Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Recent research shows that low self-control increases the risk of becoming a victim of violence. However, this research has not examined how neighborhood context mediates and interacts with propensity to be violently victimized. Using data from waves 1 and 2 of the longitudinal cohort study (i.e., 9, 12, and 15 year old cohorts) of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, we assess how neighborhood conditions ( e.g., concentrated disadvantage) in which kids live may impact the relationship between self-control and violent victimization. First, we estimate the direct effect of neighborhood conditions on their violent victimization while adjusting for self-control. Second, we assess the interactive effect of neighborhood conditions and self-control on violent victimization. Using negative binomial regression models that make adjustments for the clustered nature of the PHDCN data, our results give mixed support for neighborhood effects on violent victimization. Implications for neighborhood research and self-control theory are discussed and limitations are addressed.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: How do governments respond to movements that contain multiple, competing factions, each with their own claims and demands? This paper explores how governments use selective engagement as a response to movement pressures, certifying some movement groups as legitimate and acceptable bargaining partners while sidelining or repressing others. These choices, however, impact not only the prospects for successful negotiations in the near future, but also the movement’s internal balance of power and long-term development. By targeting some groups for action and not others, the government creates an uneven political opportunity structure for the movement, which forces organizations to adapt by pursuing different strategies to build support and influence. These differences in strategy, in turn, alter the choice of potential bargaining partner for governments at later phases of contention.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Plutarch's Lives are most often used only as a reference for historians; their expression of his philosophical understanding of politics is negelected. Examining a selection of his essays demonstrates that for Plutarch, great statesman must be motivated by a strong erotic inclination which is diverted into politics. But as this same erotic inclination often leads to tyranny, the virtue most necessary to separate a tyrant and a statesman is a form of moderation, most explicitly demonstrated in his comparison of the Athenian tyrant Pisistratus and his friend and predecessor, the law-giver Solon.

Publication Type: Proceeding

Publication Type: Proceeding
Abstract: Given the ubiquity of framing effects found in the social sciences, researchers have now begun examining the contextual and individual-level factors that influence when framing effects occur. Drawing on previous literature concerning the role that source cues play in political information processing, we examine whether an identity match (or mismatch) between the source of a framed message and respondent moderates framing effects. In Experiment 1 (n=199), we employ a 2 (Message Source: liberal/ conservative speaker) x 2 (Frame: free speech/ public order) x 2 (Participant Ideology: liberal/ conservative) experiment and expect that when the identity of the source matches that of the participant, framing effects should be heightened (relative to participants in a mismatch condition). We also examine whether constructs such as the Need for Cognition, the Need to Evaluate, or ideological ambivalence will influence this “matching effect.” In Experiment 2 (n=119), we examine whether source cues resonate with individuals exposed to competing frames. Ultimately, we find strong evidence for the moderating role of source cues on framing effects, and we suggest that identity matching is an important factor to consider in future framing research.