Lisa A Kort‐butler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4269883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa A Kort‐butler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kort‐butler |
| SIGNATURE | BUTLER L A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1880-8716 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Head injury and aggressive behavior: Examining sex differences and the role of related risk factors
The Brain And The Bat: A Popular Criminology Of The Brain In The Batman Animated Universes
Technology has made the brain both accessible and visible to researchers and the public at large. The threads connecting the neuroscience of criminality and its representations in popular culture are detectable in a variety of locations, including the Batman animated series, which historically parallel the expansion of neuroscientific technologies. Framed by insights from popular criminology and gothic criminology, this project traced how represe…
The well-being of gamers, video game players, and non-players
The public, practitioners, and researchers often express concerns about the physical and behavioral well-being of people who play video games. Research generally fails to distinguish between people who play games and people who self-identify as gamers, so there is limited existing work on how gamer identity affects well-being. Using survey data from nearly 900 young adults collected in 2014 and 2015, this study compared people who do not play vid…
Gamers on Gaming: A Research Note Comparing Behaviors and Beliefs of Gamers, Video Game Players, and Non-Players
Research often conflates video game players and 'gamers,' defining gamers by time spent playing or by type of game played. Such operationalization may be a matter of convention or, more problematically, based on stereotypical beliefs about gamers. With a survey of nearly 900 young adults, this study compared self-identified gamers to other video game players and people who do not play video games. There were behavioral differences in terms of tim…
Crime in Televised Presidential Campaign Ads: The Making of Visual Metaphor
In televised campaign advertisements, political rhetoric potently combines with visual metaphors. Drawing on a digital library of presidential campaign ads from 1952 to 2016, the qualitative media analysis scrutinized how crime rhetoric became visual metaphor. Crime images were positioned and manipulated alongside other content to craft a story about crime and the candidates. Across all ads, two tactics emerged: depicting crime as a problem akin …
Public support for the death penalty in a red state: The distrustful, the angry, and the unsure
Set against the backdrop of Nebraska’s 2015 legislative repeal of the death penalty and the 2016 electoral reinstatement, we examined public support for capital punishment. Using two years of statewide survey data, we compared respondents who preferred the death penalty for murder, those who preferred other penalties, and those who were unsure, a respondent group often excluded from research. To understand what distinguishes among these groups, w…
Health-Related Strains and Subsequent Delinquency and Marijuana Use
General strain theory provides one framework for explaining the relationship between physical health and delinquency, pointing to mechanisms such as negative emotions, social bonds, and stress proliferation. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to examine these hypothetical mediators. Controlling for demographic factors, prior illicit behavior, and other strains, results from a series of regressions indicated t…
Correlates of service utilization among homeless youth
Rotten, Vile, and Depraved! Depictions of Criminality in Superhero Cartoons
The literature argues that media depictions of crime present messages that conform to and promote the dominant ideology about the causes of crime and the nature of criminality. Most research focuses on television news and adult programs, but little research examines messages about criminality present in children's shows. To fill this gap, a content analysis of children's cartoons was conducted, using episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, Spide…
A cluster analysis of service utilization and incarceration among homeless youth
School-Based Extracurricular Activity Involvement and Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Growth-Curve Analysis
Watching the Detectives: Crime Programming, Fear of Crime, and Attitudes about the Criminal Justice System
Research demonstrates a complex relationship between television viewing and fear of crime. Social critics assert that media depictions perpetuate the dominant cultural ideology about crime and criminal justice. This article examines whether program type differentially affects fear of crime and perceptions of the crime rate. Next, it tests whether such programming differentially affects viewers' attitudes about the criminal justice system, and if …
Experienced and vicarious victimization: Do social support and self-esteem prevent delinquent responses
Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior
The Impact of Social Support on Women's Adjustment to Divorce: A Literature Review and Analysis
Divorce is viewed as a stressor in social, economic and psychological areas of life. Research shows women have diminished economic contexts and greater parenting responsibilities after divorce. Many studies examine divorced women's social support and its impact on adjustment. This literature review quantifies perceived (available) and received (enacted) social support and adjustment measures of fifteen published articles. Crosstabs and chi-square…
Correlates of service utilization among homeless youth
A cluster analysis of service utilization and incarceration among homeless youth
Watching the Detectives: Crime Programming, Fear of Crime, and Attitudes about the Criminal Justice System
Research demonstrates a complex relationship between television viewing and fear of crime. Social critics assert that media depictions perpetuate the dominant cultural ideology about crime and criminal justice. This article examines whether program type differentially affects fear of crime and perceptions of the crime rate. Next, it tests whether such programming differentially affects viewers' attitudes about the criminal justice system, and if …
Experienced and vicarious victimization: Do social support and self-esteem prevent delinquent responses
Health-Related Strains and Subsequent Delinquency and Marijuana Use
General strain theory provides one framework for explaining the relationship between physical health and delinquency, pointing to mechanisms such as negative emotions, social bonds, and stress proliferation. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to examine these hypothetical mediators. Controlling for demographic factors, prior illicit behavior, and other strains, results from a series of regressions indicated t…
Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior
School-Based Extracurricular Activity Involvement and Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Growth-Curve Analysis
Rotten, Vile, and Depraved! Depictions of Criminality in Superhero Cartoons
The literature argues that media depictions of crime present messages that conform to and promote the dominant ideology about the causes of crime and the nature of criminality. Most research focuses on television news and adult programs, but little research examines messages about criminality present in children's shows. To fill this gap, a content analysis of children's cartoons was conducted, using episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, Spide…
Public support for the death penalty in a red state: The distrustful, the angry, and the unsure
Set against the backdrop of Nebraska’s 2015 legislative repeal of the death penalty and the 2016 electoral reinstatement, we examined public support for capital punishment. Using two years of statewide survey data, we compared respondents who preferred the death penalty for murder, those who preferred other penalties, and those who were unsure, a respondent group often excluded from research. To understand what distinguishes among these groups, w…
The Brain And The Bat: A Popular Criminology Of The Brain In The Batman Animated Universes
Technology has made the brain both accessible and visible to researchers and the public at large. The threads connecting the neuroscience of criminality and its representations in popular culture are detectable in a variety of locations, including the Batman animated series, which historically parallel the expansion of neuroscientific technologies. Framed by insights from popular criminology and gothic criminology, this project traced how represe…
Crime in Televised Presidential Campaign Ads: The Making of Visual Metaphor
In televised campaign advertisements, political rhetoric potently combines with visual metaphors. Drawing on a digital library of presidential campaign ads from 1952 to 2016, the qualitative media analysis scrutinized how crime rhetoric became visual metaphor. Crime images were positioned and manipulated alongside other content to craft a story about crime and the candidates. Across all ads, two tactics emerged: depicting crime as a problem akin …
The Impact of Social Support on Women's Adjustment to Divorce: A Literature Review and Analysis
Divorce is viewed as a stressor in social, economic and psychological areas of life. Research shows women have diminished economic contexts and greater parenting responsibilities after divorce. Many studies examine divorced women's social support and its impact on adjustment. This literature review quantifies perceived (available) and received (enacted) social support and adjustment measures of fifteen published articles. Crosstabs and chi-square…
Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior
Experienced and vicarious victimization: Do social support and self-esteem prevent delinquent responses
School-Based Extracurricular Activity Involvement and Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Growth-Curve Analysis
Watching the Detectives: Crime Programming, Fear of Crime, and Attitudes about the Criminal Justice System
Research demonstrates a complex relationship between television viewing and fear of crime. Social critics assert that media depictions perpetuate the dominant cultural ideology about crime and criminal justice. This article examines whether program type differentially affects fear of crime and perceptions of the crime rate. Next, it tests whether such programming differentially affects viewers' attitudes about the criminal justice system, and if …
Correlates of service utilization among homeless youth
Rotten, Vile, and Depraved! Depictions of Criminality in Superhero Cartoons
The literature argues that media depictions of crime present messages that conform to and promote the dominant ideology about the causes of crime and the nature of criminality. Most research focuses on television news and adult programs, but little research examines messages about criminality present in children's shows. To fill this gap, a content analysis of children's cartoons was conducted, using episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, Spide…
A cluster analysis of service utilization and incarceration among homeless youth
Health-Related Strains and Subsequent Delinquency and Marijuana Use
General strain theory provides one framework for explaining the relationship between physical health and delinquency, pointing to mechanisms such as negative emotions, social bonds, and stress proliferation. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to examine these hypothetical mediators. Controlling for demographic factors, prior illicit behavior, and other strains, results from a series of regressions indicated t…
Public support for the death penalty in a red state: The distrustful, the angry, and the unsure
Set against the backdrop of Nebraska’s 2015 legislative repeal of the death penalty and the 2016 electoral reinstatement, we examined public support for capital punishment. Using two years of statewide survey data, we compared respondents who preferred the death penalty for murder, those who preferred other penalties, and those who were unsure, a respondent group often excluded from research. To understand what distinguishes among these groups, w…
Crime in Televised Presidential Campaign Ads: The Making of Visual Metaphor
In televised campaign advertisements, political rhetoric potently combines with visual metaphors. Drawing on a digital library of presidential campaign ads from 1952 to 2016, the qualitative media analysis scrutinized how crime rhetoric became visual metaphor. Crime images were positioned and manipulated alongside other content to craft a story about crime and the candidates. Across all ads, two tactics emerged: depicting crime as a problem akin …
The well-being of gamers, video game players, and non-players
The public, practitioners, and researchers often express concerns about the physical and behavioral well-being of people who play video games. Research generally fails to distinguish between people who play games and people who self-identify as gamers, so there is limited existing work on how gamer identity affects well-being. Using survey data from nearly 900 young adults collected in 2014 and 2015, this study compared people who do not play vid…
Gamers on Gaming: A Research Note Comparing Behaviors and Beliefs of Gamers, Video Game Players, and Non-Players
Research often conflates video game players and 'gamers,' defining gamers by time spent playing or by type of game played. Such operationalization may be a matter of convention or, more problematically, based on stereotypical beliefs about gamers. With a survey of nearly 900 young adults, this study compared self-identified gamers to other video game players and people who do not play video games. There were behavioral differences in terms of tim…
The Brain And The Bat: A Popular Criminology Of The Brain In The Batman Animated Universes
Technology has made the brain both accessible and visible to researchers and the public at large. The threads connecting the neuroscience of criminality and its representations in popular culture are detectable in a variety of locations, including the Batman animated series, which historically parallel the expansion of neuroscientific technologies. Framed by insights from popular criminology and gothic criminology, this project traced how represe…
Head injury and aggressive behavior: Examining sex differences and the role of related risk factors
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Law (4 works)