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This study presents an exploratory analysis of the meaning of
“hooking up” based on 1) academic literature, and 2) the perspective of college students from differing backgrounds. The authors investigated definitions of
hooking up based on scholarly articles derived from search engine results and
then from college students’ responses to an open-ended question on an online
survey (N=358).
Coding was used to identify themes that emerged from the data
with the goal of understanding what the phrase means and whether the research
is in line with students’ perspectives. Additionally, the authors sought to examine whether differences exist based on demographic variables. The findings
revealed that the phrase “hooking up” predominantly represents sexual behavior
ranging from kissing to sexual intercourse in the research base, but has been
more narrowly constructed among college students. Gender differences also
emerged, with males being more likely than females to view hooking up as
involving sex rather than a broader range of sexual behaviors. A discussion
follows and highlights directions for future research.
It is with great pleasure that I share the following
editorial, “Sex Offender Treatment: Two Promising Approaches” published in the
inaugural issue of Sociology and Criminology. This innovative open access journal promises to appeal to a wide range of audiences interested in criminology and criminal justice. The OMICS Group Special features of the
journal ensure rapid dissemination of high quality studies in the discipline.
This commentary focuses on an important and controversial public policy issue
in our field–sex offender treatment. It argues that in conjunction with
punishment, treatment efforts should also be considered for sex offender
management in the U.S.
The scope of this paper is to examine the main economic,
social and political dimensions of development worldwide. More specifically,
our analysis focuses on the study of the links between the levels of income per
capita, the level of perceived corruption, the degree of human development, the
extent of government effectiveness and the quality of the political system as
the main variables describing the level of overall development in a country.
As
we expected, we find that all these factors are very important determinants of
the scale of overall development, since combinations of these factors according
to their values determine clusters of countries with different patterns of
overall development. As a result, an effective policy towards development
demands integrated strategies that incorporate efforts for low corruption and
high income, human development and government effectiveness levels. However, in
order these strategies to be sustainable in the long run they should be
associated with democratic transformations.
