Craig B Little
Biographic Data
| ID | 165569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig B Little |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig B |
| FAMILY NAME | Little |
| SIGNATURE | LITTLE C B |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York at Cortland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social Capital and Health
Social capital, according to the most widely accepted definition, refers to "features of social life - networks, norms and trust - that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives." Communities characterized by high levels of social capital have been hypothesized to benefit from lower crime rates, higher educational achievement, greater economic growth, and better health. Social capital generally incorporates …
Deviance, Absolutist Definitions of
Absolutist definitions of deviance distinguish conformity from nonconformity by reference to an invariant moral standard. Some external agent such as a religious, philosophical, scientific, or international authority may establish the moral standard. From an absolutist perspective, a given activity, like homosexual behavior, might be considered deviant because the majority in a society claim it violates a religious dictate or even because it appe…
Creating a Successful International Distance-Learning Classroom
As the global economy becomes more integrated, incorporating international experiences into college curricula becomes increasingly desirable for American students and their counterparts abroad. This paper describes one model for creating an international, Web-based, distance-learning classroom that can be used as a guide for those who might wish to pursue similar endeavors. Our replicated experiences teaching a sociology course on social control,…
Theories of Deviance
Part I. FUNCTIONALISM. Emile Durkheim. Kingsley Davis. Kai T. Erikson. Melvin Tumin. Keith F. Durkin and Clifton D. Bryant. Part II. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION. W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki. Robert E. Park. Robert E. L. Faris and H. Warren Dunham. C. Wright Mills. Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizina. Part III. ANOMIE. Emile Durkheim. Robert K. Merton. Richard A. Cloward. Albert K. Cohen. Part IV. DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION AND NEUTRALIZATION. Ed…
Whither White-Collar Crime
AS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND SUBDISCIplines evolve, courses in their curricula change and textbooks are published to service the new entrants. Being at the leading edge of new course development is exciting because approaches have yet to be established by standard texts. Where the paths and boundaries are less firmly set, where variety in the textbook offerings is far more apparent than orthodox similarities, creative possibilities beckon. With th…
The Criminal Courts in “Young America”: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1820–1860, with Some Comparisons to Massachusetts and South Carolina
Historians generally agree that crime, especially serious violence and disorder in America’s urban areas, increased during the first half of the nineteenth century, then leveled off, and eventually declined to the end of the century (Ferdinand 1978, 1980; Lane 1968,1979; Warner 1968). The need to improve institutions of control seemed apparent to many city dwellers in the early part of the century. Their responses, which remain part of our crimin…
"The Criminal Courts in "Young America: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1820-1860, with Some Comparisons to Massachusetts and South Carolina
Deviance and Control: Theory, Research, and Social Policy
Teaching Writing with Word Processors
My college, like many others these days, has instituted a program that emphasizes writing across the curriculum.' That approach includes the requirement that students take at least two courses designated Writing Intensive (WI) before graduation. Sociology courses, especially upper-level electives, are well suited to include extensive writing assignments, and my department regularly teaches several sections labeled WI. Last
Using Research to Improve Teaching
Understanding Deviance and Control: Theory, Research and Social Policy
Getting It Together for Crime and Justice
Understanding Deviance and Control: Theory, Research and Social Policy
Frontiers and Criminal Justice: English Private Prosecution Societies and American Vigilantism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
This paper develops the proposition that organized episodes of self-help criminal justice tend to arise as adaptive forms in places and times of sharp social transition-frontiers. Our method is to compare extralegal appendages to the official criminal justice systems of England and America between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. In England during this period, extralegal associations called private prosecution societies emerged a…
Teaching by Examples
Even after our most concerted efforts to explain what went wrong, students are often unsure about how the work they have written could have been done better-how to improve the next time. The problem, it seems to me, is that we too often react to our students' work in a negative tone, pointing out mistakes or weaknesses (certainly a necessary chore) without providing practical guidelines for the next effort. The instances when we do offer positive…
Photocopying and the New Copyright Law
journal articles for library reserve use. Based on correspondence with twenty journals we conclude that photocopying permission is usually easy to obtain and free. Response time varies widely and a positive response is most likely if one requests permission to copy a specific article. The results are discussed in reference to teaching, theprofessional implications of the accessibility of scholarly work, and the sociology of law
Anthologies and Readers on Deviance
Technical-Professional Unemployment: Middle-class Adaptability to Personal Crisis
Previous research generally indicates that unemployment is damaging to self-esteem and morale with attendant economic deprivations. Research among the middle-class unemployed is quite rare and is inconclusive as to the specific impact of unemployment on members of this stratum. In this study, interviews with one hundred unemployed male technical-professionals during the aerospace-defense-electronics recession of early 1972 revealed that for many,…
The Social Psychological Implications of Form of Address
Research Methods: Issues and Insights
Stay Where You Were: A Study of Unemployables in Industry
Frontiers and Criminal Justice: English Private Prosecution Societies and American Vigilantism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
This paper develops the proposition that organized episodes of self-help criminal justice tend to arise as adaptive forms in places and times of sharp social transition-frontiers. Our method is to compare extralegal appendages to the official criminal justice systems of England and America between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. In England during this period, extralegal associations called private prosecution societies emerged a…
Technical-Professional Unemployment: Middle-class Adaptability to Personal Crisis
Previous research generally indicates that unemployment is damaging to self-esteem and morale with attendant economic deprivations. Research among the middle-class unemployed is quite rare and is inconclusive as to the specific impact of unemployment on members of this stratum. In this study, interviews with one hundred unemployed male technical-professionals during the aerospace-defense-electronics recession of early 1972 revealed that for many,…
Theories of Deviance
Part I. FUNCTIONALISM. Emile Durkheim. Kingsley Davis. Kai T. Erikson. Melvin Tumin. Keith F. Durkin and Clifton D. Bryant. Part II. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION. W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki. Robert E. Park. Robert E. L. Faris and H. Warren Dunham. C. Wright Mills. Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizina. Part III. ANOMIE. Emile Durkheim. Robert K. Merton. Richard A. Cloward. Albert K. Cohen. Part IV. DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION AND NEUTRALIZATION. Ed…
Creating a Successful International Distance-Learning Classroom
As the global economy becomes more integrated, incorporating international experiences into college curricula becomes increasingly desirable for American students and their counterparts abroad. This paper describes one model for creating an international, Web-based, distance-learning classroom that can be used as a guide for those who might wish to pursue similar endeavors. Our replicated experiences teaching a sociology course on social control,…
Social Capital and Health
Social capital, according to the most widely accepted definition, refers to "features of social life - networks, norms and trust - that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives." Communities characterized by high levels of social capital have been hypothesized to benefit from lower crime rates, higher educational achievement, greater economic growth, and better health. Social capital generally incorporates …
The Social Psychological Implications of Form of Address
Teaching Writing with Word Processors
My college, like many others these days, has instituted a program that emphasizes writing across the curriculum.' That approach includes the requirement that students take at least two courses designated Writing Intensive (WI) before graduation. Sociology courses, especially upper-level electives, are well suited to include extensive writing assignments, and my department regularly teaches several sections labeled WI. Last
Teaching by Examples
Even after our most concerted efforts to explain what went wrong, students are often unsure about how the work they have written could have been done better-how to improve the next time. The problem, it seems to me, is that we too often react to our students' work in a negative tone, pointing out mistakes or weaknesses (certainly a necessary chore) without providing practical guidelines for the next effort. The instances when we do offer positive…
Anthologies and Readers on Deviance
Research Methods: Issues and Insights
Stay Where You Were: A Study of Unemployables in Industry
The Social Psychological Implications of Form of Address
Anthologies and Readers on Deviance
Technical-Professional Unemployment: Middle-class Adaptability to Personal Crisis
Previous research generally indicates that unemployment is damaging to self-esteem and morale with attendant economic deprivations. Research among the middle-class unemployed is quite rare and is inconclusive as to the specific impact of unemployment on members of this stratum. In this study, interviews with one hundred unemployed male technical-professionals during the aerospace-defense-electronics recession of early 1972 revealed that for many,…
Photocopying and the New Copyright Law
journal articles for library reserve use. Based on correspondence with twenty journals we conclude that photocopying permission is usually easy to obtain and free. Response time varies widely and a positive response is most likely if one requests permission to copy a specific article. The results are discussed in reference to teaching, theprofessional implications of the accessibility of scholarly work, and the sociology of law
Teaching by Examples
Even after our most concerted efforts to explain what went wrong, students are often unsure about how the work they have written could have been done better-how to improve the next time. The problem, it seems to me, is that we too often react to our students' work in a negative tone, pointing out mistakes or weaknesses (certainly a necessary chore) without providing practical guidelines for the next effort. The instances when we do offer positive…
Frontiers and Criminal Justice: English Private Prosecution Societies and American Vigilantism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
This paper develops the proposition that organized episodes of self-help criminal justice tend to arise as adaptive forms in places and times of sharp social transition-frontiers. Our method is to compare extralegal appendages to the official criminal justice systems of England and America between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. In England during this period, extralegal associations called private prosecution societies emerged a…
Getting It Together for Crime and Justice
Understanding Deviance and Control: Theory, Research and Social Policy
Understanding Deviance and Control: Theory, Research and Social Policy
Teaching Writing with Word Processors
My college, like many others these days, has instituted a program that emphasizes writing across the curriculum.' That approach includes the requirement that students take at least two courses designated Writing Intensive (WI) before graduation. Sociology courses, especially upper-level electives, are well suited to include extensive writing assignments, and my department regularly teaches several sections labeled WI. Last
Using Research to Improve Teaching
Deviance and Control: Theory, Research, and Social Policy
The Criminal Courts in “Young America”: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1820–1860, with Some Comparisons to Massachusetts and South Carolina
Historians generally agree that crime, especially serious violence and disorder in America’s urban areas, increased during the first half of the nineteenth century, then leveled off, and eventually declined to the end of the century (Ferdinand 1978, 1980; Lane 1968,1979; Warner 1968). The need to improve institutions of control seemed apparent to many city dwellers in the early part of the century. Their responses, which remain part of our crimin…
"The Criminal Courts in "Young America: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1820-1860, with Some Comparisons to Massachusetts and South Carolina
Whither White-Collar Crime
AS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND SUBDISCIplines evolve, courses in their curricula change and textbooks are published to service the new entrants. Being at the leading edge of new course development is exciting because approaches have yet to be established by standard texts. Where the paths and boundaries are less firmly set, where variety in the textbook offerings is far more apparent than orthodox similarities, creative possibilities beckon. With th…
Theories of Deviance
Part I. FUNCTIONALISM. Emile Durkheim. Kingsley Davis. Kai T. Erikson. Melvin Tumin. Keith F. Durkin and Clifton D. Bryant. Part II. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION. W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki. Robert E. Park. Robert E. L. Faris and H. Warren Dunham. C. Wright Mills. Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizina. Part III. ANOMIE. Emile Durkheim. Robert K. Merton. Richard A. Cloward. Albert K. Cohen. Part IV. DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION AND NEUTRALIZATION. Ed…
Creating a Successful International Distance-Learning Classroom
As the global economy becomes more integrated, incorporating international experiences into college curricula becomes increasingly desirable for American students and their counterparts abroad. This paper describes one model for creating an international, Web-based, distance-learning classroom that can be used as a guide for those who might wish to pursue similar endeavors. Our replicated experiences teaching a sociology course on social control,…
Deviance, Absolutist Definitions of
Absolutist definitions of deviance distinguish conformity from nonconformity by reference to an invariant moral standard. Some external agent such as a religious, philosophical, scientific, or international authority may establish the moral standard. From an absolutist perspective, a given activity, like homosexual behavior, might be considered deviant because the majority in a society claim it violates a religious dictate or even because it appe…
Social Capital and Health
Social capital, according to the most widely accepted definition, refers to "features of social life - networks, norms and trust - that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives." Communities characterized by high levels of social capital have been hypothesized to benefit from lower crime rates, higher educational achievement, greater economic growth, and better health. Social capital generally incorporates …
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