Start Small, Build Big: Negotiating Opportunities in Media Markets

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Ryan ◽  
Michael Anastario ◽  
Karen Jeffreys
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Life History ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
External Relations ◽  
Collective Actors ◽  
Media Markets ◽  
Collective Actor

We track the strategic choices of Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence (RICADV), a statewide collective actor working in one media market to expand opportunities to promote its mission. We reconstruct an organizational life history describing how RICADV built its communications capacity and deepened internal and external relations, thereby increasing media standing with Rhode Island journalists. To measure growth in media standing quantitatively, we analyze print coverage of three comparable clusters of domestic violence murders occurring in Rhode Island between 1996 and 2002. Over this interval, RICADV rose from invisibility to become Rhode Island reporters' foremost source for background information on domestic-violence murders. Also, the use of language identifying these murders as domestic violence increased sixteen-fold. Stressing dialogic and relational approaches, we conclude that despite restricted access to corporatized media markets, intentional collective actors can negotiate and expand media opportunities by strategically selecting mission-relevant media projects that match their existing resources and networks.

Evaluation of the Rhode Island probation specialized domestic violence supervision unit

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Klein ◽  
Douglas Wilson ◽  
Ann H. Crowe ◽  
Matthew DeMichele
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Rhode Island

The Criminology of Boxing, Violence and Desistance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Jump
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Life History ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Gang Violence ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Structural Disadvantage ◽  
Repeat Victimisation ◽  
Psychosocial Perspective

There is an assumption in criminal justice that boxing will immediately work to reduce offending among young men. Many practitioners cite discipline and respect as the desisting elements inherent in a boxing gym. Undoubtedly, these discourses do exist, yet, what if the discipline and the respect garnered in the gym are used for other purposes that are not always conducive to the desistance process? This book will unpick how effective boxing actually is in reducing violent attitudes, and how to ensure that the messages in the gym environment do not support negative attitudes often found outside the ring. Using classic desistance literature (Giordano 2002; Maruna 2001), I make suggestions that are grounded in evidence and theory. Using case studies, and life history interviewing drawn from a psychosocial perspective (Jefferson and Hollway 2000; Gadd 2007; Maruna 2001), this book builds on techniques that uncover the more clandestine reasons for choosing boxing. Working within this psychosocial framework, the desire and the appealing nature of boxing, more often than not, comes from a place of anxiety rather than strength. I will present arguments that suggest boxing’s appeal lies in its capacity to develop ‘physical capital’ (Wacquant 2004), and prevent repeat victimisation. Using case studies, I will reveal stories of men’s victimhood, either via gang violence, domestic violence, or structural disadvantage. I will tell the story of how boxing reshaped their identities and self-concepts, and how the gym came to represent a fraternity and a ‘island of stability and order’ (Wacquant 2004). Additionally, I will present arguments that suggest that boxing is not a panacea for all social ills, and while it has its benefits, it also has a darker side that is coterminous with hyper- masculine discourses of violence, respect, and avoidance of shame.

A Focal Concerns Perspective on Prosecutorial Decision Making in Cases of Intimate Partner Stalking

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 733-748
Author(s):  
Patrick Q. Brady ◽  
Bradford W. Reyns
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Additional Insight ◽  
Focal Concerns ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Focal Concerns Perspective ◽  
Stalking Victims

Despite millions of stalking victims contacting the police each year, suspects are rarely arrested or prosecuted. While prosecutors are ultimately the gatekeepers to holding defendants accountable, few studies have examined the factors influencing charging decisions in stalking cases. Using the focal concerns perspective, this study analyzed 5 years of domestic violence and stalking case outcomes in Rhode Island. Findings indicated that prosecutors were more likely to prosecute stalking cases when defendants evoked fear in the victim and pursued victims in public. The decision to prosecute stalking versus other domestic violence–related charges was motivated by the location of the offense and the defendant’s history of physical abuse toward the victim. Neither extralegal factors nor characteristics of blameworthiness or suspect culpability influenced prosecutorial decision making. Findings underscore the legal complexities of stalking and suggest the need for additional insight on prosecutorial perspectives and strategies to articulate the fear standard in stalking cases.

scholarly journals Does Ownership Determine Business Model?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3136
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Yingqi Liu ◽  
Ari Kokko
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
External Relations ◽  
New Energy ◽  
New Energy Vehicle ◽  
Historical Resources

The development of a new energy vehicle industry is considered a sustainable approach to solving the global energy crisis and the problem of environmental pollution. The sales of new energy vehicles in China are the highest in the world, and China’s new energy vehicle enterprises have played an important role in this. The business model, as a method for enterprises to achieve their strategic goals, utilizes resource advantages to deliver value to consumers, and is affected by enterprises’ ownership, competitive strategy, and resources. Based on the resource-based view (RBV) theory, the article uses a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology, selects 30 vehicle enterprises from the mainstream market, and takes product value, suppliers, dealers and external relations, research capabilities, shareholders, and profitability as potential explanatory elements to analyze business model differentiation between different ownership categories. The article explores the reasons for the differences in business models between different ownership classes through case studies and data comparisons. It examines the characteristics and types of business model based on resources and competitive strategy. This study suggests that the ownership of enterprises plays a decisive role in strategic choices and resource acquisition and has a differential impact on the business model in resources and revenue dimensions. A business model represents the result of the interaction between competitive strategy and historical resources, which in turn demonstrates that ownership determines business model.

Measuring the Lifetime Experience of Domestic Violence: Application of the Life History Calendar Method

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieko Yoshihama ◽  
Kimberly Clum ◽  
Alexandra Crampton ◽  
Brenda Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Life History ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Violence Victimization ◽  
Lifetime Experience ◽  
Personal Nature ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data

In the absence of a “gold standard,” research on domestic violence relies primarily on self-report, the quality of which is known to decline as the length of the recall period increases. Eliciting valid and reliable self-report data is crucial to the development of prevention and intervention policies and services. Nevertheless, existing measures typically do not incorporate devices to facilitate respondents’ recall of the lifetime experience of domestic violence. This article describes the application of the Life History Calendar (LHC) method (Freedman, Thornton, Camburn, Alwin, & Young-DeMarco, 1988) to increase a respondent’s recall of domestic violence victimization over the lifecourse. The LHC method elicits memorable information of a personal nature (e.g., children’s birth dates) and uses this information to facilitate the recall of less memorable events. A recent field test of this LHC measure indicates its utility in assessing domestic violence victimization, which takes place in a complex sequence of episodes and often involves multiple perpetrators over the lifecourse.

scholarly journals Reflections on the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (England and Wales)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Domestic Violence Prevention ◽  
The Relationship

The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) aims to reduce harm through improving access to background information for people with concerns about a romantic partner’s behaviour. This reduction is predicated on the disclosure recipient taking steps to ensure their safety, either by managing the situation or ending the relationship. As fewer than half of the thousands of annual applications result in disclosures, and no information is held about any subsequent steps taken by applicants or recipients, it is unclear whether or not the DVDS is actually reducing domestic violence. Nonetheless, Scotland and Northern Ireland have implemented their own variations of this policy, as have some Canadian and Australian states.<br />This policy analysis draws on empirical research into the DVDS in terms of its national and local operation in order to assess the strengths and limitations of its capacity to reduce harm. The analysis outlines how the policy may be difficult to access; deflect – rather than prevent – harm; shift safeguarding responsibilities onto the most vulnerable; and be incorrectly interpreted in terms of outcome. The paper makes recommendations for improvement in order to enhance the policy’s efficacy.<br />key messagesDomestic violence prevention policies which require active citizenship may be less effective at preventing victimisation.<br />The monitoring of outcomes following a DVDS application/disclosure is required.<br />Care needs to be taken to ensure engagement with the DVDS does not put people at a greater risk of harm.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS SATIRE IN PBITEKS SONG OF LAWINO

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Chris Ajibade Adetuyi ◽  
Patrick Charles Alex
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Religious Perspectives

This paper focuses on the analysis of religious satire in Song of Lawino. The study occasionally refers to Okots life history and ideological inclinations and the review of related literature giveng background information that clarifies Okot pBiteks writing as a product of a rich Acholi oral tradition. While a lot has been written on Okots creative works, little attention has been given to the use of satire. The study therefore, identifies and evaluates Okots use of satire in Song of Lawino determines the use of language to achieve satire in the text, and discusses how the author uses satire as a tool to share ideas and opinions on religious perspectives in the society. This study treats satire as the humorous criticism of human weaknesses and foibles and uses this parameter to identify it in the Song of Lawino. This is to throw light on the creative works of Okots and highlight circumstances that may have shaped him into a satirist. The upshot of all these is that the songs are appropriately contextualized with the ultimate finding that satire is an indigenous African phenomenon amply and ably deployed in Okots art.

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