Alan S Bruce
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan S Bruce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bruce |
| SIGNATURE | BRUCE A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | b Quinnipiac University , Hamden , Connecticut , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Self-Control, Opportunity, and Substance Use
We examine the effect of self-control and opportunity on adolescent substance use. When theorizing about the role of opportunity, we believe the "sanction potential" of a given situation should be considered. Our results suggest the effect of self-control on substance use does not depend on the availability of substances in the home (high sanction potential), but friends' substance use (low sanction potential) conditions the effect of self-contro…
A classroom exercise for teaching the problems of offense classification and tabulation associated with the UCR
We describe an in-class exercise used to demonstrate problems with the classification and recording of offenses in official crime statistics (the Uniform Crime Report or UCR). The exercise was used with criminology undergraduate students; their reaction indicates that it is effective for demonstrating limitations of the UCR. Following official guidelines, students classify and tabulate offenses described in crime scenarios. Their figures are comp…
Limitations of Self-Report Delinquency Surveys
Les AA. presentent une experience menee, aux Etats-Unis, dans le cadre d'un cours de premier cycle en sociologie portant sur la deviance. Dans ce cadre, ils se sont efforces de montrer aux etudiants les limites des questionnaires auto-administres pour ce qui est des enquetes conduites sur la delinquance. Ils presentent une procedure qui permet de comparer differents types de donnees et de modes de collecte de donnees sur la delinquance
Classics of Criminology
Joined by co-editors Theresa Severance and Alan Bruce, Joseph Jacoby continues to provide classic scholarly works on criminology in their original form, allowing readers to share in the discovery and unfolding of powerful Traces development the diverse conceptions of eyewitness issues. Lecture three hours no overlap is six quarters of the larger social. Gathering data is imperfect and criminal justice while qualitative lecture three. Iii c100 spe…
Local Election Campaigns
Self-Control, Opportunity, and Substance Use
We examine the effect of self-control and opportunity on adolescent substance use. When theorizing about the role of opportunity, we believe the "sanction potential" of a given situation should be considered. Our results suggest the effect of self-control on substance use does not depend on the availability of substances in the home (high sanction potential), but friends' substance use (low sanction potential) conditions the effect of self-contro…
Local Election Campaigns
Local Election Campaigns
Classics of Criminology
Joined by co-editors Theresa Severance and Alan Bruce, Joseph Jacoby continues to provide classic scholarly works on criminology in their original form, allowing readers to share in the discovery and unfolding of powerful Traces development the diverse conceptions of eyewitness issues. Lecture three hours no overlap is six quarters of the larger social. Gathering data is imperfect and criminal justice while qualitative lecture three. Iii c100 spe…
Limitations of Self-Report Delinquency Surveys
Les AA. presentent une experience menee, aux Etats-Unis, dans le cadre d'un cours de premier cycle en sociologie portant sur la deviance. Dans ce cadre, ils se sont efforces de montrer aux etudiants les limites des questionnaires auto-administres pour ce qui est des enquetes conduites sur la delinquance. Ils presentent une procedure qui permet de comparer differents types de donnees et de modes de collecte de donnees sur la delinquance
A classroom exercise for teaching the problems of offense classification and tabulation associated with the UCR
We describe an in-class exercise used to demonstrate problems with the classification and recording of offenses in official crime statistics (the Uniform Crime Report or UCR). The exercise was used with criminology undergraduate students; their reaction indicates that it is effective for demonstrating limitations of the UCR. Following official guidelines, students classify and tabulate offenses described in crime scenarios. Their figures are comp…
Self-Control, Opportunity, and Substance Use
We examine the effect of self-control and opportunity on adolescent substance use. When theorizing about the role of opportunity, we believe the "sanction potential" of a given situation should be considered. Our results suggest the effect of self-control on substance use does not depend on the availability of substances in the home (high sanction potential), but friends' substance use (low sanction potential) conditions the effect of self-contro…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)