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Excluding “bounce backs” and invalid addresses, the survey was distributed to 9,472 email addresses. 1,485 respondents consented to participate and proceeded to the survey, for a response rate of 15....
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Excluding “bounce backs” and invalid addresses, the survey was distributed to 9,472 email addresses. 1,485 respondents consented to participate and proceeded to the survey, for a response rate of 15.7%. Of these, 1,247 respondents completed the final battery of survey items.
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The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) was a landmark piece of federal legislation which set revised standards for states, territories and ce...
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The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) was a landmark piece of federal legislation which set revised standards for states, territories and certain federally?recognized tribes to meet as they improved or established their sex offender registration and notification systems. One of the key changes in SORNA from previous federal schemes was the intentional inclusion of certain juveniles adjudicated delinquent of serious sex offenses in its registration and notification standards. This inclusion drew increased attention to the manner in which juveniles are adjudicated and sentenced for serious sex offenses in juvenile courts. What has not received as much attention, and is the focus of this current overview, are the full range of alternative approaches for prosecuting serious sex offenders in juvenile courts across the country.
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Although it is well-documented that women are more likely than men to use prescribed psychotropic drugs, there are conflicting explanations of this pattern. The purpose of this paper is to examine this sex difference in relation t...
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Although it is well-documented that women are more likely than men to use prescribed psychotropic drugs, there are conflicting explanations of this pattern. The purpose of this paper is to examine this sex difference in relation to three theoretical perspectives: (1) the sex-role theory, (2) social support theory, and (3) stress theory. Data from the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey confirm that women were more likely than men to obtain a psychotropic drug. The data also showed that for both men and women, the likelihood of obtaining a psychotropic drug is influenced by family role responsibilities, family structure, and stressful events. However, women had a significantly higher likelihood of use than men under similar family circumstances. When sociodemographic and health-status/access-to-care variables were controlled, the association for men between family circumstances and obtaining a psychotropic drug disappeared. For women, however, certain family role responsibilities, structures, and stressful events significantly affected the likelihood of obtaining a psychotropic drug even when sociodemographic and health-status/access-to-care variables were controlled.
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of sex offender treatment, with a focus on the question of the effectiveness of treatment. We begin by discussing some problems that arise in answering thi...
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of sex offender treatment, with a focus on the question of the effectiveness of treatment. We begin by discussing some problems that arise in answering this question, followed by a brief discussion of the history of sex offender treatment, and a more in-depth discussion of studies that have looked at the effectiveness of treatment programs, most of which took place under markedly poor conditions (in highly restrictive prison environments). The larger question and the bottom line concern is the overall effectiveness of management strategies for reducing sexual victimization rates. Management of sex offenders in the community (i.e., on probation or parole) makes use of, in varying degrees, numerous strategies, including supervision by trained probation and parole officers, medication, substance abuse screening, polygraphy, tracking with global positioning systems (GPS), community notification, and treatment. In this article we only address treatment of adult males. All of these other strategies can, and should, be evaluated for their effectiveness alone and in combination, but doing so is beyond the scope of this paper.
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Teenage birth, abortion, and pregnancy rates in the United States are among thehighest of the developed countries in the world. Although American adolescents are no more sexually active than teens in other developed countries, the...
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Teenage birth, abortion, and pregnancy rates in the United States are among thehighest of the developed countries in the world. Although American adolescents are no more sexually active than teens in other developed countries, they are less likely than their counterparts in those countries to use effective methods of contraception. The reasons for less effective contraception in the adolescent are complex and multifactorial; however, a common contributing factor in teenage unintended pregnancy is delay in seeking contraceptive services. This study will investigate the sexual and contraceptive behavior in young women and factors contributing to seeking professional contraceptive services.
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from RAND's National Defense ResearchInstitute considered a wide range of topics potentially relevant to the issue of acknowledged homosexuals serving in the military. Staff members visited...
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from RAND's National Defense ResearchInstitute considered a wide range of topics potentially relevant to the issue of acknowledged homosexuals serving in the military. Staff members visited seven foreign countries and the police and fire departments in six American cities, seeking insights and lessons from analogous experiences of other organizations and institutions. The team considered the historical record, focusing on the integration of blacks and on the development of the current policy that prohibits homosexuals from serving in the military. it reviewed public opinion, including the views of current active-duty military personnel, and the scientific literature on group cohesion, sexuality, and related health issues. It examined a number of legal and enforcement issues, as well as the literature that deals with implementing in large organizations. The results of the team's research detailed in the subsequent chapters of this report.
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The purpose of the report was to probe both the circumstances surrounding the growing level of field mobility among humanities doctorate recipients and the effects that mobility may have had on the current career status of these h...
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The purpose of the report was to probe both the circumstances surrounding the growing level of field mobility among humanities doctorate recipients and the effects that mobility may have had on the current career status of these humanities professionals. In line with this task, three groups of variables were analyzed: (1) demographic characteristics of the 'field-mobile' versus the 'field-stable' population that help to describe those individuals likely to be employed in a field other than their field of degree; (2) employment variables that help to assess both how and what the field-mobile doctorates are doing in their out-of-field positions; and (3) additional investments made by those working out of field as an index of their effort to increase their employment success. Results of these analyses indicated respectively that (1) while no difference was noted between men and women nor between whites and minorities, younger doctorates were more likely than their older counterparts to be working outside their fields; (2) while there were some differences in employment factors between the field-mobile and the field-stable doctorates, those working out of field appeared to be faring quite well; and (3) those employed out of field were more likely than those employed in field either to have obtained job-related training or to have pursued an additional degree(s) beyond the doctorate.
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The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) provides data on ambulatory medical care rendered in physicians' offices. The NAMCS is a continuous survey based on a sample of patient visits to a national sample of office-base...
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The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) provides data on ambulatory medical care rendered in physicians' offices. The NAMCS is a continuous survey based on a sample of patient visits to a national sample of office-based physicians. The survey obtains information on the volume of office visits by age, race, and sex of the patient and by selected physician characteristics such as type of specialty and practice and geographic location. Data describing the clinical substance of these visits include the patient's problem or complaint, prior visit status, referral status, time since onset of complaint, seriousness of the problem, status, referral status, time since onset of complaint, seriousness of the problem, physician's diagnosis, diagnostic and therapeutic services provided, disposition, and duration of the visit. The patient's problem or complaint is coded according to a revised symptom classification developed specifically for the NAMCS. The physician's diagnosis is coded according to the 'Eighth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases Adapted for Use in the United States (ICDA)'. In 1978 NAMCS sampled about 47,000 patient records from the 1,850 doctors who participated in the survey.
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After being captured in traps, 78 Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) were successfully immobilized with dry powder charges of succinylcholine during June and July 1971-73. The average dosage was 26.4 mg, with an averag...
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After being captured in traps, 78 Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) were successfully immobilized with dry powder charges of succinylcholine during June and July 1971-73. The average dosage was 26.4 mg, with an average latency of 7.1 minutes and duration of 24.5 minutes. There was no significant (P 0.01) differences between sexes, age classes, or years for latent period or duration of immobilization. There was a significant difference between 1971-72 and 1973 for amount of drug required. Four drug-related deaths occurred.
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