Anthony B Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 6556932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony B Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony B |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9785-9158 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Return Migration from Nineteenth Century Australia
This paper sheds new light on return migration from Australia to the UK in the latter nineteenth century. It uses data from shipping records, and from a random sample of the 23,000 Australian‐born in the 1911 Census of England and Wales. Based on these sources, it estimates some 20% of migrants to Australia returned: higher among the wealthy, but still 12% of semi‐ and unskilled working class migrants returned. There was a preponderance of women …
A New Panel Dataset for Studies Using Substate Units of Analysis and Indicators of Drug Activity
This research note reports on the creation of a new panel dataset using multiple waves of substate estimates from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. It also provides identifying information that contains state, place, and/or agency codes for merging additional datasets at levels below the state. The process for creating this dataset and for merging external data is described. This research note ends by providing an example analysis utili…
Expert Evidence, Judicial Reasoning, and the Family Courts Information Pilot
The Family Courts Information Pilot took a modest step towards open justice in Children Act cases by publishing 161 judgments of the County Courts and Family Proceedings Courts. Combining socio‐legal and philosophical analysis on lines inspired by the work of Habermas, this article examines the epistemology of expert testimony implicit in the judgments. What emerges is a form of reasoning based on ‘inference to the best explanation’: judges seek …
Using Tourism as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development
Early sports 1860–1900
The Argus celebrated the opening of the 1892 football season: The game is manly and vigorous in the highest degree, and can only be played under conditions which imply the highest state of physical
Measuring sports madness
Lifeblood of the community
The Impacts of Temperature Change and Fluctuation on the Sustainability of Canadian Grain Farming
The Treatment of Offenders
Despite some dissenting views, most recent comprehensive reviews of what works in the correctional domain agree that some types of rehabilitation programmes are particularly effective in reducing the reoffending rate. In this paper, we review rehabilitation and treatment approaches utilized historically and presently, with a specific focus on ‘what works’. We examine the most widespread and successfully used rehabilitation principles (e.g., the R…
English Law's Epistemology of Expert Testimony
The decision whether to believe an expert witness raises difficult epistemological and ethical questions for a lay juror or judge. This article examines the English courts' approach to these questions in the light of a series of cases which endorse the test of admissibility formulated in the Australian case o/R v. Bonython . It argues that, if interpreted more rigorously than it generally has been to date, Bonython could provide the framework for…
State Crime in the Heart of Darkness
Journal Article State Crime in the Heart of Darkness Get access Tony Ward Tony Ward Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 45, Issue 4, July 2005, Pages 434-445, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azi031 Published: 19 April 2005
Experts, Juries, and Witch‐hunts
Angela Cannings's successful appeal against her convictions for murder has revived an old controversy about the competence of juries to evaluate expert evidence. In response to criticisms of the jury system in the wake of a series of controversial poisoning trials, the Victorian jurist J.F. Stephen argued that juries were well equipped to decide on behalf of the community which experts should be treated as authorities, whose opinions the lay publ…
The management of risk and the design of good lives
In this paper, I attempt to integrate the risk-nesd and good lives models of offender rehabilitation. I set out to show how it is possible to capitalise on the strengths of the risk management perspecwve by locating or embedding it within a more constructive, strength based capabilities approach – what I have called the good lives model of offender rehabilitation. In the good lives model risk factors are viewed as obstacles that erode individuals…
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology has recently experienced a rapid and often controversial growth in popularity and influence that has been evident in both the academic and the popular press. The aim of this article is to explain what evolutionary psychology is, to give a brief account of its history and evolution, and to give a balanced account of some of the major issues or criticisms. This paper traces the early influences of Darwinian thought on psycho…
The rehabilitation of offenders
(2002). The rehabilitation of offenders: Introduction. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 157-158
Sexual offenders' perceptions of their early interpersonal relationships
The present study examined the perceptions of early interpersonal experiences of sexual offenders (child molesters and rapists) and two criminal comparison groups. A grounded theory approach was applied to a comprehensive list of responses provided by the participants to questions about their early interpersonal experiences. The raw data was collapsed into 14 basic categories by grouping together responses of similar meanings. The categories were…
Video games and aggressive behaviour
Research in recent years indicates that children and adolescents are spending a significant amount of time entertaining themselves with video games. This work has lead to an investigation of the relationship between the playing of video games and violent behaviour. In this paper we provide an overview of the key findings of the above research, and outline possible mediating factors, including (a) individual/physiological differences, (b) reality …
Competency and deficit models in the understanding and treatment of sexual offenders
The majority of etiological models of sexual offending have tended to adopt a deficiency perspective and stressed the absence of core skills or competencies in offenders. They are based on the plausible assumption that men who sexually abuse children or rape women lack the necessary skills to meet their needs in more socially acceptable ways. In this paper the utility of adopting a competency or expertise model to complement deficit models is exp…
Abductive reasoning and clinical assessment
Clinical reasoning is one of the central components of psychological assessment. The identification of a client's psychological difficulties and the subsequent depiction of their onset, development, and interrelationships enables clinicians to plan treatment in a systematic and effective manner. Traditionally, the hypothetico-deductive conception of scientific method, with its restricted focus on the testing of hypotheses, has provided the framew…
Deviant sexual thoughts
The clinical literature has long illustrated the paradoxical findings that deliberate attempts to suppress particular thoughts actually increase their occurrence. These unwanted, often intrusive, thoughts that are a major feature of obsessive disorders, depression, sleep disorders, and a range of other disturbances are of particular clinical concern. The exploration of psychological factors associated with cognitive control is, then, clinically r…
Attachment style in sex offenders
In the past few decades, a number of theories have been developed to further our understanding of the various aspects of sex offending. Recent work has been focused on the relationship between early interpersonal experiences and the presence of intimacy deficits in sex offenders. Marshall (1989, 1993, in press) developed an etiological model stressing the importance of insecure attachment and intimacy deficits in both the onset and maintenance of…
Privatisation and the Penal System
The Politics of Redress
Restructuring, resistance and privatisation in the non-custodial sector
The government has recently announced plans to restructure the probation service in England and Wales and to expand the use of the volumary sector, and also of for profit agencies, in deafing with effenders. This article suggests that the rationale behind these changer is not mainly secure greater consistency or a more cost-effective services but primaris to croerve the probation service into delivering tougher alternatives to custody. Particular…
The Gibraltar Shootings and the Politics of Inquests
Attachment style in sex offenders
In the past few decades, a number of theories have been developed to further our understanding of the various aspects of sex offending. Recent work has been focused on the relationship between early interpersonal experiences and the presence of intimacy deficits in sex offenders. Marshall (1989, 1993, in press) developed an etiological model stressing the importance of insecure attachment and intimacy deficits in both the onset and maintenance of…
Competency and deficit models in the understanding and treatment of sexual offenders
The majority of etiological models of sexual offending have tended to adopt a deficiency perspective and stressed the absence of core skills or competencies in offenders. They are based on the plausible assumption that men who sexually abuse children or rape women lack the necessary skills to meet their needs in more socially acceptable ways. In this paper the utility of adopting a competency or expertise model to complement deficit models is exp…
State Crime in the Heart of Darkness
Journal Article State Crime in the Heart of Darkness Get access Tony Ward Tony Ward Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 45, Issue 4, July 2005, Pages 434-445, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azi031 Published: 19 April 2005
The management of risk and the design of good lives
In this paper, I attempt to integrate the risk-nesd and good lives models of offender rehabilitation. I set out to show how it is possible to capitalise on the strengths of the risk management perspecwve by locating or embedding it within a more constructive, strength based capabilities approach – what I have called the good lives model of offender rehabilitation. In the good lives model risk factors are viewed as obstacles that erode individuals…
Deviant sexual thoughts
The clinical literature has long illustrated the paradoxical findings that deliberate attempts to suppress particular thoughts actually increase their occurrence. These unwanted, often intrusive, thoughts that are a major feature of obsessive disorders, depression, sleep disorders, and a range of other disturbances are of particular clinical concern. The exploration of psychological factors associated with cognitive control is, then, clinically r…
Privatisation and the Penal System
Measuring sports madness
Sexual offenders' perceptions of their early interpersonal relationships
The present study examined the perceptions of early interpersonal experiences of sexual offenders (child molesters and rapists) and two criminal comparison groups. A grounded theory approach was applied to a comprehensive list of responses provided by the participants to questions about their early interpersonal experiences. The raw data was collapsed into 14 basic categories by grouping together responses of similar meanings. The categories were…
Abductive reasoning and clinical assessment
Clinical reasoning is one of the central components of psychological assessment. The identification of a client's psychological difficulties and the subsequent depiction of their onset, development, and interrelationships enables clinicians to plan treatment in a systematic and effective manner. Traditionally, the hypothetico-deductive conception of scientific method, with its restricted focus on the testing of hypotheses, has provided the framew…
Expert Evidence, Judicial Reasoning, and the Family Courts Information Pilot
The Family Courts Information Pilot took a modest step towards open justice in Children Act cases by publishing 161 judgments of the County Courts and Family Proceedings Courts. Combining socio‐legal and philosophical analysis on lines inspired by the work of Habermas, this article examines the epistemology of expert testimony implicit in the judgments. What emerges is a form of reasoning based on ‘inference to the best explanation’: judges seek …
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology has recently experienced a rapid and often controversial growth in popularity and influence that has been evident in both the academic and the popular press. The aim of this article is to explain what evolutionary psychology is, to give a brief account of its history and evolution, and to give a balanced account of some of the major issues or criticisms. This paper traces the early influences of Darwinian thought on psycho…
The rehabilitation of offenders
(2002). The rehabilitation of offenders: Introduction. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 157-158
Video games and aggressive behaviour
Research in recent years indicates that children and adolescents are spending a significant amount of time entertaining themselves with video games. This work has lead to an investigation of the relationship between the playing of video games and violent behaviour. In this paper we provide an overview of the key findings of the above research, and outline possible mediating factors, including (a) individual/physiological differences, (b) reality …
Privatising Punishment
The Gibraltar Shootings and the Politics of Inquests
The Politics of Redress
Restructuring, resistance and privatisation in the non-custodial sector
The government has recently announced plans to restructure the probation service in England and Wales and to expand the use of the volumary sector, and also of for profit agencies, in deafing with effenders. This article suggests that the rationale behind these changer is not mainly secure greater consistency or a more cost-effective services but primaris to croerve the probation service into delivering tougher alternatives to custody. Particular…
Privatisation and the Penal System
Attachment style in sex offenders
In the past few decades, a number of theories have been developed to further our understanding of the various aspects of sex offending. Recent work has been focused on the relationship between early interpersonal experiences and the presence of intimacy deficits in sex offenders. Marshall (1989, 1993, in press) developed an etiological model stressing the importance of insecure attachment and intimacy deficits in both the onset and maintenance of…
Abductive reasoning and clinical assessment
Clinical reasoning is one of the central components of psychological assessment. The identification of a client's psychological difficulties and the subsequent depiction of their onset, development, and interrelationships enables clinicians to plan treatment in a systematic and effective manner. Traditionally, the hypothetico-deductive conception of scientific method, with its restricted focus on the testing of hypotheses, has provided the framew…
Deviant sexual thoughts
The clinical literature has long illustrated the paradoxical findings that deliberate attempts to suppress particular thoughts actually increase their occurrence. These unwanted, often intrusive, thoughts that are a major feature of obsessive disorders, depression, sleep disorders, and a range of other disturbances are of particular clinical concern. The exploration of psychological factors associated with cognitive control is, then, clinically r…
Competency and deficit models in the understanding and treatment of sexual offenders
The majority of etiological models of sexual offending have tended to adopt a deficiency perspective and stressed the absence of core skills or competencies in offenders. They are based on the plausible assumption that men who sexually abuse children or rape women lack the necessary skills to meet their needs in more socially acceptable ways. In this paper the utility of adopting a competency or expertise model to complement deficit models is exp…
Video games and aggressive behaviour
Research in recent years indicates that children and adolescents are spending a significant amount of time entertaining themselves with video games. This work has lead to an investigation of the relationship between the playing of video games and violent behaviour. In this paper we provide an overview of the key findings of the above research, and outline possible mediating factors, including (a) individual/physiological differences, (b) reality …
The management of risk and the design of good lives
In this paper, I attempt to integrate the risk-nesd and good lives models of offender rehabilitation. I set out to show how it is possible to capitalise on the strengths of the risk management perspecwve by locating or embedding it within a more constructive, strength based capabilities approach – what I have called the good lives model of offender rehabilitation. In the good lives model risk factors are viewed as obstacles that erode individuals…
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology has recently experienced a rapid and often controversial growth in popularity and influence that has been evident in both the academic and the popular press. The aim of this article is to explain what evolutionary psychology is, to give a brief account of its history and evolution, and to give a balanced account of some of the major issues or criticisms. This paper traces the early influences of Darwinian thought on psycho…
The rehabilitation of offenders
(2002). The rehabilitation of offenders: Introduction. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 157-158
Sexual offenders' perceptions of their early interpersonal relationships
The present study examined the perceptions of early interpersonal experiences of sexual offenders (child molesters and rapists) and two criminal comparison groups. A grounded theory approach was applied to a comprehensive list of responses provided by the participants to questions about their early interpersonal experiences. The raw data was collapsed into 14 basic categories by grouping together responses of similar meanings. The categories were…
Experts, Juries, and Witch‐hunts
Angela Cannings's successful appeal against her convictions for murder has revived an old controversy about the competence of juries to evaluate expert evidence. In response to criticisms of the jury system in the wake of a series of controversial poisoning trials, the Victorian jurist J.F. Stephen argued that juries were well equipped to decide on behalf of the community which experts should be treated as authorities, whose opinions the lay publ…
State Crime in the Heart of Darkness
Journal Article State Crime in the Heart of Darkness Get access Tony Ward Tony Ward Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 45, Issue 4, July 2005, Pages 434-445, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azi031 Published: 19 April 2005
English Law's Epistemology of Expert Testimony
The decision whether to believe an expert witness raises difficult epistemological and ethical questions for a lay juror or judge. This article examines the English courts' approach to these questions in the light of a series of cases which endorse the test of admissibility formulated in the Australian case o/R v. Bonython . It argues that, if interpreted more rigorously than it generally has been to date, Bonython could provide the framework for…
The Impacts of Temperature Change and Fluctuation on the Sustainability of Canadian Grain Farming
The Treatment of Offenders
Despite some dissenting views, most recent comprehensive reviews of what works in the correctional domain agree that some types of rehabilitation programmes are particularly effective in reducing the reoffending rate. In this paper, we review rehabilitation and treatment approaches utilized historically and presently, with a specific focus on ‘what works’. We examine the most widespread and successfully used rehabilitation principles (e.g., the R…
Using Tourism as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development
Early sports 1860–1900
The Argus celebrated the opening of the 1892 football season: The game is manly and vigorous in the highest degree, and can only be played under conditions which imply the highest state of physical
Measuring sports madness
Lifeblood of the community
Expert Evidence, Judicial Reasoning, and the Family Courts Information Pilot
The Family Courts Information Pilot took a modest step towards open justice in Children Act cases by publishing 161 judgments of the County Courts and Family Proceedings Courts. Combining socio‐legal and philosophical analysis on lines inspired by the work of Habermas, this article examines the epistemology of expert testimony implicit in the judgments. What emerges is a form of reasoning based on ‘inference to the best explanation’: judges seek …
Return Migration from Nineteenth Century Australia
This paper sheds new light on return migration from Australia to the UK in the latter nineteenth century. It uses data from shipping records, and from a random sample of the 23,000 Australian‐born in the 1911 Census of England and Wales. Based on these sources, it estimates some 20% of migrants to Australia returned: higher among the wealthy, but still 12% of semi‐ and unskilled working class migrants returned. There was a preponderance of women …
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