Michael R Geerken
Biographic Data
| ID | 94077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R Geerken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R |
| FAMILY NAME | Geerken |
| SIGNATURE | GEERKEN M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 345 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Probation and Parole: Public Risk and the Future of Incarceration Alternatives
Jail and prison populations in the United States have continued to grow unabated during the past two decades but crime rates have not declined. Partly in response to the pressures caused by burgeoning correctional populations, the use of alternatives to incarceration has expanded. An ongoing debate centers on the effectiveness of these alternatives. Many criminal justice professionals and some researchers question whether such alternatives seriou…
The New Orleans Inmate Survey: A Test of Greenwood's Predictive Scale
Analysis of face‐to‐face interviews with 200 male inmates incarcerated in New Orleans, using a modified version of the Rand instrument used in California, Michigan, and Texas, showed the same highly skewed offense‐rate distribution but generally lower median offense frequencies. These lower rates are attributed to an improved instrument and method of administration and to Louisiana's much higher incarceration rate. A search for a prediction model…
Are Uniform Crime Reports a Valid Indicator of the Index Crimes? An Affirmative Answer With Minor Qualifications
For more than two decades, the validity and reliability of official statistics on crime have been treated as highly questionable. Recently a number of studies have investigated the construction of official statistics on crime and issues related to their reliability and validity. However, there has been no recent attempt to bring together and evaluate these studies; thus, we do not know what official statistics mean and how we should interpret the…
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
Drawing on economic theory, the authors postulate that a family allocates work -- any work, be it housework, doing the shopping, or earning money outside the home -- on the basis of maximum utility to the family unit. Its ideas on utility are derived from such factors as its income, education, ideology. A carefully crafted research study confirms these ideas on the allocation of work and housework. The impact on the quality of family relationship…
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
Crime Rate and Social Integration The Impact of Metropolitan Mobility
This article examines the effect of residential mobility on the crime rates of the 65 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the country. Mobility variables and population size are found to be better predictors of some crimes than measures traditionally used to measure the opportunity structure. A contextual interpretation of the mobility/crime rate relationship is posited. High rates of mobility are believed to negatively affect soci…
Playing Dumb: A Form of Impression Management with Undesirable Side Effects
Drug Use and Mental Health among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults
Journal Article Drug Use and Mental Health Among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Geerken, Michael Geerken Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Hughes Michael Hughes Virginia Polytechnic and State Univers…
Response Bias in Surveys of Mental Health: An Empirical Investigation
A substantial body of literature indicates that (1) the tendency to yeasay or naysay, (2) the perception of the desirability or undesirability of a given trai, and (3) the need for social approval have a significant and independent impact on the statements made by respondents in surveys. Most investigatiors concerned with response bias appear to believe that these response bias variables act as a form of systematic bias which significantly distor…
Deterrence, Overload, and Incapacitation: An Empirical Evaluation
This paper explores the effect of certainty of punishment on different types of criminal behavior. It is argued that deterrence theory, which treats the potential criminal as weighing the relative rewards and costs of a criminal act, is more applicable to certain types of crimes than others. The strength of the negative relationship between certainty of punishment and crime rate will thus vary by type of crime. It is argued that deterrence, overl…
The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Journal Article The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael R. Geerken Michael R. Geerken Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 56, Issue 1, September 1977, Pages 66–76, https://doi.or…
Deterrence: Some Theoretical Considerations
During the first half of this century, most research on deterrence suggested that punishment had little effect on behavior. These findings tended to confirm the ideological position of most sociologists, who generally assumed that criminal behavior was not and probably could not be controlled by legal sanctions. However, recent developments indicate that this assumption is in error. First, laboratory research (e.g., Banduara, 1969:292-353; Bandua…
Race, Sex, and Marital Status: Their Effect on Mortality
This study investigates the hypothesized tendency of black families to have a matrifocal structure relative to white families. We compare the mortality rates of blacks and whites across sex and marital categories for types of mortality which are affected by psychological stress. The results suggest that there are no sharp differences in the marital roles of blacks and whites; however, the differences that do occur are in the direction predicted b…
Are Uniform Crime Reports a Valid Indicator of the Index Crimes? An Affirmative Answer With Minor Qualifications
For more than two decades, the validity and reliability of official statistics on crime have been treated as highly questionable. Recently a number of studies have investigated the construction of official statistics on crime and issues related to their reliability and validity. However, there has been no recent attempt to bring together and evaluate these studies; thus, we do not know what official statistics mean and how we should interpret the…
Crime Rate and Social Integration The Impact of Metropolitan Mobility
This article examines the effect of residential mobility on the crime rates of the 65 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the country. Mobility variables and population size are found to be better predictors of some crimes than measures traditionally used to measure the opportunity structure. A contextual interpretation of the mobility/crime rate relationship is posited. High rates of mobility are believed to negatively affect soci…
Deterrence: Some Theoretical Considerations
During the first half of this century, most research on deterrence suggested that punishment had little effect on behavior. These findings tended to confirm the ideological position of most sociologists, who generally assumed that criminal behavior was not and probably could not be controlled by legal sanctions. However, recent developments indicate that this assumption is in error. First, laboratory research (e.g., Banduara, 1969:292-353; Bandua…
Response Bias in Surveys of Mental Health: An Empirical Investigation
A substantial body of literature indicates that (1) the tendency to yeasay or naysay, (2) the perception of the desirability or undesirability of a given trai, and (3) the need for social approval have a significant and independent impact on the statements made by respondents in surveys. Most investigatiors concerned with response bias appear to believe that these response bias variables act as a form of systematic bias which significantly distor…
The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Journal Article The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael R. Geerken Michael R. Geerken Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 56, Issue 1, September 1977, Pages 66–76, https://doi.or…
Deterrence, Overload, and Incapacitation: An Empirical Evaluation
This paper explores the effect of certainty of punishment on different types of criminal behavior. It is argued that deterrence theory, which treats the potential criminal as weighing the relative rewards and costs of a criminal act, is more applicable to certain types of crimes than others. The strength of the negative relationship between certainty of punishment and crime rate will thus vary by type of crime. It is argued that deterrence, overl…
Race, Sex, and Marital Status: Their Effect on Mortality
This study investigates the hypothesized tendency of black families to have a matrifocal structure relative to white families. We compare the mortality rates of blacks and whites across sex and marital categories for types of mortality which are affected by psychological stress. The results suggest that there are no sharp differences in the marital roles of blacks and whites; however, the differences that do occur are in the direction predicted b…
Playing Dumb: A Form of Impression Management with Undesirable Side Effects
Probation and Parole: Public Risk and the Future of Incarceration Alternatives
Jail and prison populations in the United States have continued to grow unabated during the past two decades but crime rates have not declined. Partly in response to the pressures caused by burgeoning correctional populations, the use of alternatives to incarceration has expanded. An ongoing debate centers on the effectiveness of these alternatives. Many criminal justice professionals and some researchers question whether such alternatives seriou…
The New Orleans Inmate Survey: A Test of Greenwood's Predictive Scale
Analysis of face‐to‐face interviews with 200 male inmates incarcerated in New Orleans, using a modified version of the Rand instrument used in California, Michigan, and Texas, showed the same highly skewed offense‐rate distribution but generally lower median offense frequencies. These lower rates are attributed to an improved instrument and method of administration and to Louisiana's much higher incarceration rate. A search for a prediction model…
Drug Use and Mental Health among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults
Journal Article Drug Use and Mental Health Among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Geerken, Michael Geerken Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Hughes Michael Hughes Virginia Polytechnic and State Univers…
Race, Sex, and Marital Status: Their Effect on Mortality
This study investigates the hypothesized tendency of black families to have a matrifocal structure relative to white families. We compare the mortality rates of blacks and whites across sex and marital categories for types of mortality which are affected by psychological stress. The results suggest that there are no sharp differences in the marital roles of blacks and whites; however, the differences that do occur are in the direction predicted b…
Deterrence: Some Theoretical Considerations
During the first half of this century, most research on deterrence suggested that punishment had little effect on behavior. These findings tended to confirm the ideological position of most sociologists, who generally assumed that criminal behavior was not and probably could not be controlled by legal sanctions. However, recent developments indicate that this assumption is in error. First, laboratory research (e.g., Banduara, 1969:292-353; Bandua…
Response Bias in Surveys of Mental Health: An Empirical Investigation
A substantial body of literature indicates that (1) the tendency to yeasay or naysay, (2) the perception of the desirability or undesirability of a given trai, and (3) the need for social approval have a significant and independent impact on the statements made by respondents in surveys. Most investigatiors concerned with response bias appear to believe that these response bias variables act as a form of systematic bias which significantly distor…
Deterrence, Overload, and Incapacitation: An Empirical Evaluation
This paper explores the effect of certainty of punishment on different types of criminal behavior. It is argued that deterrence theory, which treats the potential criminal as weighing the relative rewards and costs of a criminal act, is more applicable to certain types of crimes than others. The strength of the negative relationship between certainty of punishment and crime rate will thus vary by type of crime. It is argued that deterrence, overl…
The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Journal Article The Effect of Children and Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael R. Geerken Michael R. Geerken Vatiderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 56, Issue 1, September 1977, Pages 66–76, https://doi.or…
Drug Use and Mental Health among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults
Journal Article Drug Use and Mental Health Among a Representative National Sample of Young Adults Get access Walter R. Gove, Walter R. Gove Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Geerken, Michael Geerken Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Hughes Michael Hughes Virginia Polytechnic and State Univers…
Playing Dumb: A Form of Impression Management with Undesirable Side Effects
Crime Rate and Social Integration The Impact of Metropolitan Mobility
This article examines the effect of residential mobility on the crime rates of the 65 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the country. Mobility variables and population size are found to be better predictors of some crimes than measures traditionally used to measure the opportunity structure. A contextual interpretation of the mobility/crime rate relationship is posited. High rates of mobility are believed to negatively affect soci…
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
Drawing on economic theory, the authors postulate that a family allocates work -- any work, be it housework, doing the shopping, or earning money outside the home -- on the basis of maximum utility to the family unit. Its ideas on utility are derived from such factors as its income, education, ideology. A carefully crafted research study confirms these ideas on the allocation of work and housework. The impact on the quality of family relationship…
Are Uniform Crime Reports a Valid Indicator of the Index Crimes? An Affirmative Answer With Minor Qualifications
For more than two decades, the validity and reliability of official statistics on crime have been treated as highly questionable. Recently a number of studies have investigated the construction of official statistics on crime and issues related to their reliability and validity. However, there has been no recent attempt to bring together and evaluate these studies; thus, we do not know what official statistics mean and how we should interpret the…
At Home and at Work: The Family's Allocation of Labor
The New Orleans Inmate Survey: A Test of Greenwood's Predictive Scale
Analysis of face‐to‐face interviews with 200 male inmates incarcerated in New Orleans, using a modified version of the Rand instrument used in California, Michigan, and Texas, showed the same highly skewed offense‐rate distribution but generally lower median offense frequencies. These lower rates are attributed to an improved instrument and method of administration and to Louisiana's much higher incarceration rate. A search for a prediction model…
Probation and Parole: Public Risk and the Future of Incarceration Alternatives
Jail and prison populations in the United States have continued to grow unabated during the past two decades but crime rates have not declined. Partly in response to the pressures caused by burgeoning correctional populations, the use of alternatives to incarceration has expanded. An ongoing debate centers on the effectiveness of these alternatives. Many criminal justice professionals and some researchers question whether such alternatives seriou…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economics (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Law (4 works)