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Mthodologies to Measure the Gender Dimension of Crime and Violence
, 2001
"... This paper argues that, however useful the results of such interventions might be, the chosen measures of crime and violence underestimate certain types of violence, particularly non-economic violence, and key dimensions of violence, particularly gender and age. Complementary methodologies are th ..."
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This paper argues that, however useful the results of such interventions might be, the chosen measures of crime and violence underestimate certain types of violence, particularly non-economic violence, and key dimensions of violence, particularly gender and age. Complementary methodologies
Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout.
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
, 1997
"... The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the so ..."
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review). This is especially likely to be the case when subsequent engagement in the activity is not compulsory. We feel that the parallel with high school dropout is striking. Although certain students do drop out of high school when they are only 14 or 15 years old, it appears that the majority
Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.
- The British Journal of Sociology
, 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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cation of current processes of social transformation, thus providing theoretical meaning to the ideal type of the network society. I hope the reader will be benevolent enough to use what s/he nds useful in this effort, and discard the rest. I also hope that we all end up adopting the notion of disposable
Culture, social organization, and patterns of violence
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 1998
"... Traditional social theorizing holds that strong and cohesive family, community, and religious institu-tions rein in violence. However, in cultures where certain types of violence are condoned, this should not be true. Specifically, in the U.S. South and West, where culture-of-honor traditions persis ..."
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Traditional social theorizing holds that strong and cohesive family, community, and religious institu-tions rein in violence. However, in cultures where certain types of violence are condoned, this should not be true. Specifically, in the U.S. South and West, where culture-of-honor traditions
Indicators for Social and Economic Coping Capacity - Moving Toward a Working Definition of Adaptive Capacity”, Wesleyan-CMU Working Paper.
, 2001
"... Abstract This paper offers a practically motivated method for evaluating systems' abilities to handle external stress. The method is designed to assess the potential contributions of various adaptation options to improving systems' coping capacities by focusing attention directly on the u ..."
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are insignificant, but it is important to note that health care and education have strong positive correlations with per capita income. Macro-scale and even international institutions (Determinant 3) could certainly matter even at a micro level, especially in determining how decisions among various adaptation
‘Real ’ violence?: Gender and (male) violence – an Australian perspective
"... Abstract Based on the findings of an exploratory study this article focuses on the ways in which a group of South Australian practitioners, engaged in work with men who are violent towards their female partners, construct and understand male violence. Evident in the participants ’ understandings of ..."
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of violence is a tendency, firstly, to dichotomize violence into two ‘types ’ – that directed towards other men and that directed at women; and, secondly, to categorize violence as either ‘normal’/ unremarkable (male-to-male violence) or gendered (‘domestic ’ violence). In dis-tinguishing between gendered
Formally analysing the concepts of domestic violence
"... Abstract. The types of police inquiries performed these days are incredibly diverse. Often data processing architectures are not suited to cope with this diversity since most of the case data is still stored as unstructured text. In this paper Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is showcased for its explo ..."
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practice. For one, it is shown that the definition of domestic violence employed by the police is not always as clear as it should be, making it hard to use it effectively for classification purposes. In addition, this paper presents newly discovered knowledge for automatically classifying certain cases
Who Riots? Explaining Individual Participation in Ethnic Violence
, 2008
"... Why do ordinary people participate in ethnic violence, given the potentially high risks and costs of such behavior? To answer this question, this project draws on an original survey of 800 individuals who chose to (or chose not to) participate in two large-scale Christian-Muslim riots in Nigeria, on ..."
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weak predictors of riot participation. Second, membership in certain types of neighborhood-level so-cial networks makes rioting more likely, and third, the interaction between grievances and network membership dramatically increases the likelihood of riot participation.
An eye for an eye? A note on the southern subculture of violence thesis. Social Forces
, 1991
"... Efforts toexplain regional variations in rates of violent crime have frequently cited the southern subculture of violence thesis. HCYWeVer, the evidence for the existence of such a subculture has been inconclusive. This study investigates regional differences in the levels and determinants of suppor ..."
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culture of the South may play a significant role in legitimizing these types of violence. Some results are consistent with arguments that interregional migration and cohort substitution are attenuating regional differences in views regarding violence. Several directions forfuture research on violent
Violence a Hurdle for Peace Approach of Youth
"... Violence is one of the root cause for the failure of youth. India is a country where population of youth is enormous. So, I tried to define violence, causes for violence, factors for violence, areas of violence and carried some studies to identify the demographic variables age, gender, study and typ ..."
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and type of family for a brief study. Finally concluded with some resolutions which depress the violence attitude in youth. VIOLENCE: Violence is an extreme form of aggression, such as assault, rape or murder. Violence has many causes, including frus-tration, exposure to violent media, violence in the home
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