Merrily Leblanc
Biographic Data
| ID | 217910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merrily Leblanc |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merrily |
| FAMILY NAME | Leblanc |
| SIGNATURE | LEBLANC M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3176-9253 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Analyzing multiple types of discrimination using implicit and explicit measures, comparing target vs. Dominant groups, in a study of smoking/vaping among community health center members in Boston, Mas…
Pratiques de loisirs des joueurs de jeu vidéo
From theory to conceptualization, through operationalization
Using Implicit Measures of Discrimination
Recent studies showed that implicit measures are valuable instruments for assessing exposure to discrimination and predicting negative physical conditions. Between March 10, 2020, and April 1, 2020, we conducted three experiments (577 participants) in the USA to evaluate the use of group-specific vs. general race/ethnicity categories in implicit measures of discrimination. We measured implicit discrimination and attitudes towards the general race…
Decreasing Survey Response Rates in the Time of Covid-19
Objectives. To examine whether, and if so how, US national and state survey response rates changed after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. We compared the change in response rates between 2020 and 2019 of 6 (3 social and economic, 3 health focused) major US national surveys (2 with state response rates). Results. All the ongoing surveys except 1 reported relative decreases (∼29%) in response rates. For example, the household response r…
Focus more on what’s right instead of what’s wrong
Participants identified investigating the impact of social influences on health as a research priority for TGD patients. Recalibrating field norms from individual researcher priorities to TGD population-driven research will help ensure investigators address topics that may otherwise be missed or overlooked and may optimize the reach and impact of research in TGD health
L’écotourisme, entre l’arbre et l’écorce. De la conservation au développement viable des territoires
(2007). L’ecotourisme, entre l’arbre et l’ecorce. De la conservation au developpement viable des territoires. Loisir et Societe / Society and Leisure: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 274-277
La réaction sociale à la délinquance juvénile
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND SOCIAL REACTION The object of this research is to define the process of social reaction to juvenile delinquency, as well as the criteria used by the agencies of social control in deciding what factors brand the adolescent a delinquent. Starting with self-reported delinquency, we follow its course within the system of social regulations practised by the public, the police and the courts. The data concern self-reported deli…
Interprétations psycho-culturelles de l’inadaptation juvénile dans la société de masse contemporaine
A PSYCHO-CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF JUVENILE MALADJUSTMENT IN MASS SOCIETY Juvenile maladjustment in the post-industrial societies has not only augmented alarmingly but has also taken on a new dimension. The number and seriousness of offences as well as their obvious wantonness are increasing. This article is an attempt to understand the forces which engender this phenomenon. A first experiment in measuring some of the elements which constitute t…
The generality of criminal behavior
Criminal Propensity, Deviant Sexual Interests and Criminal Activity of Sexual Aggressors Against Women
Three hypotheses have been used to describe the male propensity for sexual aggression towards women: a general propensity to offend, a specific propensity to sexually offend and a combination of both. In this paper, using structural equation modeling, we compared the relative utility of these three hypotheses in explaining criminal activity in adulthood of sexual aggressors of women. In total, 209 adult males who were convicted of at least one se…
Le cycle de la violence physique
This article is about interpersonal physical violence. The description of the course of violent crimes in Quebec, based on official statistics and surveys, shows an increase in these crimes and in gang fighting, but the level is equivalent to that we had already known. There are a number of factors responsible for this situation — recent immigration, the reappearance of adolescent gangs and certain social changes. An analysis of interpersonal vio…
Les adolescentes membres des bandes marginales
The goal of this article is to improve our knowledge concerning the social and personal characteristics of the female gang members. Data have been collected from 150 girls who were convicted by the juvenile court of Montreal during 1992 and 1993. The analysis shows that girls who join gangs have serious handicaps which are related to their social adaptation, their personality and their deviant and delinquent conducts. Consequently, female gang me…
La carrière criminelle
The concept of a criminal «career» is being used more and more in the recent criminological literature. This article analyzes the pertinence of explaining this concept by its specific components. To do this, the criminal activities of a sample of adolescents and a group of wards of the Montreal Court between the ages of seven and twenty-five are described (precocity, frequency, variety, gravity, aggravation, violence, duration). Two stages were d…
Pour une approche intégrative de la conduite délinquante des adolescents
During the I960's, the founders of criminology wanted to have it recognized as an autonomous discipline, not only because of its subject matter, but above all by assigning it an integrative mission. In this article, we propose to take this kind of integrative approach vis-à-vis the delinquent behaviour of adolescents. Based on a precise knowledge of the major forms of delinquent conduct, we formulate and validate a multidisciplinary theory of its…
La prédiction des contacts avec le tribunal de la jeunesse
This study sets out to verify to what extent the evaluations of the behaviour of children by their peers in first year primary school make it possible to predict those who will eventually end up with an open record at the Juvenile Court. During their first year at school the children are classified according to the following categories : aggressive, socially withdrawn, aggressive-withdrawn, neither aggressive/nor withdrawn (contrast). A total of …
Changement social et délinquance des adolescents, une analyse à la lumière des écrits de Denis Szabo
This article is about social change and it has Denis Szabo 's writings as a starting point. We compare the 1960 and 1970 affluent society delinquency with the 1980 and 1990 scarcity society delinquency. We conclude that withstanding structural and modal personality changes, the nature and the level of self-reported delinquency of adolescent did not change. We introduce the notions of homeostasis and homeoresis to explain these results
Consommation de psychotropes et délinquance
Although empirical links between deviant behavior and school dropout have been extensively demonstrated, the specific influence of drug use and delinquency on school dropout is still not clear and varies across studies. One reason for this lack of consistency may rests upon the way samples of dropouts have been analysed. Recently, Janosz, Le Blanc, Boulerice and Tremblay (1996) constructed and validated a typology of school dropout highlithing th…
Le vol à main armée chez les mineurs
Armed robbery is rarely committed by minors, but because of the gravity of the crime, it is given considerable importance in the operations of our justice system. Since there is little data in the regard, we have investigated how such crimes, which are among the most serious, are treated by the system. We have found that these crimes are committed in an unprofessional way. From the police to the defence procedure, and going through the director o…
Les voleurs à main armée adultes devant les tribunaux
This article on the channeling of charges through the justice system deals with the punishment of particular infraction, armed robbery, in a comprehensive way, that is, its passage through all aspects of the justice system. To do this a sample of 1 258 armed robberies in Montreal and Quebec were used. The most interesting result of the analysis presented is the finding that the least violent armed robberies give rise to the most exacting police r…
Une étude exploratoire
L'accueil touristique constitue souvent un facteur décisif chez le touriste lorsqu'il doit choisir une destination touristique et plus précisément une entreprise pouvant lui fournir les prestations désirées. Après un examen des travaux consacrés à l'accueil, on constate que les études sont peu nombreuses et n'aboutissent pas sur une définition généralement reconnue ou encore sur des concepts précis. C'est donc à partir d'un cadre théorique propos…
Disentangling the Weight of School Dropout Predictors
Le poignard chalcolithique de la Croix-de-Fer (Espondeilhan, Hérault)
The chalcolithic dagger from Croix-de-Fer (Central-Languedoc, France) shows a striking golden patina which could, at first sight, be ascribed to a precious metal plating on the copper blade — a rather complex metallurgical technique. Spectrogra- phic analysis of the copper blade shows the typical composition of the copper ores and artifacts from Cabrières, which are characterized by the presence of Sb and Sn, and a relatively high silver content …
Disruptive boys with stable and unstable high fighting behavior patterns during junior elementary school
Débat autour des mesures pour jeunes délinquants
La recherche faisant l'objet de ce debat s'intitule: «L'efficacite des mesures pour jeunes delinquants adoptees a Montreal en 1981 : une etude longitudinale». Les auteurs en sont Marc LeBlanc et Helene Beaumont. Il s'agit d'un texte inedit produit en janvier 1989 par le Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant, a l'Ecole de psycho-education de l'Universite de Montreal
The generality of criminal behavior
Disentangling the Weight of School Dropout Predictors
Criminal Propensity, Deviant Sexual Interests and Criminal Activity of Sexual Aggressors Against Women
Three hypotheses have been used to describe the male propensity for sexual aggression towards women: a general propensity to offend, a specific propensity to sexually offend and a combination of both. In this paper, using structural equation modeling, we compared the relative utility of these three hypotheses in explaining criminal activity in adulthood of sexual aggressors of women. In total, 209 adult males who were convicted of at least one se…
Decreasing Survey Response Rates in the Time of Covid-19
Objectives. To examine whether, and if so how, US national and state survey response rates changed after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. We compared the change in response rates between 2020 and 2019 of 6 (3 social and economic, 3 health focused) major US national surveys (2 with state response rates). Results. All the ongoing surveys except 1 reported relative decreases (∼29%) in response rates. For example, the household response r…
La carrière criminelle
The concept of a criminal «career» is being used more and more in the recent criminological literature. This article analyzes the pertinence of explaining this concept by its specific components. To do this, the criminal activities of a sample of adolescents and a group of wards of the Montreal Court between the ages of seven and twenty-five are described (precocity, frequency, variety, gravity, aggravation, violence, duration). Two stages were d…
Interprétations psycho-culturelles de l’inadaptation juvénile dans la société de masse contemporaine
A PSYCHO-CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF JUVENILE MALADJUSTMENT IN MASS SOCIETY Juvenile maladjustment in the post-industrial societies has not only augmented alarmingly but has also taken on a new dimension. The number and seriousness of offences as well as their obvious wantonness are increasing. This article is an attempt to understand the forces which engender this phenomenon. A first experiment in measuring some of the elements which constitute t…
Les adolescentes membres des bandes marginales
The goal of this article is to improve our knowledge concerning the social and personal characteristics of the female gang members. Data have been collected from 150 girls who were convicted by the juvenile court of Montreal during 1992 and 1993. The analysis shows that girls who join gangs have serious handicaps which are related to their social adaptation, their personality and their deviant and delinquent conducts. Consequently, female gang me…
Les voleurs à main armée adultes devant les tribunaux
This article on the channeling of charges through the justice system deals with the punishment of particular infraction, armed robbery, in a comprehensive way, that is, its passage through all aspects of the justice system. To do this a sample of 1 258 armed robberies in Montreal and Quebec were used. The most interesting result of the analysis presented is the finding that the least violent armed robberies give rise to the most exacting police r…
A Cross-Cultural Verification of a Social Control Theory
The most discussed social control theory of crime has been put forth by Travis Hirschi. In this paper we are interested in examining the relationship between the elements of the bond and self-reported delinquent behavior. In methodology, the paper is a replication of Hirschi's analysis on a random sample of French speaking adolescents of Montreal. We were able to replicate Hirschi's findings on commitment, belief, and involvement; but there were …
Les étapes de la rééducation
Une innovation majeure dans le domaine de la rducation, comme le montre Si l'ide d'tapes de rducation avait t perue par Makarenko, Aichhorn, Redl et Bettelheim, il en revient Gilles Gendreau et ses collaborateurs de Boscoville de l'avoir concrtise et applique et Jeannine Guindon (1970) de l'avoir formalise en thorie
Pour une approche intégrative de la conduite délinquante des adolescents
During the I960's, the founders of criminology wanted to have it recognized as an autonomous discipline, not only because of its subject matter, but above all by assigning it an integrative mission. In this article, we propose to take this kind of integrative approach vis-à-vis the delinquent behaviour of adolescents. Based on a precise knowledge of the major forms of delinquent conduct, we formulate and validate a multidisciplinary theory of its…
Consommation de psychotropes et délinquance
Although empirical links between deviant behavior and school dropout have been extensively demonstrated, the specific influence of drug use and delinquency on school dropout is still not clear and varies across studies. One reason for this lack of consistency may rests upon the way samples of dropouts have been analysed. Recently, Janosz, Le Blanc, Boulerice and Tremblay (1996) constructed and validated a typology of school dropout highlithing th…
Le vol à main armée chez les mineurs
Armed robbery is rarely committed by minors, but because of the gravity of the crime, it is given considerable importance in the operations of our justice system. Since there is little data in the regard, we have investigated how such crimes, which are among the most serious, are treated by the system. We have found that these crimes are committed in an unprofessional way. From the police to the defence procedure, and going through the director o…
Les policiers, la Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants et le système de justice pour mineurs
Ces longues periodes sont un indice de la haute qualite d'une legislation qu'il n'y avait pas lieu d'adapter aux transformations de la societe et au developpement des connaissances. Mais elles peuvent aussi signifier l'incapacite des gouvernements, et des intervenants de toute origine, a s'entendre sur le contenu d'une nouvelle loi a voter. Departager les raisons de l'inaction du legislateur n'est pas le propos de cet article. Plutot, nous nous i…
Le climat social dans les institutions pour jeunes délinquants
S'il est vrai que l'environnement d'un milieu donne influence l'attitude et le comportement des membres de ce milieu ; connaitre le climat social regnant dans une institution pour jeunes delinquants semble un element important et utile au travail reeducatif effectue aupres de ceux-ci. Dans le present article, le climat social existant a l'interieur de trois institutions quebecoises est decrit et compare a celui de certaines institutions americain…
La délinquance d’hier et de demain au Québec
La délinquance d’hier et de demain au Québec
La probation pour mineurs au Québec
Le climat social dans les institutions pour jeunes délinquants
S'il est vrai que l'environnement d'un milieu donne influence l'attitude et le comportement des membres de ce milieu ; connaitre le climat social regnant dans une institution pour jeunes delinquants semble un element important et utile au travail reeducatif effectue aupres de ceux-ci. Dans le present article, le climat social existant a l'interieur de trois institutions quebecoises est decrit et compare a celui de certaines institutions americain…
Les étapes de la rééducation
Une innovation majeure dans le domaine de la rducation, comme le montre Si l'ide d'tapes de rducation avait t perue par Makarenko, Aichhorn, Redl et Bettelheim, il en revient Gilles Gendreau et ses collaborateurs de Boscoville de l'avoir concrtise et applique et Jeannine Guindon (1970) de l'avoir formalise en thorie
Robert Rumilly, Boscoville
La Zone Mobile Pan-Africaine De l'Afrique De l'Ouest
L'opinion des juges, avocats de la défense et procureurs de la couronne sur le système de justice pour mineurs et la Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants
L’OPINION DES JUGES, AVOCATS DE LA DÉFENSE ET PROCUREURS DE LA COURONNE SUR LE SYSTÈME DE JUSTICE POUR MINEURS ET LA LOI SUR LES JEUNES CONTREVENANTS. Un article de la revue Revue de droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke (Volume 14, numéro 2, 1984, p. 375-657) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.
Les policiers, la Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants et le système de justice pour mineurs
Ces longues periodes sont un indice de la haute qualite d'une legislation qu'il n'y avait pas lieu d'adapter aux transformations de la societe et au developpement des connaissances. Mais elles peuvent aussi signifier l'incapacite des gouvernements, et des intervenants de toute origine, a s'entendre sur le contenu d'une nouvelle loi a voter. Departager les raisons de l'inaction du legislateur n'est pas le propos de cet article. Plutot, nous nous i…
Boscoville
A Cross-Cultural Verification of a Social Control Theory
The most discussed social control theory of crime has been put forth by Travis Hirschi. In this paper we are interested in examining the relationship between the elements of the bond and self-reported delinquent behavior. In methodology, the paper is a replication of Hirschi's analysis on a random sample of French speaking adolescents of Montreal. We were able to replicate Hirschi's findings on commitment, belief, and involvement; but there were …
A Study of Factors Associated with the Stability of Hidden Delinquency
Studies on social changes and the delinquent conduct of adolescents are based on indirect information, official statistics and recollection interviews. Comparative studies, those that use the same instrument on two or more occasions on different generations of subjects, are non-existent where the delinquent conduct of adolescents is concerned. Thanks to a survey conducted in 1985 that replicated a study conducted in 1974, we were able to provide …
Armed Robbery
Delinquances et delinquants
Débat autour des mesures pour jeunes délinquants
La recherche faisant l'objet de ce debat s'intitule: «L'efficacite des mesures pour jeunes delinquants adoptees a Montreal en 1981 : une etude longitudinale». Les auteurs en sont Marc LeBlanc et Helene Beaumont. Il s'agit d'un texte inedit produit en janvier 1989 par le Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation psychosociale chez l'enfant, a l'Ecole de psycho-education de l'Universite de Montreal
Disruptive boys with stable and unstable high fighting behavior patterns during junior elementary school
Le poignard chalcolithique de la Croix-de-Fer (Espondeilhan, Hérault)
The chalcolithic dagger from Croix-de-Fer (Central-Languedoc, France) shows a striking golden patina which could, at first sight, be ascribed to a precious metal plating on the copper blade — a rather complex metallurgical technique. Spectrogra- phic analysis of the copper blade shows the typical composition of the copper ores and artifacts from Cabrières, which are characterized by the presence of Sb and Sn, and a relatively high silver content …
Disentangling the Weight of School Dropout Predictors
Une étude exploratoire
L'accueil touristique constitue souvent un facteur décisif chez le touriste lorsqu'il doit choisir une destination touristique et plus précisément une entreprise pouvant lui fournir les prestations désirées. Après un examen des travaux consacrés à l'accueil, on constate que les études sont peu nombreuses et n'aboutissent pas sur une définition généralement reconnue ou encore sur des concepts précis. C'est donc à partir d'un cadre théorique propos…
The generality of criminal behavior
Criminal Propensity, Deviant Sexual Interests and Criminal Activity of Sexual Aggressors Against Women
Three hypotheses have been used to describe the male propensity for sexual aggression towards women: a general propensity to offend, a specific propensity to sexually offend and a combination of both. In this paper, using structural equation modeling, we compared the relative utility of these three hypotheses in explaining criminal activity in adulthood of sexual aggressors of women. In total, 209 adult males who were convicted of at least one se…
Le cycle de la violence physique
This article is about interpersonal physical violence. The description of the course of violent crimes in Quebec, based on official statistics and surveys, shows an increase in these crimes and in gang fighting, but the level is equivalent to that we had already known. There are a number of factors responsible for this situation — recent immigration, the reappearance of adolescent gangs and certain social changes. An analysis of interpersonal vio…
Les adolescentes membres des bandes marginales
The goal of this article is to improve our knowledge concerning the social and personal characteristics of the female gang members. Data have been collected from 150 girls who were convicted by the juvenile court of Montreal during 1992 and 1993. The analysis shows that girls who join gangs have serious handicaps which are related to their social adaptation, their personality and their deviant and delinquent conducts. Consequently, female gang me…
La carrière criminelle
The concept of a criminal «career» is being used more and more in the recent criminological literature. This article analyzes the pertinence of explaining this concept by its specific components. To do this, the criminal activities of a sample of adolescents and a group of wards of the Montreal Court between the ages of seven and twenty-five are described (precocity, frequency, variety, gravity, aggravation, violence, duration). Two stages were d…
Pour une approche intégrative de la conduite délinquante des adolescents
During the I960's, the founders of criminology wanted to have it recognized as an autonomous discipline, not only because of its subject matter, but above all by assigning it an integrative mission. In this article, we propose to take this kind of integrative approach vis-à-vis the delinquent behaviour of adolescents. Based on a precise knowledge of the major forms of delinquent conduct, we formulate and validate a multidisciplinary theory of its…
La prédiction des contacts avec le tribunal de la jeunesse
This study sets out to verify to what extent the evaluations of the behaviour of children by their peers in first year primary school make it possible to predict those who will eventually end up with an open record at the Juvenile Court. During their first year at school the children are classified according to the following categories : aggressive, socially withdrawn, aggressive-withdrawn, neither aggressive/nor withdrawn (contrast). A total of …
Psychology (21 works) · Political science (16 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Criminology (11 works) · Humanities (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (8 works)