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Tips, Volume 06, No. 4, 1986, Wolf P. Wolfensberger

Training Institute Publication Series (TIPS)

• Imprisonment

• A Wife Visits Her Husband in Prison

• Jailhouse Blues

• Size & Enlargement of the Gulag

• The Ship of Fools

• Beating Human Services into Prison Shares

• Idiot Asylum, Lunatic Asylum, Jail House & Out House?

• Miscellaneous Prison News

• A Prison - Nursing Home Link

• Prison Violence & Deathmaking

• Liberation of Captives

• Criminal Justice Tales

• Judicial Murder

• The Rich & the Poor

• The Third Wonder (Edwin Markham)

• Upon Arriving at This House.... (Member of St. Joseph Catholic Worker House in NY, CW, 8/1986)

• Homelessness …

Increasing The Participation Rate For International Behaviorists At The Convention Of The Association For Behavior Analysis, Marsha Lee Benz

Masters Theses

This is a descriptive study that reviewed past participation of International behaviorists at the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) convention, to provide sore help to these presenters to improve the experience, and to disseminate behavioral information outside of the United States by trying to Increase International participation at the ABA convention.

These methods were used to Invite the behavioristsi (a) call for papers, (b) personalized invitations, and (c) poster invitations. Procedures used to improve the convention experience weret (a) an interest questionnaire, and (b) pre- and post-convention surveys.

Comparisons were made between the number of International presenters from years 1981 …

An Experimental Investigation Of Some Hypothesized Behaviors Of College Student Procrastinators, William George Mccown

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Tips, Volume 05, No. 4, 1985, Wolf P. Wolfensberger

Training Institute Publication Series (TIPS)

• Imprisonment

• Jailhouse News & Blues

• Beating Institutions Into Prisonshares

• Beating Prisons Into Condominiumshares

• Good News

• Criminal Justice Tales

• Your Money or Your Rights!

• Good News

• Judicial Murder

• The Antics of Police States & Police Forces

• Slavery

• Miscellaneous

• Street People, Poverty, & Homelessness

• Destitution

• The Bum on the Rods & the Bum on the Plush (Irwin, 1930)

• Homelessness

• Two Bits For a Cup of Coffee--... (Poem from Depression, Irwin, 1930)

• News of the Christmas Season

• Interfaces With Religion

• Excerpts from Peter …

The Outcomes Of Hospitalized And Incarcerated Sex Offenders: A Study Of Offender Types, Recidivism Rates, And Identifying Characteristics Of The Repeat Offender, Francine R. Rattenbury

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Causes And Prevention Of Juvenile Delinquent Behavior, Brian E. Scruggs

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Interdisciplinary Differences In Attitudes And Morale Within A Psychiatric Hospital, Brian F. Hoffman, Valerie P. Hans

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

It is clear from a number of research studies that staff attitudes and morale in psychiatric hospitals are influenced by diverse factors. Although staff morale has been studied in several health and human service organizations, there have been few systematic studies of the professional staff in a psychiatric hospital. In particular, little attention has been paid to the effect staff members’ disciplinary affiliations have on their morale and attitudes. The effects of staff members’ dual allegiances (to their discipline and to their interdisciplinary unit) have also not been examined. Conflict may develop in psychiatric hospitals because members of different disciplines …

The Mmpi : A Subscale (Ic) For The Identification Of Male Incest Offenders, Mary S. Dolan

Dissertations and Theses

The MMPI has been used extensively for the clinical assessment of deviancy among sexual offenders. In order to derive a diagnostic scale for the specific identification of male incest offenders, an item analysis, using MMPI data from offenders, compared MMPI data from a nonoffending control sample. The item analysis results were cross validated with MMPI data from a separate sample of incest offenders. Eleven MMPI items were found to be critical in discriminating male incest offenders from nonoffenders, and these items comprise the Ic experimental scale. On the basis of the Ic scale, male incest offenders evidence characterological disturbances in …

A Comparison Of Sexual And Physical Assault Court Cases Following The Elimination Of Rape From The Criminal Code Of Canada, Suresh K. Sahjpaul

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of the present study was to determine if the change in the Criminal Code which replaced the old offence of “rape” with the new offence of “sexual assault” had the desired effect of having sexual assault treated similar to physical assault. For this evaluation, five sexual assault cases and 22 physical assault cases were compared on the severity of the charge, the nature of the courtroom process and on the conviction and sentencing patterns. In addition, reporting, founding, clearing and charging rates before and after the new law were statistically compared.

Findings indicated that both sexual and physical …

Violence In College Students' Dating Relationships, Carol K. Sigelman, Carol E. Jordan-Berry, Katharine A. Wiles

Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications

In a survey of 504 college students examining predictors of violence in heterosexual relationships, over half of both men and women had committed at least one physically violent act. Modest associations between physical violence and sexual aggression were uncovered. In a series of discriminant analyses, men who abused their partners were not readily distinguished from men who did not, but tended to by young, low in family income, traditional in attitudes toward women, abused as children, currently living with a women, and from Appalachian areas.

The Effect Of Personal Theories About The Causes Of Crime On Discretionary Responses To Criminals, William Thomas Perkowitz

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of The Psychological Profiles Of A Selective Sample Of Incarcerated Females Versus Non-Incarcerated Females, Karen Ladd

Dissertations

Problem. Psychological testing is used in penal institutions at the initial time of incarceration. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of developing distinct psychological profiles for incarcerated females.

Method. The psychological assessment instrument employed to develop these profiles is the Sixteen Factor Personality Questionnaire (16PF). The data which were computed and analyzed to test the eight null hypotheses were provided by a selective sample group of 622 subjects in two penal institutions in Indiana.

Findings. (1) There is no significant difference between personality profiles of incarcerated white females who are property offenders and personality profiles of …

Clinical Psychology Doctor Of Philosophy Policies And Procedures Handbook 1984-1985, Nova University

CPS Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Longitudinal Study Of Recidivism For 88 Forest Camp Inmates, Loreli S. Manning

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent a group of 88 subjects, who were sentenced to the Forest Camp in the early seventies, remained law abiding in the ten years which followed their release. In addition to analyzing recidivist patterns, the study attempted to identify which variables were associated with subsequent recidivist and non-recidivist behavior and relate those findings to previous studies in the literature.

Presumption Of Innocence: Bias As A Function Of Gender And Crime Congruence, Vicki Sue Helgeson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Juvenile Intake: Differences Between Police And Probation Officers On Disposition Of Cases, James M Fogg

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Clinical Psychology Doctor Of Philosophy Policies And Procedures 1983-84, Nova University

CPS Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Research On Health Promotion: Evaluation Of A Health Seminar, Christine Ovcharchyn Devitt

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Psychometric Properties Of The Group Process Questionnaire, Lucia Igou Eakins

Dissertations and Theses

The Group Process Questionnaire (GPQ), a 55-item rating scale, was developed by Richard Wollert in 1981 to assess perceptions of the frequency of processes occurring in self-help groups (SHGs). The GPQ was first employed by Wollert, Eakins, and Dixon (Note 1) as the primary data collection instrument in an ongoing investigation of urban SHGs. This investigation is one of a small number of empirical studies which have attempted to specify the range of SHG activities. Due to the relatively recent emergence of SHGs as topics of research, and the unique obstacles to research presented by the independent character of these …

Examining Criminals' Decisions: A Look At Shoplifting Behavior, Frances M. Weaver

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Schematic Approach To Understanding Probation Officers' Judgments Of Criminals, Arthur J. Lurigio

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Clinical Psychology Doctor Of Philosophy Policies And Procedures Handbook 1983-1984, Nova University

CPS Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Insanity Defense: The Insanity Plea. By William J. Winslade And Judith Wilson Ross. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Donald H. J. Hermann

Donald Hermann

No abstract provided.

Tips, Volume 02, No. 4, 1982, Wolf P. Wolfensberger

Training Institute Publication Series (TIPS)

• O clouds rain down peace & justice!

• Blasts & Blasphemy

• Now Thank We All Our God

• Big Power Arms Race

• Keep the Snake Underground!

• A Bombshell of a Book

• Progress (Sapphire Wings, By Surgeon-Major Cook, London, 1920)

• "Accidental Holocaust"

• Arming the WorId

• Arming to End Wars

• Nuclear Energy & Nuclear War

• Resistance to War

• Ambivalent Catholic Bishops

• Ambivalent Anglicans

• Ambivalent Episcopalians

• Ambivalent Others

• Nonambivalent Witness

• No Schmuck, He

• Miscellaneous Good News About War

• Life After Armageddon

• After Death, There …

College Education And Police Officer Performance: A Critical Assessment, Gary T. Stafford

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Informational Posting And Employee Inspection On Safety Hazard Reduction In A Retail Drug Store, Craig A. Berger

Masters Theses

Undesired safety conditions were operationally defined for a large retail drug store. The recording of unsafe conditions were conducted for two different employee shifts for ten weeks. A multiple baseline design (ABC-ACB) was used in which three conditions were introduced: (a) baseline, (b) public posting of a safety performance chart, and (c) individual employee inspections. Results indicated that the frequency of safety hazards declined 23% from baseline for the public post-condition and declined 44% for the employee inspection condition (averaged across both shifts). An advanced analysis of variance indicated significant mean differences (p < .01) between baseline and employee inspection for both shifts. An additional measure was taken correlating photograph ratings by employees on a safety dimension and an attractiveness dimension. The coefficient of correlation was statistically significant (r = .76; p <.05). The results indicate that a training program involving employee inspections may be an effective way of reducing undesirable safety conditions.

An Evaluation Of Illinois House Bill 1500, Determinate Sentencing, Perry Edelman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Mental Health Services For Ontario Correctional Clients, Benjamin Clyde Hoffman

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Human services and program evaluation literature suggests that correctional policy must be formulated in the context of an Empirical Penology that begins with the data of corrections (Conrad, 1973; Newman and Price, 1977; Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1976). The Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services is currently involved in policy discussions concerning the future provision of mental health service to its clients. As part of its discussions, a Ministry Task Force is examining mental health service delivery models. However, standardized descriptive data of the existing client target population and the current service are not available. Comprehensive service evaluation are also …

Program Evaluation Of The Kitchener-Waterloo Diversion Programme, Edward Daniel Dubas

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The research describes the operation of the Kitchener-Waterloo Diversion Program and by using the Gibbon, Lebowitz and Blake (1976) evaluation model the program was evaluated relative to its six objectives. Diversion is defined as any pre-trial, post-charge intervention model which deals with juvenile charges outside the traditional juvenile justice systems (Solicitor General of Canada, 1978).

Data were collected from systematic observations of the diversion meetings, interviews with participants, victims and lawyers regarding their perceptions of diversion, and the examination of police, court and diversion records.

Results indicate that the eligibility criteria were being met and that the intended target population …

Evaluation Of A Juvenile Diversion Program: Using Multiple Lines Of Evidence, Mark W. Lipsey, David S. Cordray, Dale E. Berger

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The evaluation of a juvenile diversion program was approached through the development of multiple lines of evidence bearing on each of the two major program goals: providing a community-based alternative for arrested juveniles who otherwise would have been referred to the juvenile justice system and reducing juvenile delinquency. Convergent results from various measures, research designs, and data stratifications indicated that the program had little success in decreasing referrals to the juvenile justice system but produced a positive delinquency reduction effect (concentrated among less serious offenders). These results are discussed in terms of (1) their significance for the diversion program and …