point. In this study, static pushover analysis was made on a six-storey building with reinforcement concrete frame system by changing the materials, steel rebars and soil characteristics. The building’s capacity curves were drawn and decided according to different concrete and reinforcement groups. Furthermore the performance points of different classes of concrete were studied according to three seismic effect levels. In the case of a decrease in the reinforcement strength, a decrease of approximately 30% occurs in the base shear force. If the concrete strength is increased, an increase of 11% occurred in the base shear force. Consequently, in the comparisons made with five different concrete groups and two different reinforcement groups, rather than the increase in the strength of the concrete, an increase in the reinforcement strength was observed to be more effective on the structural capacity. Furthermore, local soil classifications were observed to be the most significant point regarding peak displacement

From modernisation to globalization Turkey’s path

The people of different societies are feeling the effects of globalization very strongly in their daily life. The rapid advances in the technological arena as well as the high-speed communication made the transformation harsher for developing countries. Turkey is one of those countries which experiences transformation even harder than many other developing countries in the globe, as a result of turmoil it has been enduring in the last 30 years. In this paper we analyze why Turkey has been experiencing all this turbulence much more severe and in a more complex way. As a requirement, we have had a short look at the foundation of the Turkish republic and its progress towards modernization. Then, we have assessed the recent developments occurring in Turkey from the globalization perspective as well the effects of the globalization process on this country.

Tarımsal Destekleme Uygulamalarının Süt Sığırcılığı İşletmelerinde Verim ve Ürün Maliyetine Etkisi: Hatay İli Örneği-Türkiye

Agricultural subsidy is one of the important and substantial issues at this time. Countries are continuing to subsidise agricultural production at varying rates depending on the world’s changing trade rules. Turkey reserved 3,9 billion $to subsidise agricultural production in 2014. In the same year, the amount of agricultural subsidy in Hatay was around 75 million$. The share of the Hatay province in Turkey’s total agricultural subsidy is around 2%. While the amount of subsidy per farmer is 1.779,924$in Turkey, it is 3.490,01$ in the Hatay province. Livestock is one of the important agricultural production sectors, and the share of agricultural subsidy for livestock is gradually increasing in Turkey. In this study, the utilisation level of subsidies in dairy cattle enterprises were examined in Hatay. It was found that 52,17% of the enterprises were growing feed crop, and 25,53% of them were utilising the feed crop subsidy. Milk production of the enterprises which were utilising the subsidy was 5.728,9 lt, the milk cost was 0,38$/lt, and the absolute profit was found as 0,03$/lt. In terms of enterprises which weren’t utilising the subsidy, these values were found respectively as; 5.334,4 lt, 0,44$/lt, and 0,09$/lt. According to the research results, it’s been concluded that livestock subsidies are decreasing production costs and increasing farmers’ income significantly.Tarımsal üretimin desteklenmesi günümüzde güncelliğini koruyan önemli konulardan biridir. Ülkeler değişen dünya ticaret kurallarına uymak şartıyla değişen oranlarda tarıma destek vermeye devam etmektedirler. 2014 yılında Türkiye’de tarımsal üretimin desteklenmesine 3,9 milyar$ayrılmıştır. Tarımsal üretim potansiyelinin yüksek olduğu Hatay ilinde tarıma verilen destek aynı yıl yaklaşık 75milyon$ düzeyinde olmuştur. Hatay İlinin ülke tarımsal desteklerinden aldığı pay %2 düzeyindedir. Türkiye’de kayıtlı çiftçi başına destek miktarı 1.779,924 ilen değer Hatay İlinde 3.490,01$olmuştur. Tarımsal üretimin önemli bir sektörü olan hayvancılık sektörü Türkiye’de uygulanan tarımsal desteklerden almış olduğu pay son yıllarda giderek artmaktadır. Hatay İlinde yürütülen çalışma ile süt sığırcılığı işletmelerinin hayvancılık desteklerinden faydalanma durumu incelenmiştir. Çalışma, anket uygulanan işletmelerden$/lt, mutlak kar 0,03$/lt olarak tespit edilmiştir. Desteklerden faydalanmayan işletmelerde bu değerler sırası ile 5.334,4lt, 0,44$/lt ve 0,09$/lt olarak saptanmıştır. Yapılan çalışma sonucunda hayvancılık işletmelerine yönelik desteklerin ürün maliyetini azalttığı ve üretici gelirini önemli derecede artırdığı sonucuna varılmıştır

Input usage and difference analysis in cotton production: A case study of hatay province– turkey

Cotton has an important place among other industrial products in the world and in Turkey in terms ofholding the largest production area, a high export value, and it being a crucial input in the food and animal feedindustries. Turkey is the 7th largest cotton producer in the world, and the region of Hatay where the researchtook place, has an 11.54% share in Turkey’s total cotton production area. It has a 10.57% share in unseededcotton, cottonseed, and in fiber production in Turkey. The primary data of the study were obtained from 136agricultural enterprises with a 95% confidence interval and a 5% average deviation. In the enterprises thatwere examined, 7,767 tons of cotton unseed were produced in a 14,674 da area in 2016. The average cottonproduction area size was found as 108 da and the share of cotton production in the crop pattern was found as38.20%. In the research area, in order to produce 529.29 kg/da of cotton unseed; 2.6 kg seed, 64.9 kg fertilizer,0.85 lt agricultural pesticide, 40.5 lt diesel fuel, 641.7 kw electricity, and 2.7 labor force (manpower) were used.According to analysis results; there was a statistically significant difference at a level of 5% between small andlarge enterprises in terms of fertilizer, labor force, and electricity usage levels. Despite that there wasn’t anysignificant difference between harvest method (by handpicking or machinery) and yield; this result indicatesthat the enterprises which harvest by machinery gain more income compared to the ones which harvest byhand. There wasn’t any significant difference in terms of irrigation method (surface irrigation or drip irrigation)but there was a statistical difference at a level of 5% in terms of income. In other words, the enterprises whichuse the surface irrigation method gain more income compared to the ones which use the drip irrigationmethod.Pamuk Türkiye’de ve dünyada sanayi bitkileri içinde en fazla ekim alanına ve üretime sahip, ihracat pazar değeri yüksek olan, gıda ve yem sanayinde önemli yer tutan stratejik bir üründür. Pamuk, kullanım alanı genişliği ve farklı sektörlerde sağlamış olduğu katma değer bakımından tarım ürünleri içinde özel bir yere ve öneme sahiptir. Dünya pamuk üretiminde Türkiye 7.sırada yer almaktadır. Araştırma alanı olarak belirlenen Hatay İli Türkiye pamuk üretim alanlarında %11.54, kütlü pamuk, çiğit ve lif üretiminde %10.57’lik bir paya sahiptir. Araştırmada kullanılan veriler %95 güven aralığı ve %5 ortalamadan sapma ile belirlenen 136 tarım işletmesinden elde edilmiştir. İncelenen işletmelerde 2016 yılında 14,674 da alanda toplam 7,767 ton kütlü pamuk üretimi gerçekleştirilmiştir. İşletmelerde pamuğun ekim alanı ortalaması 108 da, bitkisel üretim desenindeki payı ise %38.20’dir. Araştırma alanında incelenen işletmelerde birim alandan ortalama 529.29 kg kütlü pamuk elde etmek için; 2.6 kg tohum, 64.9 kg gübre, 0.85 lt tarımsal mücadele ilacı 40.5 lt mazot, 641.7 kw elektrik ve 2.7 EİGB kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda; küçük işletmeler ile büyük işletmeler arasında gübre, işgücü ve elektrik kullanım düzeyleri bakımından %5 önem düzeyinde istatistiki açıdan anlamlı bir fark olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Pamuk üretiminde hasat yöntemi ile (elle veya makinayla hasat) elde edilen verim arasında istatistiki yönden bir farklılık olmamakla birlikte, kazanılan gelir bakımından %5 önem düzeyinde bir fark olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu durum, makinalı hasat yapan işletmelerin elle hasat yapan işletmelerden daha fazla gelir elde ettiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Sulama yöntemi (salma sulama ve damlama sulama) ile pamuk verimi arasında, istatistiki açıdan anlamlı bir fark olmamakla birlikte, gelir açısından %5 önem düzeyinde farklılık olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Diğer bir ifade ile salma sulama yapan işletmeler damlama sulama yapan işletmelere göre daha fazla gelir elde etmişlerdir

Effect of basalt, polypropylene and macro-synthetic fibres on workability and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete

In this study, the effects of different fibre types on the workability and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete were investigated. Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete, different fibre content 0.90, 1.35 and 1.80 kg/m3 were evaluated using basalt, polypropylene and macro synthetic fibres with different fibre lengths of 24, 19 and 40 mm, respectively. The properties of fresh concrete were evaluated in terms of slump flowing, viscosity and flowability. In addition, compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strength were obtained from hardened concrete properties. To characterize mechanical properties 90 specimens were experimentally tested. The results show that the use of fibre reduces the workability of self-compacting concrete. On the other hand, tensile and flexural strength of the self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete increased with increasing fibre content, but it was determined that the fibre addition had no significant effect on the compressive strength