TY - ER - TY - JOUR TI - Building a Housewife’s Paradise: Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century AU - DeSoucey, Michaela T2 - Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews DA - 2011/3// PY - 2011/3// DO - 10.1177/0094306110396847l VL - 40 IS - 2 SP - 167-169 J2 - Contemp Sociol LA - en OP - SN - 0094-3061 1939-8638 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094306110396847l DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Food for thought, thought for food: Consumption, Identity, and Ethnography AU - Cherry, E. AU - Ellis, C. AU - DeSoucey, M. T2 - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography AB - Movements associated with lifestyle and consumption politics have gained increasing visibility in society and in sociological research, but scholars’ methodological insights for studying these issues have lagged behind. How might the lifestyles and consumption practices of researchers themselves shape data collection, and how might these movements affect researchers? The authors offer a collaborative, reflexive analysis of their experiences conducting fieldwork on three different consumption movements centered on food production. Building on feminist and symbolic interactionist methodological literature, they show how their own “consumption identities” affected their data collection, analyses, and written work. The authors also discuss how conducting research on consumption and lifestyle movements may also affect researchers’ own identities and practices. They conclude by discussing how their process of “collaborative reflexivity” brings new insight into feminist methodological concerns for reflexivity. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// DO - 10.1177/0891241610379122 VL - 40 IS - 2 SP - 231-258 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953290825&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Review of Women In and Out of Paid Work. Changes across Generations in Italy and Britain, by Cristina Solera. Bristol Policy Press AU - Manzoni, Anna T2 - Polis DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// IS - 3 SP - 466–467 ER - TY - BOOK TI - Review of Women In and Out of Paid Work. Changes across Generations in Italy and Britain, by Cristina Solera. Bristol Policy Press AU - Manzoni, Anna AU - Solera, Cristina DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// SE - 466–467 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Early Unemployment and Subsequent Career Complexity: A Sequence-Based Perspective AU - Manzoni,, Anna AU - Mooi-Reci, Irma T2 - Schmollers Jahrbuch AB - We aim to examine how previous unemployment affects future unemployment and career complexity over the life course. Theory suggests that unemployment triggers negative chains of ‘low-pay-no-pay’ circles. Using longitudinal data on men aged 18 – 64 from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we employ sequence-based methods to quantify career complexity and dynamic panel models to test our hypotheses about the process of cumulative disadvantage on employment careers for the previously unemployed workers over time. We find that unemployment ‘breeds’ unemployment and increases career complexity over the life course. However, unemployment at older ages leads to much higher career complexity than at younger ages. JEL Classifications: J21; J60; J64 DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.3790/schm.131.2.339 VL - 131 IS - 2 SP - 339-348 J2 - Schmollers Jahrbuch LA - en OP - SN - 1439-121X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/schm.131.2.339 DB - Crossref ER - TY - CONF TI - Scientific Stuff: The (Re)Negotiation of Local Knowledge and Medical Discourse in Ukraine AU - Carroll, Jennifer T2 - 110th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association C2 - 2011/11/16/ CY - Montreal, QC, Canada DA - 2011/11/16/ PY - 2011/11/16/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Woman Among Addicts: the Production and Management of Identities in a Ukrainian Harm Reduction Organization AU - Carroll, Jennifer T2 - Anthropology of East Europe Review DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 23–34 UR - https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/1056 ER - TY - BOOK TI - Scripting Addiction: The Politics of Therapeutic Talk and American Sobriety by E. Summerson Carr AU - Carroll, Jennifer AU - Summerson Carr, E. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// PB - Princeton University Press UR - http://somatosphere.net/2012/10/book-review-summerson-carrs-scripting-addiction.html. ER - TY - JOUR TI - Explaining differences in labour market transitions between panel and life-course data in West-Germany AU - Manzoni, Anna AU - Luijkx, Ruud AU - Muffels, Ruud T2 - Quality & Quantity DA - 2011/2// PY - 2011/2// DO - 10.1007/S11135-009-9292-1 VL - 45 IS - 2 SP - 241–261 SN - 0033-5177 1573-7845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S11135-009-9292-1 KW - Panel data KW - Retrospective data KW - Data reliability KW - Recall error KW - Labour market transitions ER - TY - JOUR TI - Tlaxcallan: the archaeology of an ancient republic in the New World AU - Fargher, Lane F. AU - Blanton, Richard E. AU - Espinoza, Verenice Y. Heredia AU - Millhauser, John AU - Xiuhtecutli, Nezahualcoyotl AU - Overholtzer, Lisa T2 - Antiquity AB - Arguing from the overall settlement plan and the form of buildings, the authors present a persuasive case that the Late Postclassic city of Tlaxcallan and its near neighbour Tizatlan constitute the central elements of a republican state. This is an unusual political prescription, not only in Mesoamerica but further afield. DA - 2011/2// PY - 2011/2// DO - 10.1017/S0003598X0006751X VL - 85 IS - 327 SP - 172-186 J2 - Antiquity LA - en OP - SN - 0003-598X 1745-1744 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X0006751X DB - Crossref KW - Mesoamerica KW - Tlaxcallan KW - Late Postclassic (AD 1250-1519) KW - republic KW - urbanism KW - governance ER - TY - JOUR TI - Testing the accuracy of portable X-ray fluorescence to study Aztec and Colonial obsidian supply at Xaltocan, Mexico AU - Millhauser, John K. AU - Rodríguez-Alegría, Enrique AU - Glascock, Michael D. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science AB - This article demonstrates the accuracy of non-destructive portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) for the study of obsidian in central Mexico. Obsidian sources were identified for a sample of 103 artifacts from the site of Xaltocan, which spanned the rise and fall of the Aztec empire and the first centuries of Spanish colonial rule (AD 900–1700). Sources were assigned by comparing pXRF measurements with previously published source data and were verified using the standard techniques of laboratory XRF (lXRF) and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Additional tests of potentially confounding factors show that neither length of read time, presence of surface residue, nor incomplete detector coverage due to small artifact size compromised our ability to attribute sources to artifacts. Concave surfaces did decrease the accuracy of readings because of the greater distance between the artifact and the detector. Our results provide new insight into the stability of supply networks and markets well into the Colonial period as well as the homogenizing tendencies of the Aztec market system. DA - 2011/11// PY - 2011/11// DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.018 VL - 38 IS - 11 SP - 3141-3152 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en OP - SN - 0305-4403 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.018 DB - Crossref KW - Obsidian KW - Central Mexico KW - Aztec KW - Colonial New Spain KW - Portable X-ray fluorescence ER - TY - JOUR TI - Corrigendum to “Time-since-death and bone weathering in a tropical environment” [Forensic Science International 204 (2011) 126–133] AU - Ross, Ann H. AU - Cunningham, Sarah L. T2 - Forensic Science International DA - 2011/9// PY - 2011/9// DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.002 VL - 211 IS - 1-3 SP - 101-102 J2 - Forensic Science International LA - en OP - SN - 0379-0738 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.002 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - New tools for examining undergraduate students' STEM stereotypes: Implications for women and other underrepresented groups AU - Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C. AU - Wyer, Mary AU - Oliver-Hoyo, Maria AU - Schneider, Jennifer T2 - New Directions for Institutional Research AB - Abstract The authors describe the scale development process for three new scales designed to measure attitudes and perceptions about scientists and offer implications for how these tools can be used on college campuses and for future research. DA - 2011/12// PY - 2011/12// DO - 10.1002/ir.411 VL - 2011 IS - 152 SP - 87-98 J2 - New Directions for Institutional Research LA - en OP - SN - 0271-0579 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ir.411 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - ¿El Campeón de Los Hispanos? Comparing the coverage of Latino/a collective action in Spanish- and English-language newspapers AU - Okamoto, Dina AU - Ebert, Kim AU - Violet, Carla T2 - Latino Studies DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.1057/lst.2011.21 VL - 9 IS - 2-3 SP - 219-241 J2 - Lat Stud LA - en OP - SN - 1476-3435 1476-3443 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/lst.2011.21 DB - Crossref KW - media coverage KW - collective action KW - English-language newspapers KW - Spanishlanguage newspapers KW - Latinos ER - TY - JOUR TI - Epidemiology of Genocide: An Example from the Former Yugoslavia AU - Maxwell, Ashley AU - Ross, Ann H. T2 - Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal AB - Abstract There are multiple factors for the advent of war, and in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda nationalistic goals and political control were used to justify the genocide of thousands of individuals, mainly males of battle age, between sixteen to sixty years of age. War and genocide have detrimental effects on population health due to population displacement, food shortages, and the decline of health services. The skeletal remains of victims from Srebrenica, Bosnia, were analyzed for pathological conditions to assess general health and were compared with other countries that have experienced genocide to evaluate health issues in various parts of the world. Approximately 35% of the skeletal sample shows evidence of congenital and pathological conditions that may be population specific, which indicates that declining health was prevalent before the war, especially prenatal requirements for expectant mothers. In addition, data on general health from Rwandan and former Yugoslavian refugees showed a prevalence of acquired pathologies, mainly AIDS, while Bosnian and Herzegovinian refugees showed an increase in tuberculosis and heart diseases after the war. The skeletal and clinical research details the health problems that existed before and after the wars/genocide, and shed light on the current health problems that still need to be addressed. Marginalized and vulnerable groups, such as victims of genocide, need immediate action to prevent morbidity and mortality in the future. This study may be the first to outline the health status of victims of genocide and identify group marginalization as a path to genocide. DA - 2011/5// PY - 2011/5// DO - 10.1080/19409044.2011.604378 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 94-102 J2 - Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal LA - en OP - SN - 1940-9044 1940-9036 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19409044.2011.604378 DB - Crossref ER - TY - CHAP TI - Who’s Got the Money Now?: Conservation-Development Meets the Nueva Ruralidad in Southern Mexico AU - Haenn, N. T2 - Environmental Anthropology Today A2 - Kopnina, H. A2 - Shoreman, E. PY - 2011/// SP - 215–233 PB - Routledge Press ER - TY - JOUR TI - Health literacy measurement: A proposed research agenda AU - Pleasant, A. AU - McKinney, J. AU - Rikard, R. V. T2 - Journal of Health Communication DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 16 IS - sup3 SP - 11-21 ER - TY - RPRT TI - Strong fathers: Program findings A3 - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// PB - Raleigh, N.C.: NCSU Center for Family and Community Engagement ER - TY - TI - Health Literacy from a Sociologist's Perspective AU - Rikard, R. V. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// ER - TY - JOUR TI - New radiocarbon dates for the Grenadine Islands (West Indies) AU - Fitzpatrick, S. M. AU - Giovas, C. M. T2 - Radiocarbon DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 53 IS - 3 SP - 451-460 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Differentiation and integration of welfare-to-work service delivery in North Carolina AU - Buck, A. AU - Seale, E. AU - Leiter, J. AU - Taylor, T. T2 - Administration in Social Work DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 35 IS - 5 SP - 475-493 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology turns six AU - Rick, T. C. AU - Fitzpatrick, S. M. T2 - Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 1-2 ER - TY - JOUR TI - What You Know or Who You Know? Occupation-specific work experience and job matching through social networks AU - McDonald, Steve T2 - SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AB - Abstract While work experience is generally seen as an indicator of human capital, it may also reflect the accumulation of social capital. This study examines how work experience facilitates informal access to employment—that is, being matched with a new employer through an informal search or informal recruitment through the non-search process (without engaging in a job search). Results from fixed effects regression on panel data from the NLSY show that experience is related to informal entry into new jobs, though in a very specific way. The odds of being informally recruited into a new job improve as work experience in related occupations rises, but this relationship holds only among men. These findings highlight the social benefits of occupation-specific work experience that accrue to men but not to women, suggesting an alternative explanation for the gender disparity in wage returns to experience. DA - 2011/11// PY - 2011/11// DO - 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.06.003 VL - 40 IS - 6 SP - 1664-1675 SN - 0049-089X KW - Social networks KW - Social capital KW - Employment KW - Experience KW - Job search KW - Gender ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Sociology: The Dynamics of Collectivities and Their Application to Social Change and Development AU - Jicha, Karl A. AU - Thompson, Gretchen H. T2 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY AB - Rural SociologyVolume 76, Issue 4 p. 587-590 A Sociology: The Dynamics of Collectivities and Their Application to Social Change and Development – By Kris Merschrod Karl A. Jicha, Karl A. Jicha North Carolina State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorGretchen H. Thompson, Gretchen H. Thompson North Carolina State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Karl A. Jicha, Karl A. Jicha North Carolina State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorGretchen H. Thompson, Gretchen H. Thompson North Carolina State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 December 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00065_3.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume76, Issue4December 2011Pages 587-590 RelatedInformation DA - 2011/12// PY - 2011/12// DO - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00065_3.x VL - 76 IS - 4 SP - 587-590 SN - 0036-0112 ER - TY - JOUR TI - What's in the "old boys" network? Accessing social capital in gendered and racialized networks AU - McDonald, Steve T2 - SOCIAL NETWORKS AB - Network processes have long been implicated in the reproduction of labor market inequality, but it remains unclear whether white male networks provide more social capital resources than female and minority networks. Analysis of nationally representative survey data reveals that people in white male networks receive twice as many job leads as people in female/minority networks. White male networks are also comprised of higher status connections than female/minority networks. The information and status benefits of membership in these old boy networks accrue to all respondents and not just white men. Furthermore, gender homophilous contacts offer greater job finding assistance than other contacts. The results specify how social capital flows through gendered and racialized networks. DA - 2011/10// PY - 2011/10// DO - 10.1016/j.socnet.2011.10.002 VL - 33 IS - 4 SP - 317-330 SN - 1879-2111 KW - Networks KW - Social capital KW - Gender KW - Race KW - Inequality KW - Job search ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class: Corporate Power in the 21st Century AU - Kick, Edward L. T2 - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AB - Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class: Corporate Power in the 21st Century. By William K. Carroll. New York: Zed Books, 2010. Pp. xiv+273. $37.95 (paper).Edward L. KickEdward L. KickNorth Carolina State University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 117, Number 2September 2011 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/662223 Views: 64Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref For permission to reuse a book review printed in the American Journal of Sociology, please contact [email protected]PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Joshua Murray Interlock Globally, Act Domestically: Corporate Political Unity in the 21st Century, American Journal of Sociology 122, no.66 (May 2017): 1617–1663.https://doi.org/10.1086/691603 DA - 2011/9// PY - 2011/9// DO - 10.1086/662223 VL - 117 IS - 2 SP - 683-685 SN - 0002-9602 ER - TY - JOUR TI - "You have to absorb yourself in it": Using inquiry and reflection to promote student learning and self-knowledge AU - Rusche, S. N. AU - Jason, K. T2 - Teaching Sociology DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 39 IS - 4 SP - 338-353 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Importance of Place: Re-territorialising Embeddedness AU - Bowen, Sarah T2 - SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS AB - Abstract Sociologists have used the concept of embeddedness to examine the relationships between social networks, social capital, cultural and cognitive elements and the construction of markets. Yet important questions remain regarding how local and extra‐local actors actively construct embedded markets and how networks exhibit both embedding and disembedding tendencies. I use qualitative data on a case study of Comté cheese, an origin‐labelled cheese produced in eastern France, to develop a more critical and precise analysis of what embeddedness means in the context of (localised) food systems. I demonstrate the importance of horizontal and vertical forms of embeddedness. The expansion of the market and the entry of extra‐local actors into the chain put a strain on the proximity and close ties that have historically constituted the basis of the social embeddedness of the Comté supply chain. The institutions that the Inter‐professional Committee for Gruyère from Comté has developed, the support offered by the French state and the actors' shared belief in terroir are forms of vertical embeddedness that all act to re‐embed the Comté supply chain in its particular territory, even in the context of these destabilising forces. DA - 2011/10// PY - 2011/10// DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00543.x VL - 51 IS - 4 SP - 325-348 SN - 1467-9523 ER - TY - JOUR TI - ATTRACTED TO CRIME Exploration of Criminal Motivation Among Respondents in Three European Cities AU - Antonaccio, Olena AU - Botchkovar, Ekaterina V. AU - Tittle, Charles R. T2 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR AB - Using data from samples of randomly selected adults in three major cities in Greece, Russia, and Ukraine, several issues concerning criminal motivation are addressed. First, contrary to assumptions of many control theories, there is evidence of substantial variation in criminal attraction across individuals, with such attraction often being minimal. Second, direct measurement of criminal attraction is strongly associated with property and violent crime projections. Third, although variables from strain and social learning theories help explain criminal motivation, they do not appear sufficient to account for it. Nevertheless, attraction to crime appears to mediate the relationship between strain/prior reinforcement and criminal outcomes. Yet, the results show variations among research sites, thus indicating that the part played by criminal motivation may be somewhat context dependent. Overall, the research suggests the wisdom of further attention to motivation, particularly in improving efforts to explain it, measure it directly, and bring it more prominently into explanatory models. DA - 2011/12// PY - 2011/12// DO - 10.1177/0093854811423347 VL - 38 IS - 12 SP - 1200-1221 SN - 1552-3594 KW - criminal motivation KW - crime KW - strain KW - differential reinforcement KW - Russia KW - Ukraine KW - Greece ER - TY - JOUR TI - Intergenerational ties in context: Grandparents caring for Grandchildren in China AU - Chen, F. N. A. AU - Liu, G. Y. AU - Mair, C. A. T2 - Social Forces DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 90 IS - 2 SP - 571-594 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Intensity of food deprivation: The integrative impacts of the world system, modernization, conflict, militarization and the environment AU - Kick, Edward L. AU - McKinney, Laura A. AU - Thompson, Gretchen H. T2 - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY AB - US and world military expenditures have increased dramatically in the last decade. Some cross-national treatments identify positive impacts of military spending on a range of domestic outcomes, while many others point to the converse. We review the literature and then focus on under examined relationships, including the impact of military expenditures on the intensity of food deprivation worldwide. We employ a structural equation modeling technique that permits synthetic analyses of direct and indirect impacts of a range of factors specified by the theories. We find world-system context indirectly matters a great deal to the intensity of food deprivation in nations, both in our sample of developed and developing nations, and of developing countries only. So do intra-national and international conflicts, especially insofar as they impact national modernization and military spending. While modernization is moderately enhanced by military spending for our cross-national sample of developed and developing countries, it is not for the sample of developing countries only. This may point to military technology’s spill over effects on other sectors of the economy, but solely for developed nations. For the world over, national modernization, itself a consequence of global power and dependency, directly reduces the intensity of food deprivation, while military expenditures directly heighten it. These differential relationships lead us to advocate for a more synthetic theorizing in studies of food security and hunger, while accounting for global circumstances that produce both similar and different consequences in richer and poorer countries. DA - 2011/12// PY - 2011/12// DO - 10.1177/0020715211428181 VL - 52 IS - 6 SP - 478-502 SN - 1745-2554 KW - development KW - food security KW - hunger KW - militarization KW - modernization KW - violent conflict KW - war KW - world system ER - TY - JOUR TI - Frames and narratives as tools for recruiting and sustaining group members: The soulforce equality ride as a social movement organization AU - Powell, R. T2 - Sociological Inquiry DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 81 IS - 4 SP - 454-476 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Dividing the Domestic: Men, Women, and Household Work in Cross-National Perspective AU - Parcel, Toby L. T2 - WORK AND OCCUPATIONS DA - 2011/11// PY - 2011/11// DO - 10.1177/0730888411418184 VL - 38 IS - 4 SP - 510-512 SN - 0730-8884 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Casual Hookups to Formal Dates: Refining the Boundaries of the Sexual Double Standard AU - Reid, Julie A. AU - Elliott, Sinikka AU - Webber, Gretchen R. T2 - GENDER & SOCIETY AB - “Hooking up,” a popular type of sexual behavior among college students, has become a pathway to dating relationships. Based on open-ended narratives written by 273 undergraduates, we analyze how students interpreted a vignette describing a heterosexual hookup followed by a sexless first date. In contrast to the sexual script which holds that women want relationships more than sex and men care about sex more than relationships, students generally accorded women sexual agency and desire in the hookup and validated men’s post-hookup relationship interest. However, in explaining the sexless date, students typically reasoned the woman was being chaste and withholding sex to redeem her reputation whereas they often characterized the man’s abstinence in terms of a pity date. The findings underscore the tenacity of gendered sexual scripts around heterosexual dates and hookups but also reveal fissures and contradictions that suggest some changes to the sexual double standard. DA - 2011/10// PY - 2011/10// DO - 10.1177/0891243211418642 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 545-568 SN - 1552-3977 KW - hooking up KW - dating KW - sexual scripts KW - young adulthood KW - sexuality ER - TY - JOUR TI - Repetitive flood victims and acceptance of FEMA mitigation offers: an analysis with community-system policy implications AU - Kick, Edward L. AU - Fraser, James C. AU - Fulkerson, Gregory M. AU - McKinney, Laura A. AU - De Vries, Daniel H. T2 - DISASTERS AB - Of all natural disasters, flooding causes the greatest amount of economic and social damage. The United States' Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) uses a number of hazard mitigation grant programmes for flood victims, including mitigation offers to relocate permanently repetitive flood loss victims. This study examines factors that help to explain the degree of difficulty repetitive flood loss victims experience when they make decisions about relocating permanently after multiple flood losses. Data are drawn from interviews with FEMA officials and a survey of flood victims from eight repetitive flooding sites. The qualitative and quantitative results show the importance of rational choices by flood victims in their mitigation decisions, as they relate to financial variables, perceptions of future risk, attachments to home and community, and the relationships between repetitive flood loss victims and the local flood management officials who help them. The results offer evidence to suggest the value of a more community-system approach to FEMA relocation practices. DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01226.x VL - 35 IS - 3 SP - 510-539 SN - 1467-7717 KW - FEMA KW - flood loss KW - flood mitigation KW - place-based attachment KW - rational choice KW - risk ER - TY - JOUR TI - Implementing complex innovations: Factors influencing middle manager support AU - Chuang, E. AU - Jason, K. AU - Morgan, J. C. T2 - Health Care Management Review DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 36 IS - 4 SP - 369-379 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Stature estimation from long bone lengths in a Thai population AU - Mahakkanukrauh, Pasuk AU - Khanpetch, Pongsak AU - Prasitwattanseree, Sukon AU - Vichairat, Karnda AU - Case, D. Troy T2 - Forensic Science International AB - The estimation of stature is a very important step in developing a biological profile for forensic identification. However, little previous work has been done on stature estimation among modern Thai people, despite a growing number of forensic cases in Thailand in recent years. The current study was carried out on a sample of 200 skeletons from a northern Thai population (132 males and 68 females), ranging in age from 19 to 94 years. The maximum lengths of six long bones (humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia and fibula) were measured and stature reconstruction formulae generated using linear regression. These equations were then tested on a holdout sample of 15 females and 15 males. Results reveal that the three lower limb bones are the most accurate estimators of stature among the males, with the fibula equation producing the lowest standard error of the estimate (SE=4.89cm), followed by the femur (SE=5.06cm). Results for females were mixed. The femur produced the lowest standard error among the females (SE=5.21cm), followed by the radius (SE=5.63cm). However, when tested against the holdout sample (n=30), the femur equations were considerably more accurate, with a mean absolute error of 3.5cm and a median absolute error of 2.4cm. Females exhibited a higher standard error of the estimate than reported in many previous studies. This higher error may be the result of a recent secular trend in stature affecting the females of our sample somewhat more than the males. DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.025 VL - 210 IS - 1-3 SP - 279.e1–279.e7 SN - 0379-0738 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.025 KW - Long bones KW - Secular trend KW - Regression KW - Thailand ER - TY - JOUR TI - New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice AU - Bowen, Sarah AU - De Master, Kathryn T2 - JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES AB - In recent years, the European Union’s stated commitment to the principle of multifunctionality within its Common Agricultural Policy has fostered a resurgence of interest in recovering and protecting the heritage and traditions associated with local agricultural products. In spite of, or perhaps because of, the growing political and economic salience of heritage-based initiatives, however, we argue that it is important to interrogate the meanings and assumptions that underlie notions of heritage and tradition. In this paper, we use case study research from France and Poland to explore the potential contradictions associated with heritage-based food systems. While quality initiatives create essential spaces for maintaining rural livelihoods in the face of the homogenizing trends in the global agro-food system, particularly for regions where traditional agriculture has been economically marginalized, they also have the potential to undermine local specificity and privilege powerful extralocal actors at the expense of local communities. We pay particular attention to how, in practice, these initiatives may (1) reduce the diversity of available products, (2) create static notions of culture and (3) fundamentally change or distort the character of products in promoting the shift from local to extralocal markets. Our analysis suggests that a more careful investigation of heritage-based initiatives’ vulnerabilities is warranted, particularly with respect to the varied nature of local contexts. Initiatives that merely codify cultural products without taking the social-organizational context into account risk becoming little more than “museums of production.” DA - 2011/1// PY - 2011/1// DO - 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.08.002 VL - 27 IS - 1 SP - 73-82 SN - 0743-0167 KW - Heritage KW - Typical products KW - Multifunctionality KW - Quality standards KW - Geographical indications KW - France KW - Poland KW - European Union ER - TY - JOUR TI - Extraterrestrials and generic social processes: Minimizing resistance in teaching the reproduction of inequality AU - Parrotta, K. L. AU - Rusche, S. N. T2 - Teaching Sociology DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 320-328 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Experiential Learning and Research Ethics: Enhancing Knowledge through Action AU - Teixeira-Poit, Stephanie M. AU - Cameron, Abigail E. AU - Schulman, Michael D. T2 - TEACHING SOCIOLOGY AB - How can instructors use experiential learning strategies to enhance student understanding of research ethics and responsible research conduct? In this article, the authors review literature on using experiential learning to teach research ethics and responsible research conduct. They present a three-step exercise for teaching research ethics and responsible research conduct using experiential learning strategies. Their primary teaching and learning objective is to broaden student understanding of ethical behavior beyond notions of “right” and “wrong” to a conception of ethical behavior involving thinking critically about all stages of the research process. The authors present assessment data that suggest that participation in the exercise increased knowledge about ethical guidelines and broadened understandings of ethical behavior. DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.1177/0092055x11407346 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 244-258 SN - 0092-055X KW - ethics KW - research methods KW - scholarship of teaching and learning KW - critical thinking skills KW - professionalization of students ER - TY - JOUR TI - Bipartite medial cuneiform: New frequencies from skeletal collections and a meta-analysis of previous cases AU - Burnett, S. E. AU - Case, D. T. T2 - HOMO-JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY AB - Bipartition of the medial cuneiform is a malsegmentation defect of the foot characterized by separation of the normal cuneiform into dorsal and plantar segments. In many cases, these segments are held together by means of a cartilaginous or fibrocartilaginous bridge, resulting in a deep, lytic-like pit in dry bone reminiscent of those seen in cases of non-osseous tarsal coalition. Partial bipartition, where separation of the two segments is incomplete, may also occur. Though originally documented over 250 years ago, relatively little is known about the bipartite medial cuneiform. The purpose of this paper is to present thirteen new cases (ten complete, three partial) from Egypt, England, South Africa, Denmark, and the United States, and to analyze all known cases to investigate patterns in sex, laterality, frequency, and associated anomalies. Results suggest that bipartite medial cuneiforms are significantly more prevalent in males. Bipartite medial cuneiforms are also frequently bilateral, perhaps indicating a strong genetic component. Identification of this condition in multiple individuals from a cemetery could, therefore, suggest a familial relationship. Frequencies of this variant are consistently less than 1% in most large samples, and significant frequency differences among samples from around the world are rare. Several other minor congenital variations have been noted in individuals with bipartition of the medial cuneiform. However, additional systematic research is needed to elucidate further the prevalence of associated variants. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// DO - 10.1016/j.jchb.2011.01.002 VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 109-125 SN - 1618-1301 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sociology of the prison a classroom: marginalized identities and sociological imaginations behind bars AU - Parrotta, K. L. AU - Thompson, G. H. T2 - Teaching Sociology DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 39 IS - 2 SP - 165-178 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Park-Based Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents AU - Floyd, Myron F. AU - Bocarro, Jason N. AU - Smith, William R. AU - Baran, Perver K. AU - Moore, Robin C. AU - Cosco, Nilda G. AU - Edwards, Michael B. AU - Suau, Luis J. AU - Fang, Kunsheng T2 - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AB - Background Availability of parks is associated with higher levels of physical activity among children and adolescents. Few studies examine actual park use and park-based physical activity in these populations. Purpose This study examined associations among individual, park, and neighborhood environmental characteristics and children's and adolescent's park-based physical activity. Methods Data were collected in 2007 on 2712 children in 20 randomly selected parks in Durham NC. The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) provided measures of physical activity. Hierarchic regression analysis assessed associations among individual, park, and neighborhood environmental characteristics and children's park-based physical activity. Data were analyzed in 2010. Results Of the 2712 children observed, 34.2% and 13.2% were engaged in walking or vigorous physical activity. Environmental features of parks were associated with activity levels whereas neighborhood characteristics were not. Physical activity was negatively associated with gender (girls) (p=0.003); presence of a parent (p<0.0001); presence of nonparental adult (p=0.006); and an interaction involving the 0–5 years age group and style of play (p=0.017). Higher level of physical activity was associated with presence of other active children (p<0.0001); courts (e.g., basketball); and an interaction between number of recreation facilities and formal activities (p=0.004). Conclusions These social factors and design features should be considered in order to stimulate higher levels of park-based physical activity among children and adolescents. Availability of parks is associated with higher levels of physical activity among children and adolescents. Few studies examine actual park use and park-based physical activity in these populations. This study examined associations among individual, park, and neighborhood environmental characteristics and children's and adolescent's park-based physical activity. Data were collected in 2007 on 2712 children in 20 randomly selected parks in Durham NC. The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) provided measures of physical activity. Hierarchic regression analysis assessed associations among individual, park, and neighborhood environmental characteristics and children's park-based physical activity. Data were analyzed in 2010. Of the 2712 children observed, 34.2% and 13.2% were engaged in walking or vigorous physical activity. Environmental features of parks were associated with activity levels whereas neighborhood characteristics were not. Physical activity was negatively associated with gender (girls) (p=0.003); presence of a parent (p<0.0001); presence of nonparental adult (p=0.006); and an interaction involving the 0–5 years age group and style of play (p=0.017). Higher level of physical activity was associated with presence of other active children (p<0.0001); courts (e.g., basketball); and an interaction between number of recreation facilities and formal activities (p=0.004). These social factors and design features should be considered in order to stimulate higher levels of park-based physical activity among children and adolescents. DA - 2011/9// PY - 2011/9// DO - 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.04.013 VL - 41 IS - 3 SP - 258-265 SN - 1873-2607 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Observations of reintegrative shaming in a mental health court AU - Ray, B. AU - Dollar, C. B. AU - Thames, K. M. T2 - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 34 IS - 1 SP - 49-55 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Impact of Parental Employment: Young People, Well-Being and Educational Achievement AU - Parcel, Toby L. T2 - CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS DA - 2011/3// PY - 2011/3// DO - 10.1177/0094306110396847j VL - 40 IS - 2 SP - 164-166 SN - 0094-3061 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Temporal trends in prehistoric fishing in Palau, Micronesia over the last 1500 years AU - Fitzpatrick, S. M. AU - Giovas, C. M. AU - Kataoka, O. T2 - Archaeology in Oceania DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 46 IS - 1 SP - 6-16 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Criminal Contemplation, National Context, and Deterrence AU - Tittle, Charles R. AU - Botchkovar, Ekaterina V. AU - Antonaccio, Olena T2 - JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY DA - 2011/6// PY - 2011/6// DO - 10.1007/s10940-010-9104-8 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 225-249 SN - 1573-7799 KW - Deterrence KW - Perceived sanctions KW - Russia KW - Ukraine KW - Greece ER - TY - JOUR TI - Time-since-death and bone weathering in a tropical environment (vol 204, pg 126, 2011) AU - Ross, A. H. AU - Cunningham, S. L. T2 - Forensic Science International DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 211 IS - 1-3 SP - 101-102 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Testing the Importance of Family Solidarity, Community Structure, Information Access, and Social Capital in Predicting Nutrition Health Knowledge and Food Choices in the Philippines AU - Moxley, Robert L. AU - Jicha, Karl A. AU - Thompson, Gretchen H. T2 - ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION AB - This study investigates the influence of family solidarity, community structure, information access, social capital, and socioeconomic status on the extent of nutrition and health knowledge (NHK) among primary household meal planners. In turn, we pose the question: does this knowledge influence dietary decision making? Data are taken from a survey determining socioeconomic impacts of vitamin A fortified peanut butter on Philippine households. Questions on the relationships of nutrition to health were selected to construct a knowledge index on which household respondents could be ranked. We then tested hypotheses regarding what types of individual, family-level, and community structural characteristics would predict performance on this index. The results indicate that the strongest predictors of NHK come from sociological theory related to family solidarity and community centrality, in addition to information accessibility and household income. Our findings also indicate that NHK influences dietary choices with regard to the purchase of a vitamin fortified staple food product, which is essential when addressing nutritional deficiency problems in developing countries. DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// DO - 10.1080/03670244.2011.568907 VL - 50 IS - 3 SP - 215-239 SN - 0367-0244 KW - nutrition and health knowledge KW - family solidarity KW - community structure KW - information access KW - social capital KW - adoption and diffusion KW - developing countries ER - TY - JOUR TI - Parental Involvement With Their Working Teens AU - Runyan, Carol W. AU - Vladutiu, Catherine J. AU - Schulman, Michael D. AU - Rauscher, Kimberly J. T2 - Journal of Adolescent Health AB - Adolescents work in varied environments and are exposed to hazards. Parents of these working adolescents have an opportunity to help them select jobs and address worker safety issues with employers. The present study conducted telephonic interviews among a national sample of 922 working adolescents along with one parent of each to examine the involvement of parents in their children's employment and safety issues. Over 70% of parents were found who helped their children identify job opportunities, consider questions about work hours or tasks, fill out job applications, prepare for interviews, or handle difficult safety issues. Parents suggested stronger actions in response to hypothetical situations than when confronted with real problems. Mean level of parental involvement did not vary by the number of hazards reported by teen workers. Parents were involved in helping their teens with work. Further research should explore how to enhance parental effectiveness by making work safe for teens. DA - 2011/7// PY - 2011/7// DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.09.024 VL - 49 IS - 1 SP - 84-86 J2 - Journal of Adolescent Health LA - en OP - SN - 1054-139X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.09.024 DB - Crossref KW - Adolescent KW - Occupational Injury KW - Parent KW - Hazard ER - TY - JOUR TI - Individual participation in collective action in the context of a caribbean island state: Testing the effects of multiple dimensions of social capital AU - Jicha, K. A. AU - Thompson, G. H. AU - Fulkerson, G. M. AU - May, J. E. T2 - Rural Sociology DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 76 IS - 2 SP - 229-256 ER - TY - JOUR TI - "WE WANT THEM TO BE AS HETEROSEXUAL AS POSSIBLE" Fathers Talk about Their Teen Children's Sexuality AU - Solebello, Nicholas AU - Elliott, Sinikka T2 - GENDER & SOCIETY AB - This article examines heterosexual fathers’ descriptions of conversations with their teen children about sexuality and their perceptions of their teen children’s sexual identities. We show that fathers construct their own identities as masculine and heterosexual in the context of these conversations and prefer that their children, especially sons, are heterosexual. Specifically, fathers feel accountable for their sons’ sexuality and model and craft heterosexuality for them, even as many encourage their sons to stay away from heterosexual relationships and sex until they are older. Fathers are more accepting of homosexuality for their daughters yet question the authenticity of teen lesbian identity and do not recognize their daughters’ sexuality as agentic. They instead construct their daughters as sexually passive and vulnerable and position themselves as their daughters’ protectors. The findings illustrate the complexities of heteronormativity in a context of shifting, frequently contested gender and sexual landscapes. DA - 2011/6// PY - 2011/6// DO - 10.1177/0891243211403926 VL - 25 IS - 3 SP - 293-315 SN - 1552-3977 KW - family KW - men KW - masculinity KW - sexuality ER - TY - JOUR TI - "Katrina That Bitch!" hegemonic representations of women's sexuality on Hurricane Katrina souvenir T-shirts AU - Macomber, K. AU - Mallinson, C. AU - Seale, E. T2 - Journal of Popular Culture DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 525-544 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Effect of Weight on the Femur: A Cross-Sectional Analysis AU - Agostini, Gina M. AU - Ross, Ann H. T2 - JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES AB - This study assessed whether obesity significantly affects femoral shape. Femora of 121 white men were divided into two weight classes based on body mass index (BMI) of the deceased. Five external anteroposterior (AP) and mediolateral (ML) measurements were taken at consistent percentages of diaphyseal length. These were then subject to statistical tests. After controlling for age, multivariate statistics show a significant (p<0.05) effect of BMI on the femur, with the greatest significance in ML measurements. T-tests confirm these dimensions are significantly larger in the overweight (p<0.05). The effect of BMI on size-transformed and shape-transformed variables was also evaluated, with ANOVA results showing a significant BMI effect on ML size (p<0.05), but not shape. Significant size-transformed ML variables were then subject to discriminate function analyses with a cross-validation correction. Results show a correct classification rate of 88% in normal weight and 77% in overweight individuals. DA - 2011/3// PY - 2011/3// DO - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01648.x VL - 56 IS - 2 SP - 339-343 SN - 0022-1198 KW - forensic science KW - forensic anthropology KW - obesity KW - long bones KW - cross-section KW - bone functional adaptation ER - TY - JOUR TI - Stephen Jay Gould's Critique of Progress AU - York, Richard AU - Clark, Brett T2 - MONTHLY REVIEW-AN INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST MAGAZINE AB - A question of central importance in the interpretation of patterns of evolution is whether history had to turn out the way it did. From before Charles Darwin's time up to the present it has been commonly assumed that history, both human history and the history of life in general, unfolded in a somewhat deterministic manner, that the present was inevitable, either ordained in Heaven or, in the scientific view, mechanically produced by deterministic natural laws. This view contrasts with that of the historian: that the quirks, chance events, and particularities of each moment make history, and that the world could have been other than it is.… The renowned paleontologist and evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould.…developed a sophisticated and nuanced position that recognized both the importance of general laws and the role of contingency.… If contingency played little part in how history turned out, if the present was inevitable, then it makes little sense to challenge the status quo. However, if contingency dominates history, the future is open, and the world can be another way, as radicals of all varieties have long believed.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website. DA - 2011/2// PY - 2011/2// DO - 10.14452/mr-062-09-2011-02_2 VL - 62 IS - 9 SP - 19-36 SN - 0027-0520 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Societies consuming nature. A panel study of the ecological footprints of nations, 1960-2003 AU - Jorgenson, Andrew K. AU - Clark, Brett T2 - SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AB - Sociology is poised to greatly enhance our collective understanding of the various sustainability challenges facing the world today. To contribute to this endeavor, the authors conduct panel analyses of the per capita ecological footprints of nations to evaluate multiple theoretical traditions within environmental sociology and its sister approaches. Findings indicate that the consumption-based environmental impacts of nations are tied to economic development, urban population, militarization, and the structure of international trade. Ecological conditions in the context of climate and biogeography also prove to partially shape the environmental harms of human activities. Ultimately, this research suggests that political-economic factors, ecological milieu, and structural associations between nations all influence society/nature relationships. Considering the globally unsustainable levels of resource consumption and concomitant increases in pollution for a growing number of nations throughout the world, the authors contend that theoretically inclusive and methodologically rigorous investigations on such topics should be more central to the discipline. DA - 2011/1// PY - 2011/1// DO - 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.004 VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 226-244 SN - 1096-0317 KW - Sustainability KW - Globalization KW - Development KW - Environment KW - Political economy KW - Human ecology KW - Ecological footprint KW - Consumption KW - Ecologically unequal exchange KW - Militarization KW - Urbanization KW - Environmental sociology ER - TY - JOUR TI - Implications of dimorphism, population variation, and secular change in estimating population affinity in the Iberian Peninsula AU - Ross, A. H. AU - Ubelaker, D. H. AU - Kimmerle, E. H. T2 - FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL AB - Morphometric cranial variation among Spanish samples was compared to a 19th century Portuguese sample using both traditional and three-dimensional approaches. The Spanish samples included the regional 19th century Oloriz collection and the local 16–17th century Villanubla and Vallolid sample from northwestern Spain. Results suggest moderate variation among the samples and suggest that varying patterns of regional variation, sexual dimorphism and secular change represent important factors to be considered in the evaluation of population affinity using craniometric approaches. DA - 2011/3/20/ PY - 2011/3/20/ DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.003 VL - 206 IS - 1-3 SP - SN - 0379-0738 KW - Craniofacial variation KW - Sexual dimorphism KW - Iberian Peninsula KW - Forensic Anthropology Population Data ER - TY - JOUR TI - Heterogeneity in the rise and decline of city-level homicide rates, 1976-2005. A latent trajectory analysis AU - McCall, Patricia L. AU - Land, Kenneth C. AU - Parker, Karen F. T2 - SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AB - This study applies latent trajectory methods to the analysis of temporal changes in homicide rates among large US cities across recent decades. Specifically, annual homicide rates for 157 large US cities are analyzed for the 30 years from 1976 to 2005. We address the fundamental questions: Did all of cities experience similar levels and patterns of rise and decline in homicide rates over these three decades? Or is there hidden or unobserved heterogeneity with respect to these temporal patterns, thus leading to the identification of more homogeneous groupings of the cities? And if latent homogeneous groupings surface, is membership due to specific structural characteristics found within those cities? Evidence is found for the existence of four latent homicide rate trajectories. After identifying and classifying the cities into these four groups, multivariate statistical techniques are used to determine which social and economic characteristics are significant predictors of these distinct homicide trends. Criminal justice measures are also included as controls. It is found that larger cities located in the South with higher levels of resource deprivation/concentrated poverty, higher income inequality, higher percentages of the adult male population that are divorced, higher unemployment rates, higher percentages of youth, higher percentages of the population who are Hispanic and higher numbers of police per capita are more likely to be in a higher than a lower homicide trajectory group. Higher percentages of the population enrolled in colleges and universities and locations in states with higher incarceration rates are characteristics of cities associated with membership in a lower homicide trajectory group. DA - 2011/1// PY - 2011/1// DO - 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.007 VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 363-378 SN - 1096-0317 KW - Latent trajectory analysis KW - Homicide trends ER - TY - JOUR TI - Time-since-death and bone weathering in a tropical environment AU - Ross, Ann H. AU - Cunningham, Sarah L. T2 - FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL AB - The structural breakdown of skeletal remains follows a lengthy decomposition process, progressing from the appearance of cracking along the bone to complete loss of shape and skeletal integrity, that can occur in as early as 6 years or as long as 30. The length of time a set of skeletal remains takes to decompose depends heavily upon its micro-environment, the local context in which decomposition agents act on remains. Critical changes in the micro-context can drastically increase or slow the process. The burial of remains below the surface has been found to effectively shut out many of the most destructive decaying agents, such as the natural elements and insect and animal activity. This causes an increase in the amount of time needed to breakdown the skeletal remains. A better understanding of the decomposition process in varying micro-contexts is important for the ability to correctly estimate time since burial. This can aid not only in understanding of archaeological remains, but also in the identification of individuals in modern forensic and human rights cases. This study details the observations made during the excavation and analysis of burials on the Isla de Coiba off the coast of Panama. The excavation took place during the summer 2003 in an effort to identify several individuals who were believed to be part of the 'disappeared', people who went missing and believed to have been murdered under orders by the Torrijos and Noriega military regimes. Through the fieldwork analysis a decomposition timeline, specific for the Coiba micro-environment, was created. This new set of stages can be used to estimate time since burial in other areas whose local context is similar to that found on Coiba. DA - 2011/1/30/ PY - 2011/1/30/ DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.05.018 VL - 204 IS - 1-3 SP - 126-133 SN - 0379-0738 KW - Bone weathering KW - Skeletal preservation KW - Tropical climate KW - Panama KW - Coiba Island KW - Buried remains ER - TY - JOUR TI - New identification criteria for the Chilean population: Estimation of sex and stature AU - Ross, Ann H. AU - Jose Manneschi, Maria T2 - FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL AB - In the analysis of human skeletal or otherwise unidentifiable remains the assessment of sex is an initial vital element when rendering a biological profile. As such other aspects of the biological profile are sex-specific (e.g. stature and age) and cannot be successfully determined without this preliminary assessment. In addition, the estimation of stature is an essential parameter of the biological profile, which is often used to confirm or exclude presumptive identifications. The purpose of this study is to present newly developed local identification criteria for the estimation of sex from the postcrania and stature for Chileans. Linear discriminant functions were derived for the humerus and femur. Sexing accuracies of 87%, 86%, and 82% were achieved. Furthermore, new univariate predictive stature equations are presented using a Bayesian approach for the humerus, femur and tibia. DA - 2011/1/30/ PY - 2011/1/30/ DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.028 VL - 204 IS - 1-3 SP - SN - 0379-0738 KW - Stature estimation KW - Chileans KW - Bayes' Theorem ER - TY - JOUR TI - World economy, world society, and environmental harms in less-developed countries AU - Jorgenson, A. K. AU - Dick, C. AU - Shandra, J. M. T2 - Sociological Inquiry DA - 2011/// PY - 2011/// VL - 81 IS - 1 SP - 53-87 ER -