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The entrepreneurial puzzle: explaining the gender gap 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
We document the substantial gender gap that exists among university scientists with regard to entrepreneurial activity using
a variety of measures and explore factors leading to the disparity. We focus particularly on the biomedical sciences. The
contextual explanation that women are under-represented in the types of positions from which faculty typically launch entrepreneurial
activity is the most obvious. But the data suggest that for the biomedical sciences context is not sufficient in explaining
the entrepreneurial gap. We look elsewhere to factors affecting supply and factors affecting demand. The former include gender
differences in attitudes towards risk, competition, “selling” of “science,” type of research and geographic location. The
latter include the role of networks, preferences of venture capitalists and “gender discounting.” We explore the associated
hypotheses. We provide few tests and conclude that the research agenda is wide open and interesting.
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Paula E. StephanEmail: |
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Charles C. Chester William R. Moomaw 《International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics》2008,8(3):187-206
Partially in response to the increasing complexity of governance structures in the international environmental arena, international
scholars have adopted a distinction between “Type 1” and “Type 2” international agreements. The former refer to agreements
between governments, whereas the latter refer to agreements between governments and nonstate actors. While useful, this distinction
offers only a partial taxonomy of the diversity of collaborative governance, and fails to incorporate “Type 3” dynamics among
nonstate actors. As an initial attempt at sorting out the wide array of collaborative governance structures both domestically
and across international borders, we propose a 3 × 3 matrix based on two typologies, one institutional (governmental, collaborative,
nonstate), the other geopolitical (domestic, transborder, interstate/transnational). The result is a classification system
of nine types of both domestic and international governance. In addition to identifying fundamental differences among the
myriad forms of governance, the matrix reveals how the “softening of sovereignty” occurs in practice.
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William R. MoomawEmail: |
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Self-control Depletion and the General Theory of Crime 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Criminological research on self-control focuses mainly on self-control failure. Such research has not, however, investigated the consequences of exercising self-control for the individual doing so. The present study investigates this issue within the framework of both criminological self-control theory and research on self-control depletion from social psychology, which depicts self-control as akin to a “muscle” that is “depletable” by prior use [Muraven and Baumeister (2000) Psycholog Bull 126:247–259]. Results are presented from a laboratory experiment in which students have the opportunity to cheat. Both “trait self-control,” as measured by the Grasmick et al. [(1993) J Res Crime Delinq 30:5–29] self-control inventory, and “self-control depletion” independently predicted cheating. The implications of these findings are explored for criminological perspectives on self-control and offender decision-making.
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Mark MuravenEmail: |
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Overdispersion and Poisson Regression 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
This article discusses the use of regression models for count data. A claim is often made in criminology applications that
the negative binomial distribution is the conditional distribution of choice when for a count response variable there is evidence
of overdispersion. Some go on to assert that the overdisperson problem can be “solved” when the negative binomial distribution
is used instead of the more conventional Poisson distribution. In this paper, we review the assumptions required for both
distributions and show that only under very special circumstances are these claims true.
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John M. MacDonaldEmail: |
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In jurisdictions across the United States, the mandated arrest of individuals perpetrating domestic violence crimes termed
“mandatory arrest” or “pro-arrest” policies has become a key policy solution to the issue of domestic violence. The purposes
of the policies are to standardize the police response to, and increase the number of, arrests stemming from domestic violence
incidents by removing or reducing police discretion to arrest. In 1994, the New York state legislature passed the Family Protection
and Domestic Violence Intervention Act, which contained provisions enacting a mandatory arrest statute. Using information
from 183 callers to a telephone helpline for victims of domestic violence, we describe four unintended consequences of the
policy: “unwanted,” “dual,” “retaliatory,” and “no” arrest. Bi- and multivariate analyses are used to identify victim and
perpetrator sociodemographic, situational, and legal factors associated with each arrest type. Results are discussed in the
context of the effects of mandatory arrest policies and minimizing problems associated with it in the future.
Victoria Frye Was the Director of Epidemiology and Surveillance for the Injury Prevention Program of the New York City Department of Health. 相似文献
Victoria FryeEmail: |
Victoria Frye Was the Director of Epidemiology and Surveillance for the Injury Prevention Program of the New York City Department of Health. 相似文献
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This study compared two groups of child pornography offenders participating in a voluntary treatment program: men whose known
sexual offense history at the time of judicial sentencing involved the possession, receipt, or distribution of child abuse
images, but did not include any “hands-on” sexual abuse; and men convicted of similar offenses who had documented histories
of hands-on sexual offending against at least one child victim. The goal was to determine whether the former group of offenders
were “merely” collectors of child pornography at little risk for engaging in hands-on sexual offenses, or if they were contact
sex offenders whose criminal sexual behavior involving children, with the exception of Internet crimes, went undetected. Our
findings show that the Internet offenders in our sample were significantly more likely than not to have sexually abused a
child via a hands-on act. They also indicate that the offenders who abused children were likely to have offended against multiple
victims, and that the incidence of “crossover” by gender and age is high.
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Michael L. BourkeEmail: |
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Geoffrey Brennan 《European Journal of Law and Economics》2008,26(3):237-252
Incarceration rates in many countries (the US and Australia among them) have risen spectacularly over the last twenty years
and are only partially explicable by increases in crime rates. Moreover, in some countries where crime rates have shown a
comparable time-path, incarceration rates have not shown the same spectacular increase. The aim of this paper is to explore
the politics of punishment. The claim is that the US and Australian experiences are best understood in terms of political
considerations; and that this fact lends some support to the “expressive” as distinct from the “interest” approach to electoral
behaviour.
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Geoffrey BrennanEmail: |
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Clara Chapdelaine Feliciati Aroni 《Critical Criminology》2007,15(3):267-284
This article provides an analysis of the flaws in the Canadian legal system with respect to child rights, in the light of
the three Ps set forth by former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler (2004–2006): Protection, Prosecution, and Prevention.
Contrary to the general trend of research on “youth” crime which focuses on the visible criminal activities of children and
for which they are readily ascribed the status of “young offenders,” I examine whether the legal system is just as swift in
giving child victims adequate Protection and Prosecution against their assailants. Six specific child victimization contexts
have been identified, which are all characterized by invisibility: in the home, in care, in school and public spaces as well
as by corporations and the criminal justice system. I explore why these victimizations are invisible and what legal protection
is offered to affected children. Finally, I analyse the extent to which a fourth P, that of Participation, can strengthen
the three Ps of Protection, Prosecution and Prevention in fighting crimes committed against children.
The contents of this article reflect the author’s opinions only.
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Clara Chapdelaine Feliciati AroniEmail: |
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Alexandra V. Orlova 《Trends in Organized Crime》2008,11(2):99-134
The dangers stemming from organized crime have been widely acknowledged in the academic literature, government reports, as
well as in popular discourse. This article focuses on the legislative efforts to define “organized crime” undertaken in Russia
and Canada. Neither country has yet devised a satisfactory legislative definition of the varied phenomenon that is organized
crime. Definitions in both jurisdictions are problematic due to their sweeping scope and insufficient delineation of a zone
of risk for the accused as well as law enforcement officials. However, striking a proper balance between security concerns
and human and civil rights in both countries will be problematic due to constant political pressure to “get tough on crime”
as well as due to the amorphous nature of the phenomenon of organized crime.
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Alexandra V. OrlovaEmail: |
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of a form of violence that represents a potential barrier to the development
of a nonviolent criminology. Using several contentions drawn from Emile Durkheim’s theory of crime and punishment, it is proposed
that persuasive arguments entail a component of violence where they contradict strong collective sentiments. The general nature
and normality of this form of violence are outlined. In addition, it is suggested that although neglect of this violence may
allow progressive researchers to maintain nonviolent self-conceptions, such neglect also may serve the interests of “intellectuals”
while undermining the power of “nonintellectuals.” The violence of persuasive argument thus constitutes a problematic paradox
for scholars who embrace nonviolence and equitable distributions of power.
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Bruce DiCristinaEmail: |
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Napier and Tyler (this issue) question whether moral convictions about outcomes really override the influence of procedural
fairness (PF) on fairness judgments and decision acceptance. The empirical answer to this question is “yes.” When people have
strong moral convictions about outcomes, perceptions of outcome fairness and decision acceptance are primarily shaped by whether
the morally “correct” outcomes are achieved. Pre-decision perceptions of PF have surprisingly little or no effect on these
judgments. That said, pre-outcome perceptions of PF sometimes predict post-outcome perceptions of PF, even when people have
morally vested outcome preferences. We provide further details supporting the validity and superiority of our data analytic
approach and argue that our original conclusions were justified.
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Linda J. SkitkaEmail: |
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Using data from large urban courts for the years 1990–1996 and drawing from the “focal concerns” framework on case-process decision making, we examine the main and interactive effects of gender and race–ethnicity on sentence outcomes. The main focus of the present study is whether the effects of race–ethnicity (and gender) on sentence outcomes are similar or different across gender (and racial–ethnic) groups. Consistent with the findings of prior research, we find that female defendants receive more lenient sentences than male defendants and that black and Hispanic defendants receive less favorable treatment than white defendants. However, these main effects are strongly dependent on whether the sample is partitioned by gender or race–ethnicity. We find that race–ethnicity influences male but not female sentences. Conversely, gender strongly influences sentencing across all racial–ethnic groups. These findings are at odds with the traditional view that leniency in court sanctioning typically by-passes “women of color.” Instead, it appears that black and Hispanic female defendants actually benefit more from their “female” status than would be expected all else equal.
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Stephen DemuthEmail: |
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After the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, newspapers, films, academic researchers and intelligence agencies warned
against a new phenomenon in organized crime: the “Russian mafiya.” In fact, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Western European
countries have noted an increase in the number of criminals from Central and Eastern Europe. In the mid-1990s, the Dutch judicial
authorities made the issue a priority and established a special team to investigate crime with links to Eastern Europe. From
1999 to 2005, the KT NON crime team published several studies and reports on serious crime of this nature. In this paper,
the authors, who were assigned to the KT NON crime team, discuss the findings of the two most recent publications on the “causes,
nature, scale and threat of Central and Eastern European crime” and “mobile banditry,” respectively. They come to the conclusion
that among other forms of crime, the phenomenon of mobile banditry seems to be the most serious manifestation of crime from
post-communist countries. The Russian mafia was not found.
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Franca van der LaanEmail: |
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In recent decades, patriarchy has increasingly been posited as an explanation for gender differences in crime and victimization.
While researchers frequently allude to the “patriarchal structure of society” or to “male domination” when discussing their
theoretical perspective or findings, rarely do they articulate their conceptualization of the term. As a result, patriarchy
has been used as an explanatory wild card that lacks specificity and is purported to both increase and decrease female crime
and delinquency. In this paper we examine the conceptualization of patriarchy in criminological theory and research, discuss
why the failure to clearly conceptualize this construct is problematic, and offer potential avenues for operationalizing patriarchy
with the goal of facilitating future research on gender differences in crime.
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Robbin S. OgleEmail: |
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Michael T. Cahill 《Criminal Law and Philosophy》2009,3(1):79-95
Criminalizing arson is both easy and hard. On the substantive merits, the conduct of damaging property by fire uncontroversially
warrants criminal sanction. Indeed, punishment for such conduct is overdetermined, as the conduct threatens multiple harms
of concern to the criminal law: both damage to property and injury to people. Yet the same multiplicity of harms or threats
that makes it easy to criminalize “arson” (in the sense of deciding to proscribe the underlying behavior) also makes it hard
to criminalize “arson” (in the sense of formulating the offense(s) that will address that behavior). This article asks whether
adopting one or more arson offenses is the best way for criminal law to address the conduct in question, or whether that conduct
is more properly conceptualized, criminalized, and punished as multiple distinct offenses.
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Michael T. CahillEmail: |
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Yik Koon Teh 《Asian Journal of Criminology》2008,3(2):201-211
The tsunami crisis of 26 December 2004 in South and Southeast Asia brought out the best and worst behaviours of humankind.
The “worst behaviours”, some of which were criminal, should be taken as an important case study for criminology. The abuses
and offences that took place following the disaster were committed by both the victims and other parties involved either directly
or indirectly, e.g. authorities distributing donations and fundraisers. The tsunami provides a representative case study of
a natural disaster situation, and reflects much of the opportunistic behaviour of a significant section of humankind even
given the cost of human suffering. This paper discusses the reported “worst behaviours” or abuses and offences committed by
different groups and tries to provide explanations for such criminogenic behaviours. Social disorganisation theory and opportunity
theory will be discussed.
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Yik Koon TehEmail: |
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Sibling violence is presumed to be the most common form of family violence and the least studied. Based on data from “Physical Violence in American Families, 1976,” this paper assesses the family environment factors associated with sibling physical violence. Of a range of potential family influences, measures of family disorganization were the most significant predictors of sibling violence, overriding the characteristics of children or particular family demands. What mattered most to the occurrence of sibling violence was a child’s actual experience of physical violence at the hands of a parent, maternal disciplinary practices and whether husbands lose their temper. These findings point to the deleterious effect of corporal punishment, and suggest sibling violence in families is associated with more ominous family and gender dynamics.
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Shelley EriksenEmail: |
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Proof of concept centers: accelerating the commercialization of university innovation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Innovation drives economic growth. Economic growth leads to longer, healthier lives by transforming yesterday’s luxuries into
better, cheaper, and more efficient goods and services. University research is a key component of our nation’s innovative
capacity. In an increasingly dynamic and global economy, the institutional infrastructure is inefficient at moving university
innovations to the marketplace. University researchers often face convoluted procedures with insufficient guidance to commercialize
their innovations. As angel investors and venture capitalists increasingly invest in later stage enterprises (See PricewaterhouseCoopers,
and National Venture Capital Association. MoneyTree™ survey report. 2007. and VentureOne, “Venture Capital Industry Report.” DowJones 2006), researchers face difficulty finding early stage
funding to develop and test prototypes and conduct market research. In order to fill this funding gap and accelerate the commercialization
of university innovations, a new type of organization has emerged—the proof of concept center. An analysis of the Deshpande
Center at MIT and the von Liebig Center at UCSD provides valuable insight into how proof of concept centers can facilitate
the transfer of university innovations into commercial applications.
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David B. Audretsch (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Cynthia Pfaff Wright Ronald Czaja Kirk Miller 《Journal of Quantitative Criminology》2006,22(4):279-297
Survey reports of police stops and driving behavior are a potential methodology for examining the magnitude and prevalence of the “Driving While Black” phenomena. However, estimates of the magnitude or correlates of racial disparity in police stops from self-reported survey data are potentially compromised if the accuracy of self-reports of police stops and driving behavior differ by race. We report on the results of a reverse record check survey in which we directly assess the degree and consequences of differences by race in self-reports of police stops. In our sample of drivers who had been cited for speeding in the preceding year, we found that 77% of the White respondents and 71% of the African American respondents admitted to being stopped. While both groups underreport stops, African Americans do so at a higher rate. This finding is consistent with many past studies which report stronger social desirability effects on survey responses among African Americans. Thus, survey data will tend to underestimate the magnitude of the “Driving While Black” phenomena.
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Donald Tomaskovic-DeveyEmail: |
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John F. Wozniak 《Critical Criminology》2008,16(3):209-223
Mainstream criminology has traditionally focused on poverty as an isolated variable, whose effects are typically explored
by inserting a limited measure of this variable in a multivariate analysis. Peacemaking criminology, however, offers an alternative
perspective. In this paradigm, poverty is seen as a source of suffering and, to a degree, a “crime” in and of itself. Furthermore,
the suffering poverty engenders is an enveloping social experience that exposes its victims to concentrated disadvantage—or,
to use Jonathan Kozol’s (1991) term, to a range of “savage inequalities.” Thus, poverty is best understood not as an isolated
variable, but as a master status of fundamental social reality that subjects people to lives filled with suffering—suffering
that can engender criminal behavior. From a peacemaking perspective, a key avenue for preventing crime is, in the short run,
diminishing the suffering poverty causes and, in the long run, embracing social policies that reduce the prevalence of economic
suffering in contemporary society.
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John F. WozniakEmail: |