79 research outputs found
A Randomized Depression Prevention Trial Comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy--Adolescent Skills Training to Group Counseling in Schools
No full textGiven the rise in depression disorders in adolescence, it is important to develop and study depression prevention programs for this age group. The current study examined the efficacy of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST), a group prevention program for adolescent depression, in comparison to group programs that are typically delivered in school settings. In this indicated prevention trial, 186 adolescents with elevated depression symptoms were randomized to receive IPT-AST delivered by research staff or group counseling (GC) delivered by school counselors. Hierarchical linear modeling examined differences in rates of change in depressive symptoms and overall functioning from baseline to the 6-month follow-up assessment. Cox regression compared rates of depression diagnoses. Adolescents in IPT-AST showed significantly greater improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms and evaluator-rated overall functioning than GC adolescents from baseline to the 6-month follow-up. However, there were no significant differences between the two conditions in onset of depression diagnoses. Although both intervention conditions demonstrated significant improvements in depressive symptoms and overall functioning, results indicate that IPT-AST has modest benefits over groups run by school counselors which were matched on frequency and duration of sessions. In particular, IPT-AST outperformed GC in reduction of depressive symptoms and improvements in overall functioning. These findings point to the clinical utility of this depression prevention program, at least in the short-term. Additional follow-up is needed to determine the long-term effects of IPT-AST, relative to GC, particularly in preventing depression onset.The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0620-5Peer reviewe
Review of: Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era by Amory Starr, Luis Fernandez, and Christian Scholl
No full textThere is growing scholarly consensus that since the late 1990s democratic states have shifted in the ways they respond to protest. In the period between the 1970s and 1990s democratic states and their police often placed a premium on the protection of free speech and assembly rights, were relatively tolerant of disruptive protests, communicated openly with activists through an institutionalized permitting process, and showed restraint in the use of force and arrests. Things, however, have changed. Now democratic states selectively protect freedoms of speech and assembly, are less tolerant of disruption, face activists that believe the permitting process is illegitimate, and more readily use force and arrests. In Shutting Down the Streets, Amory Starr, Luis Fernandez, and Christian Scholl adeptly map the new contours of state efforts to control social movements in a global era
Securitizing America: Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Protest Since the 11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks
No full textDuring the 1970s, the predominant strategy of protest policing shifted from “escalated force” and repression of protesters to one of “negotiated management” and mutual cooperation with protesters. Following the failures of negotiated management at the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) demonstrations in Seattle, law enforcement quickly developed a new social control strategy, referred to here as “strategic incapacitation.” The U.S. police response to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks quickened the pace of police adoption of this new strategy, which emphasizes the goals of “securitizing society” and isolating or neutralizing the sources of potential disruption. These goals are accomplished through 1) the use of surveillance and information sharing as a way to assess and monitor risks, 2) the use of preemptive arrests and less-lethal weapons to selectively disrupt or incapacitate protesters that engage in disruptive protest tactics or might do so, and 3) the extensive control of space in order to isolate and contain disruptive protesters actual or potential. In a comparative fashion, this paper examines the shifts in U.S. policing strategies over the last 50 years and uses illustrative cases from national conventions, the global justice movement and the anti-war movement to show how strategic incapacitation has become a leading social control strategy used in the the policing of protests since 9/11. It concludes by identifying promising questions for future research
Securitizing America: Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Protest Since the 11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks
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Legitimacy Management, Preservation of Exchange Relationships, and the Dissolution of the Mobilization for Global Justice Coalition
No full textChanges in the Policing of Civil Disorders Since the Kerner Report: The Police Response to Ferguson, August 2014, and Some Implications for the Twenty-First Century
No full textThe Kerner Commission identified factors contributing to police ineffectiveness during the 1960s civil disorders. Since release of the Kerner report, the frequency and intensity of civil disorders has declined and the policing of disorders has changed. Using the report recommendations as a framework, we analyze changes in police disorder management during the 2014 events in Ferguson as these involve operational planning and equipment. Data for the Ferguson case are constructed from media reports, police and activist accounts, after action reports, and field observations. We link changes seen in Ferguson to larger institutional changes in law enforcement over the last fifty years. We conclude with discussions on what did and did not work in the policing of Ferguson and highlight implications for policing of protest and disorder in the twenty-first century
Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Occupy Wall Street in New York City, 2011
No full textThe US national response to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks accelerated the adoption and refinement of a new repertoire of protest policing we call ‘strategic incapacitation’ now employed by law enforcement agencies nationwide to police protest demonstrations. The occupation movement which formally began 17 September 2011 was the most significant social movement to utilise transgressive protest tactics in the United States in the last 40 years and posed a substantial challenge to law enforcement agencies. This research seeks to better understand the implementation of strategic incapacitation tactics through a detailed analysis of the policing of the first 2 months of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests in New York City. Original data for this study are derived from 2-week-long field observations made in New York City during the first and second month anniversaries of the OWS occupation in Zuccotti Park. These are supplemented by activist interviews, activist accounts posted on OWS websites, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds as well as news reports, official police documents, press releases and interviews with legal observers
School-based depression prevention: examination of techniques utilized in groups led by school counselors
No full textAs evidence-based programs (EBPs) are transported to more representative clinical settings from highly controlled efficacy trials, their advantage over usual care (UC) is largely diminished. However, it is difficult to explain this phenomenon without a better understanding of the status quo in mental health care. Knowledge of the nature of UC is limited and even less is known about the typical care provided in schools. As a preliminary step towards improving knowledge of school-based services, the current study examined group counseling (GC) sessions led by school counselors for adolescents with elevated depressive symptoms. Group counseling was conducted as part of the Depression Prevention Initiative (DPI), a randomized controlled trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy – Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST), a preventive intervention for adolescent depression. Forty-seven GC sessions were randomly selected for coding using the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Group Psychotherapy (TPOCS-G). Self-report data from the Therapy Procedures Checklist (TPC) was also utilized to describe the range of therapeutic techniques in GC. Additionally, the current study utilized 54 IPT-AST sessions from the DPI project that were coded by a different research group. Independent samples t-tests were used to compare GC and IPT-AST conditions and linear regressions were used to examine whether therapeutic techniques utilized in GC predicted depression and functioning outcomes. School counselors were observed delivering eclectic therapeutic techniques from a variety of theoretical orientations. Shared non-specific factors (e.g., Warmth/Empathy/Validation) were used most frequently, followed by novel unsupported treatment strategies (e.g., Play/Art); evidence-based (EB) techniques were utilized least frequently. Moreover, EB strategies were implemented with low extensiveness, which is inconsistent with EB approaches. Compared to IPT-AST, EB strategies were utilized less frequently and extensively in GC. GC included significantly more non-specific and unsupported strategies than IPT-AST. Within GC, use and extensiveness of EB strategies predicted better depression and functioning outcomes and greater use of non-specific strategies predicted worse functioning outcomes. This work contributes to a growing body of research on UC and may help tailor future training and implementation efforts to meet the unique needs of the education sector.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical reference
A study of the professional mission of the technology education majors at the University of Wisconsin Stout
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the professional mission of the technology education majors at the University of Wisconsin Stout. The data for the study was obtained using a questionnaire designed and implemented by the researcher. Over a span of two weeks, 143 students, consisting of first year, sophomore, junior, and senior level technology education majors completed the survey. The study was designed to address the following objectives:
1. What are the choices of classes that the University of Wisconsin Stout technology education majors would want to teach related to the most popular classes currently being taught throughout the country?
2. Are the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach different with respect to their different levels of education (i.e. first year students, sophomores, juniors, seniors)?
3. Do the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach reflect their high school technology education experience?
4. Do the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach reflect their favorite technical classes in which they took at the University of Wisconsin Stout
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