1 Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life: Introductory Comments. Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes, Akira Arimoto, Ulrich Teichler, and John Brennan. - Part I. Emerging Higher Education Systems. – 2 Identity Features and Working Conditions of Argentine Academics: A Comparative Study of Two Disciplinary Communities. Mercedes Leal, Sergio Robin, and María A. Maidana. – 3 Brazilian Higher Educ…
Introduction: Instigators of Interactionism – A Short Introduction to Interactionism in Sociology; Michael Hviid Jacobsen -- Chapter 1: Georg Simmel – Interactionist Before Symbolic Interactionism?; Greg Smith -- Chapter 2: Robert E. Park – A Precursor to Interactionism; Suzie Guth -- Chapter 3: George Herbert Mead – The Evolution of Mind, Self and Society through Interaction; Antony J.…
This book offers Walters's latest evolution of criminal lifestyle theory. It introduces the concept of criminal thought content to illustrate how the potential interplay between what offenders think and their thought processes can greatly aid our understanding of both crime and criminals. In this new study on criminal behaviour, Walters calls for criminological theory to be placed within a broa…
Part I: Political socialization and its processes -- 1. Introduction to Palestinian youth journaling project -- 2. Reconceptualizing youth political socialization: a theoretical framework -- 3. Community contribution to political socialization: the global is local -- 4. Social Identifiers: making meaning of intersectionality -- 5. Geopolitics of religion and its role in youth agency -- 6. Limit…
1. Towards Global Gambling -- 2. Bringing Crime to the City? Casinos, Betting Shops and Criminality -- 3. Gambling, Problem Gambling, Crime and the Criminal Justice System -- 4. Organised Crime, Gambling and Illegal Gambling -- 5. Gambling, Sport and Corruption -- 6. Internet Gambling, Crime and the Regulation of Virtual Environments -- 7. Gambling and Crime: Myths and Realities.This book explo…
Definition and History of Social Phobia and Related Concepts in Youth -- Major Characteristics of Youths with Social Anxiety and Social Phobia -- The Etiology of Social Anxiety and Social Phobia in Youths -- Research-Based Assessment of Social Anxiety and Social Phobia in Youths -- Clinical Assessment of Social Anxiety and Social Phobia in Youths -- The Treatment of Social Anxiety and Social Ph…
Background for a Theory of Personality Socialization in Intimate Relationships and Psychopathology -- Background for a Theory of Personality Socialization in Intimate Relationships and Psychopathology -- Requirements for the Theory -- Reducibility to Known Psychological Constructs -- Verifiability and Accountability -- Metatheoretical Assumptions -- The Horizontality of Relationships -- The Ver…
An Overview of Neurobiological Methods -- Neurobiological Techniques: Overview of Terms, Procedures, and Technologies -- Neurobiology of Psychological Traits -- The Neurobiology of Impulsive Sensation Seeking: Genetics, Brain Physiology, Biochemistry, and Neurology -- Neurobiology of Creativity -- Neurobiology of Intelligence -- Neurobiology of Abnormal Traits -- Neurobiology of Antisociality -…
Phenomenology -- Symptom Dimensions in OCD: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives -- Dimensional and Subtype Models of OCD -- Animal Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior: A Neurobiological and Ethological Perspective -- Behavioral and Functional Animal Models of OCD -- The Case for the OCD Spectrum -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Essential Phenomenology and Overlap with other Anxiety…
Risk Behavior in Adolescence -- The Study -- Psychoactive Substance Use -- Risk-Taking Behavior and Risky Driving -- Antisocial Behavior -- Sexual Behavior, Contraception, and AIDS -- Disturbed Eating -- Prevention: What Can We Do?.The volume gives a substantial contribution to the understanding of adolescent risk behaviors, informative and useful for both scientist and practitioner. The chapte…