Paul S Maxim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923414 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul S Maxim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul S |
| FAMILY NAME | Maxim |
| SIGNATURE | MAXIM P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Sociology of Law: Critical Approaches to Social Control
A Sociology of Crime
Drinking and Driving, Self-Control, and Gender: Testing a General Theory of Crime
Recently, Gottfredson and Hirschi proposed a general theory of crime. Central to the theory is the assumption that most criminal behavior is impulsive and reflects a lack of self-control. Thus criminals are seen as risk takers who are less restrained than noncriminals from illegal activities. In a secondary analysis of data from a roadside traffic survey, this study attempts to test Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory by examining the relationship b…
Immigration policy and immigrant quality: Empirical evidence from Canada
Immigrants, visible minorities, and self-employment
Historically, self-employment was perceived as a mechanism whereby immigrants could circumvent discriminatory practices in wage labor. More recent research by Borjas in the United States, however, suggests that this view is incorrect. Immigrants, particularly members of visible minorities, are disadvantaged in both the wage labor and the self-employed markets. This pattern has not been replicated in Canada, however; after controlling for several …
Canadian Criminal Justice
An Ecological Analysis of Crime in Early Victorian England
The two decades from 1830 to 1850 saw major growth in the collection and analysis of official crime statistics in England and Wales. Much of that data was collected in an attempt to understand the growing social problems engendered by a burgeoning industrial society. Unfortunately, many of the theoretical problems and policy issues the early Victorians attempted to address could not be answered due to the lack of appropriate statistical tools. Th…
Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981
Carl F. Grindstaff, T. R. Balakrishnan, Paul S. Maxim, Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 443-460
Cohort size and juvenile delinquency in England and Wales
Cohort Size and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of the Easterlin Hypothesis
A number of researchers have argued that crude rates of crime and delinquency are a function of a population's age pyramid. That is, given constant age-specific rates, the overall or crude rate will fluctuate in concert with the proportion of individuals in age groups with differing age-specific rates. Richard Easterlin, however, has suggested that it is unreasonable to expect age-specific rates to remain constant in the face of fluctuating popul…
Population Size, Age Structure, and Sex Composition Effects on Official Crime in Canada
Canada, along with most other Western, industrialized countries, has experienced a dramatic increase in both the overall volume and the rate of official crime, as well as significant increases in the amount of female crime since the mid-1950's. Several authors have suggested that much of this increase in official crime is related to major demographic fluctuations, such as the post-war “baby-boom.” Specifically, in this paper it is maintained that…
Immigrants, visible minorities, and self-employment
Historically, self-employment was perceived as a mechanism whereby immigrants could circumvent discriminatory practices in wage labor. More recent research by Borjas in the United States, however, suggests that this view is incorrect. Immigrants, particularly members of visible minorities, are disadvantaged in both the wage labor and the self-employed markets. This pattern has not been replicated in Canada, however; after controlling for several …
Cohort Size and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of the Easterlin Hypothesis
A number of researchers have argued that crude rates of crime and delinquency are a function of a population's age pyramid. That is, given constant age-specific rates, the overall or crude rate will fluctuate in concert with the proportion of individuals in age groups with differing age-specific rates. Richard Easterlin, however, has suggested that it is unreasonable to expect age-specific rates to remain constant in the face of fluctuating popul…
Immigration policy and immigrant quality: Empirical evidence from Canada
The Sociology of Law: Critical Approaches to Social Control
Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981
Carl F. Grindstaff, T. R. Balakrishnan, Paul S. Maxim, Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 443-460
Cohort size and juvenile delinquency in England and Wales
Population Size, Age Structure, and Sex Composition Effects on Official Crime in Canada
Canada, along with most other Western, industrialized countries, has experienced a dramatic increase in both the overall volume and the rate of official crime, as well as significant increases in the amount of female crime since the mid-1950's. Several authors have suggested that much of this increase in official crime is related to major demographic fluctuations, such as the post-war “baby-boom.” Specifically, in this paper it is maintained that…
Population Size, Age Structure, and Sex Composition Effects on Official Crime in Canada
Canada, along with most other Western, industrialized countries, has experienced a dramatic increase in both the overall volume and the rate of official crime, as well as significant increases in the amount of female crime since the mid-1950's. Several authors have suggested that much of this increase in official crime is related to major demographic fluctuations, such as the post-war “baby-boom.” Specifically, in this paper it is maintained that…
Cohort Size and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of the Easterlin Hypothesis
A number of researchers have argued that crude rates of crime and delinquency are a function of a population's age pyramid. That is, given constant age-specific rates, the overall or crude rate will fluctuate in concert with the proportion of individuals in age groups with differing age-specific rates. Richard Easterlin, however, has suggested that it is unreasonable to expect age-specific rates to remain constant in the face of fluctuating popul…
Cohort size and juvenile delinquency in England and Wales
An Ecological Analysis of Crime in Early Victorian England
The two decades from 1830 to 1850 saw major growth in the collection and analysis of official crime statistics in England and Wales. Much of that data was collected in an attempt to understand the growing social problems engendered by a burgeoning industrial society. Unfortunately, many of the theoretical problems and policy issues the early Victorians attempted to address could not be answered due to the lack of appropriate statistical tools. Th…
Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981
Carl F. Grindstaff, T. R. Balakrishnan, Paul S. Maxim, Life Course Alternatives: Factors Associated with Differential Timing Patterns in Fertility among Women Recently Completing Childbearing, Canada 1981, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 443-460
Canadian Criminal Justice
Immigrants, visible minorities, and self-employment
Historically, self-employment was perceived as a mechanism whereby immigrants could circumvent discriminatory practices in wage labor. More recent research by Borjas in the United States, however, suggests that this view is incorrect. Immigrants, particularly members of visible minorities, are disadvantaged in both the wage labor and the self-employed markets. This pattern has not been replicated in Canada, however; after controlling for several …
Drinking and Driving, Self-Control, and Gender: Testing a General Theory of Crime
Recently, Gottfredson and Hirschi proposed a general theory of crime. Central to the theory is the assumption that most criminal behavior is impulsive and reflects a lack of self-control. Thus criminals are seen as risk takers who are less restrained than noncriminals from illegal activities. In a secondary analysis of data from a roadside traffic survey, this study attempts to test Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory by examining the relationship b…
Immigration policy and immigrant quality: Empirical evidence from Canada
A Sociology of Crime
The Sociology of Law: Critical Approaches to Social Control
Sociology (10 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works)