Valerio Baćak
Biographic Data
| ID | 76673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerio Baćak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerio |
| FAMILY NAME | Baćak |
| SIGNATURE | BAĆAK V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Connecting the Student Belonging and Growth Mindset Research with College Teaching in Prison
The Stress of Injustice: Public Defenders and the Frontline of American Inequality
Fairness in the criminal legal system is unattainable without effective legal representation of indigent defendants, yet we know little about the experience of attorneys who do this critical work. Using semi-structured interviews, our study investigated occupational stress in a sample of 78 attorneys representing indigent clients across the United States. We show how the chronic stressors experienced at work culminate in what we define as the str…
Looking Back: Victimization of Transgender Persons and the Criminal Legal System
The Role of Mental Health and Delinquent Behaviors in the Cycle of Sexual Violence Among Croatian Adolescents: A Longitudinal Exploration with Replication
Race and the Association Between Police Stops and Depression Among Young Adults: A Research Note
Police stops are stressful experiences that may be harmful for health. The present study examines the association between police stops and symptoms of depression in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health. The study sample included non-Hispanic Black ( n = 2,118) and White ( n = 5,629) adults aged 18-26 years surveyed in 1996 and 2001/2002. Both Black and White young adults who have been stopped by police had more symptoms …
The Effect of Serious Offending on Health: A Marginal Structural Model
In this study, we contribute to the emerging scholarship at the intersection of crime and health by estimating the effect of serious offending on offenders’ health. By building on sociological stress research, we identify and adjust for the key life course processes that may intervene on the pathway from offending to health using a rich set of measures available in the panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.…
Principled Machine Learning Using the Super Learner: An Application to Predicting Prison Violence
A rapidly growing number of algorithms are available to researchers who apply statistical or machine learning methods to answer social science research questions. The unique advantages and limitations of each algorithm are relatively well known, but it is not possible to know in advance which algorithm is best suited for the particular research question and the data set at hand. Typically, researchers end up choosing, in a largely arbitrary fashi…
The Effect of Timing of Incarceration on Mental Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
There is growing evidence that incarceration is associated with adverse health outcomes, but little is known about how circumstances surrounding incarceration relate to health. In the present study, we estimate the effect of timing of incarceration on mental health using panel data constructed from the Danish population registry. We exploit a 1994 criminal justice reform as a natural experiment that created exogenous variation in the age at which…
Incarceration as a Health Determinant for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minority Persons
Incarceration is considerably more prevalent among sexual and gender minority persons (SGM) than among the general population. Once behind bars, they are at the greatest risk for health-related harms. Although a growing number of studies have assessed health disparities produced by mass incarceration, scholars are yet to systematically assess the health consequences of incarceration on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We invit…
Orange Is Still Pink: Mental Illness, Gender Roles, and Physical Victimization in Prisons
Although research has established a very strong relationship between the presence of a psychiatric disorder and victimization in prisons, some gaps remain in our understanding. This study considers the importance of gender differences in this relationship. Estimates based on the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities show that psychiatric disorders have a stronger relationship with victimization among male inmates tha…
Victimization and HIV Risks Among Croatian Female Sex Workers: Exploring the Mediation Role of Depressiveness and the Moderation Role of Social Support
To assess the association between victimization and HIV vulnerability among Croatian female sex workers (FSWs), a survey involving 157 FSWs recruited from Croatia's two largest urban areas was conducted in 2014. A majority of participants reported direct and indirect victimization, which was found to be significantly associated with condom use at most recent noncommercial sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis in th…
Marginal Structural Models: An Application to Incarceration and Marriage During Young Adulthood
Advanced methods for panel data analysis are commonly used in research on family life and relationships, but the fundamental issue of simultaneous time-dependent confounding and mediation has received little attention. In this article the authors introduce inverse-probability-weighted estimation of marginal structural models, an approach to causal analysis that (unlike conventional regression modeling) appropriately adjusts for confounding variab…
The Increasing Predictive Validity of Self-Rated Health
Using the 1980 to 2002 General Social Survey, a repeated cross-sectional study that has been linked to the National Death Index through 2008, this study examines the changing relationship between self-rated health and mortality. Research has established that self-rated health has exceptional predictive validity with respect to mortality, but this validity may be deteriorating in light of the rapid medicalization of seemingly superficial condition…
Condom Use Errors and Problems in a National Sample of Young Croatian Adults
The Spectre of Internationalization in Croatian Sociology
Bauk internacionalizacije u hrvatskoj sociologijiThe Spectre of Internationalization in Croatian SociologyIn the last issue of the Revija za sociologiju, Mirko Petrić (2011) drew attention to the limitations associated with the recent bibliometric analysis of the international productivity of Croatian sociologists (Štulhofer, Baćak, and Šuljok, 2010). 1 His thorough, although tendentious, contextualization is important to view the bibliometric da…
Religiosity and Sexual Risk Behavior among Croatian College Students, 1998–2008
A substantial increase in religious identification has been observed in most European post-communist countries. As religiosity has been associated with sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV vulnerability among young people, this article examined the impact of religious upbringing and personal religiosity (religiousness) on sexual risks among University of Zagreb first-year undergraduate students, using data collected in 1998, 2003, and 200…
Understanding the association between condom use at first and most recent sexual intercourse: An assessment of normative, calculative, and habitual explanations
Female sex work and HIV risks in Croatia
The aim of this paper was to analyze and compare the prevalence of HIV-related sexual risk taking among Croatian female sex workers (FSW) in two major urban areas. Two groups of FSWs were interviewed in Zagreb (n=65) and Split (n=89). Participants' mean age was 33.3 (SD=8.32). Interviews were conducted by outreach organizations that provide health services to sex workers in the two cities. The study used a brief questionnaire with standardized be…
Erik Olin Wright (ur.): Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism (The Real Utopias Project)
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia
HIV-related Sexual Risk Taking Among HIV-negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia
Ludwig von Mises: Birokracija
Religiosity and Sexual Risk Behavior among Croatian College Students, 1998–2008
A substantial increase in religious identification has been observed in most European post-communist countries. As religiosity has been associated with sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV vulnerability among young people, this article examined the impact of religious upbringing and personal religiosity (religiousness) on sexual risks among University of Zagreb first-year undergraduate students, using data collected in 1998, 2003, and 200…
Marginal Structural Models: An Application to Incarceration and Marriage During Young Adulthood
Advanced methods for panel data analysis are commonly used in research on family life and relationships, but the fundamental issue of simultaneous time-dependent confounding and mediation has received little attention. In this article the authors introduce inverse-probability-weighted estimation of marginal structural models, an approach to causal analysis that (unlike conventional regression modeling) appropriately adjusts for confounding variab…
Race and the Association Between Police Stops and Depression Among Young Adults: A Research Note
Police stops are stressful experiences that may be harmful for health. The present study examines the association between police stops and symptoms of depression in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health. The study sample included non-Hispanic Black ( n = 2,118) and White ( n = 5,629) adults aged 18-26 years surveyed in 1996 and 2001/2002. Both Black and White young adults who have been stopped by police had more symptoms …
Incarceration as a Health Determinant for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minority Persons
Incarceration is considerably more prevalent among sexual and gender minority persons (SGM) than among the general population. Once behind bars, they are at the greatest risk for health-related harms. Although a growing number of studies have assessed health disparities produced by mass incarceration, scholars are yet to systematically assess the health consequences of incarceration on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We invit…
Understanding the association between condom use at first and most recent sexual intercourse: An assessment of normative, calculative, and habitual explanations
The Stress of Injustice: Public Defenders and the Frontline of American Inequality
Fairness in the criminal legal system is unattainable without effective legal representation of indigent defendants, yet we know little about the experience of attorneys who do this critical work. Using semi-structured interviews, our study investigated occupational stress in a sample of 78 attorneys representing indigent clients across the United States. We show how the chronic stressors experienced at work culminate in what we define as the str…
Victimization and HIV Risks Among Croatian Female Sex Workers: Exploring the Mediation Role of Depressiveness and the Moderation Role of Social Support
To assess the association between victimization and HIV vulnerability among Croatian female sex workers (FSWs), a survey involving 157 FSWs recruited from Croatia's two largest urban areas was conducted in 2014. A majority of participants reported direct and indirect victimization, which was found to be significantly associated with condom use at most recent noncommercial sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis in th…
The Role of Mental Health and Delinquent Behaviors in the Cycle of Sexual Violence Among Croatian Adolescents: A Longitudinal Exploration with Replication
Condom Use Errors and Problems in a National Sample of Young Croatian Adults
Ludwig von Mises: Birokracija
HIV-related Sexual Risk Taking Among HIV-negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia
Female sex work and HIV risks in Croatia
The aim of this paper was to analyze and compare the prevalence of HIV-related sexual risk taking among Croatian female sex workers (FSW) in two major urban areas. Two groups of FSWs were interviewed in Zagreb (n=65) and Split (n=89). Participants' mean age was 33.3 (SD=8.32). Interviews were conducted by outreach organizations that provide health services to sex workers in the two cities. The study used a brief questionnaire with standardized be…
Erik Olin Wright (ur.): Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism (The Real Utopias Project)
Religiosity and Sexual Risk Behavior among Croatian College Students, 1998–2008
A substantial increase in religious identification has been observed in most European post-communist countries. As religiosity has been associated with sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV vulnerability among young people, this article examined the impact of religious upbringing and personal religiosity (religiousness) on sexual risks among University of Zagreb first-year undergraduate students, using data collected in 1998, 2003, and 200…
Understanding the association between condom use at first and most recent sexual intercourse: An assessment of normative, calculative, and habitual explanations
The Spectre of Internationalization in Croatian Sociology
Bauk internacionalizacije u hrvatskoj sociologijiThe Spectre of Internationalization in Croatian SociologyIn the last issue of the Revija za sociologiju, Mirko Petrić (2011) drew attention to the limitations associated with the recent bibliometric analysis of the international productivity of Croatian sociologists (Štulhofer, Baćak, and Šuljok, 2010). 1 His thorough, although tendentious, contextualization is important to view the bibliometric da…
Condom Use Errors and Problems in a National Sample of Young Croatian Adults
The Increasing Predictive Validity of Self-Rated Health
Using the 1980 to 2002 General Social Survey, a repeated cross-sectional study that has been linked to the National Death Index through 2008, this study examines the changing relationship between self-rated health and mortality. Research has established that self-rated health has exceptional predictive validity with respect to mortality, but this validity may be deteriorating in light of the rapid medicalization of seemingly superficial condition…
Marginal Structural Models: An Application to Incarceration and Marriage During Young Adulthood
Advanced methods for panel data analysis are commonly used in research on family life and relationships, but the fundamental issue of simultaneous time-dependent confounding and mediation has received little attention. In this article the authors introduce inverse-probability-weighted estimation of marginal structural models, an approach to causal analysis that (unlike conventional regression modeling) appropriately adjusts for confounding variab…
Orange Is Still Pink: Mental Illness, Gender Roles, and Physical Victimization in Prisons
Although research has established a very strong relationship between the presence of a psychiatric disorder and victimization in prisons, some gaps remain in our understanding. This study considers the importance of gender differences in this relationship. Estimates based on the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities show that psychiatric disorders have a stronger relationship with victimization among male inmates tha…
Victimization and HIV Risks Among Croatian Female Sex Workers: Exploring the Mediation Role of Depressiveness and the Moderation Role of Social Support
To assess the association between victimization and HIV vulnerability among Croatian female sex workers (FSWs), a survey involving 157 FSWs recruited from Croatia's two largest urban areas was conducted in 2014. A majority of participants reported direct and indirect victimization, which was found to be significantly associated with condom use at most recent noncommercial sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis in th…
The Effect of Timing of Incarceration on Mental Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
There is growing evidence that incarceration is associated with adverse health outcomes, but little is known about how circumstances surrounding incarceration relate to health. In the present study, we estimate the effect of timing of incarceration on mental health using panel data constructed from the Danish population registry. We exploit a 1994 criminal justice reform as a natural experiment that created exogenous variation in the age at which…
Incarceration as a Health Determinant for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minority Persons
Incarceration is considerably more prevalent among sexual and gender minority persons (SGM) than among the general population. Once behind bars, they are at the greatest risk for health-related harms. Although a growing number of studies have assessed health disparities produced by mass incarceration, scholars are yet to systematically assess the health consequences of incarceration on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We invit…
The Effect of Serious Offending on Health: A Marginal Structural Model
In this study, we contribute to the emerging scholarship at the intersection of crime and health by estimating the effect of serious offending on offenders’ health. By building on sociological stress research, we identify and adjust for the key life course processes that may intervene on the pathway from offending to health using a rich set of measures available in the panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.…
Principled Machine Learning Using the Super Learner: An Application to Predicting Prison Violence
A rapidly growing number of algorithms are available to researchers who apply statistical or machine learning methods to answer social science research questions. The unique advantages and limitations of each algorithm are relatively well known, but it is not possible to know in advance which algorithm is best suited for the particular research question and the data set at hand. Typically, researchers end up choosing, in a largely arbitrary fashi…
Race and the Association Between Police Stops and Depression Among Young Adults: A Research Note
Police stops are stressful experiences that may be harmful for health. The present study examines the association between police stops and symptoms of depression in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health. The study sample included non-Hispanic Black ( n = 2,118) and White ( n = 5,629) adults aged 18-26 years surveyed in 1996 and 2001/2002. Both Black and White young adults who have been stopped by police had more symptoms …
Looking Back: Victimization of Transgender Persons and the Criminal Legal System
The Role of Mental Health and Delinquent Behaviors in the Cycle of Sexual Violence Among Croatian Adolescents: A Longitudinal Exploration with Replication
The Stress of Injustice: Public Defenders and the Frontline of American Inequality
Fairness in the criminal legal system is unattainable without effective legal representation of indigent defendants, yet we know little about the experience of attorneys who do this critical work. Using semi-structured interviews, our study investigated occupational stress in a sample of 78 attorneys representing indigent clients across the United States. We show how the chronic stressors experienced at work culminate in what we define as the str…
Connecting the Student Belonging and Growth Mindset Research with College Teaching in Prison
Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Demography (10 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Population (6 works)