Ronald G Helms
Biographic Data
| ID | 7710539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald G Helms |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald G |
| FAMILY NAME | Helms |
| SIGNATURE | HELMS R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Service Learning and Criminal Justice Students
Service learning courses provide meaningful community service for students in order to assist them with the integration of theory and practice. A partnership with local high schools allows students in a large criminal justice program on the west coast to serve as mentors for students who are referred to the program by school counselors and/or social workers. Data on student performance are used to assess whether the exposure to service learning i…
The Political Context of Sentencing
Most studies of jail or prison sentence length focus on whether offender characteristics produce sentencing differentials after legal effects have been controlled, but the findings in the literature have not been consistent, probably because most studies have been based on a few jurisdictions. To see if political effects explain these discrepancies, this study of 337 jurisdictions in seven states analyzes interaction effects between external poli…
Racial Politics and Redistribution
To assess the determinants of political support for redistribution, this time-series study analyzes historically contingent changes in the progressivity of the income tax. Nonviolent civil rights protest should increase sympathy for the least affluent and enhance support for redistributive policies, but social problems blamed on the underclass may have the opposite effect. After controlling for shifts in partisan control of the presidency, nonwhi…
The Political Context of Sentencing
Most studies of jail or prison sentence length focus on whether offender characteristics produce sentencing differentials after legal effects have been controlled, but the findings in the literature have not been consistent, probably because most studies have been based on a few jurisdictions. To see if political effects explain these discrepancies, this study of 337 jurisdictions in seven states analyzes interaction effects between external poli…
Racial Politics and Redistribution
To assess the determinants of political support for redistribution, this time-series study analyzes historically contingent changes in the progressivity of the income tax. Nonviolent civil rights protest should increase sympathy for the least affluent and enhance support for redistributive policies, but social problems blamed on the underclass may have the opposite effect. After controlling for shifts in partisan control of the presidency, nonwhi…
Racial Politics and Redistribution
To assess the determinants of political support for redistribution, this time-series study analyzes historically contingent changes in the progressivity of the income tax. Nonviolent civil rights protest should increase sympathy for the least affluent and enhance support for redistributive policies, but social problems blamed on the underclass may have the opposite effect. After controlling for shifts in partisan control of the presidency, nonwhi…
The Political Context of Sentencing
Most studies of jail or prison sentence length focus on whether offender characteristics produce sentencing differentials after legal effects have been controlled, but the findings in the literature have not been consistent, probably because most studies have been based on a few jurisdictions. To see if political effects explain these discrepancies, this study of 337 jurisdictions in seven states analyzes interaction effects between external poli…
Service Learning and Criminal Justice Students
Service learning courses provide meaningful community service for students in order to assist them with the integration of theory and practice. A partnership with local high schools allows students in a large criminal justice program on the west coast to serve as mentors for students who are referred to the program by school counselors and/or social workers. Data on student performance are used to assess whether the exposure to service learning i…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Censoring (clinical trials) (1 works) · Civil rights (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Crime control (1 works)