Kathryn Schellenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 301402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Schellenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Schellenberg |
| SIGNATURE | SCHELLENBERG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guelph |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Access to Justice
Readability of existing legal-aid websites exceeds Federal standards and the reading ability of most Americans. Legal Services Corporation supported the development of online legal content to mitigate access barriers to civil legal-aid. A t-test analysis, using Flesch-Kincaid readability analyses of 407 text passages in LSC-sponsored websites, showed that websites that claim to follow federal readability standards are easier to read than websites…
Welfare Reform
The welfare reform debate is not over, despite declarations of success from many politicians and commentators. Welfare Reform: The Next Act draws on six years of in-depth research to explore the implications of 1996's welfare reform . The authors examine all facets of the new system: its effects on family structure and children, its success in moving welfare recipients to work, its ability to reach hard-to-serve populations, its effects on immigr…
Influences on Breastfeeding Rates in Low Income Communities in Ontario
Work, Self and Society
Police Information Systems, Information Practices and Individual Privacy
This article describes some common police information systems and practices in light of legislation designed to protect individual privacy. The author finds that policy personnel are sensitive to human rights issues and attempt to reduce threats posed by the use of police information. Threats are further mitigated by a lack of soft information in the national Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) system and limitations on the ability to share…
Taking It or Leaving It
It is widely argued that organizations are becoming increasingly unstable, This is a trend that threatens to impair the operation of internal labor markets and undermine other bureaucratic or corporatist incentives that raise workers' commitment to their employers. Using longitudinal case study data, the author supports the hypothesis that organizational instability raises workers' propensities to quit their jobs (independent of whether or not jo…
The Persistence of the Homeownership Norm and the Implications of Mortgage Debt
In Canada and the United States, the shelter norm is to own a home. Few people can achieve this norm without incurring long-term debt exposing them to financial risk. It is widely assumed, however, that this risk is minimal because housing has traditionally been a superior and safe investment In fact, the investment potential of homeownership is identified by both neoclassical economists and conflict theorists as a major factor underlying its mas…
Two different worlds
Police Information Systems, Information Practices and Individual Privacy
This article describes some common police information systems and practices in light of legislation designed to protect individual privacy. The author finds that policy personnel are sensitive to human rights issues and attempt to reduce threats posed by the use of police information. Threats are further mitigated by a lack of soft information in the national Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) system and limitations on the ability to share…
Influences on Breastfeeding Rates in Low Income Communities in Ontario
Taking It or Leaving It
It is widely argued that organizations are becoming increasingly unstable, This is a trend that threatens to impair the operation of internal labor markets and undermine other bureaucratic or corporatist incentives that raise workers' commitment to their employers. Using longitudinal case study data, the author supports the hypothesis that organizational instability raises workers' propensities to quit their jobs (independent of whether or not jo…
Access to Justice
Readability of existing legal-aid websites exceeds Federal standards and the reading ability of most Americans. Legal Services Corporation supported the development of online legal content to mitigate access barriers to civil legal-aid. A t-test analysis, using Flesch-Kincaid readability analyses of 407 text passages in LSC-sponsored websites, showed that websites that claim to follow federal readability standards are easier to read than websites…
The Persistence of the Homeownership Norm and the Implications of Mortgage Debt
In Canada and the United States, the shelter norm is to own a home. Few people can achieve this norm without incurring long-term debt exposing them to financial risk. It is widely assumed, however, that this risk is minimal because housing has traditionally been a superior and safe investment In fact, the investment potential of homeownership is identified by both neoclassical economists and conflict theorists as a major factor underlying its mas…
Two different worlds
Taking It or Leaving It
It is widely argued that organizations are becoming increasingly unstable, This is a trend that threatens to impair the operation of internal labor markets and undermine other bureaucratic or corporatist incentives that raise workers' commitment to their employers. Using longitudinal case study data, the author supports the hypothesis that organizational instability raises workers' propensities to quit their jobs (independent of whether or not jo…
Work, Self and Society
Police Information Systems, Information Practices and Individual Privacy
This article describes some common police information systems and practices in light of legislation designed to protect individual privacy. The author finds that policy personnel are sensitive to human rights issues and attempt to reduce threats posed by the use of police information. Threats are further mitigated by a lack of soft information in the national Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) system and limitations on the ability to share…
Influences on Breastfeeding Rates in Low Income Communities in Ontario
Welfare Reform
The welfare reform debate is not over, despite declarations of success from many politicians and commentators. Welfare Reform: The Next Act draws on six years of in-depth research to explore the implications of 1996's welfare reform . The authors examine all facets of the new system: its effects on family structure and children, its success in moving welfare recipients to work, its ability to reach hard-to-serve populations, its effects on immigr…
Access to Justice
Readability of existing legal-aid websites exceeds Federal standards and the reading ability of most Americans. Legal Services Corporation supported the development of online legal content to mitigate access barriers to civil legal-aid. A t-test analysis, using Flesch-Kincaid readability analyses of 407 text passages in LSC-sponsored websites, showed that websites that claim to follow federal readability standards are easier to read than websites…
Political science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Housing Market and Economics (2 works) · Incentive (2 works)