Karen F Lahm
Biographic Data
| ID | 4581395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen F Lahm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen F |
| FAMILY NAME | Lahm |
| SIGNATURE | LAHM K F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wright State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive statistics, also known as univariate statistics, are most often used to describe the distribution of a variable or variables in a sample. A distribution of a variable can be thought of as all of the individual scores or categories of a variable contained in a sample or population. For example, if the variable being measured in a sample of 100 people is age, then the distribution for the age variable would be all of the 100 separate ag…
Validity, Quantitative
The term “validity” can be defined and explained in a plethora of ways. In quantitative research, validity is commonly discussed, for example, when a researcher is developing measures of variables or concepts to put on a survey or use in an experiment. Specifically, validity is synonymous with accuracy in that a valid measure is one that actually or in reality measures the concept or variable that it is supposed to be measuring. For example, say …
Factors Affecting Contact Between Inmate Parents and Their Children
As the number of children with incarcerated parents rises, it is important to identify the variables affecting their contact children. The majority of available research centers on in-person visitation, and ignores other forms of contact. Using a large, national sample of inmate parents, this study investigated the relationship of three categories of inmate-level variables (sociodemographic, criminality/sentencing, and institutional experience) u…
Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Victimization Behind Bars
There is a substantial lack of information identifying the risk factors associated with victimization among women inmates. The current study seeks to remedy that by testing variables from 2 competing theories of inmate violence/victimization: importation and deprivation. Drawing from self-report data from more than 300 women in a midwestern prison, I uniquely analyze 4 types of inmate victimization (i.e., violent, property, sexual, and verbal). T…
Inmate-On-Inmate Assault
Most literature on inmate assaultive behavior considers only one level of analysis, thereby ignoring the importance of prison context on inmate behavior. This study improved on past research by combining inmate and prison-level data into a multilevel model explaining inmate-on-inmate, nondeadly assaults. Data from 1,054 male inmates in 30 prisons revealed that age and aggression were the most robust predictors of inmate-on-inmate assaults. In ter…
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive statistics, also known as univariate statistics, are most often used to describe the distribution of a variable or variables in a sample. A distribution of a variable can be thought of as all of the individual scores or categories of a variable contained in a sample or population. For example, if the variable being measured in a sample of 100 people is age, then the distribution for the age variable would be all of the 100 separate ag…
Factors Affecting Contact Between Inmate Parents and Their Children
As the number of children with incarcerated parents rises, it is important to identify the variables affecting their contact children. The majority of available research centers on in-person visitation, and ignores other forms of contact. Using a large, national sample of inmate parents, this study investigated the relationship of three categories of inmate-level variables (sociodemographic, criminality/sentencing, and institutional experience) u…
Inmate-On-Inmate Assault
Most literature on inmate assaultive behavior considers only one level of analysis, thereby ignoring the importance of prison context on inmate behavior. This study improved on past research by combining inmate and prison-level data into a multilevel model explaining inmate-on-inmate, nondeadly assaults. Data from 1,054 male inmates in 30 prisons revealed that age and aggression were the most robust predictors of inmate-on-inmate assaults. In ter…
Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Victimization Behind Bars
There is a substantial lack of information identifying the risk factors associated with victimization among women inmates. The current study seeks to remedy that by testing variables from 2 competing theories of inmate violence/victimization: importation and deprivation. Drawing from self-report data from more than 300 women in a midwestern prison, I uniquely analyze 4 types of inmate victimization (i.e., violent, property, sexual, and verbal). T…
Factors Affecting Contact Between Inmate Parents and Their Children
As the number of children with incarcerated parents rises, it is important to identify the variables affecting their contact children. The majority of available research centers on in-person visitation, and ignores other forms of contact. Using a large, national sample of inmate parents, this study investigated the relationship of three categories of inmate-level variables (sociodemographic, criminality/sentencing, and institutional experience) u…
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive statistics, also known as univariate statistics, are most often used to describe the distribution of a variable or variables in a sample. A distribution of a variable can be thought of as all of the individual scores or categories of a variable contained in a sample or population. For example, if the variable being measured in a sample of 100 people is age, then the distribution for the age variable would be all of the 100 separate ag…
Validity, Quantitative
The term “validity” can be defined and explained in a plethora of ways. In quantitative research, validity is commonly discussed, for example, when a researcher is developing measures of variables or concepts to put on a survey or use in an experiment. Specifically, validity is synonymous with accuracy in that a valid measure is one that actually or in reality measures the concept or variable that it is supposed to be measuring. For example, say …
Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Prison (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works)