Jeff Archer
Biographic Data
| ID | 130789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeff Archer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeff |
| FAMILY NAME | Archer |
| SIGNATURE | ARCHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0483-1576 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 114 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 410 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 114 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Poachers, politicians, and the police: The Poaching Prevention Act of 1862
The period after 1850 is often assumed to have witnessed some amelioration in the operation of the game code. This article highlights the origins of a little-researched statute, the 1862 Poaching Prevention Act, which conversely augmented the existing game laws and, most significantly, bestowed new responsibilities and powers on the police to tackle poachers at a critical point in the development of the new county constabularies. This controversi…
Violence Between Men
Violence Between Men - 1
Power and Male Violence
Power and Male Violence - 1
The reality and evolutionary significance of human psychological sex differences
The aims of this article are: ( i ) to provide a quantitative overview of sex differences in human psychological attributes; and ( ii ) to consider evidence for their possible evolutionary origins. Sex differences were identified from a systematic literature search of meta‐analyses and large‐sample studies. These were organized in terms of evolutionary significance as follows: ( i ) characteristics arising from inter‐male competition (within‐sex …
Do the same risk and protective factors influence aggression toward partners and same‐sex others
The current studies examined whether several risk and protective factors operate similarly for intimate partner violence (IPV) and same-sex aggression (SSA) in the same sample, and to assess whether they show similar associations for men and women. Study 1 (N = 345) tested perceived benefits and costs, and instrumental and expressive beliefs about aggression: perceived costs predicted IPV and SSA for both men and women. Expressive beliefs predict…
Female undergraduate's perceptions of intrusive behavior in 12 countries
The present study examines young women's (N = 1,734) perceptions of the unacceptability of 47 intrusive activities enacted by men. Female undergraduate psychology students from 12 countries (Armenia, Australia, England, Egypt, Finland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Scotland, Trinidad) indicated which of 47 intrusive activities they considered to be unacceptable. Responses were compared with parasite-stress values, a measure of global …
Intimate partner violence: Are the risk factors similar for men and women, and similar to other types of offending
We studied intimate partner violence (IPV) within a framework of other violent and nonviolent offending, to explore whether the risk factors for offending were similar across the different offense categories, and also for men and women. A comprehensive measure of offending behavior was administered to 184 men and 171 women, together with measures of anger, self-control, and psychopathic traits. The measure, the nonviolent and violent offending be…
Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America
Journal Article Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America Get access Ed. by John Archer, Paul J. P. Sandul, and Katherine Solomonson. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. xxvi, 392 pp. Cloth, $122.50. Paper, $35.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw089 Published: 01 June 2016
Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence
The aim of this study was to test predictions from the male control theory of intimate partner violence (IPV) and Johnson's [Johnson, M. P. (1995). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 282-294] typology. A student sample (N = 1,104) reported on their use of physical aggression and controlling behavior, to partners and to same-sex non-intimates. Contrary to the male control theory, women were found to be more physically aggressive to their part…
Beliefs About Aggression in an Indian Sample
The scripting of male and female rape
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how male and female rape is scripted. Design/methodology/approach In total, 100 (50 male, 50 female) participants were asked to write down in their own words what they considered to be the typical rape when the victim was either an adult male or female. Findings Results revealed that men's and women's rape scripts did not dramatically differ, though several differences were revealed between male…
Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Non‐Violent and Violent Offending Behavior Scale (NVOBS)
The purpose of this research was to develop a psychometrically sound measure of violent and non-violent offending, suitable for both male and female participants in general (non-forensic) samples. Potential items were selected from existing measures. A sample of 653 British university students completed all items, and their responses were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and validated with confirmatory factor analysis. There were five s…
Aggressive Behavior: A Transition
Can evolutionary principles explain patterns of family violence
The article's aim is to evaluate the application of the evolutionary principles of kin selection, reproductive value, and resource holding power to the understanding of family violence. The principles are described in relation to specific predictions and the mechanisms underlying these. Predictions are evaluated for physical violence perpetrated by (a) parents to unrelated children, (b) parents to genetic offspring, and (c) offspring to parents a…
Does Maladaptive Coping Mediate the Relationship Between Borderline Personality Traits and Reactive and Proactive Aggression
The aim of this study was to identify associations between borderline personality ( BP ) traits and reactive and proactive aggression, and to compare the meditational effects of maladaptive coping in samples of older adolescents ( n = 133) and young adults ( n = 93), which has not hitherto been explored. This was a cross‐sectional study that used self‐report measures to assess BP traits on a continuum, trait‐based reactive and proactive aggressio…
Ifas paper: A qualitative investigation into beliefs about aggression in an Indian sample
Purpose This paper aims to investigate Western studies on beliefs about aggression which have found that men typically hold instrumental beliefs and women hold expressive beliefs. Design/methodology/approach To investigate whether beliefs about aggression are qualitatively different in an Indian sample, interviews were undertaken with focus groups of 16 and 26‐year‐olds from north‐east India. Findings IPA analysis indicated that respondents viewe…
Violence during Pregnancy: Investigating Infanticidal Motives
The Feminine Dynamic in English Art, 1485-1603: Women as Consumers, Patrons and Painters, by Susan E. James
Journal Article The Feminine Dynamic in English Art, 1485–1603: Women as Consumers, Patrons and Painters, by Susan E. James Get access The Feminine Dynamic in English Art, 1485–1603: Women as Consumers, Patrons and Painters, by Susan E. James (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009; pp. 376. £65) Jayne Elisabeth Archer Jayne Elisabeth Archer Aberystwyth University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Engli…
The Development and Factor Structure of a Questionnaire Measure of the Strength of Attachment to Pet Dogs
A 35-item questionnaire (DAQ: Dog Attachment Questionnaire) involving 5-point Likert responses to items designed to measure aspects of attachment to a pet/companion animal dog was constructed. The content was derived from theoretical treatments of adult human attachment, used in a broad sense as equivalent to an affectional bond. Items based on four groupings were modified for a pet dog. Two samples of dog owners (n = 112 and 306, respectively) w…
A comparative study of long‐term psychological functioning in male survivors of stranger and acquaintance rape
The aim of the present study was to compare psychological functioning in male rape survivors who had been raped either by strangers or acquaintances, and to test differences between the functioning of gay versus heterosexual survivors. Thirty-eight male rape survivors completed a range of measures relating to their perceptions about the nature of the effects of their assault, their general health, self-esteem and world assumptions. Results reveal…
Adaptive and maladaptive personality traits as predictors of violent and nonviolent offending behavior in men and women
The aim of this study was to assess both violent and nonviolent offending behavior in a single, mixed‐sex population. The rationale for this is that the two types of offending are usually researched separately, despite evidence that they overlap. A comprehensive measure of general violence, intimate partner violence (IPV), and nonviolent offending behavior was administered to 116 men and 181 women, together with measures of personality and person…
Does cost–benefit analysis or self‐control predict involvement in two forms of aggression
The main aim of this research was to assess the relative association between physical aggression and (1) self‐control and (2) cost‐benefit assessment, these variables representing the operation of impulsive and reflective processes. Study 1 involved direct and indirect aggression among young Indian men, and Study 2 physical aggression to dating partners among Spanish adolescents. In Study 1, perceived benefits and costs but not self‐control were …
The relation between mate value, entitlement, physical aggression, size and strength among a sample of young Indian men
Control tactics and partner violence in heterosexual relationships
Does sexual selection explain human sex differences in aggression?
I argue that the magnitude and nature of sex differences in aggression, their development, causation, and variability, can be better explained by sexual selection than by the alternative biosocial version of social role theory. Thus, sex differences in physical aggression increase with the degree of risk, occur early in life, peak in young adulthood, and are likely to be mediated by greater male impulsiveness, and greater female fear of physical …
Sex differences in social behavior: Are the social role and evolutionary explanations compatible
The influence of testosterone on human aggression
Animal studies show clear evidence for a causal link between testosterone and aggression. This review assesses studies involving androgens, principally testosterone, and human aggression. Evidence for a possible effect of prenatal androgens is inconclusive. In adults, higher testosterone levels are found in groups selected for high levels of aggressiveness. Correlations between testosterone and aggression were low when hostility inventories were …
Investigating Three Explanations of Women's Relationship Aggression
This study investigated explanations of women's partner aggression in a sample of 358 women. Women completed measures of physical aggression, control, and fear. Three explanations of women's partner aggression were explored: (a) that its use is associated with fear, (b) that it is reciprocal, and (c) that it is coercive. Each explanation received partial support, with multivariate analysis showing that collectively they explained significant prop…
Measuring aggression: Self‐reports, partner reports, and responses to provoking scenarios
This paper describes three studies. The first is concerned with the relationship between the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and a peer‐report version of the AQ (AQ‐P). The results (from a sample of 77 men aged 19 to 55 years) showed agreement between the two versions, thus providing evidence for the congruent validity of the AQ‐P, and good internal consistency was shown for the subscales of the AQ and AQ‐P. The second study involved the developmen…
Fragmentation or creative diversity? Options in the provision of land management advisory services
Bereavement following death of a pet
A 40-item questionnaire based on reactions following human bereavement was used to investigate the occurrence of grief following death of a pet in a sample of 88 people. Items indicating initial numbness or disbelief, preoccupation with the loss, a loss of part of themselves and being drawn towards reminders were endorsed by half to four-fifths of the sample. About a quarter reported the urge to search, avoidance or mitigation strategies, anger, …
Effects of Rape on Men: A Descriptive Analysis
Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence
The aim of this study was to test predictions from the male control theory of intimate partner violence (IPV) and Johnson's [Johnson, M. P. (1995). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 282-294] typology. A student sample (N = 1,104) reported on their use of physical aggression and controlling behavior, to partners and to same-sex non-intimates. Contrary to the male control theory, women were found to be more physically aggressive to their part…
Does Controlling Behavior Predict Physical Aggression and Violence to Partners
Indirect aggression in the media: A content analysis of british television programs
The purpose of this study is to determine how much indirect aggression occurs in television programs popular among British adolescents. Previous research has mainly focused on violence in the media rather than examining this more manipulative and subtle type of aggression. A content analysis of 228 hours of television programming revealed that indirect aggression was portrayed in 92.04% of all episodes analyzed. It was portrayed more frequently t…
Physical aggression as a function of perceived fighting ability and provocation: An experimental investigation
In three studies, Resource Holding Power (RHP) and provocation were manipulated in scenarios involving a young person in a bar with friends. In Study 1, teenage men reported lower likelihood of responding with physical aggression when insulted as levels of three RHP cues (size, allies and reputation) increased, effects that were accentuated by combinations of high‐RHP cues; in the second part of this study, they consistently rated an insult to th…
A Strategic Approach to Aggression
Two issues raised by Underwood, Galen and Paquette (2001) are discussed in more detail. The distinction between indirect and relational forms of aggression is explored: although they coincide in many current studies, they involve potentially separate dimensions, so that social manipulation may occur face‐to‐face, and indirect aggression may not involve manipulating others. These forms of aggression are at the margins of the usual definitions of a…
The Relationship Between Indirect and Physical Aggression on Television and in Real Life
Viewing indirect aggression on television has been shown to have negative short‐term effects on a viewer's subsequent aggressive behavior; however, the longer term relationship between viewing indirect aggression on television and in real life has not yet been examined. Three hundred and forty‐seven adolescents, aged 11–14, were asked to list their five favorite television programs. These programs were analyzed for the amount and type of aggressi…
Does cost–benefit analysis or self‐control predict involvement in two forms of aggression
The main aim of this research was to assess the relative association between physical aggression and (1) self‐control and (2) cost‐benefit assessment, these variables representing the operation of impulsive and reflective processes. Study 1 involved direct and indirect aggression among young Indian men, and Study 2 physical aggression to dating partners among Spanish adolescents. In Study 1, perceived benefits and costs but not self‐control were …
The relation between scores on the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire and aggressive acts, impulsiveness, competitiveness, dominance, and sexual jealousy
This paper examines the relation of the four subscales (physical, verbal, anger and hostility) of the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) to act-based aggression questionnaires (involving same-sex or partners as opponents, and direct or indirect aggression) and evolutionarily based predictors of aggression, using an online student sample. All aggression measures were moderately correlated with one another. The BPAQ physical and verbal scal…
Can evolutionary principles explain patterns of family violence
The article's aim is to evaluate the application of the evolutionary principles of kin selection, reproductive value, and resource holding power to the understanding of family violence. The principles are described in relation to specific predictions and the mechanisms underlying these. Predictions are evaluated for physical violence perpetrated by (a) parents to unrelated children, (b) parents to genetic offspring, and (c) offspring to parents a…
The perceived consequences of responding to bullying with aggression: A study of male and female adult prisoners
This research addresses whether prisoners who bully others and/or are victimised themselves can be distinguished by the perceptions that they have of the consequences about using aggression as a solution to being bullied. Male and female adult prisoners (n = 406) were required to complete a self‐report behavioural checklist (Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist [DIPC]) that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their present in…
The Development and Factor Structure of a Questionnaire Measure of the Strength of Attachment to Pet Dogs
A 35-item questionnaire (DAQ: Dog Attachment Questionnaire) involving 5-point Likert responses to items designed to measure aspects of attachment to a pet/companion animal dog was constructed. The content was derived from theoretical treatments of adult human attachment, used in a broad sense as equivalent to an affectional bond. Items based on four groupings were modified for a pet dog. Two samples of dog owners (n = 112 and 306, respectively) w…
Adaptive and maladaptive personality traits as predictors of violent and nonviolent offending behavior in men and women
The aim of this study was to assess both violent and nonviolent offending behavior in a single, mixed‐sex population. The rationale for this is that the two types of offending are usually researched separately, despite evidence that they overlap. A comprehensive measure of general violence, intimate partner violence (IPV), and nonviolent offending behavior was administered to 116 men and 181 women, together with measures of personality and person…
Do beliefs about aggression predict physical aggression to partners
Three hypotheses concerning the association between instrumental (I) and expressive (E) beliefs about aggression and physical aggression were assessed among a sample comprising students (n=40), women from a domestic violence shelter (n=29), and male prisoners (n=46), all of whom had committed at least one act of physical aggression to a partner. Participants completed an adapted version of the EXPAGG [Archer and Haigh (1997a): British Journal of …
Derivation of a homesickness scale
A 33-item measure of homesickness (the Homesickness Questionnaire, HQ) was derived from features of grief modified for the circumstance of separation from home. In three samples of year 1 students (N = 264) during their first year at university, total HQ scores were highly correlated with a single-item measure of homesickness used in previous studies, and 28 items showed significant differences between subgroups divided on the basis of the single…
Does cost–benefit analysis or self‐control predict involvement in bullying behavior by male prisoners
The main aim of this study is to assess whether lack of self‐control or the perceived costs and benefits of aggression provide the better predictors of bullying behavior and victimization, and direct aggression perpetration, in a sample of 122 male British prisoners. We also assessed whether bullying was associated with height and weight. Zero‐order correlations showed that perceived benefits, self‐control, and perceived costs were most closely a…
Physical aggression as a function of perceived fighting ability among male and female prisoners
Study 1 used two scenarios depicting provocations to investigate whether prisoners' willingness to engage in physical aggression would vary according to the perceived fighting ability (Resource Holding Power [RHP]) of the opponent. RHP was operationalized in terms of three levels of the size, number of allies, and reputation. The sample (both sexes; N =1,253) was taken from a range of British prisons. Unexpectedly, the prisoners said that they wo…
Association between measures of aggression and bullying among juvenile and young offenders
This study addresses the relationship between aggression and behaviors indicative of bullying in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile and young offenders. The study also addresses whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are bullied themselves can be identified by the type of aggression that they report. Ninety‐five juvenile and 196 young offenders completed a self‐report behavioral checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behavior…
Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America
Journal Article Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America Get access Ed. by John Archer, Paul J. P. Sandul, and Katherine Solomonson. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. xxvi, 392 pp. Cloth, $122.50. Paper, $35.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw089 Published: 01 June 2016
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The Violence We Have Lost'? - Body Counts, Historians and Interpersonal Violence in England
Late Victorian commentators felt able to congratulate themselves on the growing civility of English society.Hard evidence for this decline in lawlessness was to be found in the decline of interpersonal violence, especially homicide and murder in particular, as recorded in the annual parliamentary criminal statistics between the 1850s and 1914.Historians have located this decline as belonging to a much longer term drop in homicides, which can be t…
Tests for emotionality in rats and mice: A review
The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates
Sex differences in the emotional behaviour of laboratory mice
Three laboratory strains of mice (C57, BALB/c, Porton) were tested in an open field using a number of measures taken during the initial 2 min of testing and after a loud bell had sounded. The mice were tested either in a clean field or in one containing the odour of a same‐sex conspecific. Over all three strains, several measures indicated that females showed higher levels of ‘emotional’ or ‘fear’ responses than did males. This sex difference was…
Northern Ireland: Constitutional Proposals and the Problem of Identity
Since 1969 nearly eighteen hundred people have died in the troubles in Northern Ireland. Personal injuries, bombings, rioting and intimidation have also left deep scars on community life. In this context some may argue that there is little point in discussing constitutional proposals, for there can be no settlement until the “politics of the vendetta” and the “policies of the latent atrocity” have worked themselves out. We should, however, not ne…
Character in English Architectural Design
Inbreeding and sex differences in rats and mice: A rejoinder to Gray
Oakeshott on Politics
Gressenhall Museum
Journal Article Gressenhall Museum Get access John Archer John Archer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1979, Pages 109–110, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/8.1.109 Published: 01 October 1979
The Urban Idea in Colonial America
The theory of responsible government in Britain and Australia
The Beginnings of Association in British Architectural Esthetics
IN 1700 JOHN LOCKE WROTE that association was a wrong Connexion in our Minds of Ideas in themselves, loose and independent of one another. Such a connection, he said, is of so great force to set us awry in our Actions, as well Moral as Natural, Passions, Reasonings, and Notions themselves... .I1 But during the first half of the eighteenth century British architects, estheticians, and philosophers overcame the distrust with which Locke viewed asso…
Sex and Gender
The sociobiology of bereavement: A reply to Littlefield and Rushton
This article offers a critique of Littlefield and Rushton's (1986) application of sociobiological principles to bereavement following the death of a child.The following general issues are considered: (a) whether behavior is always adaptive and (b) the distinction between proximate and ultimate explanations.It is argued that grief is a maladaptive by-product of another, adaptive feature and that hypotheses about the severity of grief are best deri…
Ideology and Aspiration: Individualism, the Middle Class, and the Genesis of the Anglo-American Suburb
Grief and rehousing
The occurrence and extent of grief‐like features were assessed in a sample of people who had been rehoused involuntarily. Answers indicating the following responses were reported by a proportion of those interviewed: intrusive thoughts (29 per cent), searching (22 per cent), anger (24 per cent), loss of self (56 per cent) and identification (38 per cent)
Dating violence in the United Kingdom: A preliminary study
A small-scale study of “dating violence” in a sample of UK college students is described. Methodology involved the rating-scale used in existing US studies, with the addition of an assessment of inter-respondent reliability, which was found to be high. A high incidence of some form of violence was found, with women showing higher levels than men, thus replicating previous US findings based on victim reports. Violence in the present relationship w…
Gender-stereotypic Perceptions of Academic Disciplines
Sixty college students, aged 16-20 years, rated 10 academic disciplines along seven 7-point dimensions including masculine-feminine, in a 2 (sex) X 3 (academic background) factorial design. Engineering, physical sciences, and mathematics were rated as significantly masculine whereas English, biology, psychology, French and sociology were rated as significantly feminine. There was no effect of the sex of the rater, and only in the case of biology …
Canada and the Metis, 1869-1885
Journal Article Canada and the Métis, 1869–1885 Get access Canada and the Métis, 1869–1885. By Sprague D. N.. (Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1988. xii + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95, Canadian; $29.95, U. S.) John H. Archer John H. Archer University of Regina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 4, November 19…
“But Is It Australian Nationalism?”1
Gender roles and sports in adolescent girls
A sample of 43 girls aged 10–15 years were interviewed about their own sports participation, that of their peers, and about their expectations of girls' sports activities. The reasoning behind their answers was also explored. The interview material was analysed in relation to the following issues. First, whether the sports fitted previous accounts of the gender stereotyping of specific sports. Secondly, the gender-intensification hypothesis, whic…
Elections, contemporary history, policy and ideology: Current writing on Mrs Thatcher
Andrew Gamble, The Free Economy and the Strong State: The Politics of Thatcherism. Macmillan Education, Basingstoke, 1988, pp.263 + xii, $21.95 (paper). Stuart Hall, The Hard Road to Renewal: Thatcherism and the Crisis of the Left. Verso, London, 1988, pp.283 + vii, $29.95 (paper). Martin Harrop and Andrew Shaw, Can Labour Win? The Fabian Series, Unwin Hyman, London, 1989, pp.143 + x, $16.95 (paper). Peter Jenkins, Mrs Thatcher's Revolution: The …
Ambiguity in Political Ideology: Aboriginality as Nationalism
Human Sociobiology: Basic Concepts and Limitations
Principles underlying the sociobiological, or functional evolutionary, approach to behavior are outlined, and the following specific theories and concepts are described: reciprocal altruism, inclusive fitness, reproductive value, parent‐offspring conflict, and alternative reproductive tactics. Applications of sociobiological principles to topics in psychology, such as altruism, homicide, child abuse, and socialization, are outlined. Problems with…
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