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This study investigates presence of religion in Hardcore/Punk. While Hardcore/Punk traditionally is a secular subculture, study investigates how bands with religious agendas claim space within this subculture and the attitudes they encounter within it. That is, how they relate to the subculture, and consequently the mainstream culture. Further, the study takes interest in how non-religious bands relate to religious history, institutions and faith. This is done through a qualitative content analysis of lyrics from American hardcore/punkbands between 1986-2007. The bands investigated devote themselves to one of the three beliefs: Hare Krishna, Christians or Non-believers. The main findings are that hardcore/punk bands, despite of religion, share common ground. They all carry strong convictions, share the same artistic expressions and make use of the same language. Yet, the respective convictions, grounded in different religious worldviews, sometimes clash. Religious as well as nonreligious bands express the same attitudes to a large extent, even though these attitudes are grounded in different worldviews (e.g., religious or political). However, in spite such differences, they still have managed to share space within the subculture. What we see is that the two religious’ groups of Hare Krishna and Christians make themselves, through their presence in hardcore/punk, subcultures within a subculture.

Most studies on rivalry analyze the phenomenon where participants are on opposing sides in business organizations or sports teams (i.e., inter-team rivalry). Currently, the rivalry literature is expanding to examine the effects of rivalry among team members if a manager or coach creates an environment marked by intra-team rivalry. Study 1 examined team member behaviors and individual and team performance within teams (i.e., intra-team rivalry) by having 311 collegiate students recall their experiences participating on a high school athletic team. Findings indicated that intra-team rivalry was positively related to individual performance and team performance. Social comparison mediated the positive relationship between intra-team rivalry and individual performance. In Study 2 adjustments to the research model allowed further exploration of team performance and intra-team rivalry. Study 2 surveyed 240 current collegiate student athletes twice examining the same hypotheses at the 1) individual level, and 2) team level via data aggregation. Findings consistent with both surveys indicated that social comparison was positively related to intra-team rivalry; intra-team rivalry was positively related to individual deviance; and both individual performance, and motivation were positively related to team performance. Unique to Survey 1, intra-team rivalry was positively related to motivation. Unique to Survey 2, negative relationship between individual deviance and team performance. Implications for team members, leaders, and organizations are compelling. / Business Administration/Interdisciplinary

Criminology’s most recent theoretical tradition involves examination of the developmental onset, continuity, and desistance from offending behavior across the life course. A prominent life course perspective organized around social bonding was proffered by Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub in dual volumes that include Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life (1993), and Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives (2003). Because Sampson and Laub’s age-graded theory is based on a sample of White males born in the 1920s and 1930s, and matured during a historical period of vast economic growth, the universal theoretical processes emphasized in their theory may be overstated. Such assumptions may not generalize to more heterogeneous samples that includes minorities and individuals that vary in their levels of offending. The present research evaluates the generalizability of the age-graded theory through examination of data collected from a representative and contemporary sample of adolescents followed into adulthood. In addition, this study seeks to examine an alternate turning point from deviant conduct, specifically religiosity/spirituality. Building on prior studies that explore the role of religiosity on change processes across race and ethnicity (Chu & Sung, 2009; Stansfield, 2017), the current investigation addresses open questions relating to the nature of the religion-desistance relationship. Multilevel mixed effects models are utilized to estimate over time the separate impact of religious behavior and religious beliefs on deviant conduct, to further assess a religious turning point effect across subgroups disaggregated by race/ethnicity, and to evaluate the influence of religiosity on change from deviant outcomes characterized as violations of secular and ascetic standards. Analyses of religiosity/spirituality on these differing forms of deviance across race/ethnicity are also conducted. In contrast to the hypothesized relationships, study findings reveal very little evidence of a religious/spiritual turning point effect in enacting change from deviant behaviors in the main models. Similar results indicate that religiosity indicates minimal differences in change from deviant conduct when the sample is disaggregated across race and ethnicity. Findings point to the nuances of the religion-desistance relationship, and depends upon processes that may involve attendance to church services or spiritual beliefs, and may be conditional on the type of deviance outcome examined—whether in violation of a secular or ascetic standard. Along with a discussion of these findings, limitations of the study, directions for future research, and implications for policy are provided.

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No presente trabalho objetivou-se analisar e estimar parâmetros genéticos, correlações genéticas entre caracteres de emergência e crescimento inicial de D. alata e H. heptaphyllus, em viveiro. O delineamento para todos os experimentos foram de blocos ao acaso e 28 tratamentos. Para D. alata foram cinco plantas por parcela e cinco blocos e para H. heptaphyllus foram seis blocos e seis mudas por parcela. Aos 30 dias para emergência foram avaliadas porcentagem, tempo médio e índice de velocidade de emergência e para as mudas de D. alata (aos 30 dias) a sobrevivência; altura da parte aérea (cm); diâmetro do colo (cm).Após 140 dias foram avaliadas as seguintes variáveis: sobrevivência; altura da parte aérea (cm); comprimento da raiz (cm); diâmetro do colo (cm), massas secas (folhas, caule e raízes) (g) para H. heptaphyllus. Os caracteres foram analisados por meio da metodologia de modelos mistos, procedimento REML (Máxima Verossimilhança Restrita) / BLUP (Melhor Predição Linear não Viesada). Foram plicados aos testes de progênies de meios-irmãos, delineamento de blocos ao acaso, várias plantas por parcela, conforme o modelo um do software SELEGEN-REML/BLUP para as mudas de H. heptaphyllus e D. alata, para emergência foi utilizado o modelo 95. Os valores de herdabilidades individuais e médias de progênies, acurácia, os coeficientes de variação genética individual e experimental foram considerados altos para mudas de D. alata. Os valores de herdabilidades individuais e médias de progênies, acurácia seletiva obtidas foram de alta magnitude para maioria dos caracteres avaliados, os coeficientes de variação genética individual e experimental foram considerados altos para mudas de H. heptaphyllus. Os valores de herdabilidade individual e média de progênies, acurácia seletiva para caráter IVE foram de alta magnitude. Assim os resultados indicam que existe variabilidade genética para todos os caracteres avaliados para mudas de H. heptaphyllus e existe variabilidade genética para os caracteres IVE para emergência e altura da parte área para plântulas de D. alata. / Knowledge of the genetic variability by measuring biometric characters can be one of the alternatives to aid in genetic conservation programs and also in forest breeding programs. In the present study aimed to analyze and estimate genetic parameters, genetic correlations between emergency character and initial growth of D. alata and H. heptaphyllus in nursery. The design for all experiments were randomized blocks and 28 treatments. For D. alata were five plants per plot and five blocks and H. heptaphyllus were six blocks and six plants per plot. On 30 days for emergency were evaluated percentage, average time and emergence speed index and the seedlings of D. alata (30 days): suvirvor, shoot height (cm); stem diameter (cm). After 140 days the following variables were evaluated: survival; shoot height (cm); root length ( cm ); stem diameter (cm), dried mass (leaves, stems and roots) ( g ) for H. heptaphyllus. The characters were analyzed using mixed model methodology, REML (Restricted Maximum Likelihood)/BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction). It was applied to the test progenies of half- sib, design of randomized blocks, several plants per plot, according to the pattern 1 SELEGEN - REML / BLUP software for H. heptaphyllus and D. alata seedlings, was used for emergency model 95. Individual heritability values and medium progenies accuracy, the coefficients of individual and experimental genetic variation were considered high for D. alata seedlings. Individual heritability values and average of progenies, selective accuracy obtained was of high magnitude for most characters, the coefficients of individual and experimental genetic variation were considered high for H. heptaphyllus seedlings. The values of individual heritability and average of progenies, selective accuracy for IVE character were of the highest magnitude. Thus the results indicate that there is genetic variability for all traits for H. heptaphyllus seedlings and there is genetic variability for the IVE characters for emergency and height of the area for seedlings of D. alata.

Book Summary: The Routledge Handbook on Deviance brings together original contributions on deviance, with a focus on new, emerging, and hidden forms of deviant behavior. The editors have curated a comprehensive collection highlighting the relativity of deviance, with chapters exploring the deviant behaviors related to sport, recreation, body modification, chronic health conditions, substance use, religion and cults, political extremism, sexuality, online interaction, mental and emotional disorders, elite societal status, workplace issues, and lifestyle. The selections review competing definitions and orientations and a wide range of theoretical premises, while addressing methodological issues involved in the study of deviance. Each section begins with an introduction by the editors, anchoring the topics in relevant theoretical and methodological contexts and identifying common themes as well as divergence. Providing state-of-the-art scholarship on deviance in modern society, this handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers and students engaged in the study of deviance across a range of diciplines including criminology, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and interdisciplinary departments, including justice studies, social transformation, and socio-legal studies.

Cette recherche visait à mieux appréhender la déviance constructive selon Galperin (2003). Ce construit se chevauchant avec d’autres comportements hors prescrit en milieux organisationnels, comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle (CCO, Organ, 1988) et de déviance destructive (Robinson & Bennett, 1995), nous avons choisi de les étudier également. Nous avons d'abord examiné la littérature relative à ces comportements. Puis, nous avons étudié différents déterminants attitudinaux et de perception de situation de travail pouvant leur être associés, ainsi que leurs éventuelles relations avec l’épuisement professionnel. Rappelant différents modèles de stress, nous nous sommes intéressés à la Théorie de la Conservation des Ressources (Hobfoll, 1988), dans sa proposition de lecture salutogénique de la santé au travail. Notre revue de littérature s’est achevée par l’étude de la valorisation perçue des CCO et de la déviance constructive. Notre étude 1 (151 salariés en poste en relation avec du public) explore la façon dont exigences (tensions de rôles perçues), ressources (sentiment d’efficacité personnelle, autonomie dans le travail perçue) et implications professionnelles(organisationnelle affective et dans le métier) déterminent les comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle orientée vers les individus et de déviance (destructive et constructive), et dont ces comportements déterminent, à leur tour, l’apparition d’un épuisement professionnel.Les études 2 et 3 interrogent la perception de l’incidence de CCO et de déviance constructive sur l’évaluation produite en provenance des supérieurs hiérarchiques (étude 2, 194 salariés) et des collègues de travail (étude 3, 168 salariés) et l’effet du mode de direction organisationnel sur celle-ci. Les résultats de ces études quantitatives sont discutés, limites et perspectives présentées par chapitre. Une discussion générale propose, pour finir, d’en dégager les enseignements clés. / The aim of this study was to appraise the constructive deviance according to Galperin (2003). As this construct has in common non prescribed behaviors in organizational environments, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB, Organ, 1988) and destructive workplace deviance (Robinson & Bennett, 1995), we found interesting to study them as well. Then we focused on different attitudinal determinants and perception of workplace situations which could be compared to it, and their hypothetical relationship with the burn out. Recalling different stress models, we examined the Conservation of Resources Theory (Hobfoll, 1988), and particularly his salutogenic perspective of health at work. We achieved our review with the study of the perceived value of the OCB and constructive deviance. Our first study (151 workers related to public) explores how job demands (perceived role tensions), resources (feeling of job selfefficacy, perceived autonomy) and professional commitment (organizational affective and occupational) determine organizational citizenship behaviors directed towards individuals and workplace deviance (destructive and constructive), and how the behaviors determine in turn burn out. Through study 2 and 3, we examined the perception of the incidence of OCB and constructive deviance on the appraisal of the managers (study 2, 194 workers), coworkers (study 3, 168 workers) and the effect of the organization on it. The results, limits and perspectives are discussed in each chapter. The key learnings are highlighted in the general discussion.

The interest in hoarding has peaked since its first clinical definition in 1996 and is evident by six television shows centered on the topic. This thesis reports the results a content analysis of two seasons (21 episodes) of the popular T.V. series A&E’s Hoarders. People rationalize hoarding in ways that both differ and overlap. Doctors, professional organizers, hoarders and their loved ones collectively frame hoarding as a medical and mental health problem. The results suggest that Americans’ perceptions of hoarding behavior has shifted from one that is deviant behavior to one that is medicalized.

The thesis will focus on prison privatization and the accountability that private prison companies should maintain to build and operate them. It starts by detailing the political history of the privatization of prisons, starting with the Reagan era and the legislation and ideologies that emerged from it, highlight the reasons and justifications the government gave to outsource its system of punishment. By examining the War on Drugs and Tough on Crime legislations, it will show the way that mass incarceration allowed private companies to develop a solid grasp on the criminal justice system, transforming prisons into a system of hyper incarceration, capitalization and expansion. Using Richard Harding’s book, Private Prisons and Public Accountability, the second chapter will then focus on the accountability that the private prison companies must maintain to effectively and acceptably punish lawbreakers. It will also examine the justifications of the criminal justice system and private prisons, using a utilitarian and retributivist lens. Finally, Chapter 3 will investigate the accountability of the world’s first and largest private prison company: the Corrections Corporation of America. By using its website, this chapter will investigate how the CCA’s claims line up with its actions and what that indicates about its accountability. In the end, with a solid understanding of the flaws of CCA and private prisons, the conclusion will then question the position of private prisons within American society, providing ways to improve the flawed system.

The vast majority of social exclusion research has taken place outside of the workplace (i.e., in social settings). In addition, researchers often use a myriad of terms (i.e., ostracism, exclusion, rejection) when describing and investigating exclusion-related phenomena thus contributing to widespread conceptual confusion with respect to this construct. Moreover, past studies have failed to consider the role of social exchange in determining how individuals may react to being excluded by others particularly in a work setting. I sought to address these issues by conducting three multi-wave studies which develop and test a social-exchange based model of interpersonal workplace exclusion (IWE). Specifically, I created and validated two measures (i.e., coworker and supervisor) of IWE. In addition, I examined the discriminant, convergent and predictive validity of these scales. The results of these studies produced two distinct, unidimensional measures of IWE an 8-item coworker IWE scale and an 8-item supervisor IWE scale. Additional analyses revealed that IWE is negatively related to, albeit distinct from, workplace inclusion and is part of the broader conceptual domain of antisocial workplace behavior which includes theoretically similar constructs namely, workplace incivility, counterproductive workplace behavior and workplace bullying. In addition, IWE was found to be negatively related to perceived interpersonal fair treatment, job satisfaction and leader-member exchange (LMX) as well as positively related to job induced tension. Lastly, results of the third study provided support for an exchange-based model of IWE such that both coworker and supervisor IWE measures were associated with employee social undermining behavior, reduced effort and lower levels of organizational citizenship behaviors.