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Power And Excitement In Arson: The Case Of Firefighter Arson, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman Mar 2012

Power And Excitement In Arson: The Case Of Firefighter Arson, Rebekah Doley, Kenneth Fineman

Rebekah Doley

Extract Perhaps more than most crimes, the crime of arson is often shrouded in anecdotal descriptions concerning what actually motivates the offender. Arson in any form is repugnant, but even more so when the individual involved is a serving member of the fire service. Fire department personnel and the community alike abhor incidents of this nature. Although the incidence of fire-fighter arson is low in comparison with the total number of currently serving fire-fighters, the impact on community faith and fire service morale is disproportionately great. The integrity of the service is demonstrated in the performance of its personnel. While …


Bushfire And Wildfire Arson: Arson Risk Assessment In The Australian Context, Troy Mcewan, Rebekah Doley, Mairead Dolan Mar 2012

Bushfire And Wildfire Arson: Arson Risk Assessment In The Australian Context, Troy Mcewan, Rebekah Doley, Mairead Dolan

Rebekah Doley

Extract Deliberately lit vegetation fires have the greatest destructive potential of any intentionally lit blaze. The ’Black Saturday’ bushfires of 7 February 2009 in Victoria, Australia, killed 173 people, injured 414 and destroyed 3500 buildings, including two entire towns (Teagne et al, 2010). Even before the fires had abated police and fire-fighters revealed that several had been deliberately lit (Silvester, 2009). The subsequent Royal Commission attributed four of the large fires to arson. These four fires caused 52 deaths and burnt approximately 2000 km2 of land, an area slightly larger than that of Greater London (Teague et aI, 2010). The …


School Shootings In The Usa: Popular Culture As Risk And Peer Marginalization, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

School Shootings In The Usa: Popular Culture As Risk And Peer Marginalization, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Social Representations And The Labeling Of Non-Compliant Youths, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Social Representations And The Labeling Of Non-Compliant Youths, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Political Polarization In Venezuela, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Political Polarization In Venezuela, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Authoritarianism Versus Welfare Policy: The Two Faces Of He Bolivarian Revolution, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Authoritarianism Versus Welfare Policy: The Two Faces Of He Bolivarian Revolution, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Social Representations And The Labeling Of Non-Compliant Youths: The Case Of Victorian And Edwardian Hooligans, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Social Representations And The Labeling Of Non-Compliant Youths: The Case Of Victorian And Edwardian Hooligans, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Discursive And Social Practices In The Construction Of Exclusion: A Comparative Study, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Discursive And Social Practices In The Construction Of Exclusion: A Comparative Study, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Globalización Y Corporación: El Orden Social En El Siglo Xxi, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Globalización Y Corporación: El Orden Social En El Siglo Xxi, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Las Miserias Del Arcaismo: Un Analisis Del Gobierno De Presidente Hugo Chavez, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Las Miserias Del Arcaismo: Un Analisis Del Gobierno De Presidente Hugo Chavez, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Polarizacion Politica En Venezuela, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Polarizacion Politica En Venezuela, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness: The United States Of America And Japan Compared, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness: The United States Of America And Japan Compared, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Street Children And The Excluded Class, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Street Children And The Excluded Class, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Fostering Success Of Ethnic And Racial Minorities In Stem: The Role Of Minority Serving Institutions., Robert Palmer, Phd, Dina Maramba, Phd, Marybeth Gasman, Phd Mar 2012

Fostering Success Of Ethnic And Racial Minorities In Stem: The Role Of Minority Serving Institutions., Robert Palmer, Phd, Dina Maramba, Phd, Marybeth Gasman, Phd

Marybeth Gasman

To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that higher education policies, pedagogies, climates, and initiatives are effective in promoting racial and ethnic minority students’ educational attainment in STEM. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have shown efficacy in facilitating the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM and are collectively responsible for producing nearly one-third of the nation’s minority STEM graduates. In Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial …


The Effect Of Perceived Expectations Of Alcohol Use And College Life On Freshmen’S Drinking Behaviors, Katherine Novak Feb 2012

The Effect Of Perceived Expectations Of Alcohol Use And College Life On Freshmen’S Drinking Behaviors, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, March 29-April 1, 2012.


Editorial: "You Talkin' To Me?", Katina Michael Feb 2012

Editorial: "You Talkin' To Me?", Katina Michael

Professor Katina Michael

Advancing knowledge through robust research is an honourable aim- being scientific, finding the right methodology, executing project phases meticulously, and reporting on the outcomes as objectively and accurately as possible. But may I begin my inaugural editorial by saying that an even higher ideal to advancing knowledge is critiquing it as it happens. Reflective practice is not just something to be done by academics in their teaching- reflective practice is what we should all be doing as we go about undertaking our various day-to-day work tasks. For the engineer engaged in research and development, whether in industry or government, reflective …


Residential Segregation Of Asian Americans In The Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 1990, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Residential Segregation Of Asian Americans In The Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 1990, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Modernization In China And Its Impact On Cities, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Agricultural Modernization In China And Its Impact On Cities, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

This study uses national data from the 1996 Life History and Social change in Contemporary China survey (N = 3,087) to gauge the effect of the economic transition on parent-adult child coresidence in urban China. Previous studies find that, thanks to state actions, traditional patterns in coresidence persisted in post-Mao urban China. This study still finds high levels of coresidence. China's aging population, coupled with an underdeveloped social security system, means that the traditional role of family will remain strong. It also uncovers three new patterns, however, best explained as caused by changes in the economic realm. First, the coresidence …


The Fostering Of Creativity Through Multicultural Experiences: The When And How, Angela K.-Y. Leung, Chi-Yue Chiu Jan 2012

The Fostering Of Creativity Through Multicultural Experiences: The When And How, Angela K.-Y. Leung, Chi-Yue Chiu

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


Psychological Perspective And Physical Body Comportment As Carriers Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen Jan 2012

Psychological Perspective And Physical Body Comportment As Carriers Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


The Soft Embodiment Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen Jan 2012

The Soft Embodiment Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


The Moderating Role Of Implicit Beliefs Of Culture On How Multicultural Individuals Perceive Their Host Country, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Angela K.-Y. Leung Jan 2012

The Moderating Role Of Implicit Beliefs Of Culture On How Multicultural Individuals Perceive Their Host Country, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Angela K.-Y. Leung

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


Precursors To Planning The Streets Of Los Angeles, California, C 1880-1920, Renia Ehrenfeucht Dec 2011

Precursors To Planning The Streets Of Los Angeles, California, C 1880-1920, Renia Ehrenfeucht

Renia Ehrenfeucht

No abstract provided.


Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad Dec 2011

Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad

Mary Alice Haddad

How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture? These are some of the most pressing questions of our times, and they are the central inquiry of Building Democracy in Japan. Using the Japanese experience as starting point, this book develops a new approach to the study of democratization that examines state-society interactions as a country adjusts its existing political culture to accommodate new democratic values, institutions and practices. With reference to the country's history, the book focuses on …


New Historical Materialism, Extractive Economies, And Socioeconomic And Environmental Change, Paul Ciccantell Dec 2011

New Historical Materialism, Extractive Economies, And Socioeconomic And Environmental Change, Paul Ciccantell

Paul Ciccantell

In this chapter, I examine the dual character of the role of raw materials in the evolution of the capitalist world-economy. The following sections will outline the key elements of new historical materialism, a theoretical model that builds on the work of Wallerstein (1974, 1979), Chase-Dunn (1989), and Arrighi (1994, 2009) in order to understand the multiple roles of raw materials in shaping the past five centuries of the capitalist world-economy. New historical materialism highlights the need to examine economic ascent in the core, the exploitation of the periphery, the relationships between these processes, and the impacts of these relationships …


Review Of Tanya Sheehan ‘Doctored: The Medicine Of Photography In Nineteenth-Century America’, Patricia Fanning Dec 2011

Review Of Tanya Sheehan ‘Doctored: The Medicine Of Photography In Nineteenth-Century America’, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

The article reviews the book "Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America," by Tanya Sheehan


Feminist Evaluation Research, Sharon Brisolara, Denise Seigart Dec 2011

Feminist Evaluation Research, Sharon Brisolara, Denise Seigart

Denise Seigart

Program evaluation emerged as a professional field in the United States during the 1960s with the expansion of social programs during that period. Although evaluation is a discipline in its own right, practitioners often receive training in other fields before embarking on a career in program evaluation. Program evaluation can be described as the application of social science research methods to the assessment of "the conceptualization, design, implementation, and utility of...social intervention programs" (Rossi & Freeman, 1993, p.5). Program evaluation makes use of a range of methods and draws from a range of methodologies used by social science researchers; however, …


José Ángel Guitierrez Martínez, Richard Mora Dec 2011

José Ángel Guitierrez Martínez, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.