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Procedures for Adjusting Self-Reports of Violence for Social Desirability Bias
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1991)
Clinicians and researchers frequently rely on self-reports of interpersonal violence. These reports are likely to be biased because of respondents' inclination to give socially desirable answers. This article describes ...
Statistical evidence of falling profits as a cause of recession: A short note
(SAGE, 2012)
Data on 251 quarters of the U.S. economy show that recessions are preceded by declines
in profits. Profits stop growing and start falling four or five quarters before a recession. They strongly recover immediately after ...
The Tendency to Arrest Victims of Domestic Violence
(SAGE Periodicals Press, 1995)
The arrest of victims of domestic violence occurs at an unexpectedly high rate and is a problem of growing concern. In this study of 111 police officers, it was predicted that those inclined to arrest the victim would have ...
Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically transformed the structure and goals of the public welfare system in the United States. The vast body of research and evaluation ...