Age Adjustment and Recall Bias in the Analysis of Domestic Violence Data: Methodological Improvements Through the Application of Survival Analysis Methods

This methodological paper presents the utility of survival analysis methods to provide age adjustment in the analysis of domestic violence data. These methods improve the estimation of lifetime probability of domestic violence, improve identification of patterns of first victimization over the lifespan, and provide methods of testing risk factors for first victimization while adjusting for the respondents' age. Most importantly, these methods allow a new investigation of recall bias. Results suggest that lifetime probability of abuse may have been substantially underestimated in previous studies because of problems in recall/disclosure encountered by middle-aged women.     

Examining the empirical relationship between prison crowding and inmate misconduct: A meta-analysis of conflicting research results

Incarceration rates in the United States dramatically increased over the past several decades. This trend has drawn significant academic attention to prison overcrowding and its potential effect on inmate misconduct. The empirical relationship between inmate misconduct and overcrowding, however, is less than clear. To be sure, studies indicating positive, negative, and null relationships can all be found in the literature. The current research subjects this body of literature to a meta-analysis in an effort to: (1) clarify the direction and strength of the relationship between overcrowding and rates of prison misconduct across all studies, and (2) to uncover the degree to which variation in research outcomes can be attributed to methodological differences across studies. Results indicate that prison crowding has little substantive impact on inmate misconduct. Implications of the findings are discussed in detail.     

论司法独立在我国的实现

司法独立在当代已成为绝大多数国家宪法和法律的原则.司法独立包含三层含义:司法权独立、法院独立、法官独立.其中,法官独立是其核心.我国目前司法环境现状不尽如人意.要实现司法独立,必须从物质条件和人文环境两个方面入手.     

传媒研究的四重语境:一个本土化的视角

传媒研究中的功能主义范式不能对社会中动态的、冲突的部分给以把握,也不能对处于转型期的中国社会中的传媒的相关问题作出解释。应将传媒处身的“语境”视为一种问题视野,在其中对传媒现实给以观察与解释,并从中国的社会发展所处阶段、政治经济现实和传媒生存状况等多个维度出发,重视当前传媒研究的四重语境,即前现代的社会阶段、后现代的话语氛围与消费主义思潮、传媒的受控与工具性质、传媒的商业化倾向。     

A Test of Generalizability of the Social Development Model Across Gender and Income Groups with Longitudinal Data from the Elementary School Developmental Period

The social development model (SDM) is a theory of behavior that has proven useful in explaining the etiology of delinquency, violence, and substance use among adolescents as well as early antisocial behavior among pre-adolescents. A further test of the model is its generalizability across population groups. A section of the SDM representing prosocial influences in the etiology of problem behavior was compared for boys and girls and for children from low- and non low-income families using three waves of child, parent and teacher survey data on a sample of 851 elementary school students. Multiple group structural equation modeling was used to assess differences across groups in both measurement of model constructs and hypothesized structural paths between constructs. The results indicate overall similarity in the reliability of measurement models and validity of structural models.     

错位的置换与失范的解构 --对狼文化热的思考

狼文化之所以能热起来,究其原因,在于我们对狼性精神的现代置换缺少深入的分析,同时对这种置换的价值缺少冷静的思索.在个体人格层面、社会层面、国家与民族范畴,当代狼文化对传统价值观进行了错位的置换和失范的解构.如果我们对此没有深层认识的话,我们就无法认清被精心打造过的狼文化意识形态背后的虚假本质和负面价值.