Rita James Simon

Abstract

From her early days in Brooklyn, New York to her overflowing office at American University in Washington, DC, this paper traces the remarkable life of Professor Rita J. Simon. Rita Simon is considered one of the most accomplished, prolific, and respected sociologists today. She has authored twenty-six books, edited fourteen, and written over 230 articles on topics such as the jury system, immigration, public opinion, transracial adoption, and women and crime. Her scholarly contributions to the subject of women and crime have aided in our understanding of female criminal behavior, the types of crimes women commit, and the punishments they receive. Further, as the President of the Women's Freedom Network, she has worked toward celebrating and highlighting the achievements of women, but has steadfastly maintained that women do not need special protections or different standards of excellences philosophy that personifies Rita's life. In this biographical essay, the author outlines the early years, academic career, professional activities and recognitions, and offers a personal look into the life of Rita James Simon. It is based on interviews with her children, as well as the author's experience with Rita as her professor, mentor, co-author, and friend.     

Assessing the Needs of Women Recently Released From Prison

The growing number of females incarcerated in the United States suggests that greater importance needs to be placed on preparing practitioners and communities for their eventual release from prison. Female offenders present a unique set of needs, including greater mental health, substance abuse, and medical health problems than their male counterparts. Furthermore, women may possess unique needs at various points of their involvement with the criminal justice system (i.e., before, during, and following a period of incarceration). The current study examines the needs of female offenders while they are reentering the community from the perspective of community service providers who work directly with recently incarcerated women. Survey results reveal that community service providers identify needs in 7 domains. Prevalence and urgency measures provide unique profiles of the needs of female offenders, and respondent reports of the effectiveness of the existing community-based service sector lead to numerous implications and suggestions for future research.     

Patrilines,surnames, and family identity:

The Imperial decrees emancipating the serfs of the Russian Baltic provinces (1816–1820) included the requirement that serfs, who would now become free peasants and obtain legal standing, have both a first name and a surname, the latter of their own choosing. The article examines the process through which Baltic peasants obtained surnames and analyzes the choices they made. In the Pinkenhof estate, in the province of Livland, emancipated serfs most often chose surnames that reflected their place of residence, but also frequently chose names from the natural world, occupations, and other similar sources. The acquisition of surnames helped to consolidate family and lineage identity, which had been difficult in the pre-emancipation perion when individuals bore only a first name plus the name of the place in which they were currently residing, the latter changing as they moved.     

我国女性休闲研究现状与展望--基于CNKI 2005～2014年文献的内容分析

基于CNKI 2005～2014年度数据,采用内容分析法和文献计量法,在文献数量、文献引文情况、文献研究主题、采用的研究方法、期刊影响力、研究作者、主要研究机构等8个方面总结评价我国女性休闲研究的基本情况及其局限后发现,未来的研究应该从以下几方面多视角地透视女性休闲问题：拓宽女性休闲研究领域;采用多元化的方法和手段研究女性休闲问题;加强女性休闲领域的实证研究,加强同妇女维权组织的合作等,以进一步深化女性休闲研究。     

Effectiveness of cognitive remediation for female inmates: a pilot study

There is considerable evidence that neurocognitive deficits are frequent among incarcerated offenders. However, current correctional programming does not directly seek to remediate deficits in offenders’ neurocognitive deficits. In this pilot project, we sought to treat neurocognitive deficits in incarcerated Portuguese adult women offenders (n?=?28) using cognitive remediation to target cognitive flexibility, memory, and planning. Statistically significant positive changes, with medium to large effect sizes, were discovered across several neurocognitive domains, including attention, speed of processing, verbal learning and memory, cognitive flexibility, and planning. We also found a decrease in the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, tension/stress, and on disturbed behavior in prison. Cognitive remediation has the potential to enhance the neurocognitive functioning of incarcerated women. Controlled research is needed to establish cognitive remediation fully as an intervention for the treatment of neurocognitive deficits of incarcerated women.     

Gender-Based Strategies on Candidate Websites

As a result of changes in the campaign landscape, candidates have several strategic options available to them, particularly when considering how to respond to voters’ gender stereotypes. The goal of this paper is to understand candidates’ use of strategies based on gender stereotypes by emphasizing either particular issues or particular traits that are commonly associated with one gender or the other. To do this, I developed hypotheses of why candidates might choose a trait or issues strategy based on gender stereotypes. I tested these hypotheses using a large-scale content analysis of candidate websites over four election cycles. I found that female candidates mostly pursued strategies that were consistent with gender stereotypes. Interestingly, female candidates were found to have different strategies on different pages of their websites. I discuss the implications of gender-based strategies for the election of female candidates and for representation.     

平等、公正、认同——女性就业保障的多重视角

当前,女性就业问题已成为我国建设和谐社会进程中的重要问题。为了保障女性的就业权利,实现男女平等,女权主义从不同的理论基础和思维视角提出了保护女性就业的具体措施。我们可以借鉴女权主义的相关理念,根据时代的发展和现实的需要加以改进,为推动女性就业、促进社会公平、达成两性平等、协调和共同发展提供一些新的视角和思路。     

组织的社会责任与女大学生就业

组织是指为实现一定的目标,按照一定的程序互相协作结合而成的集体或团体,是一种权责结构。近几年大学毕业生就业尤其是女大学生就业难问题日益突出。依据利益相关者理论,政府、企业、高等学校与大学毕业生是利益相关者。各组织积极支持、接收女大学生就业是它们应该履行的社会责任,有利于促进和谐社会建设和社会整体利益的提高。     

试论女性学术期刊的定位——以《山东女子学院学报》为例

女性学术期刊是一种非营利性和小众化的刊物,其特点决定了必须对它进行准确的定位,这样才能保证其在期刊界的竞争中生存和发展。从《山东女子学院学报》的实践经验来看,女性学刊的内容定位、读者定位、作者定位、编辑定位是其定位的主要内容。     

涉嫌暴力违法的女性被鉴定人犯罪学特征分析

目的 探究涉嫌暴力违法的女性被鉴定人的犯罪学特征.方法 采用自制的统计表对2000-2009年进行司法鉴定的女性被鉴定人进行登记,并进行回顾性分析.结果 259例被鉴定人的年龄为16～81岁,其中45岁及以下为205例(79.2%);已婚225例(86.9%);诊断的种类共14种,其中精神分裂症47.1%、无精神病15...