scholarly journals Careers in ecology: a fine-scale investigation of national data from the U.S. Survey of Doctorate Recipients

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e02031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie E. Hampton ◽  
Stephanie G. Labou
Keyword(s):  
Fine Scale ◽  
National Data ◽  
Doctorate Recipients ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett C. Burkhardt ◽  
Keith Baker
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
National Data ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
Military Occupations ◽  
Asset Forfeiture ◽  
Domestic Law ◽  
The U.S

In 2014, protests in Ferguson, Missouri (MO), and the subsequent law enforcement response, shined a light on police militarization—the adoption of military styles, equipment, and tactics within law enforcement. Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Defense has transferred excess military equipment to domestic law enforcement agencies via the federal 1033 program. This article examines transfers of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles or MRAPs. Designed to withstand explosive blasts during U.S. military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, surplus MRAPs have been shipped to more than 800 domestic law enforcement agencies. This article uses national data on law enforcement agencies and on 1033 program transfers to analyze the pattern of MRAP distribution. The results show that MRAPs are disproportionately acquired by agencies that have warrior tendencies and rely on asset forfeiture to generate revenue. This pattern of militarization is consistent with a model of governance that views citizens as both opportunities and threats.

scholarly journals An Empirical Assessment of Organizational Commitment Using the Side-Bet Theory Approach

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Cohen ◽  
Urs E. Gattiker
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
National Data ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Hierarchical Position ◽  
Bet Theory ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Cross National

According to the side-bet theory, organizational commitment increases with the accumulation of side bets or investments. Cross-national data for seven side-bet indexes (age, tenure, education, marital status, salary, gender, and hierarchical position) were used to test the theory's generalizability. Four hundred and sixty-three white-collar employees in Canada and the U.S. were surveyed. The findings indicated that while organizational commitment levels between Canadian and U.S. respondents were similar, the effects of various side-bet indexes differed between the two countries. The results suggest that previously reported correlations between age, tenure and organizational commitment (e.g. Meyer and Allen 1984) cannot be replicated. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for future investigation of the side-bet theory and organizational commitment.

scholarly journals Public Comment on the National Science Foundation’s Information Collection Request: 2019 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (FR Doc. 2018-17359)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Freeman ◽  
Adam P. Romero ◽  
Laura Durso
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Information Collection ◽  
Public Comment ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Doctorate Recipients ◽  
National Science ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Scientific Workforce ◽  
The U.S

We submit this public comment in response to the National Science Foundation’s proposed information collection request related to the 2019 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR), published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 40340 on August 14, 2018. We outline the importance of including sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) demographic measures on the SDR (and related NSF surveys) for advancing the U.S. scientific workforce, and the feasibility and precedent in implementing SO/GI measures in government surveys. The comment is cosigned by 17 scientific organizations and 251 scientists, engineers, and legal and policy scholars.

scholarly journals Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Burkhardt ◽  
Keith Baker
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
National Data ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
Military Occupations ◽  
Asset Forfeiture ◽  
Domestic Law ◽  
The U.S

In 2014, protests in Ferguson, Missouri (MO), and the subsequent law enforcement response, shined a light on police militarization—the adoption of military styles, equipment, and tactics within law enforcement. Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Defense has transferred excess military equipment to domestic law enforcement agencies via the federal 1033 program. This article examines transfers of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles or MRAPs. Designed to withstand explosive blasts during U.S. military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, surplus MRAPs have been shipped to more than 800 domestic law enforcement agencies. This article uses national data on law enforcement agencies and on 1033 program transfers to analyze the pattern of MRAP distribution. The results show that MRAPs are disproportionately acquired by agencies that have warrior tendencies and rely on asset forfeiture to generate revenue. This pattern of militarization is consistent with a model of governance that views citizens as both opportunities and threats.

Are Police Officers More Likely to Kill African-American Suspects?

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Kleck
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
National Data ◽  
Face Analysis ◽  
Criminal Suspects ◽  
Legal Interventions ◽  
The U.S

In recent psychological research decisions by police officers to shoot criminal suspects are often assumed to be racially biased, and it is concluded that officers are more likely to shoot African-American suspects. This assumption was tested with national data on persons killed during legal interventions and with data bearing on the African-American proportion of criminal suspects law enforcement officers face. Analysis indicates that the African-American share of persons killed by law enforcement officers, while higher than the African-American percentage of the U.S. population, is lower than one would expect based on the estimated African-American proportion of suspects confronted in violent encounters or the African-American percentage of suspects who kill police officers.

scholarly journals Utilizing data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Hall ◽  
Robert Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
National Data ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Processing Steps ◽  
The U.S

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) guides users through the quality control (QC) and processing steps that are necessary when using archived U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) wave and meteorological data. This CHETN summarizes methodologies to geographically clean and QC NDBC measurement data for use by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) user community.

scholarly journals Statistical Déjà Vu: The National Data Center Proposal of 1965 and Its Descendants

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Data Center ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
National Data ◽  
Statistical Agencies ◽  
Deja Vu ◽  
Déjà Vu ◽  
The U.S

Issues concerning sharing of statistical information, linking data sets, and storing and preserving data collected by the federal statistical agencies have long sparked debate. This paper focuses on the National Data Center proposal of 1965, ensuing public concern over its privacy implications, and the response of the Bureau of the Budget and the U.S. Census Bureau. The purpose of this study is to identify the issues leading to the development of the proposal, as well as the consequences of the proposal, in order to inform current policy decisions, particularly in regard to the U.S. Census Bureau. Examples of subsequent efforts at statistical consolidate and data sharing highlight the persistent theme of statistical deja vu.

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