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Who Knows Best What the Next Year Will Hold for You? The Validity of Direct and Personality‐based Predictions of Future Life Experiences Across Different Perceivers

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels, Johannes Zimmermann, Daniel Leising, Jan‐Erik Lönnqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacterium Exopolysaccharide, Biological, and Nutritional Evaluation of Probiotic Formulated Fermented Coconut Beverage

International Journal of Food Science
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs), produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), play a crucial role in enhancing the texture and stability of yoghurt by forming a protective matrix that helps to maintain its rheological and sensory characteristics.
Bukola Christianah Adebayo-Tayo, Bukola Rachael Ogundele, Oladeji Aderibigbe Ajani, Olusola Ademola Olaniyi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of Sexual Behavior and Health in German Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individuals housed in prisons or forensic hospitals experience significant restrictions on their sexual rights. There is a lack of data on how sexual behavior and sexual health of institutionalized persons are managed and to what extent they are based on shared guidelines or decisions of the individual staff.
Hanna H. Hanss, Susanne Bründl, Maria Krasnova, Johannes Fuss   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is increased hepatitis C virus case-finding combined with current or 8-week to 12-week direct-acting antiviral therapy cost-effective in UK prisons? A prevention benefit analysis [PDF]

, 2016
UNLABELLED: Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), but case-finding may not have been cost-effective because treatment often exceeded average prison stay combined with a lack of continuity of care. We assessed the cost-effectiveness
Brew, Iain F., Hickman, Mathew, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Irving, William L., Mandal, Sema, Martin, Natasha K., Miners, Alec, O'Moore, Eamonn, Saksena, Sushma, Vickerman, Peter, Williamson, Joan   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Pareto in Prison

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan, Joshua S. Long, Matthew W. Logan, Frank Benton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks

Public Health in Practice, 2021
Covid-19 cases and death are on the rise in Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries. This increase poses a major risk of outbreaks in institutions such as prisons and detention centers.
Solomon Mukwenha, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Munyaradzi P. Mapingure, Godfrey Musuka   +3 more
doaj  

Bias in Sentencing Men for Sexual Offenses Against Minors: Male Victims Bring More Punitive Sentences Than Female Victims

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior theoretical and empirical research examining the influence of sex on sentencing has been primarily concerned with the sex of the offender, as opposed to the victim. The present study drew on a convenience sample of males (n = 1190) in state and federal correctional facilities across the country, examining minimum sentences in relation to
Shawn M. Rolfe, Bruce Rind, Thomas K. Hubbard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives and Challenges in the Analysis of Prison Systems Data: A Systematic Mapping [PDF]

2021, 2021
Context: Open public data enable different stakeholders to perform analysis and uncover information from different perspectives. The identification and analysis of data from prison systems is not a trivial task. It raises the need for the research community to know how these data have been produced and used.
arxiv  

What\u27s Going on in Our Prisons? [PDF]

, 2016
Additional governmental oversight is urgently needed to truly change the culture of a system that holds 53,000 inmates across 54 prisons in New York State.
Mushlin, Michael B.
core   +1 more source

Association of Self‐Rated Attribution of Blame for Criminal Acts and of Psychiatric Symptoms Among Patients Undergoing Specialist Forensic Psychiatric Treatment in Japan

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Treatment goals for offenders with mental disorders include restoring and maintaining health, establishing social participation and preventing negative outcomes, including further offending. The development of patient insight into their prior offences may facilitate their reintegration into society and prevent further harms. Aims To
Ikuko Arakawa, Noriomi Kuroki, Hidehiko Takahashi, Takayuki Okada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source