William Muir

Biographic Data

ID3958747
NAMEWilliam Muir
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMEMuir
SIGNATUREMUIR W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Berkeley
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1879
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • It’s Not OK To Talk To Anyone This Way”: Helping Targets of Disability-Based Hate Crime

    Open AccessSiân E Jones, Clare Uytman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 27

    Psychological research has highlighted national differences in responses to disability-based hate crime. However, there has been limited systematic exploration of the type of disability that is represented in hate crime scenarios, and of responses of disabled people. 1 We surveyed N = 467 adults online, presenting them with disability-based hate crime scenarios. We systematically changed the disability of the hate crime target (deaf person or whe…

  • Parents' responses to toys representing physical impairment

    Open AccessIan Jones, Siân E Jones et al.ARTICLEEqual Opportunities International2020References: 33

    Purpose This study aimed to look at parents' perceptions of a number of different toy prototypes that represented physical impairments and predictors of these perceptions. Design/methodology/approach A correlational survey design was used. Parents of children aged 4–10 years who identified their child as having a disability ( n = 160) and not as having a disability ( n = 166) took part. They rated a number of prototypes for likelihood that their …

  • An Overview of Engineering Approaches to Improving Agricultural Animal Welfare

    Open AccessCandace Croney, William Muir et al.ARTICLEJournal of Agricultural and…2018Cited by: 2References: 5

  • Freedom in America

    William Muir, William W MuirBOOKFreedom in America2012

  • Police and social democracy

    William Ker Muir, William MuirARTICLEPolicing & Society2008Cited by: 2

    Good patrol officers develop their beats by teaching their publics about living in a free society. The patrol sergeant is in the best position to demonstrate to his officers how to be an effective civic educator

  • Police and politics

    William Ker Muir, William MuirARTICLECriminal Justice Ethics1983

  • Power Attracts Violence

    Open AccessWilliam Ker Muir, William MuirARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1980Cited by: 2

    Policemen frequently are called to restore order to situations in which one of the parties is fighting "for his honor" in front of a crowd. In such circumstances policemen are not likely to be able to "stop the beef" nonviolently. While the crowd looks on, a citizen may only be able to save face by attacking the officers themselves. A citizen's honor—his reputation for implacability and vengeance—is vital to him particularly in rough neighborhood…

  • Managing Discretion: A Central Dilemma of Police Administration

    Gordon P Whitaker, Bernard L Garmire et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1979Cited by: 1

  • Police: Streetcorner Politicians

    James L Massey, William MuirREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1978

  • Police: Streetcorner Politicians

    Wilbur R Miller, William MuirREVIEWJournal of American History1978

    Journal Article Police: Streetcorner Politicians. By William Ker Muir, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. xi + 306 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $15.00.) Get access Wilbur R. Miller Wilbur R. Miller State University of New York, Stony Brook Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Page 1172, https://doi.org/10.2307/189…

  • The Coercive Politics of Police

    William K Muir, William Muir et al.ARTICLEStanford Law Review1972

  • Trying the Judges

    Open AccessWilliam K Muir, William MuirARTICLETrans-action1970

  • Prayer in the Public Schools: Law and Attitude Change

    Kenneth M Dolbeare, William K Muir et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1969

  • Prayer in the Public Schools: Law and Attitude Change

    James S Swift, James Swift et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1969

  • Prayer in the Public Schools: Law and Attitude Change

    Open AccessCharles Mark, William K Muir et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1968

  • Prayer in the Public Schools: Law and Attitude Change

    A C F Beales, William K Muir et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Educational…1968

  • The Next Step in Case Studies

    Herbert Kaufman, Paul Tillett et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1958Cited by: 3

  • Recent Biblical Literature

    Max L Margolis, John D Davis et al.ARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1912

  • Art. I.— The Apology of Al Kindy. An Essay on its Age and Authorship

    Open AccessWilliam MuirARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1882

    Al Bîrûni, in his Vestiges of Ancient Nations , written A.D. 1000 (A.H. 390), while describing the customs of the Sabeans, cites the authority of Ibn Ishâc al Kindy, the Christian , in these words: “Likewise Abd al Masîh ihn Ishâc al Kindy, the Christian, in his reply to the Epistle of Abdallah ibn Ismaîl al Hâshimy, relates of them (the Sabeans) that they are notorious for Human sacrifice, but that at present they are not able to practise openly…

  • Art. III.— Ancient Arabic Poetry; its Genuineness and Authenticity

    Open AccessWilliam MuirARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1879

    An indescribable charm surrounds the early poetry of the Arabs. Dwelling in the wonderful creations of their genius with these ancient poets, you live, as it were, a new life. Cities, gardens, villages, the trace of even fields, left far out of sight, you get away into the free atmosphere of the desert; and, the trammels and conventionalities of settled society cast aside, you roam with the poet over the varied domain of Nature in all its freshne…