Effects of Volunteering Experiences and Motivations on Attitudes Toward Prisoners: Evidence from Hong Kong

Effects of Volunteering Experiences and Motivations on Attitudes Toward Prisoners: Evidence from Hong Kong Abstract Volunteers are playing an increasingly bigger role in correctional institutions both in Western settings and…
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Measuring Disorder: Observer Bias in Systematic Social Observations at Streets and Neighborhoods

Measuring Disorder: Observer Bias in Systematic Social Observations at Streets and Neighborhoods Abstract Objectives The present study focuses on Systematic Social Observation (SSO) as a method to investigate physical and…
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‘Don’t Blow Your Cool’: Provocation, Violent Coping, and the Conditioning Effects of Self-Control

‘Don’t Blow Your Cool’: Provocation, Violent Coping, and the Conditioning Effects of Self-Control Abstract Objectives General Strain Theory (Agnew in Criminology 30:47–87, 1992) has received broad empirical support, but little…
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Toward a Demographic Understanding of Incarceration Disparities: Race, Ethnicity, and Age Structure

Toward a Demographic Understanding of Incarceration Disparities: Race, Ethnicity, and Age Structure Abstract Objectives Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics in the United States are more likely to be incarcerated than non-Hispanic…
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Timing of Change in Criminal Offending Around Entrance into Parenthood: Gender and Cross-Country Comparisons for At-Risk Individuals

Timing of Change in Criminal Offending Around Entrance into Parenthood: Gender and Cross-Country Comparisons for At-Risk Individuals Abstract Objectives This article examines the timing of change in criminal offending relative…
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