1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454729703321

Titolo

Communication research measures [[electronic resource] ] : a sourcebook . Volume II / / edited by Rebecca B. Rubin ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-23144-3

1-282-12453-6

9786612124532

0-203-87153-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Collana

Routledge Communication Series

Altri autori (Persone)

RubinRebecca B

Disciplina

302.2

302.207/2

Soggetti

Communication - Research

Communication - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 492-493) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Measurement trends and issues -- pt. 2. Measure profiles -- pt. 3. Imported measures.

Sommario/riassunto

Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in newer subdisciplines in communication, including intercultural, family, and health. It also includes measures from outside the communication discipline that have been employed in communication research. The measures profiled here are the best of the best from the early 1990s through today. They are models for future scale development as well



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461936203321

Autore

Waldram James B

Titolo

Hound Pound Narrative : Sexual Offender Habilitation and the Anthropology of Therapeutic Intervention / / James B Waldram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-280-11680-3

9786613521095

0-520-95247-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

365.661

Soggetti

Cognitive therapy - Canada

Cognitive therapy -- Canada

Sex offenders - Canada - Rehabilitation

Sex offenders -- Canada -- Rehabilitation

Sex offenders - Rehabilitation - Canada

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Man Who Needs No Introduction -- 2. Goin' Down with the "Hounds" -- 3. Disordered Sex -- 4. Moral Citizenship -- Moral Habilitation 1: "Stinkin' Thinkin' " -- 5. "It's Your Life Story" -- Moral Habilitation 2: "How To Say 'Fuck Off' Politely" -- 6. "Feeding Frenzy" -- Moral Habilitation 3: "Peter Meter" -- 7. "My Rules for Staying Out of Jail" -- Moral Habilitation 4: "The Most Emotionally Draining Thing I Have Ever Done in My Life" -- 8. "A Pretty Shitty Place Out There" -- 9. "It's All in the Head" -- Epilogue: Where Are They Now? -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive



interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, the author takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the "hound pound." James Waldram provides a rich and powerful glimpse into the lives and treatment experiences of one of society's most hated groups. He brings together a variety of theoretical perspectives from psychological and medical anthropology, narrative theory, and cognitive science to capture the nature of sexual offender treatment, from the moment inmates arrive at the treatment facility to the day they are relased. This book explores the implications of an outside world that balks at any notion that sexual offenders can somehow be treated and rendered harmless. The author argues that the aggressive and confrontational nature of the prison's treatment approach is counterproductive to the goal of what he calls "habilitation" -- the creation of pro-social and moral individuals rendered safe for our communities.