Journalists do a poor job of correctly identifying copycat crime and social science hasn’t helped.

In the past mass shootings have often been referred to as ‘copycat’ crimes in media reports. But are these crimes truly triggered by earlier events? Ray Surette writes that identifying copycat crimes has long been problematic because many independent crimes that are similar are often identified as ‘copycat’. Using a new measure, he finds that in a sample of purported copycat crimes, less than 40 percent could actually be described as true copycat crimes. He argues that better knowledge of trends in copycat crimes through such new measures could help decision making in criminal justice policy

How social media is changing the way people commit crimes andpolice fight them.

Until the early years of the 21st century, crimes tended to be committed away from the eyes of the majority of society, with traditional media broadcasting information about them often on their own terms. Ray Surette writes that the advent of social media in the past decade has led to a new type of ‘performance’ crimes, where people create accounts of their law-breaking through text, images and video, which are then digitally distributed to the public on a large scale. He comments that social media has also opened up new ways of combating crime for the police, who can take advantage of the self-surveillance of those who publicize their crimes on social media

One-Child Policy: A Short-Sighted Solution to a Short-Sighted Created Problem

In this paper, the author reflects on the issue of population by examining it through a discussion of one of the most well-known population regulatory laws in the world also known as the One-Child Policy. In her essay, she discusses its history, its implication, and the effect it had on its society even after it was abolished

Privileging Heteronormativity in Alberta’s Comprehensive Health and Sanctioned Religious Curriculum: A Critical Discourse Analysis

 Although recently the Alberta Government has made many efforts and initiatives to promote support for gender and sexual minority students in schools, ongoing disparities exist between the aspirations for safe and inclusive school environments and the hostile reality of life in schools for this population. This article summarizes the results of a critical analysis of provincial core health literacy curricula along with school-sanctioned religious curricula. The article then highlights probable reasons for the ongoing lack of education and support for gender and sexual diversity in schools and suggests possible contributors to the oppressive environment for these students in rural Southern Alberta.Alors que le gouvernement albertain a récemment déployé beaucoup d’efforts et créé plusieurs initiatives pour appuyer les élèves ayant une orientation ou une identité sexuelle minoritaires dans les écoles, des disparités perdurent entre les aspirations visant des milieux scolaires sécuritaires et inclusifs et la réalité hostile que vit cette population dans les écoles. Cet article résume les résultats d’une analyse critique des programmes d’enseignement sur la santé et des programmes d’études religieuses approuvés par les écoles. Par la suite, l’article souligne les raisons qui pourraient expliquer le manque constant d’éducation et d’appui pour la diversité sexuelle et de genre dans les écoles, et propose des facteurs pouvant contribuer à l’environnement oppressant qui existe pour ces élèves dans le sud de l’Alberta.Mots clés : éducation sexuelle; diversité sexuelle et de genre; religion; éducation à la justice social

Alien Registration- Surette, Charles (Rumford, Oxford County)

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AN EXPERIENCE SAMPLING STUDY OF SLEEP DISTURBANCE, EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS IN PREDICTING ALCOHOL USE AMONG OIF/OEF VETERANS

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common concern for veterans involved in the post-9/11 Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts (Epidemiology, 2017). Alcohol use is highly comorbid with PTSD in returning veterans (Seal et al., 2011). There are several models for the complex relationship between these two constructs including self-medication models or as an attempt to regulate emotion. Sleep disturbances have been linked to PTSD and alcohol use (Conroy & Arnedt, 2014) and could be driving the relationship. It is also possible that difficulties in emotion regulation could be part of this relationship either independently (Kelly & Bardo, 2016; Perlick et al., 2017) or in conjunction with sleep disturbances (Fairholme et al., 2013). This study used 14 days of experience sampling data collected from 59 veterans about PTSD symptoms, alcohol use, sleep disturbance, and emotion regulation. Participants answered several questions throughout the day using an application on their phone. They received an actigraph to approximate their sleep parameters including sleep efficiency and total sleep time. Multi-level modeling was used to explore the temporal relationships at the between- and within-subjects level of PTSD symptoms, alcohol use and problems, sleep disturbance and emotion regulation. Multimethod data collection using self-report, objective approximation of sleep measures (actigraphy), and experience sampling in the same study is innovative. Results of the study suggested that sleep disturbances did not have significant associations with PTSD symptoms, emotion regulation, or alcohol consumption in multilevel models, there were some significant correlations. Exploratory analyses using other objective sleep approximations and a subjective sleep variable mimicked these results. Future studies would benefit from a more diverse sample and a variety of assessment methods for subjective and objective experiences of sleep

Studies On The In Vitro Transposition Of Bacteriophage Mu Dna

The early steps in the transposition of Mu DNA have been examined in vitro using purified Mu A, Mu B and E. coli HU proteins, a mini-Mu donor plasmid and target DNA. Two stable protein-DNA complexes, or transpososomes, have been characterized. Type 1 complex formation requires a supercoiled mini-Mu donor plasmid, Mu A and HU protein. In the Type 1 complex the two ends of Mu are held together, creating two independent topological domains; a supercoiled Mu domain and a relaxed vector domain (due to nicking at the Mu ends). In the presence of Mu B protein, ATP, and target DNA, the Type 1 complex is converted into a Type 2 complex which is the protein associated product of the strand transfer reaction.;Type 1 complex formation with a mini-Mu plasmid with in vivo level of supercoiling ({dollar}\sigma{dollar} = {dollar}-{dollar}0.025) was dependent on an additional E. coli protein factor which we named supercoiling relief factor (SRF). This protein was shown to be integration host factor (IHF). Low levels of IHF also reduce the amount of HU and Mu A required for the reaction and at high concentrations of IHF, HU is not required. The SRF activity of IHF is mediated through an IHF binding site in the Mu early promoter region. This site is part of a larger enhancer-like element which stimulates the initial rate of the in vitro reaction 100-fold.;Point mutations at the terminal nucleotide of the Mu ends in a mini-Mu plasmid inhibit the introduction of nicks at the Mu ends in a reaction with Mu A, HU and IHF proteins. Addition of Mu B and ATP, however, dramatically stimulates the reaction of mutant mini-Mu plasmids carrying the mutation at one end. Two products are observed; a normal Type 1 complex which contains nicks at both Mu ends, and free relaxed plasmid which is nicked only at the wild type end. Stable protein-DNA complexes characteristic of the first step in the in vitro transposition reaction require the introduction of nicks at both Mu ends