Criminology as social control: discriminatory research &; its role in the reproduction of social inequalities and crime

The law discriminates against low status offenders, but so too might criminologists during the course of their research. In this paper, we address the following question: Does the social status of lawbreakers have an effect on their likelihood of being recruited to offender-based research? The answer to this question is important for reasons that extend beyond academic criminology. If criminologists discriminate, then they themselves are active agents in the reproduction of social disadvantage. If criminology is to reduce inequality, the field must first identify and reduce discriminatory behavior within its own research community.     

The dynamics of household structure in the event of the father's death: Québec City in the 18th century

This article looks at the survival strategies used in traditional societies by households that were greatly disrupted by the death of the father, usually their principal provider. Research is based on data from two parish censuses (1716 and 1744) of the city of Québec that describe the composition of urban households. Data from the Registre de la Population du Québec Ancien (RPQA), the register of the Québec population before 1800, were also used to complement the information required. Depending on the survival of a mother after the father's death, it appears that households could maintain their nuclear structure, except for those who were dispersed among other households.     

Le suivi de la performance,de I'incantatoire au passage à I'acte:Une étude du suivi de performance de six programmes d'aide aux entreprises1

Sommaire: Cet article étudie le suivi de la performance dans les programmes publics et exprime le potentiel que représente cet outil de gestion pour les organisations publiques. Les auteurs traitent d'une question de recherche portant sur la conformité du suivi de la performance dans les programmes sous étude pour la période 1993–1998, et des causes des écarts observés par rapport au modèle‐type de suivi de la performance. Le suivi de performance fut réaliséà cette époque de manière ad hoc et opportuniste. Leurs recherches ont permis de conclure que le suivi de performance s'est heurté d'abord à la difficulté de définir de manière univoque le concept de la « bonne » performance d'un programme. S'ensuivirent des difficultés intellectuelles et pratiques pour mesurer et évaluer ladite performance. Cependant, la difficulté de mettre en place un réel processus de suivi n'est pas imputée à cette seule cause. On observerait plutôt la convergence de plusieurs causes qui se manifestent en efforts conceptuels insuffisants, au moment de la conception et de la mise en Deuvre des programmes, pour développer et implanter un authentique suivi de la performance. Abstract: This article focuses on performance monitoring in public programs and demonstrates the potential this management tool has for public organizations. The authors examine studies dealing with the consistency of performance monitoring during the period 1993 to 1998 for the programs under review, and the reasons for the differences observed when compared with the standard model for performance monitoring. During this period, performance monitoring was done on an ad hoc and opportunistic basis. Based on their research, the authors conclude that the first obstacle to performance monitoring is the difficulty of defining, unequivocally, the concept of “good” performance with reference to a program, as well as the intellectual and practical difficulties of measuring and evaluating the said performance. However, this is not the only reason why implementing a real monitoring process is so difficult. Rather, it could be that the convergence of several causes at the time the programs are designed and implemented, which results in insufficient conceptual efforts to develop and establish an authentic performance monitoring process.     

Failing Political Representation or a Change in Kind? Models of Representation and Empirical Trends in Europe

This article reviews Peter Mair’s argument on the failure of political parties and the subsequent failure of representative democracy in Europe. It develops a conceptual framework to test the validity of Mair’s argument against competing interpretations of the development of representative democracy. It identifies three ideal typical models of representative democracy that seem to have succeeded each other over time: cleavage-based democracy, competitive democracy, and audience democracy. The article proposes specific empirical hypotheses for political parties and voters in each of these periods and provides empirical evidence to test the validity of these hypotheses. It concludes with a discussion of the results, evaluating whether the changes that occurred indicate failure of representative democracy or rather the emergence of a different form of representative democracy.     

Proliferation Implications of Civil Nuclear Cooperation: Theory and a Case Study of Tito's Yugoslavia

Programs of international civil nuclear cooperation—of “Atoms for Peace”—have come under growing criticism for unintentionally fostering nuclear weapons proliferation in developing countries. However, drawing on the literature on international technology transfer and on Albert Hirschman's theory of exit, voice, and loyalty, this article argues that Atoms for Peace efforts may often seriously hamper developing countries’ nuclear weapons ambitions by empowering their scientific workers and by facilitating the brain drain to the developed world. The article then presents a case study of the historical nuclear program of Yugoslavia, which received very generous help from the Atoms for Peace programs of the United States, Soviet Union, and European states at a time when nonproliferation controls were minimal. The international ties of the Yugoslav nuclear program made its scientific workers much less likely to choose simple loyalty to the Tito regime, and much more likely to choose voice or exit, accelerating the program's ultimate collapse.     

From france to new france

The history of family names is directly linked to the history of populations. In the French-Canadian case, this history has two main features: a small number of founding members of a population, and a rapid increase due to a high reproduction rate, without any significant new influx of immigrants. Other factors intervened in the success of certain names: differential reproduction rates between regions, how early the name was established; and the use of surnames, which in some cases replaced the original name. With respect to names, France and New France were very different. Research in France on the names of a sample of pioneers going to the New World shows little expansion of several names, particularly in the immigrants' region of origin.     

Effect of family rupture and recomposition on the children of New France

Using the biographies of nearly 10,000 children born in New France during the seventeenth century, this study looks at the phenomenon of single parenthood from the children's point of view. Since separation and divorce were uncommon during this period, marital disruptions only occurred through the death of one of the partners. In New France, half of all children witnessed the disruption of their parents' marriage before having reached emancipation. The article examines the impact on family characteristics (family size and number of emancipated children), as well as the contribution of age-ranking within the family to the likelihood that the children would live in a reconstituted family.     

Alcohol-related crime among college students: a review of research and fruitful areas for future work

College and alcohol are a potent mix. This paper reviews what is known and unknown about college students’ involvement in alcohol-related crime as both offenders and victims. There are three types of alcohol-related crime: psychopharmacological; economic compulsive; and systemic. Research on college students, however, has focused entirely on the first type. Why are the latter two types untouched in the literature? After reviewing research on alcohol-involved psychopharmacological crime among college students, we address this question by drawing on Lewis & Lewis’ taxonomy of ‘negative evidence.’ We outline and assess reasons for the dearth of information on these topics, and draw on these explanations to suggest fruitful areas for future research.