The meaning of work: Conceptualizing the deterrent effect of employment on crime among young adults

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A study is conducted to examine the influence of employment characteristics and other age-appropriate investments on young adults' participation in both violent and property crime. The findings suggest that quality of employment has a stronger influence on individuals' involvement in both economic and noneconomic criminal behavior than do income, job stability, educational achievement and a variety of background factors.

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained? Conceptualizing social movement "success" in the lesbian and gay movement

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A multidimensional framework for understanding movement effects that includes political, mobilization and cultural outcomes is employed and expanded. Comparison between lesbian and gay efforts is done to decriminalize sodomy and examine the conditions under which activists strive for different sorts of goals.

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The social psychology of tokenism: status and homophily processes on Wall Street

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The role of homophily preferences and status expectations in affecting gender inequality in the securities industry is examined. Reward structures, job promotions and allocation of clients are important points that are focused.

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