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Demographic Determinants of Perceived Barriers to Community Involvement: Examining Rural/Urban Differences

Creator:: Torgerson, Melissa and Edwards, Mark Evan
Abstract:: Communities all rely to some degree upon residents to serve in and lead the local organizations that make those communities vital. Recognizing barriers experienced by specific groups helps community leaders identify why various groups do not participate. Using data from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey, this analysis examines perceived...
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Full Text:: melissa.torgerson@state.or.us; 503-986-2094 Mark Evan Edwards {corresponding author} Sociology Program, OSU

Mapping Multiple Forest Threats in the Northwestern United States

Creator:: Kline, Jeffrey D., Kerns, Becky K., Day, Michelle A., and Hammer, Roger B.
Abstract:: US forestlands are increasingly subject to disturbances including wildfire, insects and disease, and urban and exurban development. Devising strategies for addressing these "forest threats" depends on anticipating where individual disturbances are most likely and where they might occur in combination. However, many spatial data sets describing forest threats are produced...
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Full Text:: , Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR. Becky K. Kerns (bkerns@fs.fed.us), USDA Forest Service

Spatial and temporal residential density patterns from 1940 to 2000 in and around the Northern Forest of the Northeastern United States

Creator:: Mockrin, Miranda H., Stewart, Susan I., Radeloff, Volker C., Hammer, Roger B., and Johnson, Kenneth M.
Abstract:: Over the past 60 years, housing growth has outpaced population growth in the United States. Conservationists are concerned about the far-reaching environmental impacts of housing development, particularly in rural areas. We use clustering analysis to examine the pattern and distribution of housing development since 1940 in and around the Northern...
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Full Text:: (&) Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA e-mail: mhmockrin

Human and biophysical influences on fire occurrence in the United States

Creator:: Hawbaker, Todd J., Radeloff, Volker C., Stewart, Susan I., Hammer, Rober B., Keuler, Nicholas S., and Clayton, Murray K.
Abstract:: National-scale analyses of fire occurrence are needed to prioritize fire policy and management activities across the United States. However, the drivers of national-scale patterns of fire occurrence are not well understood, and how the relative importance of human or biophysical factors varies across the country is unclear. Our research goal...
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Full Text:: Research Station, Evanston, Illinois 60201 USA 3Department of Sociology, Oregon State University

To Act or Not to Act: Context, Capability, and Community Response to Environmental Risk

Creator:: Wright, Rachel A. and Boudet, Hilary Schaffer
Abstract:: Social movement theory has rarely been tested with counterfactual cases, that is, instances in which movements do not emerge. Moreover, contemporary theories about political opportunity and resources often inadequately address the issue of motivation. To address these shortcomings, this article examines 20 communities that are "at risk" for mobilization because...
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Full Text:: moti- and capable of mobilizing. Contemporary research on the topic, how- ever, rarely addresses this

Food Insecurity in Western US States: Increasing Collaboration between State Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

Creator:: Edwards, Mark Evan
Abstract:: This analysis examines how and why many nonprofits and state agencies fighting domestic hunger have increasingly collaborated in unexpected ways. Interviews with nonprofit and state agency leaders in four western US states provide details about these collaborative efforts. Drawing on the concept of collaborative governance, the findings reveal important roles...
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Full Text:: Research and Action Center [FRAC] and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [CBPP]) and for

Spatial and temporal drivers of wildfire occurrence in the context of rural development in northern Wisconsin, USA

Creator:: Miranda, Brian R., Sturtevant, Brian R., Stewart, Susan I., and Hammer, Roger B.
Abstract:: Most drivers underlying wildfire are dynamic, but at different spatial and temporal scales. We quantified temporal and spatial trends in wildfire patterns over two spatial extents in northern Wisconsin to identify drivers and their change through time. We used spatial point pattern analysis to quantify the spatial pattern of wildfire...
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Full Text:: . SturtevantA, Susan I. StewartB and Roger B. HammerC AUSDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Who Punishes Whom? Bifurcation of Private and Public Responsibilities in Criminal Punishment

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C.
Abstract:: This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor & Francis and can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2016.1174619
Resource Type:: Article and Preprint
Full Text:: ) ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION AT JOURNAL OF CRIME AND JUSTICE. Word count: 8122 Acknowledgements

Durkheim, punishment, and prison privatization

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C. and Connor, Brian T.
Abstract:: This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage Publications and can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1177/2329496515604641
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Full Text:: at Arlington (btconnor@gmail.com) Accepted for publication at Social Currents Word count

University Researcher and Law Enforcement Collaboration : Lessons From a Study of Justice-Involved Persons With Suspected Mental Illness

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C., Akins, Scott, Sassaman, Jon, Jackson, Scott, Elwer, Ken, Lanfear, Charles, Amorim, Mariana, and Stevens, Katelyn
Abstract:: In 2012, heads of local law enforcement agencies in Benton County, Oregon, contacted researchers at Oregon State University to discuss a problem: a sharp rise in the amount of contact between police and suspects displaying symptoms of mental illness. This initial contact led to an ongoing collaborative examination of the...
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Full Text:: . Faculty researchers benefit from access to data that might advance their research agenda. Law

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Demographic Determinants of Perceived Barriers to Community Involvement: Examining Rural/Urban Differences

Mapping Multiple Forest Threats in the Northwestern United States

Spatial and temporal residential density patterns from 1940 to 2000 in and around the Northern Forest of the Northeastern United States

Human and biophysical influences on fire occurrence in the United States

To Act or Not to Act: Context, Capability, and Community Response to Environmental Risk

Food Insecurity in Western US States: Increasing Collaboration between State Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

Spatial and temporal drivers of wildfire occurrence in the context of rural development in northern Wisconsin, USA

Who Punishes Whom? Bifurcation of Private and Public Responsibilities in Criminal Punishment

Durkheim, punishment, and prison privatization

University Researcher and Law Enforcement Collaboration : Lessons From a Study of Justice-Involved Persons With Suspected Mental Illness

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