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Insights and Strategies for Confronting Violence: Conference Proceedings
Get PDFFor the conference program, see: UAA Justice Center. (1982). “1982 Conference on Violence” (conference program). Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/10717)This volume collects 25 papers based on presentations at the 1982 Conference on Violence sponsored by the Justice Center at University of Alaska Anchorage, which was held October 11–13, 1982 in Anchorage. Part I, “Violent Behavior and Contributing Factors,” presents papers focusing on sexual abuse, police violence, and political violence. Additionally, firearms, alcohol, and the media are discussed as contributing factors to violence. Part II, “Control, Treatment and Prevention of Violence,” highlights traditional and alternative strategies for combating violence. In particular, research findings and models are presented that center on domestic violence, sexual abuse, violent juvenile and adult crime, crime against children, and the criminally insane. Part III, “Victims of Violence,” gives attention to traditional victim services as well as proposals for alternative programs for victims of violence. In addition, there is a discussion of people experiencing homelessness as victims of violence. Part IV, “Public Policy and Violence,” focuses on macrolevel issues of violence. The lead article presents a policy perspective in connection with violence in Northern Canada. Other issues addressed in the remaining articles are public policy and victims of violence, resource management and violence control, legal ramifications of censoring violence in the media, and use of research in combating violence.University of Alaska Foundation; Justice Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage"Foreword: Introduction to the Conference" by Tony Knowles, John Brownell, and John E. Angell /
"Preface" by Knowlton W. Johnson /
PART I. VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS /
"Psychological Makeup of the Sexual Abuser" by James Harper /
"The Police and Deadly Force" by Raymond T. Galvin /
"Political Violence" by Andrea R.C. Helms /
"Firearms and Violent Crime" by Philip J. Cook /
"Alcohol and Violence" by James Gorman /
"The Effects of Media Violence" by Douglas Barry /
"Media, Women, and Violence: The Consequences of Our Image" by M.R. Katzke /
PART II. CONTROL, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE /
"Criminal Justice and Violence in the 1980's" by Jim Mayer, Dana Fabe, and John Pugh /
"Criminalizing Domestic Violence: A Study of Prosecutorial Action Taken in Anchorage, Alaska" by Knowlton W. Johnson, Serena Shores Partch, and Mike Marsh /
"Prosecuting Sexual Abusers" by Victor Krumm /
"How the Insanity Acquittal Retards Treatment" by Robert A. Fein /
"Working with Men Who Batter: Where Do We Go from Here?" by Lance C. Egley /
"Causes and Treatment of Violence Involving Children" by Mary Huelsman and Robert Bowers /
"Response to Incest: An Argument for Understanding" by James Kenneth Duff /
"Prevention of Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach" by C. Ray Jeffery /
PART III. VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE /
"Victim Services Coordination in Alaska" by Betsey W. McGuire /
"Self-Help for Victims of Violence: A Proposal" by Peter W. Dowrick /
"An Investigation of Alcohol and Drug Abuse among Battered Women in Anchorage" by David Basham and Denise Brothers /
"Restitution to Victims of Violent and Property Crimes" by Jeanne A. Bussey /
"Violence on Anchorage's Fourth Avenue from the Perspective of Street People" by Michael Huelsman /
PART IV. PUBLIC POLICY AND VIOLENCE /
"Violence and the Administration of Criminal Justice in Northern Canada" by Harold W. Finkler /
"Violence, Victimization, and Social Change: A Socio-Cultural and Public Policy Analysis" by Emilio C. Viano /
"Public Policy, Resources, and Violence" by Don Clark /
"Censoring Violence" by John E. Havelock /
"Combating Violence in Alaska: Use of Research in Planning for Change" by Knowlton W. Johnso
Utilization of Research in Combating Violence in Alaska: An Ecological Perspective
Get PDFThis paper came out of a larger study: The Use of Research in Confronting Violence in Alaska: Final Report by Knowlton W. Johnson (1983). (https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/10715).Research diffusion and use has increasingly become an interest of social scientists and policymakers. This interest on the part of policymakers is evidenced by the results of this study. In particular, high level administrators in 268 human service agencies of Alaska reported moderate to high use of statistics, evaluation studies and other social science research in making pol icy decisions about combating violence. Findings are also presented that point to specific facilitators and inhibitors of research use. The conclusions and policy implications highlight how the results of this research utilization study can direct the formulation of a research and development agenda at the agency and state level.Abstract /
[Introduction] /
Methods and Procedures /
Use of Research in Improving Violence Focused Services /
Important Factors in Stimulating Research Use /
Conclusions and Policy Development Implications /
Notes /
References /
Maps & Table
Law Enforcement Selection Practices in the U.S.A. and Canada
Get PDFThis study was part of a larger research project conducted for the Alaska Department of Public Safety: Examination of Qualifying Criteria for Selection of Law Enforcement Personnel in Alaska: Final Report by Knowlton W. Johnson and Chloe Clark-Barry (1981). (https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/10712).Selection practices in law enforcement have been said to be one of the most complex facets of personnel management. In an effort to document the state of this complexity internationally, the study presented provides state of the art information about police personnel practices in the USA and Canada.Alaska Department of Public Safety[Introduction] /
Methods and Procedure /
State of the Art in Police Selection:
Personnel Selection Philosophy;
Police Selection Within a Traditional System;
Selection Practices Within Alternative Systems;
Controversy and Change in USA Police Selection Practices;
Written Test;
Oral Interview;
Psychological Screening;
Physical Agility and the Background Investigation /
Summary and Conclusions /
Footnotes /
Reference
Police and Older Persons: Criteria Developed to Assess Training Materials, Methods
Get PDFThis article as revised was published as Johnson, Knowlton W.; Beirnard, Charles A.; & Stiles, Stephen R. (1981). "Police and Older Persons: Criteria Developed to Assess Training Materials, Methods." Training Aids Digest 6(11), November 1981.In what ways do law enforcement personnel and agencies use knowledge about the elderly? This article presents the findings of a recent study conducted by the International Training Research and Evaluation Council on how law enforcement trainees make use of the knowledge they gained through training materials developed by the National Retired Teachers Association/American Association of Retired Persons.[Introduction] /
Different Types of Knowledge Use /
The Study /
Knowledge Into Practice: Some Implication
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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