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Books reviewed in this article: 1. Betelheim, Bruno. The Children of the Dream . 2. Comfort, Alex, Ph.D. The Joy of Sex . 3. Rheinstein, Max. Marriage, Divorce, and the Law . 4. Viscott, David S., M.D. The Making of a Psychitrist .     

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Books reviewed in this article: 1. Allen, Gina, and Clement G. Martin, M.D. Intimacy (subtitle, Sensitivity, Sex, and the Art of Love) . 2. Dreyfuss, Henry. Symbol Sourcebook . 3. Fast, Julius. The New Sexual Fulfillment . 4. Glasser, Wm., M.D. The Identity Society . 5. Mindess, Harvey. Laughter and Liberation . 6. Otto, Herbert A. (Ed.) The New Sexuality . 7. Carpenter, Don. Getting Off . 8. Doebler, C. H. Planning Your Child's Education . 9. Gersh, Marvin J., M.D., Iris F. Litt, M.D. The Handbook of Adolescence . 10. Schutz, William C. Hero Comes Everybody .     

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Books reviewed in this article: 1. Bard, Morton, Ph.D., Training Police As Specialists in Family Crisis Intervention . 2. Eck, Marcel, Lies and Truth . 3. From, Erich, The Revolution of Hope . 4. Howard, Jane, Please Touch . 5. Hunt, Morton, The Affair . 6. Lowen, Alexander, M.D., Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life . 7. Masters, William H. and Virginia E. Johnson, Human Sexual Inadequacy . 7A. Belliveau, Fred, and Lin Richter, Understanding Human Sexual inadequacy . 8. Mindey, Carol, The Divorced Mother . 9. Watson, Andrew S., M.D., Psychiatry for Lawyers .     

Politically valued resources and preferred outcomes: Does the political context matter?

Previous research has concluded that ownership of economic resources that are politically valued leads to preferential outcomes during interactions with government officials. However, how the political context, and specifically the roles of the government actors involved, influences the relationship between political valued resources (PVRs) and desired outcomes has to date been relatively unexplored. In our paper, we argue that in interactions with elected legislators, PVRs are much more likely to lead to preferential outcomes. Conversely, due to the lack of power these resources have with bureaucrats in charge of regulatory enforcement, PVRs are less likely to lead to preferential outcomes. We provide some support for our arguments by looking for shifting patterns of effects in outcome variables that typically fall under the jurisdiction of each political role type. We find that large firms, export firms, and technology firms largely report having favorable influence over laws and regulations due to lobbying and increased foreign ownership, while also spending more days in inspections and more managerial time dealing with regulations.     

Bullet Caliber and Type Categorization from Gunshot Wounds in Sus Scrofa (Linnaeus) Long Bone

Studies on ballistic trauma to the ribs and thorax, cranium, and long bones demonstrate the potential of obtaining a bullet caliber from an entrance wound. In order to validate prior research on caliber estimation in bone tissue and assess the viability of bullet type determination based on the macroscopic evidence at the entrance wound, thirty fleshed pork (Sus scrofa) shoulders (humeri) were shot with either lead or copper jacketed bullets in one of three calibers; 0.22, 9 mm, or 0.38. Overall, our findings are consistent with previous research indicating that calibers can be grouped into “small” and “large” categories. Bullet type, lead or copper jacket, can be ascertained based on cortical flaking and the analysis of materials deposited around the entry wound. The addition of this evidence holds value in cases where no firearm or ballistic evidence is recovered from a crime scene.     

New directions for anti-theft policy: Reductions in stolen goods buyers

This study explores the possibility of reducing theft in the United States through reductions in the number of persons who purchase stolen goods. Theft is conceptualized as a market-oriented offense that can be influenced by changes in consumers' willingness to make blackmarket purchases. Based upon several conservative assumptions about the number and the cost of thefts and the number of purchasers of stolen property in the United States, estimates of reductions in the former through reductions in the latter are calculated. Following these estimates, the issue of how best to accomplish a reduction in the number of persons buying stolen goods is addressed through analysis of data pertaining to individuals' decisions to buy stolen property. Key predictors of purchasing behavior are then reviewed for potential contributions to the inhibition of that behavior. In the final analysis, only one predictor, moral belief, appears to possess practical policy implications.     

Use of Craniofacial Superimposition in Historic Investigation

A skeleton discovered in Grand Forks, North Dakota was purported to belong to Clelland “Clell” Miller, a James‐Younger gang member, who was killed during the Northfield Bank robbery on September 7, 1876. A 3‐D image from a computer tomography (CT) scan of the skull was obtained, and a craniofacial superimposition was conducted to determine if the skull could belong to Miller. The superimposition method used in this case was to overlay the CT image of the skull onto Miller's postmortem photograph. In addition to the craniofacial superimposition, the images were juxtaposed to compare similarities or differences in facial morphology between the skull and photograph. Superimposition methods can be used to exclude identifications; however, they should not be used as a conclusive method for identification. In this case, there were sufficient similarities between the skull and Miller's photograph; therefore, the skull could not be eliminated as possibly being that of Miller.