Jennifer Sloan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4060949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Sloan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Sloan |
| SIGNATURE | SLOAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Active Transportation Policies
The intersection of media, public opinion, politics, and their relationship with public policy is well documented. Taking the issue of active transportation, we examine if media narratives on bicycle and pedestrian crashes appear important in shaping policy. We define positive and negative narratives portraying bicyclists and pedestrians as victims and villains respectively. Our research objective is to understand if media narratives have an effe…
Youth and the Juvenile Court System
The staggeringly disproportionate numbers of youth of color in the juvenile court system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, compelled the Pittsburgh Foundation to launch the Youth Voices Juvenile Justice Pilot project. The initiative sought to learn from youth who have firsthand knowledge of the juvenile court system and from those at risk of such an experience in order to inform the foundation’s efforts to improve outcomes for youth. This articl…
Factors related to health civic engagement
Health civic engagement, including voting and volunteering to ultimately guide government decisions about health issues, may help improve conditions that influence health and well-being for all. Focusing on individuals' sense of community and highlighting investments in community health may concurrently be associated with increased health civic engagement and improved community and population health
An audit tool for longitudinal assessment of the health-related characteristics of urban neighborhoods
In this paper, we have described implementation methods, reliability results and lessons learned to inform future studies of change. We found the use of consistent methods allowed us to conduct reliable, replicable longitudinal assessments of the environment. Items that did not exhibit stability are less useful for detecting real change over time. Overall, the PHRESH direct observation tool is an effective and practical instrument to detect chang…
Stigma related to health conditions and offending behaviors
Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the means by wh
Diet And Perceptions Change With Supermarket Introduction In A Food Desert, But Not Because Of Supermarket Use
Placing full-service supermarkets in food deserts--areas with limited access to healthy food--has been promoted as a way to reduce inequalities in access to healthy food, improve diet, and reduce the risk of obesity. However, previous studies provide scant evidence of such impacts. We surveyed households in two Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, neighborhoods in 2011 and 2014, one of which received a new supermarket in 2013. Comparing trends in the two ne…
Developing a Community-Based Tailored Exercise Program for People With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
A gender-specific, group-based, tailored exercise intervention developed through collaboration with a community agency serving people with SPMI using CBPR methods is feasible
Twenty volumes of victimology
‘Another milestone has been reached in the development of victimology.’ This is how the first edition of the International Review of Victimology began in 1989, edited by John Freeman and Leslie Sebba. Twenty-four years later, another milestone has been reached in the form of the 20th volume of the journal. In that time, much has changed in the world of victimology, yet other issues have remained. Freeman and Sebba raised key questions in their fi…
You Can See Your Face in My Floor ’
In this article, consideration is given to the concept of cleanliness and tidiness from the perspective of the masculine prisoner. Themes related to processes of maintaining, and perceptions of, cleanliness emerged, related to the self, personal space, and the cleanliness of others. Running through these were overarching elements of control, differentiation and processes of normalisation, which can be seen to relate concepts of cleanliness direct…
Moatifs’ of masculinity
This article addresses the common omission and/or obfuscation of men in accounts of crime and particularly accounts of violence, despite the overwhelming presence of men in violent activities and, indeed, crime per se. In doing so it identifies key themes that frame masculine identities. Using the case of Raoul Moat, the piece analyses the discourses available in British newspapers to account for male violence. Raoul Moat killed one man, injured …
The Integration Imperative
Because demographic shifts will affect their labor forces in the immediate future, rich societies will have to face up to the challenge of integrating the children of low-status immigrants, such as Mexicans in the United States and Turks in western Europe. The performance of educational systems is critical to meeting this challenge. We consider how three features of such systems-the division of labor among schools, families, and communities; trac…
Why Don't Minorities Join Special Operations Forces
Following the Cold War, regional instability and lower-level conflict have increased, bringing with them enhanced roles and responsibilities for the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). As a result, ensuring and maintaining the personnel readiness of the SOF is critical. One of the major issues facing SOF is recruiting and ensuring ethnic diversity among its members. This study examines the racial and ethnic composition of SOF operators, and the…
Personality Correlates of Anxiety About Public Speaking
Personality Correlates of Anxiety about Public Speaking
McCroskey (1982) has hypothesized that there are various forms of apprehension about communication some of which are situation specific and some of which are best thought of as traits. Other research has established a relationship between personality variables and a trait conception of apprehension about communication. If McCroskey's distinction between trait and situation-based state is appropriate, personality variables ordinarily associated wi…
The Integration Imperative
Because demographic shifts will affect their labor forces in the immediate future, rich societies will have to face up to the challenge of integrating the children of low-status immigrants, such as Mexicans in the United States and Turks in western Europe. The performance of educational systems is critical to meeting this challenge. We consider how three features of such systems-the division of labor among schools, families, and communities; trac…
Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment
Why Don't Minorities Join Special Operations Forces
Following the Cold War, regional instability and lower-level conflict have increased, bringing with them enhanced roles and responsibilities for the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). As a result, ensuring and maintaining the personnel readiness of the SOF is critical. One of the major issues facing SOF is recruiting and ensuring ethnic diversity among its members. This study examines the racial and ethnic composition of SOF operators, and the…
Youth and the Juvenile Court System
The staggeringly disproportionate numbers of youth of color in the juvenile court system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, compelled the Pittsburgh Foundation to launch the Youth Voices Juvenile Justice Pilot project. The initiative sought to learn from youth who have firsthand knowledge of the juvenile court system and from those at risk of such an experience in order to inform the foundation’s efforts to improve outcomes for youth. This articl…
Developing a Community-Based Tailored Exercise Program for People With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
A gender-specific, group-based, tailored exercise intervention developed through collaboration with a community agency serving people with SPMI using CBPR methods is feasible
Personality Correlates of Anxiety About Public Speaking
Personality Correlates of Anxiety about Public Speaking
McCroskey (1982) has hypothesized that there are various forms of apprehension about communication some of which are situation specific and some of which are best thought of as traits. Other research has established a relationship between personality variables and a trait conception of apprehension about communication. If McCroskey's distinction between trait and situation-based state is appropriate, personality variables ordinarily associated wi…
Why Don't Minorities Join Special Operations Forces
Following the Cold War, regional instability and lower-level conflict have increased, bringing with them enhanced roles and responsibilities for the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). As a result, ensuring and maintaining the personnel readiness of the SOF is critical. One of the major issues facing SOF is recruiting and ensuring ethnic diversity among its members. This study examines the racial and ethnic composition of SOF operators, and the…
The Integration Imperative
Because demographic shifts will affect their labor forces in the immediate future, rich societies will have to face up to the challenge of integrating the children of low-status immigrants, such as Mexicans in the United States and Turks in western Europe. The performance of educational systems is critical to meeting this challenge. We consider how three features of such systems-the division of labor among schools, families, and communities; trac…
You Can See Your Face in My Floor ’
In this article, consideration is given to the concept of cleanliness and tidiness from the perspective of the masculine prisoner. Themes related to processes of maintaining, and perceptions of, cleanliness emerged, related to the self, personal space, and the cleanliness of others. Running through these were overarching elements of control, differentiation and processes of normalisation, which can be seen to relate concepts of cleanliness direct…
Moatifs’ of masculinity
This article addresses the common omission and/or obfuscation of men in accounts of crime and particularly accounts of violence, despite the overwhelming presence of men in violent activities and, indeed, crime per se. In doing so it identifies key themes that frame masculine identities. Using the case of Raoul Moat, the piece analyses the discourses available in British newspapers to account for male violence. Raoul Moat killed one man, injured …
Twenty volumes of victimology
‘Another milestone has been reached in the development of victimology.’ This is how the first edition of the International Review of Victimology began in 1989, edited by John Freeman and Leslie Sebba. Twenty-four years later, another milestone has been reached in the form of the 20th volume of the journal. In that time, much has changed in the world of victimology, yet other issues have remained. Freeman and Sebba raised key questions in their fi…
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the means by wh
Diet And Perceptions Change With Supermarket Introduction In A Food Desert, But Not Because Of Supermarket Use
Placing full-service supermarkets in food deserts--areas with limited access to healthy food--has been promoted as a way to reduce inequalities in access to healthy food, improve diet, and reduce the risk of obesity. However, previous studies provide scant evidence of such impacts. We surveyed households in two Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, neighborhoods in 2011 and 2014, one of which received a new supermarket in 2013. Comparing trends in the two ne…
Developing a Community-Based Tailored Exercise Program for People With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
A gender-specific, group-based, tailored exercise intervention developed through collaboration with a community agency serving people with SPMI using CBPR methods is feasible
Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment
Stigma related to health conditions and offending behaviors
Factors related to health civic engagement
Health civic engagement, including voting and volunteering to ultimately guide government decisions about health issues, may help improve conditions that influence health and well-being for all. Focusing on individuals' sense of community and highlighting investments in community health may concurrently be associated with increased health civic engagement and improved community and population health
An audit tool for longitudinal assessment of the health-related characteristics of urban neighborhoods
In this paper, we have described implementation methods, reliability results and lessons learned to inform future studies of change. We found the use of consistent methods allowed us to conduct reliable, replicable longitudinal assessments of the environment. Items that did not exhibit stability are less useful for detecting real change over time. Overall, the PHRESH direct observation tool is an effective and practical instrument to detect chang…
Youth and the Juvenile Court System
The staggeringly disproportionate numbers of youth of color in the juvenile court system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, compelled the Pittsburgh Foundation to launch the Youth Voices Juvenile Justice Pilot project. The initiative sought to learn from youth who have firsthand knowledge of the juvenile court system and from those at risk of such an experience in order to inform the foundation’s efforts to improve outcomes for youth. This articl…
Active Transportation Policies
The intersection of media, public opinion, politics, and their relationship with public policy is well documented. Taking the issue of active transportation, we examine if media narratives on bicycle and pedestrian crashes appear important in shaping policy. We define positive and negative narratives portraying bicyclists and pedestrians as victims and villains respectively. Our research objective is to understand if media narratives have an effe…
Psychology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works)