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SAE Technical Paper Series, 2020
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2020
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1979
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976
American Journal of Public Health, 1991
BACKGROUND: In November 1986, a Detroit, Michigan city ordinance requiring mandatory jail sentenc... more BACKGROUND: In November 1986, a Detroit, Michigan city ordinance requiring mandatory jail sentences for illegally carrying a firearm in public was passed to preserve "the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people." METHODS: We conducted a set of interrupted time-series analyses to evaluate the impact of the law on the incidence of homicides, hypothesizing that the ordinance, by its nature, would affect only firearm homicides and homicides committed outside (e.g., on the street). RESULTS: The incidence of homicide in general increased after the law was passed, but the increases in non-firearm homicides and homicides committed inside (e.g., in a home) were either statistically significant or approached statistical significance (p = .006 and p = .070, respectively), whereas changes in the incidence of firearm homicides and homicides committed outside were not statistically significant (p = .238 and p = .418, respectively). We also determined that the ordinance w...
International Migration Review, 1987
Recent refugees from Poland, Romania, Iraq, and Vietnam were extensively interviewed to assess th... more Recent refugees from Poland, Romania, Iraq, and Vietnam were extensively interviewed to assess their health, health care utilization and health service use barriers. Two hundred seventy-seven recent arrivals from these countries and sixty-three previously arrived Laotians comprised the sample. Results from a 195 item bilingual questionnaire indicated good overall health and little evidence of serious physical health symptoms. Dental health was the area of greatest reported need. Prenatal care and mental health services were additional areas of need noted by researchers. Barriers to health service utilization were primarily language related. There were major differences in both health problems and health service utilization among the four groups surveyed. This report assesses the health of a multiethnic refugee population who entered the Detroit metropolitan area between 1983-1985. It is based on a study of 277 persons from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia. The descriptive study focused on the following health considerations: identification of refugee health problems; determination of barriers to seeking and receiving health care services; and explication of ways to improve health and health care delivery to newly arriving refugees. REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH Recent studies of refugee health and health-related issues have generally eschewed theoretical explanations of the relationship of culture and disease and emphasized specific illness conditions, immunization levels, or the potential for disease outbreaks. Most of the work has focused on refugees
Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior, 1977
Two field experiments investigated the general'ity of the stareescape phenomenon for pedestrians.... more Two field experiments investigated the general'ity of the stareescape phenomenon for pedestrians. Experiment 1, conducted at a traffic intersection, failed to replicate a previous finding that being stared at leads to faster wal king speed. One hypothesis that could explain this failure is that the relatively short staring times used in Experiment 1 were insufficient for subjects to attribute a threatening meaning to the stare. In Experiment 2, conducted at a library elevator, duration of staring was systematically varied-either 2 seconds or more than 15 seconds. Consistent with the attribution time hypothesis, subjects increased wal king speed after a long stare but decreased it after a short stare. In both experiments a smile coupled with a stare appeared to neutralize the effects of a stare alone.
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2020
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2020
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1979
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976
American Journal of Public Health, 1991
BACKGROUND: In November 1986, a Detroit, Michigan city ordinance requiring mandatory jail sentenc... more BACKGROUND: In November 1986, a Detroit, Michigan city ordinance requiring mandatory jail sentences for illegally carrying a firearm in public was passed to preserve "the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people." METHODS: We conducted a set of interrupted time-series analyses to evaluate the impact of the law on the incidence of homicides, hypothesizing that the ordinance, by its nature, would affect only firearm homicides and homicides committed outside (e.g., on the street). RESULTS: The incidence of homicide in general increased after the law was passed, but the increases in non-firearm homicides and homicides committed inside (e.g., in a home) were either statistically significant or approached statistical significance (p = .006 and p = .070, respectively), whereas changes in the incidence of firearm homicides and homicides committed outside were not statistically significant (p = .238 and p = .418, respectively). We also determined that the ordinance w...
International Migration Review, 1987
Recent refugees from Poland, Romania, Iraq, and Vietnam were extensively interviewed to assess th... more Recent refugees from Poland, Romania, Iraq, and Vietnam were extensively interviewed to assess their health, health care utilization and health service use barriers. Two hundred seventy-seven recent arrivals from these countries and sixty-three previously arrived Laotians comprised the sample. Results from a 195 item bilingual questionnaire indicated good overall health and little evidence of serious physical health symptoms. Dental health was the area of greatest reported need. Prenatal care and mental health services were additional areas of need noted by researchers. Barriers to health service utilization were primarily language related. There were major differences in both health problems and health service utilization among the four groups surveyed. This report assesses the health of a multiethnic refugee population who entered the Detroit metropolitan area between 1983-1985. It is based on a study of 277 persons from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia. The descriptive study focused on the following health considerations: identification of refugee health problems; determination of barriers to seeking and receiving health care services; and explication of ways to improve health and health care delivery to newly arriving refugees. REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH Recent studies of refugee health and health-related issues have generally eschewed theoretical explanations of the relationship of culture and disease and emphasized specific illness conditions, immunization levels, or the potential for disease outbreaks. Most of the work has focused on refugees
Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior, 1977
Two field experiments investigated the general'ity of the stareescape phenomenon for pedestrians.... more Two field experiments investigated the general'ity of the stareescape phenomenon for pedestrians. Experiment 1, conducted at a traffic intersection, failed to replicate a previous finding that being stared at leads to faster wal king speed. One hypothesis that could explain this failure is that the relatively short staring times used in Experiment 1 were insufficient for subjects to attribute a threatening meaning to the stare. In Experiment 2, conducted at a library elevator, duration of staring was systematically varied-either 2 seconds or more than 15 seconds. Consistent with the attribution time hypothesis, subjects increased wal king speed after a long stare but decreased it after a short stare. In both experiments a smile coupled with a stare appeared to neutralize the effects of a stare alone.