The Pacific Sociological Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring, 1962), pp. 48-53. Sign In. Rape and the Serial Rapist. Predicting Rapist Type from Crime-Scene Variables. Comparisons Between Sexual and Nonsexual Rapist Subtypes. Sexual Arousal to Rape, Offense Precursors, and Offense Characteristics Abstract Sixty incarcerated rapists were subtyped according to the Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology as either “nonsexual” (i.e., the opportunistic and vindictive subtypes) or “sexual” (i.e., the nonsadistic and sadistic subtypes). Subjects were then tested using the circumferential penile plethysmograph, assessing their erectile responses to verbal descriptions of consenting sex and rape.
Additionally, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised was scored for each subject, and institutional files were summarized and coded. The index offenses committed by the nonsexual subtypes were more violent and resulted in greater victim damage; the offenses of the men in the nonsexual subtypes were more likely to be impulsive; the men in the sexual subtypes were more socially isolated at the time of the offense. Predicting Rapist Type from Crime-Scene Variables. The African American Woman's Headwrap: Unwinding the Symbols. The African American Woman's Headwrap: Unwinding the Symbols By: Helen Bradley Griebel THE AFRICAN AMERICAN headwrap holds a distinctive position in the history of American dress both for its longevity and for its potent signification's.
It endured the travail of slavery and never passed out of fashion. The headwrap represents far more than a piece of fabric wound around the head. This distinct cloth head covering has been called variously "head rag," "head- tie," "head handkerchief," "turban," or "headwrap. " The headwrap originated in sub-Saharan Africa, and serves similar functions for both African and African American women. This study examines the multi-layered meanings acquired by the headwrap over several centuries.
The impetus for this research comes from the comments made by approximately two thousand formerly' enslaved African Americans who recounted their experiences and contributed their oral histories to the Federal Writers' Project in 1936 to 1938. Untitled. Excellent Teaching… » Sociology Lens. Bill Gates’ address to the National Governor’s Association last month was an ode to excellent teaching. Except that it wasn’t. What we have to do, Gates chirped (to the tune of former DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee), is “measure, develop, and reward excellent teaching…We have to identify great teachers, find out what makes them so effective, and transfer those skills to others.” But excellent teaching –as sociologists Lori Dance (2002) and Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot (1984) have shown through their research, and as engaged students and teachers everywhere have long known and felt–excellent teaching is about deeply human and humanizing relationships.
Excellent teaching is about knowing students as people, knowing where they are when they enter the classroom. Lori Dance’s Tough Fronts, an ethnographic study of Black adolescent boys from low-income communities articulates similar insights. Gates has conflated measuring with understanding. Teaching TSP » A blog about teaching sociology. New Politics of Race by Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Kia Heise, Jul 19, 2012, at 11:58 am The 2012 election this fall will afford many opportunities to connect concepts learned in the classroom to events outside of it. In the most recent episode of Office Hours, Kia Heise and Lisa Gulya speak with Professor Enid Logan about her book, “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race.
Like other episodes of Office Hours, this podcast could be assigned in place of or in addition to reading. It could also be played in the classroom. We suggest the first twenty minutes (or so), though we would welcome your input on which parts of the podcast you chose to play. 1) What are the new politics of race, and how do they differ from those in the past? 2) Logan mentions the term “intersectionality.” 3) What is ‘colorblind racism’ and how, according to Logan, has colorblind racism been central to Obama’s presidency? The Sociology of Selling Meth Neighborhood Effects.
Documentaries in the Classroom » Teaching TSP. Prison and Reoffending » Teaching TSP. By Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Mar 11, 2012, at 03:26 pm The TSP Office Hours team just posted their first “Drop In,” which are shorter versions of Office Hours Podcasts. Drop Ins (about 10 minutes) would make great assignments or are even short enough to listen to in class. In the first Drop In, TSP talks with Matt Snodgrass about his work on the relationship between time served in prison and reoffending. Here are some questions you could assign or discuss in class: 1. 2. 3.
Teaching TSP » A blog about teaching sociology. Check out The Reading List! » Teaching TSP. The Sociology of Living Alone » Teaching TSP. By Kia Heise, Apr 18, 2012, at 10:16 pm I’m planning a Sociology of Families course, and I am definitely putting Eric Klinenberg‘s New York Times article One’s a Crowd and Office Hours interview with him–Eric Klinenberg on Going Solo–on the syllabus. He cites many sociologists and sociological research in the NYT article. This article and the interview would be great for a Soc of Families class or any Intro class on the subject of families or individualism in Western culture. In any discussion of families in the United States, we cannot forget about all the people (40-50% in prosperous American cities) who choose to live alone. He points out that, because of new technologies–cell phones, internet, social networking, etc. –people who live alone are not alienated or isolated in ways that they may have been twenty years ago. 1. Using Monopoly to Teach Social Stratification » Teaching TSP.
By Kristin, Apr 26, 2012, at 02:51 pm Every semester I use an activity from the journal Teaching Sociology to teach about class inequality. The article describing the activity can be found here. The authors, Catherine L. Coghlan and Denise W. Huggin have designed a game that really helps students understand the difficulty of class mobility. From their abstract: Social stratification may be one of the most difficult topics covered in sociology classes. I don’t want to say too much about the activity (don’t want to risk copyright laws or plagiarism) so, instead, I’ll leave you to read the article on your own.
Sexualization of Children » Teaching TSP.