Gender ‘hostility’, rape, and the hate crime paradigm

This article examines whether crimes motivated by, or which demonstrate, gender ‘hostility’ should be included within the current framework of hate crime legislation in England and Wales. The article uses the example of rape to explore the parallels (both conceptual and evidential) between gender‐motivated violence and other ‘archetypal’ forms of hate crime. It is asserted that where there is clear evidence of gender hostility during the commission of an offence, a defendant should be pursued in law additionally as a hate crime offender. In particular it is argued that by focusing on the hate‐motivation of many sexual violence offenders, the criminal justice system can begin to move away from its current focus on the ‘sexual’ motivations of offenders and begin to more effectively challenge the gendered prejudices that are frequently causal to such crimes

Sizing Up

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sizing up Gov. David Boren and a proclamation declaring May 9 - 15 to be Child Welfare Week are John Allen Foster, 6, and Kylene Cooper, 5.

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Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jerry Dunlap, assistant supervisor of the Visual Services Unit in the Oklahoma welfare department.

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Elderly in the Community, 1979

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study was designed to consider the available support and help which people in rural communities have access to and to ascertain the extent of informal support networks and the degree of involvement of statutory services together with finding out the problems which old people might have in terms of access to services, mobility, transport etc. At the same time, the study aimed to look at subjective responses to their situation in terms of morale, loneliness and isolation. The study was funded by the DHSS and was intended to inform social policy.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Contact with statutory and informal help and services, access to community services; subjective responses to the objective situation including data on morale, loneliness and isolation. These were measured on the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale scale, Original Loneliness and Isolation scales, and a modified Harris Dependency scale. For more details of these measures, see Lawton, M.P., 'Dimensions of morale' in D.P. Kent, et al, <i>Research planning and action for the elderly</i> (New York: Behavioural Publications, 1972) Lawton, M.P., 'The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale: a revision', <i>Journal of Gerontology</i>, Vol. 30 p. 8589 Several questions replicated those used in Hunt, A., <i>The elderly at home: a study of people aged 65 and over living in the community in England in 1976</i> (OPCS, 1978) Background Variables Basic demography, migration, work history and housing

First findings The networks of care of elderly demented people in the community - instrumental care

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Agent-based Models of Land Use / Land Cover Change

A workshop on Agent-based Models of Land Use / Land Cover Change in Santa Barbara (hosted by CSISS) took place prior to and in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences’ Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity through Agent-Based Modeling. This took place at the Beckman Center, Irvine, California, 6-7 October 2001. This document features the schedule, summary of proceedings, and Position Papers by participants in the workshop

Agent-based Models of Land Use / Land Cover Change

A workshop on Agent-based Models of Land Use / Land Cover Change in Santa Barbara (hosted by CSISS) took place prior to and in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences’ Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity through Agent-Based Modeling. This took place at the Beckman Center, Irvine, California, 6-7 October 2001. This document features the schedule, summary of proceedings, and Position Papers by participants in the workshop

Who benefits from diagnostic labels for developmental disorders?

The number of diagnoses of developmental disorders is on the rise and the use of labels for developmental disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, is widening. Diagnostic labels can play an important role in helping those who display atypical behaviour and their caregivers to cope with associated challenges and, possibly, to get treatment. But these labels are increasingly contested and associated with a variety of harmful effects. In this paper, we analyze the role diagnostic labels can play in four different contexts (scientific, therapeutic, social, and administrative) and identify what various stakeholders stand to gain or lose with continued, expanded, or abolished use of those labels. Our analysis reveals labels serve different purposes in each of these contexts, benefitting different stakeholders. Any overall evaluation, critique, or defence of labels needs to consider the interests of all stakeholders in these context