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The Narrative Roles Framework: an examination of the narratives of offenders and the general population
Full text linkThe Narrative approach has been shown to provide a rich understanding of offender’s actions and behaviour, rather than the typical societal or dispositional explanations to criminality. It is suggested by exploring the ‘inner narratives’ of offenders that this provides an insight into the role in which offenders identify with and ultimately the underpinning explanations to their criminal actions. Additionally, by connecting those narratives to character roles and actions. Previous literature within this area has identified a relationship between narrative roles, the emotions experienced by offenders and types of crime. The present thesis aims to provide a comprehensive consideration of the Narrative roles framework and explore the applicability of the narrative roles questionnaire across different contexts. Furthermore, it includes a critical discussion of the use of the Narrative roles questionnaire (NRQ) as an instrument to collect narrative experiences, these are highlighted throughout the thesis.
Data samples collected from offenders from three different European cultures and the general population were explored utilising a battery of questionnaires focused on collecting the narrative experiences of individuals. The aim was to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of offender's narratives, emotions and crime types to establish similarities and differences amongst the samples. Results revealed the existence of narrative roles in line with the Narrative roles framework developed by Canter and Youngs (2011) however the distinction between the revenger and hero role is discussed further. Additionally, findings revealed that emotions can be differentiated into four themes as suggested by Russell (1997) in his Circumplex of emotions. Further analysis explored the differences in the narrative roles revealed in relation to different types of crime. Findings suggested that dominant narratives were associated with the different types of crime. It is identified that some of the studies within the thesis are replications of previous research, however the uniqueness of the sample in terms of the differences in offender characteristics allows for the strengthening of an already established area of study.
In relation to the general population study, findings revealed the existence of four narrative roles when individuals described a significant event. Three of the roles revealed were in line with the Narrative roles framework as described by Canter and Youngs (2011). However, there was the existence of a new role revealed within the SSA configuration, this describes a narrative of positivity and new experiences. These findings generally support the narrative roles framework and that similar narrative roles are revealed within positive and negative significant events. However, within positive events, there is a new narrative role that is in line with the theme of the narrative being positive.
The current thesis makes a significant contribution to the development of knowledge around the Narrative theory, in particular the efficacy of the approach in examining criminal behaviour. Furthermore, it provides a comprehensive critical discussion of the self-report method of gathering data and the validity and reliability of the NRQ. In terms of practical implications, the results can provide information regarding specific types of offenders and the most effective way in which treatment interventions can be tailored depending on their dominant life narrative. Finally, the thesis has provided a unique exploration into the use of the NRQ in relation to a significant event within the general population, aiming to determine the applicability of the NRQ as an instrument to measure narrative experiences in different contexts. In summary, the thesis explores the internal and external factors which have been suggested to influence how criminal behaviour is carried out, the thesis brings these factors together and examines the relationship between these. It provides a unique perspective and overview of the narrative approach and how roles can provide an insight into the life stories of offenders and interestingly the general population. Whilst providing empirical evidence to the approach and testing the validity of a tool in which to examine the stories in which individuals tell about their lives
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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