1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145278603321

Titolo

The public intellectual [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Helen Small

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2002

ISBN

1-281-31066-2

9786611310660

0-470-70595-7

0-470-77596-3

0-470-77673-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmallHelen

Disciplina

305.5/52

306.42

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of a conference held in Sept. 2000 at St. Catherine's College, Oxford.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Public Intellectual; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Public Role of Writers and Intellectuals; 2 Pre-modern Intellectual Biography1; 3 Humanism, Slavery, and the Republic of Letters; 4 Hamlet the Intellectual1; 5 Deaths of the Intellectual: A Comparative Autopsy; 6 New Art, Old Masters, and Masked Passions; 7 Apathy and Accountability: The Challenge of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Intellectual in the Modern World; 8 The Sweatshop Sublime

9 "Every Fruit-juice Drinker, Nudist, Sandal-wearer . . .": Intellectuals as Other PeopleIndex

Sommario/riassunto

New essays by prestigious thinkers such as Edward Said, Bruce Robbins, Jacqueline Rose, and Stefan Collini on the public role of writers and intellectuals.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968631603321

Autore

Nofziger Stacey

Titolo

Bullies, fights, and guns : testing self-control theory with juveniles / / Stacey Nofziger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2001

ISBN

1-280-36145-X

9786610361458

1-931202-74-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

302.3/4

Soggetti

Children and violence - United States

Deviant behavior - United States

Self-control in children - United States

Juvenile delinquency - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1 Juvenile Intimidation, Violence and Self- Control -- 2 Data Collection and Sample Characteristics -- 3 Measuring the Key Concepts of Self- Control and Opportunity -- 4 Structural Equation Modeling: Predicting Intimidation and Violence with Self- Control Theory -- 5 Discussion and Conclusion -- Fayetteville Survey -- References -- Name and Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Most examinations of juvenile violence are limited in the behaviors studied and the theories used. To address these issues Nofziger applies a test of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) General Theory of Crime to a range of violent and intimidating acts. She explores bullying, fighting, and weapon related behaviors and tests the effects of self-control and opportunity with survey data on 1200 juveniles. The analysis indicates that greater self-control decreases intimidation and violence and that greater opportunity increases the same behaviors. The study supports self-control theory and suggests that lessened self-control and increased opportunity encourage the behaviors under investigation