Herbert C Covey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herbert C Covey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herbert C |
| FAMILY NAME | Covey |
| SIGNATURE | COVEY H C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Emerging Frontier
This chapter proposes that gang research in developing countries should expand. Over the next decades, developing countries will experience demographic changes that will provide fertile grounds for the formation and expansion of gangs, such as population growth, urbanization, and migration. In addition, cultural and historical contexts and processes in developing countries, such as colonization and civil conflicts, differ from the developed world…
Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents
This two-volume set provides readers with a balanced collection of materials that captures the wide-ranging experiences of African American people over the history of North America. Volume 1 begins with the enslavement and transportation of slaves to North America and ends with the Civil War; Volume 2 continues with the beginning of Reconstruction through the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency. Each volume provides a chronology of ma…
Crips and Bloods
This book provides a concise and engaging examination of the subculture of the Crips and Bloods—the notorious street gangs that started in Los Angeles, but have now spread throughout the United States. Despite the dangers and harsh realities intrinsic to street life and criminal activity, the no-holds-barred lifestyle of gangs continues to interest mainstream America. This provocative book provides an insider’s look into the subculture of two of …
How the Slaves Saw the Civil War
Drawing from narratives of former slaves to provide accurate and poignant insights, this book presents descriptions in the former slaves’ own words about their lives before, during, and following the Civil War. Examining narratives allows us to better understand what life was truly like for slaves: “hearing” history in their own words brings the human aspects of slavery and their interpersonal relationships to life, providing insights and underst…
Distribution and Correlates of Self-Reported Crimes of Trust
This study examines the distribution and correlates of a special class of property crimes, crimes of trust, using longitudinal and cross sectional self-report data from a national sample. We begin by defining crimes of trust and consider their conceptual relationship to "conventional" property crimes, which we here characterize as crimes of stealth, and to white collar crimes, which are defined in terms of the social status of the perpetrators. C…
What the Slaves Ate
Carefully documenting African American slave foods, this book reveals that slaves actively developed their own foodways-their customs involving family and food. The authors connect African foods and food preparation to the development during slavery of Southern cuisines having African influences, including Cajun, Creole, and what later became known as soul food, drawing on the recollections of ex-slaves recorded by Works Progress Administration i…
African American Slave Medicine
African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African-American slaves medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s by the Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African-American folk practitioners during slavery. He demonstrates h…
Western Christianity's two historical treatments of people with disabilities or mental illness
Christianity had two traditions of interpreting people with disabilities. The older tradition viewed disability as the result of sin. This tradition punished, separated, and restricted people with disabilities. It barred them from full participation in the Church and its rituals. However, as Christianity developed, a second tradition emerged that saw people with disabilities as needing compassion and that God accepted everyone. The second traditi…
People with leprosy (Hansen’s disease) during the Middle Ages
Leprosy or Hansen's Disease represented a major social, moral, and health concern during the Middle Ages. Few diseases have evoked the social responses that leprosy did during the Middle Ages. Medieval explanations, social norms, perceptions, and medical responses to leprosy and people with the disease are surveyed. Some medieval communities took dramatic exclusionary measures to socially isolate individuals with the disease. Other communities, w…
Narrative references to older African Americans living under slavery
A review of 2,200 ex-slave narratives collected in the 1930s and other historic sources was conducted to find references to how older African Americans lived during the time of slavery. These sources reveal that older African American slaves were less valued by White society as they aged, but within the African American community played productive roles, were cared for, and respected
Images of Older People in Western Art and Society
UCR and NCS
Basic Problems of Applying Experiments to Social Programs
The application of experimental designs to social programs generates numerous problems for evaluators. This paper describes some of the major problems and how they may be overcome. Suggestions include the utilization of existing social science research methods, institutionalization of program evaluation, and application of theory to social experiments
UCR and NCS
Distribution and Correlates of Self-Reported Crimes of Trust
This study examines the distribution and correlates of a special class of property crimes, crimes of trust, using longitudinal and cross sectional self-report data from a national sample. We begin by defining crimes of trust and consider their conceptual relationship to "conventional" property crimes, which we here characterize as crimes of stealth, and to white collar crimes, which are defined in terms of the social status of the perpetrators. C…
Western Christianity's two historical treatments of people with disabilities or mental illness
Christianity had two traditions of interpreting people with disabilities. The older tradition viewed disability as the result of sin. This tradition punished, separated, and restricted people with disabilities. It barred them from full participation in the Church and its rituals. However, as Christianity developed, a second tradition emerged that saw people with disabilities as needing compassion and that God accepted everyone. The second traditi…
Narrative references to older African Americans living under slavery
A review of 2,200 ex-slave narratives collected in the 1930s and other historic sources was conducted to find references to how older African Americans lived during the time of slavery. These sources reveal that older African American slaves were less valued by White society as they aged, but within the African American community played productive roles, were cared for, and respected
People with leprosy (Hansen’s disease) during the Middle Ages
Leprosy or Hansen's Disease represented a major social, moral, and health concern during the Middle Ages. Few diseases have evoked the social responses that leprosy did during the Middle Ages. Medieval explanations, social norms, perceptions, and medical responses to leprosy and people with the disease are surveyed. Some medieval communities took dramatic exclusionary measures to socially isolate individuals with the disease. Other communities, w…
Basic Problems of Applying Experiments to Social Programs
The application of experimental designs to social programs generates numerous problems for evaluators. This paper describes some of the major problems and how they may be overcome. Suggestions include the utilization of existing social science research methods, institutionalization of program evaluation, and application of theory to social experiments
UCR and NCS
Images of Older People in Western Art and Society
Narrative references to older African Americans living under slavery
A review of 2,200 ex-slave narratives collected in the 1930s and other historic sources was conducted to find references to how older African Americans lived during the time of slavery. These sources reveal that older African American slaves were less valued by White society as they aged, but within the African American community played productive roles, were cared for, and respected
People with leprosy (Hansen’s disease) during the Middle Ages
Leprosy or Hansen's Disease represented a major social, moral, and health concern during the Middle Ages. Few diseases have evoked the social responses that leprosy did during the Middle Ages. Medieval explanations, social norms, perceptions, and medical responses to leprosy and people with the disease are surveyed. Some medieval communities took dramatic exclusionary measures to socially isolate individuals with the disease. Other communities, w…
Western Christianity's two historical treatments of people with disabilities or mental illness
Christianity had two traditions of interpreting people with disabilities. The older tradition viewed disability as the result of sin. This tradition punished, separated, and restricted people with disabilities. It barred them from full participation in the Church and its rituals. However, as Christianity developed, a second tradition emerged that saw people with disabilities as needing compassion and that God accepted everyone. The second traditi…
African American Slave Medicine
African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African-American slaves medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s by the Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African-American folk practitioners during slavery. He demonstrates h…
What the Slaves Ate
Carefully documenting African American slave foods, this book reveals that slaves actively developed their own foodways-their customs involving family and food. The authors connect African foods and food preparation to the development during slavery of Southern cuisines having African influences, including Cajun, Creole, and what later became known as soul food, drawing on the recollections of ex-slaves recorded by Works Progress Administration i…
Distribution and Correlates of Self-Reported Crimes of Trust
This study examines the distribution and correlates of a special class of property crimes, crimes of trust, using longitudinal and cross sectional self-report data from a national sample. We begin by defining crimes of trust and consider their conceptual relationship to "conventional" property crimes, which we here characterize as crimes of stealth, and to white collar crimes, which are defined in terms of the social status of the perpetrators. C…
How the Slaves Saw the Civil War
Drawing from narratives of former slaves to provide accurate and poignant insights, this book presents descriptions in the former slaves’ own words about their lives before, during, and following the Civil War. Examining narratives allows us to better understand what life was truly like for slaves: “hearing” history in their own words brings the human aspects of slavery and their interpersonal relationships to life, providing insights and underst…
Crips and Bloods
This book provides a concise and engaging examination of the subculture of the Crips and Bloods—the notorious street gangs that started in Los Angeles, but have now spread throughout the United States. Despite the dangers and harsh realities intrinsic to street life and criminal activity, the no-holds-barred lifestyle of gangs continues to interest mainstream America. This provocative book provides an insider’s look into the subculture of two of …
Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents
This two-volume set provides readers with a balanced collection of materials that captures the wide-ranging experiences of African American people over the history of North America. Volume 1 begins with the enslavement and transportation of slaves to North America and ends with the Civil War; Volume 2 continues with the beginning of Reconstruction through the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency. Each volume provides a chronology of ma…
The Emerging Frontier
This chapter proposes that gang research in developing countries should expand. Over the next decades, developing countries will experience demographic changes that will provide fertile grounds for the formation and expansion of gangs, such as population growth, urbanization, and migration. In addition, cultural and historical contexts and processes in developing countries, such as colonization and civil conflicts, differ from the developed world…
Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Geography (3 works)