Joseph H Michalski
Biographic Data
| ID | 101569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph H Michalski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph H |
| FAMILY NAME | Michalski |
| SIGNATURE | MICHALSKI J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's University College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9365-7009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A consilient, multi-level model of corporal punishment
The sociological determinants of scientific bias
Science is an ethical community whose practitioners aim to discover information about the natural world and to explain discernible patterns that might be detected. Those who pursue science generally embrace certain epistemic values that help establish the moral boundaries of the community, while the twin pillars of rationality and empiricism serve as the foundations upon which scientists establish their truth claims. Yet however robust the assert…
An integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal moralistic conflict
This paper offers an integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal, moralistic conflict that combines the logic of the "pure sociology" approach with a social psychological framework that highlights the importance of the human capacity for language, evaluation, and justification. While violations of normative expectations are the root causes of moralistic conflict, the paper argues that one can only determine the emergence of such con…
Defining Behavior and its Relationship to the Science of Psychology
Terrorism and lethal moralism in the United States and United Kingdom, 1970-2017
The current paper examines terrorism as a special form of moralistic violence, with several key features that distinguish such behaviour from other types of violence. The theory of lethal moralism highlights the importance of social polarization, characterized by vast differences in social space and inequality between adversaries as crucial to explaining deadly terrorist attacks. Where the differences are more permanent or chronic - and the group…
The Cumulative Disadvantages of Socially Toxic Family Environments: A Comparison of Early Life Experiences of Incarcerated Men and University Students
The paper examines the antecedents of criminal behavior through the process of retrospective family and life course histories in which incarcerated male inmates and male university students are compared. The main focus is on early childhood experiences and parental behaviors. The study data derive from intensive, face-to-face interviews with 38 men incarcerated for violent offences and a matched group of 66 men attending university at the same ti…
Scientific Partisanship: The Social Geometry of Intellectual Support
The article applies D. Black's pure sociology paradigm to examine the degree to which scientific evidence supports ideas deduced from the perspective. The main argument suggests that the empirical support for pure sociology varies inversely with the social distance separating scholars in social space. Moreover, the nature of the evidence adduced and the use of qualitative or quantitative methodologies predictably vary with social distance as well…
The Diversity Challenge for Higher Education in Canada: The Prospects and Challenges of Increased Access and Student Success
With the shifting demographics of societies such as the United States and Canada, access to higher education presents a variety of challenges to ensure that universities are able to meet the challenges associated with increased student diversity on campus. The current paper reviews first the literature on the linkages between social inequality and education, before turning to an examination of Canadian data with respect to access issues and the p…
Status Hierarchies and Hegemonic Masculinity: A General Theory of Prison Violence
The current paper examines the extent to which the pursuit of status, the social construction of masculinity and violence are linked. The main argument suggests that in a world where inmates have only the most limited forms of economic and political power, social status as a resource assumes far greater significance. The acquisition of status, though, depends upon the ability to navigate successfully the competition linked to securing one’s reput…
An Integrated Theory of Lethal Punishment: Social Geometry, Status Relationships, and the Dehumanization Process
Punishment exists universally as a form of social control, spanning a continuum from the physically inconsequential to lethality. What explains observable variations in punishment, or lethal punishment as a form of social control? This paper builds upon Black's pure sociology framework and Milner's theory of status relations to argue that lethal punishment occurs mainly under conditions of marginalization, disruptions of the previous social geome…
The Sociological Usages of “Pure Sociology”: The Perpetual Quest to Establish Disciplinary Boundaries in the Pursuit of Academic Legitimacy
Ritualistic Rape in Sociological Perspective
The current article examines rape as a form of sexual violence, drawing upon comparative research to describe and then proffer a tentative explanation of one specific type, referred to as ritualistic rape. Several cross-cultural examples and selected national data are referenced to examine three different forms of ritualistic rape: forced marriages or abductions, ritual defloration, and wife-lending. The evidence indicates that such “normative” o…
The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology
The current paper presents the results of a national survey of 190 full-time members of Canadian sociology departments to examine the state of the discipline in 2014-15. The paper focuses on the extent of epistemological diversity in an effort to answer two key questions. First, what intellectual perspectives prevail among Canadian sociologists and, along these lines, does any particular perspective hold greater prominence? Second, what might exp…
The Social Geometries of Rape
Rape represents one form of sexual violence and may be defined as “forced sexual violation.” The following paper builds upon that definition to differentiate among three distinct types of rapes to create an analytic typology that specifies the conditions under which these are more likely to occur. By drawing upon Black’s theoretical approach of “pure sociology” and by examining the cross-cultural literature, the paper presents the different socia…
The Behavior of Law: A Theoretical Integration
Donald Black's The Behavior of Law contains the most powerful sociological theory of legal variation ever produced. Despite the critical reactions of some analysts, the generality, testability, originality, and validity of the theory have been well-established. The one area where the theory can be improved, however, involves the criterion of "parsimony." The following paper demonstrates that roughly two dozen of Black's original propositions actu…
Scientific Discovery in Deep Social Space: Sociology without Borders
Globalization affords an excellent opportunity to develop a genuinely universal, scientific sociology. In recent decades, the politicization of the discipline has undermined the central mission of sociology: scientific discovery and explanation. The paper identifies several intellectual shifts that will facilitate expansion and communication in an emerging global village of sociological analysts: 1) breaking with classical sociology to build upon…
The Social Life of Pure Sociology
Marshall's (2008) Marshall, Douglas. 2008. “The Dangers of Purity: On the Incompatibility of ‘Pure Sociology’ and Science.” The Sociological Quarterly 49(2):209–35.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] critique of Black's (1995 Black, Donald. 1995. “The Epistemology of Pure Sociology.” Law and Social Inquiry 20:829–70.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2000a Black, Donald. 2000a. “Dreams of Pure Sociology.” Sociological The…
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70
Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis
Don Kerr, Joseph H. Michalski, Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 85-112
Explaining Intimate Partner Violence: The Sociological Limitations of Victimization Studies
Making Sociological Sense Out of Trends in Intimate Partnera Violence: The Social Structure of Violence Against Women
Despite evidence of a cultural shift in orientations toward violence, the problem of violence against women persists across a range of different societies. The preoccupation with the psychology of violence and the focus on cultural orientations obscure the more salient features of social life that promote violence: the structure of interpersonal relationships. The exploration of sociodemographic correlates and the search for “risk factors” of int…
Housing Affordability, Social Policy and Economic Conditions: Food Bank Users in the Greater Toronto Area, 1990–2000
Cet article examine les tendances dans les corrélats sociaux et économiques de L'utilisation des banques alimentaires dans la région du Grand Toronto au moyen d'entrevues annuelles auprès d'utilisateurs entre 1990 et 2000. L'analyse teste la thèse selon laquelle les incidences des réductions des allocations d'aide sociale et les coûts de logement contribuent à la vulnérabilitééconomique des families et des ménages déjà marginalisés. L'auteur a eu…
Getting by in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job
Financial Altruism or Unilateral Resource Exchanges? Toward a Pure Sociology of Welfare
Questions concerning the essential nature of altruism, the existence of an altruistic personality, and the genetic, biosocial, and social psychological bases of altruistic behavior have dominated theory and research on the topic. The current paper reconceptualizes financial altruism sociologically as a form of unilateral resource exchanges, or welfare. The alternative definition employs Donald Black's (1979, 2000) analytic approach to describe an…
Welfare system reform: Coordinating federal, state, and local public assistance programs
Making Sociological Sense Out of Trends in Intimate Partnera Violence: The Social Structure of Violence Against Women
Despite evidence of a cultural shift in orientations toward violence, the problem of violence against women persists across a range of different societies. The preoccupation with the psychology of violence and the focus on cultural orientations obscure the more salient features of social life that promote violence: the structure of interpersonal relationships. The exploration of sociodemographic correlates and the search for “risk factors” of int…
Status Hierarchies and Hegemonic Masculinity: A General Theory of Prison Violence
The current paper examines the extent to which the pursuit of status, the social construction of masculinity and violence are linked. The main argument suggests that in a world where inmates have only the most limited forms of economic and political power, social status as a resource assumes far greater significance. The acquisition of status, though, depends upon the ability to navigate successfully the competition linked to securing one’s reput…
Explaining Intimate Partner Violence: The Sociological Limitations of Victimization Studies
Scientific Discovery in Deep Social Space: Sociology without Borders
Globalization affords an excellent opportunity to develop a genuinely universal, scientific sociology. In recent decades, the politicization of the discipline has undermined the central mission of sociology: scientific discovery and explanation. The paper identifies several intellectual shifts that will facilitate expansion and communication in an emerging global village of sociological analysts: 1) breaking with classical sociology to build upon…
The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology
The current paper presents the results of a national survey of 190 full-time members of Canadian sociology departments to examine the state of the discipline in 2014-15. The paper focuses on the extent of epistemological diversity in an effort to answer two key questions. First, what intellectual perspectives prevail among Canadian sociologists and, along these lines, does any particular perspective hold greater prominence? Second, what might exp…
The Social Life of Pure Sociology
Marshall's (2008) Marshall, Douglas. 2008. “The Dangers of Purity: On the Incompatibility of ‘Pure Sociology’ and Science.” The Sociological Quarterly 49(2):209–35.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] critique of Black's (1995 Black, Donald. 1995. “The Epistemology of Pure Sociology.” Law and Social Inquiry 20:829–70.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2000a Black, Donald. 2000a. “Dreams of Pure Sociology.” Sociological The…
Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis
Don Kerr, Joseph H. Michalski, Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 85-112
Financial Altruism or Unilateral Resource Exchanges? Toward a Pure Sociology of Welfare
Questions concerning the essential nature of altruism, the existence of an altruistic personality, and the genetic, biosocial, and social psychological bases of altruistic behavior have dominated theory and research on the topic. The current paper reconceptualizes financial altruism sociologically as a form of unilateral resource exchanges, or welfare. The alternative definition employs Donald Black's (1979, 2000) analytic approach to describe an…
An integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal moralistic conflict
This paper offers an integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal, moralistic conflict that combines the logic of the "pure sociology" approach with a social psychological framework that highlights the importance of the human capacity for language, evaluation, and justification. While violations of normative expectations are the root causes of moralistic conflict, the paper argues that one can only determine the emergence of such con…
The Sociological Usages of “Pure Sociology”: The Perpetual Quest to Establish Disciplinary Boundaries in the Pursuit of Academic Legitimacy
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70
The Diversity Challenge for Higher Education in Canada: The Prospects and Challenges of Increased Access and Student Success
With the shifting demographics of societies such as the United States and Canada, access to higher education presents a variety of challenges to ensure that universities are able to meet the challenges associated with increased student diversity on campus. The current paper reviews first the literature on the linkages between social inequality and education, before turning to an examination of Canadian data with respect to access issues and the p…
An Integrated Theory of Lethal Punishment: Social Geometry, Status Relationships, and the Dehumanization Process
Punishment exists universally as a form of social control, spanning a continuum from the physically inconsequential to lethality. What explains observable variations in punishment, or lethal punishment as a form of social control? This paper builds upon Black's pure sociology framework and Milner's theory of status relations to argue that lethal punishment occurs mainly under conditions of marginalization, disruptions of the previous social geome…
Hidden Technocrats: The New Class and New Capitalism. Hansfried Kellner , Frank W. Heuberger
Welfare system reform: Coordinating federal, state, and local public assistance programs
Housing Affordability, Social Policy and Economic Conditions: Food Bank Users in the Greater Toronto Area, 1990–2000
Cet article examine les tendances dans les corrélats sociaux et économiques de L'utilisation des banques alimentaires dans la région du Grand Toronto au moyen d'entrevues annuelles auprès d'utilisateurs entre 1990 et 2000. L'analyse teste la thèse selon laquelle les incidences des réductions des allocations d'aide sociale et les coûts de logement contribuent à la vulnérabilitééconomique des families et des ménages déjà marginalisés. L'auteur a eu…
Getting by in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job
Financial Altruism or Unilateral Resource Exchanges? Toward a Pure Sociology of Welfare
Questions concerning the essential nature of altruism, the existence of an altruistic personality, and the genetic, biosocial, and social psychological bases of altruistic behavior have dominated theory and research on the topic. The current paper reconceptualizes financial altruism sociologically as a form of unilateral resource exchanges, or welfare. The alternative definition employs Donald Black's (1979, 2000) analytic approach to describe an…
Making Sociological Sense Out of Trends in Intimate Partnera Violence: The Social Structure of Violence Against Women
Despite evidence of a cultural shift in orientations toward violence, the problem of violence against women persists across a range of different societies. The preoccupation with the psychology of violence and the focus on cultural orientations obscure the more salient features of social life that promote violence: the structure of interpersonal relationships. The exploration of sociodemographic correlates and the search for “risk factors” of int…
Explaining Intimate Partner Violence: The Sociological Limitations of Victimization Studies
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70
Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis
Don Kerr, Joseph H. Michalski, Family Structure and Children's Hyperactivity Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter, 2007), pp. 85-112
Scientific Discovery in Deep Social Space: Sociology without Borders
Globalization affords an excellent opportunity to develop a genuinely universal, scientific sociology. In recent decades, the politicization of the discipline has undermined the central mission of sociology: scientific discovery and explanation. The paper identifies several intellectual shifts that will facilitate expansion and communication in an emerging global village of sociological analysts: 1) breaking with classical sociology to build upon…
The Social Life of Pure Sociology
Marshall's (2008) Marshall, Douglas. 2008. “The Dangers of Purity: On the Incompatibility of ‘Pure Sociology’ and Science.” The Sociological Quarterly 49(2):209–35.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] critique of Black's (1995 Black, Donald. 1995. “The Epistemology of Pure Sociology.” Law and Social Inquiry 20:829–70.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2000a Black, Donald. 2000a. “Dreams of Pure Sociology.” Sociological The…
The Behavior of Law: A Theoretical Integration
Donald Black's The Behavior of Law contains the most powerful sociological theory of legal variation ever produced. Despite the critical reactions of some analysts, the generality, testability, originality, and validity of the theory have been well-established. The one area where the theory can be improved, however, involves the criterion of "parsimony." The following paper demonstrates that roughly two dozen of Black's original propositions actu…
The Social Geometries of Rape
Rape represents one form of sexual violence and may be defined as “forced sexual violation.” The following paper builds upon that definition to differentiate among three distinct types of rapes to create an analytic typology that specifies the conditions under which these are more likely to occur. By drawing upon Black’s theoretical approach of “pure sociology” and by examining the cross-cultural literature, the paper presents the different socia…
The Sociological Usages of “Pure Sociology”: The Perpetual Quest to Establish Disciplinary Boundaries in the Pursuit of Academic Legitimacy
Ritualistic Rape in Sociological Perspective
The current article examines rape as a form of sexual violence, drawing upon comparative research to describe and then proffer a tentative explanation of one specific type, referred to as ritualistic rape. Several cross-cultural examples and selected national data are referenced to examine three different forms of ritualistic rape: forced marriages or abductions, ritual defloration, and wife-lending. The evidence indicates that such “normative” o…
The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology
The current paper presents the results of a national survey of 190 full-time members of Canadian sociology departments to examine the state of the discipline in 2014-15. The paper focuses on the extent of epistemological diversity in an effort to answer two key questions. First, what intellectual perspectives prevail among Canadian sociologists and, along these lines, does any particular perspective hold greater prominence? Second, what might exp…
The Cumulative Disadvantages of Socially Toxic Family Environments: A Comparison of Early Life Experiences of Incarcerated Men and University Students
The paper examines the antecedents of criminal behavior through the process of retrospective family and life course histories in which incarcerated male inmates and male university students are compared. The main focus is on early childhood experiences and parental behaviors. The study data derive from intensive, face-to-face interviews with 38 men incarcerated for violent offences and a matched group of 66 men attending university at the same ti…
Scientific Partisanship: The Social Geometry of Intellectual Support
The article applies D. Black's pure sociology paradigm to examine the degree to which scientific evidence supports ideas deduced from the perspective. The main argument suggests that the empirical support for pure sociology varies inversely with the social distance separating scholars in social space. Moreover, the nature of the evidence adduced and the use of qualitative or quantitative methodologies predictably vary with social distance as well…
The Diversity Challenge for Higher Education in Canada: The Prospects and Challenges of Increased Access and Student Success
With the shifting demographics of societies such as the United States and Canada, access to higher education presents a variety of challenges to ensure that universities are able to meet the challenges associated with increased student diversity on campus. The current paper reviews first the literature on the linkages between social inequality and education, before turning to an examination of Canadian data with respect to access issues and the p…
Status Hierarchies and Hegemonic Masculinity: A General Theory of Prison Violence
The current paper examines the extent to which the pursuit of status, the social construction of masculinity and violence are linked. The main argument suggests that in a world where inmates have only the most limited forms of economic and political power, social status as a resource assumes far greater significance. The acquisition of status, though, depends upon the ability to navigate successfully the competition linked to securing one’s reput…
An Integrated Theory of Lethal Punishment: Social Geometry, Status Relationships, and the Dehumanization Process
Punishment exists universally as a form of social control, spanning a continuum from the physically inconsequential to lethality. What explains observable variations in punishment, or lethal punishment as a form of social control? This paper builds upon Black's pure sociology framework and Milner's theory of status relations to argue that lethal punishment occurs mainly under conditions of marginalization, disruptions of the previous social geome…
Terrorism and lethal moralism in the United States and United Kingdom, 1970-2017
The current paper examines terrorism as a special form of moralistic violence, with several key features that distinguish such behaviour from other types of violence. The theory of lethal moralism highlights the importance of social polarization, characterized by vast differences in social space and inequality between adversaries as crucial to explaining deadly terrorist attacks. Where the differences are more permanent or chronic - and the group…
Defining Behavior and its Relationship to the Science of Psychology
An integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal moralistic conflict
This paper offers an integrated theoretical framework to explain interpersonal, moralistic conflict that combines the logic of the "pure sociology" approach with a social psychological framework that highlights the importance of the human capacity for language, evaluation, and justification. While violations of normative expectations are the root causes of moralistic conflict, the paper argues that one can only determine the emergence of such con…
The sociological determinants of scientific bias
Science is an ethical community whose practitioners aim to discover information about the natural world and to explain discernible patterns that might be detected. Those who pursue science generally embrace certain epistemic values that help establish the moral boundaries of the community, while the twin pillars of rationality and empiricism serve as the foundations upon which scientists establish their truth claims. Yet however robust the assert…
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