Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: We explore how patterns of social communication between men and women relate to gender differences in voting behavior. Using data drawn from the 2000 National Election Study we test three different models of gendered voting.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Prior research has examined victim risk factors as well as offender history in explaining occurrences of sexual assault. There is a void in the literature concerning the contradiction or dissension between victim and offender accounts of sexual assault. This study examines Miami / Dade County Police Department reports of 135 sexual assault cases. Detailed case narratives are assessed to identify similarities in and differences between victim and offender accounts of sexual assaults involving strangers, acquaintances, and intimate partners.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Since the 1970s there have been recurrent, often highly acrimonious, debates about whether men and women are equally violent in their intimate relationships. This debate has largely played out in the sociological literature. This paper explores the way in which these debates find themselves reflected in the civil protection order system operating in New South Wales (NSW), Australia through a case study exploration of cross applications (ie where both parties in an intimate relationship have applied for a protection order against each other). Drawing on field work (examining court files, conducting observations of court proceedings, and conducting in-depth interviews with women and key professionals in the legal system) this paper argues that a narrow incident approach of domestic violence continues to animate civil protection order processes. Yet it is precisely these civil protection order systems that were designed to address the key limitations of the criminal process, one of which was its incident driven focus. The narrative of domestic violence that is articulated in the complaints for civil protection orders examined in the study represent narrow limited accounts of domestic violence. The data illustrates the way in which we need to know more than simply who did what to whom, and investigate the context and meaning of the acts that have been perpetrated.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Communications and claims of credit from terrorist organizations are often seen as speaking directly to the injured party. The United States, for example, seems to see all al Qaida and al-Qaida affiliated messages as speaking directly to the U.S. Administration and American people. The intelligence derived from such an interpretation naturally leads to a particularistic interpretation of al Qaida's goals and intents. Yet al Qaida may have quite different intentions in its communications and each such message speaks to multiple audiences. This paper seeks to explore the perceptual bias that leads to a U.S.-centric interpretation of such messages and explore the way in which that bias slants and distorts intelligence generated through message interpretation.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: As the number of immigrants grows in the United States, the courts have been forced to adapt to the increasing prevalence of Spanish speaking witnesses, trial parties, and even jurors. One response to the increasing rise of foreign languages in the courtroom involves reliance on court translators to help communicate testimony. Unfortunately, testimony is not always translated correctly. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether jurors who speak only English differ from bilingual jurors in picking up mistranslations in trial testimony in an audiotaped assault trial.