The Significance of the Problem

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
David J. Kolko ◽  
Eric M. Vernberg
Keyword(s):  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Evaluation Tools ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Current State

This introductory chapter describes the elements that will be covered in this book. It introduces child firesetting as a national problem, responsible for significant individual and societal consequences. It elaborates on rates of firesetting in juveniles and describes the characteristics of children who play with fire, as well as family characteristics and correlates. The chapter cites the need for assessment and evaluation tools, emphasizing that assessment should be tailored to the population and the context in which the problem is documented and managed. The current state of interventions and treatment is discussed, including surveys of community-based intervention programs. Recidivism is covered, citing statistics from various surveys. The chapter concludes with an overview of this clinical guide.

Women, Peace and Security: A Critical Cartography

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Soumita Basu ◽  
Paul Kirby ◽  
Laura J. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Women's Movements ◽  
Discrete Object ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Critical Cartography ◽  
New Politics ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Peace Activism

This introductory chapter offers a mapping of the field of research to which we – the authors of the chapter and the editors of the volume – hope that the volume itself will contribute. Using the motif of ‘new directions’, we chart historical and contemporary scholarship on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), tracing avenues of enquiry, streams of argument, and architectures of practice across geographical, temporal, and institutional scales. In the course of our mapping, we identify overlapping waves of WPS scholarship, beginning with those who came to study WPS primarily through peace activism and women’s movements (including those who engaged directly with the politics and processes that produced UNSCR 1325), through the emergence of ‘WPS’ as a discrete object of analysis, and to the current state of art represented by the contributions to this volume. In doing so we show how WPS has gone from peace activism at the margins to a more significant landmark in the peace and security environment than perhaps anyone had envisaged. This cataloguing constitutes the first substantive section of the chapter. In the second section of the chapter, we map the contours of the contemporary field of study, proposing three new horizons of WPS scholarship: new themes; new actors; and new methods of encounter. In the final section, we conclude our cartography with a discussion of the ways in which the more recent contributions to WPS scholarship and practice are producing interesting new contestations, tensions, and constellations of power, and re-situate the new politics of WPS in relation to the geographical, temporal and institutional scales which will shape its future trajectories.

scholarly journals Using Evaluability Assessment and Evaluation Capacity-building to Strengthen Community-based Prevention Initiatives

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2A) ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tabia Henry Akintobi ◽  
Ellen M. Yancey ◽  
Pamela Daniels ◽  
Robert M. Mayberry ◽  
DeBran Jacobs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Evaluability Assessment ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation

Gezinsprofielen, Voor- en Vroegschoolse Stimulerings-Activiteiten en Schoolsucces

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Roel van Steensel
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Educational Achievements ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Based ◽  
At Home

In order to prepare children from disadvantaged backgrounds for primary education, early intervention programs are used. Generally, a distinction is made between two types of intervention activities: those which are conducted at home (family-based activities) and those which are conducted in, for example, preschools (center-based activities). This research project tries to establish whether there is a relation between participation in early intervention activities and the educational achievements of 119 pupils from the cities of Tilburg and Waalwijk. A comparison is made between four groups of children: a group that took part in the family-based program Opstap Opnieuw, a group that went to preschool, a group that did both, and a control group. The performances of these four groups are followed during the first years of primary education. In addition, an estimate is made of the influence of family characteristics on the effectiveness of both types of intervention activities.

1. Introduction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Deakin ◽  
Angus Johnston ◽  
Basil Markesinis
Keyword(s):  
Tort Law ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Current State ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tort Claims

This introductory chapter first reviews the current state of the law of tort. It discusses the increase in tort claims due to our greater ability to cause more and greater harm and our reduced willingness to put up with the normal vicissitudes of life. It considers the law of individual responsibility. It suggests that tort law is becoming by the day a more complex set of rules than it ever was, where national law mixes with legal ideas emanating from foreign jurisdictions. Tort law rules are also becoming intermingled with those from other branches of English law. The second part of the chapter discusses the relationship between tort and contract.

Practitioner Report – Conceptualising Motor Development: Issues and Implications for Practitioners

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Steve Hay
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Evaluation Tools ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Developmental Characteristics

ABSTRACTHow practitioners conceptualise motor development has important implications for clinical practice, including the framing of the cycle of assessment, prioritisation, intervention, and reassessment. The flexibility and inclusiveness of these frameworks effectively determines what kind of questions are able to be asked concerning the developmental characteristics of children, the kinds of assessment and evaluation tools used to evaluate those characteristics, and the understandings of the processes of motor development that ultimately derive from those investigations.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from developing and sustaining a community-research collaborative through translational research

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy LeClair ◽  
Jean J. Lim ◽  
Carolyn Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Translational Research ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Spheres Of Influence ◽  
Asian Populations ◽  
Current State

IntroductionThe goal of this project was to document the current state of a community-academic partnership, identifying early successes and lessons learned.MethodsWe employed qualitative methods, semi-structured interviews and document analysis, from 2 data sources to (1) show how the principles of community-based participatory research are enacted through the activities of Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational Research (ADAPT) and (2) elucidate the barriers and facilitators to adhering to those principles from the perspectives of the members themselves.ResultsIn addition to established community-based participatory research values, understanding individuals’ motivations for participation, the challenges aligning the priorities of community organizations and academic partners, and definitions of success are themes that emerged as key to the process of maintaining this partnership.ConclusionAs the emphasis on community-academic partnerships grows, there is potential for clinical and translational science awards to use community engagement to facilitate translational research beyond the traditional medical spheres of influence and to forge relationships with affected communities.

Evidence-Based Best Practices for Batterer Intervention Programs: A Report From the Field on the Realities and Challenges Batterer Intervention Programs Are Facing

Partner Abuse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly M. Wagers ◽  
Margaret Pate ◽  
Anne Brinkley
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Batterer Intervention ◽  
Batterer Intervention Programs ◽  
Current State ◽  
Practitioner Education

Throughout the United States, individuals are being court-ordered to attend batterer intervention programs (BIPs). BIPs were developed as an option to punish offenders for intimate partner violence (IPV) at the misdemeanor level. The purpose of BIPs is to hold batterers accountable and reduce the likelihood of recurring battery. However, determining the effectiveness of such programs has proven difficult because of the differences across programs and the uniqueness of individual batterers. In any case, there are best practices identified in the literature for particular components of BIPs such as practitioner education and training, proper intake and assessment, and offender oversight. In this article, we review the literature on the history of BIPs as well as the best practices identified earlier. Furthermore, the article describes an exploratory study that surveyed 7 local BIP practitioners. The questionnaire assessed practitioners’ practices and their compliance with current state standards as well as evidence-based practices recommended in the literature. The responses provided insight into the difficulties that practitioners face in meeting current state standards as well as practices outlined in empirical research. We conclude with a discussion on the issue of treating all batterers the same as well as areas for future study in the field of batterer intervention.

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