SAGE Podcast

Most research on sentencing outcomes reveals that legally relevant factors such as the seriousness of the offense and prior criminal record are primary determinants. There is, however, a substantial body of research that finds that extralegal factors such as a defendant's sex also influence these outcomes. Most of these latter studies conclude that female defendants receive less severe outcomes compared to their male counterparts. Most of this research, however, is limited to Western societies. To extend this body of research, the current study examines sex differences in sentencing practices for a sample of narcotics offenders in South Korea. Results support previous research; female drug offenders in South Korea are generally treated more leniently than their male counterparts. Tests for interaction effects reveal that the defendant's sex also interacts with other constellations of factors to produce lenient treatment for certain female defendants. These tests, however, also reveal that lenient sentence outcomes are not extended to all female defendants; those with prior drug convictions do not fare better than their male counterparts at the incarceration decision.

The first interview is with Nickola Overall on how to change your partner and relationship - what to do and what not to do. The second interview is with Susan Charles on why older people are happier than younger people and what younger people should learn from it.

Colleagues Dave Cupp and Charlie Tuggle, editor Electronic News, discuss their co-authored essay, "The Uneasy Intersection of Politics and Journalism," an exploration of the challenge of separating political analysis from journalism. They address the impossibility of avoiding personal biases, and the necessity of both recognizing and minimizing them. Finally, they provide a compelling, real-world explanation why journalists should never register with a political party.

Sexual assault programming is often delivered without a theoretical framework and does not typically utilize applicable research that could help to induce change among participants. Such interventions may target male and/or female students, although the focus of this review is on men. It is important to examine these programs in light of current theoretical knowledge and empirical findings from the social psychological attitudinal and behavioral change literatures. To this end, current programming efforts and their limitations are briefly reviewed. Three social psychological theories targeting belief and behavior change (i.e., social norms, hypocrisy salience, decision, and deterrence) are discussed and their application to such programming is elaborated. Given this information, recommendations for the research and practice of such interventions are provided.

In this issue of Language Testing Bytes John Read of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, talks to us about current approaches to assessing vocabulary, the problems the field faces, and challenges for the future.

What are the best practices in quantitative organizational communication research? In this podcast, Management Communication Quarterly Editor, James Barker talks to Vernon Miller of Michigan State University about his article, "Advancing Research in Organizational Communication Through Quantitative Methodology", published in the February 2011 issue of MCQ.

Occipital nerve stimulation for chronic migraine-interpreting the ONSTIM feasibility study

Within the institutional correctional literature, much has been written about the differences in authority between correctional officers and inmates. Recently, researchers have begun exploring the differences in authority between ex-offenders and community corrections officers (CCOs). Emerging literature in the correctional field suggests that ex-offenders perceive CCOs as being socially distant from them and have doubt as to whether CCOs are genuine in their attempts to assist the ex-offenders in reintegrating back into the community. Using qualitative data from a sample of 132 federal and state corrections officers in Seattle, Washington, this investigation advances previous research by examining officers' perceptions of social distance with their clients. Results from the survey responses and policy implications are presented.

This study combines data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics with data from four censuses to examine the effects of foreign-born populations in the immediate and surrounding neighborhoods of residence on native-born black and white householders' residential mobility decisions. We find that the likelihood of out-mobility for native householders is significantly and positively associated with the relative size of, and increases in, the immigrant population in a neighborhood. Consistent with theoretical arguments related to the distance dependence of mobility, large concentrations of immigrants in surrounding areas reduce native out-mobility, presumably by reducing the attractiveness of the most likely mobility destinations. A sizable share of local immigration effects can be explained by the mobility-related characteristics of native-born individuals living in immigrant-populated areas, but the racial composition of a neighborhood (for native whites) and local housing-market conditions (for native blacks) are also important mediating factors. We discuss the implications of these patterns for processes of neighborhood change and broader patterns of residential segregation.

Glenn Withiam talks to Vincent Magnini about his article in the May 2010 issue of CQ.

Glenn Withiam discusses service trends and service recovery with Alex M. Susskind

Gina Vega talks to Blaine McCormick and Van Gray, Baylor University, about their recent article in JME.

The Official podcast of the journal Language Testing

Editor Jan Yoder interviews author Sarah Gervais on her Babladelis Award-winning article, "When What You See Is What You Get: The Consequences of the Objectifying Gaze for Men and Women"

The podcasts has interviews with Raymond Bergner on how we define the concept of love and what it means for us all. The second podcast is with Eric Anderson on cheating and the concept of monogamy in our current society.