CJ 605 Spring 06:

Sequence of Topics and Readings

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DATE OF LAST UPDATE: 4/18/06

Sequence
The sequence of topics and readings, as best as I can predict them at this point, appear below. All of this is subject to change depending upon numerous factors, including el Nino. The readings and assignments are for the week they are DUE.

You will see that next to each reading are some codes.

CD =  on a CD that will be distributed. These are usually PDf or htm files.
CLICK HERE = ON THE DEDICATED WEBSITE - accessible from your browser

Files that begin with HLML refer to note files I have generated; these are available online.
 

For the main texts:
R&B = Raudenbush and Bryk
RBCC=Raudenbush, Bryk, Cheong,Congdon,DuToit

For the recommended texts:
K&DL = Kreft and deLeeuw
S&B = Snijders and Bosker

Class Date

Topics / Readings  DUE on this week

1/19 Monopoly in Atlantic City. Hello. What we are about. How to get ready for this course. How to create space for this course in your life and not lose your mind.

1/26

Current issues in neighborhood effects;  how to create an aggregate file in SPSS and conduct your own contextual analysis;  audit functions in secondary data analysis; 

  1. Sampson et al. (2002) Assessing neighborhood effects (W)

  2. Arnold, C. L. (1992). "An Introduction to hierarchical linear models." Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 25: 58-90. (You want to get on Academic Search Premier and print out this article)

  3. HLML00CC.PDF (W) - please read over regression examples carefully; answer questions in the text

  4. R&B: 1 - 10

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

2/2

Review of aggregation procedure and results; understanding the aggregation problem; theoretical and statistical implications; statistical power questions
HLM SUBMODEL 1:  the one-way anova via HLM; steps to creating the HLM file; interpreting output

READ

  1. Thorndike, G. L. (1939) (W) CLICK HERE
  2. Liska, A. E. (1990) (CD)         CLICK HERE
  3.  Brown (2002) Review of perceptions of police CLICK HERE
  4. R&B: 16-24;38-41; 69-72 
  5. HLML01.PDF (W)
  6. RBCC 1-49
  7. RECOMMENDED:
    K&DL 22-29;
    S&B 6-16;
    Engel, Calnon, Bernard (2002) Review of racial profiling CLICK HERE; or on (CD)
     

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

2/09

HLM SUBMODEL 1: One-way ANOVA with random effects ROUND 2: intraclass correlation; the statistical test; thinking about local sentiment

READ:

  1. Engel (2004) EMPIRICAL STUDY on racial profiling CLICK HERE; (CD)
  2. Tyler (1980) Procedural Justice CLICK HERE
  3. Tyler (2004) on incivilities and being profiled and police attitudes (CD)
  4. Liska, A. E. (1990) (CD)         CLICK HERE    (Yes, it is assigned again to encourage you to review!)

RECOMMENDED:

  1. K&DL: 9-10

  2. S&B: 16-18; 45-47

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

2/16

HLM SUBMODEL 2: One-way ANCOVA with random effects; more on race and class and police

READ

  1. Duncan et al. (2003) (read only THROUGH p. 249) (CD)

  2. Henderson and Cullen (1997) perceptions of racial injustice (CD)

  3. Tuch and Weitzer (1997) Race differences in attitudes toward police, Public Opinion Quarterly (CD)

  4. Weitzer and Tuch (1999) Race and class and perceptions of police Crime and Delinquency (CD)

  5. HLML02BB (W)

  6. HLML03BB (W)

  7. HLML04DD (W)

RECOMMENDED: K&DL, 30-32

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

2/23

HLM SUBMODEL 2: One-way ANCOVA with random effects: ROUND 2
Looking at a local study and a couple of national studies, and an HLM example

READ:

  1. Sunshine and Tyler (2003) Law and Society Review Procedural legitimacy (CD)
  2. Huang (1995) Views of police from a national sample (CD) This is from Flanagan, T. J., & Longmire, D. R. (1996). Americans view crime and justice: A National public opinion survey. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  3. HLM EXAMPLE: Reisig and Parks (2000) Justice Quarterly HLM and models of police satisfaction (CD)
     

  QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

3/2

HLM SUBMODEL 3: Random coefficients regression model
Short, in-class quiz
3/9 Panama City / Daytona Beach Spring Break

3/16

HLM SUBMODEL 4 and maybe the full model: MAOR and IASAO
READ:

  1. HLML05CC

  2. HLM Example: Sampson and Bartusch (1998) Law and Society Review Legal cynicism  (CD)

  3. R&B: 99-107

  QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

3/23

HLM FULL MODEL: Intercepts and Slopes as Outcomes (IASAO); what does it mean to predict varying slopes?

READ:

  1. HLM EXAMPLE: Sampson, Raudenbush and Earls (1997) Science Collective efficacy (CD)

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week 
3/30

More on the full model: Conceptual and empirical questions: Varying slopes at LI; predicting LI slopes with LII variables. What does this mean?

READ:

  1. Thinking conceptually about integrating geography: Morenoff (2003) American Journal of Sociology (CD)

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

4/6

 The general probability model: Binary and count outcomes and a fear example using the full model (IASAO)

READ:
  1. HLML015
  2. HLM Example: Rountree, 1996, Social Forces (CD)
  3. R&B: 291-317

 QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

4/13

The cross-classified model - special guest speaker; also: Residuals: Doing Diagnostics; Variables in the file; Plots you want to generate;

Read:

  1. R&B: 132-134; 252-283

  2. HLML09BB

  3. HLML10BB

  4. HLM Example: Silver and Miller (2004) Police satisfaction and neighborhood control (CD)

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

4/20

Changes over time; implications for evaluation

READ:

  1. HLML06BB (W)

  2. R&B: 160-200

  3. Ulmer on sentencing -  CLICK HERE

Recommended

  1. HLM EXample: Robinson et al (2004) (CD)

QUESTIONS to consider while you read
Your assignment  for next week

4/27

POSTER SESSION

If we get time:

A host of last minute items: meta analysis via HLM; weighting; multiparameter tests

  1. HLM12BB (W)

  2. HLM14BB (W)

5/1 IS LAST DAY OF SCHEDULED CLASSES. 5/2 AND 5/3 ARE STUDIES. EXAMS BEGIN ON 5/4

5/4

 SECOND IN-CLASS EXAM

5/10

Final Examination Period:  final version of paper due