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Papers by Ken Heskin
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1973
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
British Journal of Criminology, Apr 1, 1974
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
British Journal of Criminology, 1976
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
Acknowledgements My thanks are due to the Home Office for their financial support and to the many... more Acknowledgements My thanks are due to the Home Office for their financial support and to the many members of the Prison Service without v/hose assistance this study could not have been completed. I am deeply grateful to my wife, Sue, for her fortitude and understanding during my prolonged absences from home and for her generosity in undertaking to type a considerable portion of the manuscript whilst discharging her many other responsibilities as competently and cheerfully as ever. I am also indebted to Mary Boylan who completed the typing most efficiently. I would especially like to thank my supervisor, Neil Bolton, for his unstinting encouragement and lucid advice. Finally, I wish to thank all those men who volunteered to participate in this research and without whose trust and cooperation this study could not have been undertake;!.
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1986
ANTH 2883 Introduction to Archaeology (S) Description: A general introduction to the methods of s... more ANTH 2883 Introduction to Archaeology (S) Description: A general introduction to the methods of study of archaeology. Understanding the development of prehistoric cultures as adaptive responses to changing natural and social environments from early Paleolithic to emergence of urban civilizations.
The British journal of social and clinical psychology, Feb 1, 1973
Selection of semantic differential scales by reference to the table of factor loadings of Osgood ... more Selection of semantic differential scales by reference to the table of factor loadings of Osgood et al. (1957) may be of doubtful validity if concept‐scale interactions produce wide variations in factor structure between concepts. In order to investigate this problem with respect to the measurement of prisoners' attitudes, factor analyses were carried out for each of 12 concepts and for the concepts as a whole. The overall analysis yielded a cognitive‐evaluative factor, an affective‐evaluative factor and a third factor in which the two activity scales featured strongly. That the first two factors appeared in many of the individual concept analyses was interpreted as providing some justification for the use of the overall analysis as a basis for the selection of scales. However, in order to construct the most sensitive measures of attitudes to particular concepts, selection of scales from the individual concept analyses here reported is recommended.
The British journal of social and clinical psychology, Sep 1, 1977
A factor analytic study of personality questionnaire data obtained from a group of 175 long‐term ... more A factor analytic study of personality questionnaire data obtained from a group of 175 long‐term prisoners revealed a factor structure which appears to be peculiar to prisoners. In particular, hostility and anxiety obtain prominence in the structure, while the theoretically significant dimension of extraversion is relegated in importance.
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1988
... 4 I I --J - I I ffffff POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES FIG. 1. Elements contributing to the occ... more ... 4 I I --J - I I ffffff POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES FIG. 1. Elements contributing to the occurrence of a criminal event. The examples in each box will have significance only in respect of particular types of crime. (Reproduced with permission from 0 Clarke, 1977). ...
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1973
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, Jul 1, 1984
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1974
... Recent work by Jaman, Dickover and Bennett (1972) has also found that prisoners who spend les... more ... Recent work by Jaman, Dickover and Bennett (1972) has also found that prisoners who spend less than the median length of time in prison are better parole prospects. ... 2. Total number of previous convictions (excluding minor driving offences). ...
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1994
Social identity theory was used to investigate the determinants of the current attitudes of 356 A... more Social identity theory was used to investigate the determinants of the current attitudes of 356 Australian (Melbournian) subjects toward the Gulf War. The dependent variables included a scale measuring belligerence, a scale measuring perceived justification for the Gulf War, and a short scale measuring how extensively the outcome of the war was perceived as an environmental issue. Independent variables included the concept "Australia," measured by a semantic differential scale; conservatism and liberalism, measured by Kerlinger's (1984) Social Attitudes Scale; and gender. Multiple regression analysis provided some support for social identity theory. Conservatism and liberalism, however, were the strongest predictors of attitudes toward the war. Men expressed more support for the war than women did. Participants' conservatism and liberalism were predictive of how extensively they perceived the outcome of the war as an environmental issue.
The Journal of Psychology, 1985
... Heskin, Ken. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, Vol 119(5), Sep 1985, 481-... more ... Heskin, Ken. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, Vol 119(5), Sep 1985, 481-494. Abstract. Examines political violence, focusing on paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland, particularly that of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. ...
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1990
A sample of Northern Irish residents (n = 200) was asked to rate four political figures — Margare... more A sample of Northern Irish residents (n = 200) was asked to rate four political figures — Margaret Thatcher, Garret Fitzgerald, Ian Paisley and John Hume — on 30 scales relevant to political activity. The data were collected in the autumn of 1986, one year after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. The data were factor analysed separately for Catholic and Protestant respondents. The analyses revealed that for Catholics integrity was by far the most important underlying issue, while Protestants were more concerned with a wider constellation of desirable attributes. The results are discussed in relation to the developing situation in Northern Ireland and to the application of political psychology in understanding the conflict there.
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1982
American Psychologist, 1984
Comments on R. Sommers and B. A. Sommers's suggestions that only the contents of refereed jou... more Comments on R. Sommers and B. A. Sommers's suggestions that only the contents of refereed journals are worthy of presentation in support of arguments in textbooks and that built-in replication will be a panacea for spurious research findings in psychology. It is noted that many new ideas and new kinds of research are frequently unacceptable to the scientific establishment of
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1994
... Discusses the importance of motivating factors, predisposing individual characteristics, and ... more ... Discusses the importance of motivating factors, predisposing individual characteristics, and proximate situational determinants in the initiation and maintenance of the campaign of violence by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), as proposed by the author in his earlier ...
Psychological Reports, 1998
This study investigated differences in metamotivational dominance among adolescents who engaged i... more This study investigated differences in metamotivational dominance among adolescents who engaged in different amounts of substance use, specifically, whether students who labeled themselves as ‘heavy’ alcohol consumers or cigarette smokers would be more Paratelic and Negativism Dominant than those who labeled themselves ‘nondrinkers’ or ‘nonsmokers.’ 93 secondary school students (Years 9 and 10) participated in the study (68 boys, 25 girls). One-way analyses of variance indicated self-labeled heavy drinkers scored significantly more Paratelic Dominant than nondrinkers, while heavy smokers scored significantly more Paratelic and Negativism Dominant than nonsmokers. Paratelic Dominant adolescents who reported engaging in heavy smoking may have done so because smoking is defined by society as a risky behaviour and so provides arousal. Education and preventive programs that focus on health hazards of smoking may, in fact, increase the likelihood of this behaviour by both individuals who ...
... Page 2. Offering a convincing explanation of why people in Northern Ireland feel and behave a... more ... Page 2. Offering a convincing explanation of why people in Northern Ireland feel and behave as they do. Northern Ireland: A Psychological Analysis draws on modern social psychology to put forward a thought.provoking view of the troubled province's conflicts and tensions. ...
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1973
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
British Journal of Criminology, Apr 1, 1974
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
British Journal of Criminology, 1976
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
Acknowledgements My thanks are due to the Home Office for their financial support and to the many... more Acknowledgements My thanks are due to the Home Office for their financial support and to the many members of the Prison Service without v/hose assistance this study could not have been completed. I am deeply grateful to my wife, Sue, for her fortitude and understanding during my prolonged absences from home and for her generosity in undertaking to type a considerable portion of the manuscript whilst discharging her many other responsibilities as competently and cheerfully as ever. I am also indebted to Mary Boylan who completed the typing most efficiently. I would especially like to thank my supervisor, Neil Bolton, for his unstinting encouragement and lucid advice. Finally, I wish to thank all those men who volunteered to participate in this research and without whose trust and cooperation this study could not have been undertake;!.
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1986
ANTH 2883 Introduction to Archaeology (S) Description: A general introduction to the methods of s... more ANTH 2883 Introduction to Archaeology (S) Description: A general introduction to the methods of study of archaeology. Understanding the development of prehistoric cultures as adaptive responses to changing natural and social environments from early Paleolithic to emergence of urban civilizations.
The British journal of social and clinical psychology, Feb 1, 1973
Selection of semantic differential scales by reference to the table of factor loadings of Osgood ... more Selection of semantic differential scales by reference to the table of factor loadings of Osgood et al. (1957) may be of doubtful validity if concept‐scale interactions produce wide variations in factor structure between concepts. In order to investigate this problem with respect to the measurement of prisoners' attitudes, factor analyses were carried out for each of 12 concepts and for the concepts as a whole. The overall analysis yielded a cognitive‐evaluative factor, an affective‐evaluative factor and a third factor in which the two activity scales featured strongly. That the first two factors appeared in many of the individual concept analyses was interpreted as providing some justification for the use of the overall analysis as a basis for the selection of scales. However, in order to construct the most sensitive measures of attitudes to particular concepts, selection of scales from the individual concept analyses here reported is recommended.
The British journal of social and clinical psychology, Sep 1, 1977
A factor analytic study of personality questionnaire data obtained from a group of 175 long‐term ... more A factor analytic study of personality questionnaire data obtained from a group of 175 long‐term prisoners revealed a factor structure which appears to be peculiar to prisoners. In particular, hostility and anxiety obtain prominence in the structure, while the theoretically significant dimension of extraversion is relegated in importance.
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1988
... 4 I I --J - I I ffffff POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES FIG. 1. Elements contributing to the occ... more ... 4 I I --J - I I ffffff POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES FIG. 1. Elements contributing to the occurrence of a criminal event. The examples in each box will have significance only in respect of particular types of crime. (Reproduced with permission from 0 Clarke, 1977). ...
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1973
Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV... more Page 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT* I Cognitive Variables PA Banister, FV Smith, KJ Heskin, and N. Bolton (Durham)^ Little is known of the effects of imprisonment on psychological functioning. ...
Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, Jul 1, 1984
British Journal of Criminology, Oct 1, 1974
... Recent work by Jaman, Dickover and Bennett (1972) has also found that prisoners who spend les... more ... Recent work by Jaman, Dickover and Bennett (1972) has also found that prisoners who spend less than the median length of time in prison are better parole prospects. ... 2. Total number of previous convictions (excluding minor driving offences). ...
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1994
Social identity theory was used to investigate the determinants of the current attitudes of 356 A... more Social identity theory was used to investigate the determinants of the current attitudes of 356 Australian (Melbournian) subjects toward the Gulf War. The dependent variables included a scale measuring belligerence, a scale measuring perceived justification for the Gulf War, and a short scale measuring how extensively the outcome of the war was perceived as an environmental issue. Independent variables included the concept "Australia," measured by a semantic differential scale; conservatism and liberalism, measured by Kerlinger's (1984) Social Attitudes Scale; and gender. Multiple regression analysis provided some support for social identity theory. Conservatism and liberalism, however, were the strongest predictors of attitudes toward the war. Men expressed more support for the war than women did. Participants' conservatism and liberalism were predictive of how extensively they perceived the outcome of the war as an environmental issue.
The Journal of Psychology, 1985
... Heskin, Ken. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, Vol 119(5), Sep 1985, 481-... more ... Heskin, Ken. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, Vol 119(5), Sep 1985, 481-494. Abstract. Examines political violence, focusing on paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland, particularly that of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. ...
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1990
A sample of Northern Irish residents (n = 200) was asked to rate four political figures — Margare... more A sample of Northern Irish residents (n = 200) was asked to rate four political figures — Margaret Thatcher, Garret Fitzgerald, Ian Paisley and John Hume — on 30 scales relevant to political activity. The data were collected in the autumn of 1986, one year after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. The data were factor analysed separately for Catholic and Protestant respondents. The analyses revealed that for Catholics integrity was by far the most important underlying issue, while Protestants were more concerned with a wider constellation of desirable attributes. The results are discussed in relation to the developing situation in Northern Ireland and to the application of political psychology in understanding the conflict there.
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1982
American Psychologist, 1984
Comments on R. Sommers and B. A. Sommers's suggestions that only the contents of refereed jou... more Comments on R. Sommers and B. A. Sommers's suggestions that only the contents of refereed journals are worthy of presentation in support of arguments in textbooks and that built-in replication will be a panacea for spurious research findings in psychology. It is noted that many new ideas and new kinds of research are frequently unacceptable to the scientific establishment of
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1994
... Discusses the importance of motivating factors, predisposing individual characteristics, and ... more ... Discusses the importance of motivating factors, predisposing individual characteristics, and proximate situational determinants in the initiation and maintenance of the campaign of violence by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), as proposed by the author in his earlier ...
Psychological Reports, 1998
This study investigated differences in metamotivational dominance among adolescents who engaged i... more This study investigated differences in metamotivational dominance among adolescents who engaged in different amounts of substance use, specifically, whether students who labeled themselves as ‘heavy’ alcohol consumers or cigarette smokers would be more Paratelic and Negativism Dominant than those who labeled themselves ‘nondrinkers’ or ‘nonsmokers.’ 93 secondary school students (Years 9 and 10) participated in the study (68 boys, 25 girls). One-way analyses of variance indicated self-labeled heavy drinkers scored significantly more Paratelic Dominant than nondrinkers, while heavy smokers scored significantly more Paratelic and Negativism Dominant than nonsmokers. Paratelic Dominant adolescents who reported engaging in heavy smoking may have done so because smoking is defined by society as a risky behaviour and so provides arousal. Education and preventive programs that focus on health hazards of smoking may, in fact, increase the likelihood of this behaviour by both individuals who ...
... Page 2. Offering a convincing explanation of why people in Northern Ireland feel and behave a... more ... Page 2. Offering a convincing explanation of why people in Northern Ireland feel and behave as they do. Northern Ireland: A Psychological Analysis draws on modern social psychology to put forward a thought.provoking view of the troubled province's conflicts and tensions. ...