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COVID-19 and Social Control by Chriss, James J

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought into relief and tension the delicate balancing act modern governments must strike in assuring individual liberties…”
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Improving Drug Courts: A Preliminary Study by Chriss, James J, Tedor, Miyuki F

“…Since the early 1980s, specialized problem-solving courts known as drug courts emerged in the United States as a response to the backlog of drug and…”
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Weber’s Protestant Ethic Thesis in Five Steps by James, Murunga

“…As a result of many years of reading about and teaching Max Weber’s famous Protestant Ethic thesis, I have developed an approach to covering this material in…”
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La tesis de la ética protestante de Weber en cinco pasos by Chriss, James J

“…Como resultado de muchos anos de leer y ensenar la famosa tesis de la ética protestante de Max Weber, he desarrollado un enfoque para cubrir este material,…”
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Art and Sociology: Thoughts on Staubmann’s Efforts by Chriss, James J.

“…In this essay I review Helmut Staubmann’s book Sociology in a New Key , which seeks to reorient sociological work through a new attention to and appreciation…”
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Goffman, Parsons, and the Negational Self by Chriss, James J

“…Erving Goffman’s emphasis on impression management in everyday life means that for the most part persons offer only partial or incomplete glimpses of…”
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Social Control: Informal, Legal and Medical by Chriss, James J, Deflem, Mathieu

“…Explains and conceptualizes social control in its diversity. This title includes treatments of informal control (socialization, group formation and the…”
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My Son the Poet by Chriss, James J.

“…The "strange beginnings" of my poem parallels the strangeness I feel delving into autobiography to provide back ground on where and why this poem emerged. Born…”
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Nudging and Social Marketing by Chriss, James J.

“…Ideally, the goals a society pursues are predicated on a voluntary consensus of the citenzenry who through their actions in the private and public spheres…”
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The Functions of The Social Bond by Chriss, James J.

“…Travis Hirschi's control or social bonding theory argues that those persons who have strong and abiding attachments to conventional society (in the form of…”
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Review Essay: Addams, Ward et al. American Sociology Past to Present: Louise W. Knight, Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 582 pp. ISBN 0—226—44699—9 (hbk). Craig Calhoun, Sociology in America: A History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 913 pp. 0—226—09095—7 (pbk) by Chriss, James J.

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The Place of Lester Ward among the Sociological Classics by Chriss, James J.

“…Although there is a thriving industry of classical sociology within the discipline of sociology, not much attention has been focused on the early American…”
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Giddings and the Social Mind by Chriss, James J.

“…The idea of a social (or general) mind was prevalent in early American sociology from the 1880s through about the 1910s. As a concept, the social mind served…”
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Social control revisited by Chriss, James J.

“…Back in 2005 lawyers for the Milwaukee school board decided to exclude Viagra and similar erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs from health coverage for the…”
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Improving Drug Courts - A Preliminary Study by Chriss, James J, Tedor, Miyuki

“…Since the early 1980s, specialized problem-solving courts known as drug courts emerged in the United States as a response to the backlog of drug and…”
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The social control of sex and food: A brief overview by Chriss, James J.

“…The concept of social control was formalized with the establishment of sociology as a scientific discipline in America in the last two decades of the 19th…”
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The perils of risk assessment by Chriss, James J

“…Chriss examines Peter Lawler's article Communism Today, focusing on an idea that both communism and libertarianism share, namely, that with the withering away…”
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Gouldner's Tragic Vision by Chriss, James J.

“…Classical literature, specifically ancient Greek philosophy and especially the study of Greek tragedy, is helpful in tracing out and understanding the…”
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Influence, Nudging, and Beyond: Cass R. Sunstein, Why Nudge? The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014, 195pp, $25.00. ISBN: 978–0300197860 by Chriss, James J.

“…Nudging is a form of soft paternalism whereby governments manipulate the choice architectures of citizens to steer them toward desired outcomes (including…”
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Influence, Nudging, and Beyond by Chriss, James J

“…Nudging is a form of soft paternalism whereby governments manipulate the choice architectures of citizens to steer them toward desired outcomes (including…”
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