Abstract Accurately predicting inpatient aggression is an important endeavor. The current study investigated inpatient aggression over
a six-month time period in a sample of 152 male forensic patients. We assessed constructs of psychopathy, anger, and active
symptoms of mental illness and tested their ability to predict reactive and instrumental aggression. Across all levels of
analyses, anger and active symptoms of mental illness predicted reactive aggression. Traits of psychopathy, which demonstrated
no relationship to reactive aggression, were a robust predictor of instrumental aggression. This study (a) reestablishes psychopathy
as a clinically useful construct in predicting inpatient instrumental aggression, (b) provides some validation for the reactive/instrumental
aggression paradigm in forensic inpatients, and (c) makes recommendations for integrating risk assessment results into treatment
interventions.
Content Type Journal Article
Category Original Article
DOI 10.1007/s10979-008-9155-7
Authors
Michael J. Vitacco, Mendota Mental Health Institute Madison WI USA
Gregory J. Van Rybroek, Mendota Mental Health Institute Madison WI USA
Jill E. Rogstad, University of North Texas Denton TX USA
Laura E. Yahr, The University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI USA
James D. Tomony, Mendota Mental Health Institute Madison WI USA
Emily Saewert, Mendota Mental Health Institute Madison WI USA
Abstract Miranda vocabulary forms the essential foundation for Miranda comprehension and subsequent decisions to exercise or waive
Miranda rights. The purpose of the current study is the development of the Miranda Vocabulary Scale (MVS), designed to evaluate
key vocabulary words found in Miranda warnings and waivers across American jurisdictions. A preliminary list of MVS words
was refined by expert ratings and by each word’s discriminability between failed and good Miranda comprehension. Miranda and
other measures were collected at multiple sites on 376 pretrial defendants. With further refinements, the MVS is composed
of 36 words with excellent scale homogeneity and interrater reliability (r = .99). It also demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity for cognitive abilities and psychological impairment.
Content Type Journal Article
Category Original Article
DOI 10.1007/s10979-008-9159-3
Authors
Richard Rogers, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Lisa L. Hazelwood, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Kenneth W. Sewell, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Hayley L. Blackwood, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Jill E. Rogstad, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Kimberly S. Harrison, University of North Texas Department of Psychology P.O. Box 311280 Denton TX 76203-1280 USA
Abstract This article examines the debate on whether to analyse ‘honour crimes’ as gender-based violence, or as cultural tradition,
and the effects of either stance on protection from and prevention of these crimes. In particular, the article argues that
the categorisation of honour-related violence as primarily cultural ignores its position within the wider spectrum of gender
violence, and may result in a number of unfortunate side-effects, including lesser protection of the rights of women within
minority communities, and the stigmatisation of those communities. At the same time it is problematic to completely dismiss
any cultural aspects of violence against women, and a nuanced approach is required which carefully balances the benefits and
detriments of taking cultural factors into account. The article examines the issues within the context of the legal response
to cases involving honour-related violence, arguing that although the judiciary has in a number of cases inclined towards
viewing ‘honour’ as primarily cultural rather than patriarchal, in some cases they have begun to take a more gender-based
or ‘mature multiculturalism’ approach.
Content Type Journal Article
DOI 10.1007/s10691-008-9098-x
Authors
Rupa Reddy, University of London School of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies Russell Square London WC1H 0XG UK
Abstract In her lecture, ‘Are women peaceful?’, Professor Hilary Charlesworth outlines what she perceives to be the current orthodoxies
of the international women and conflict discourse. These include assumptions that women are natural peace-builders, suffer
more from conflict, have a right to participate in peace processes, and that gender should be mainstreamed. Based on Charlesworth’s
analysis, the authors argue that wars and peace processes are inherently gendered affairs and as a consequence a focus on
equality or mainstreaming of gender remains challenging. The authors also note that although equality is a useful platform
for ensuring women’s participation in peace processes, feminists should not expect equality arguments to do more than they
were designed to do, that is, to ensure seats for women at decision-making tables. Ensuring that women can put forth their
concerns and that they are listened to demands a different set of tools.
Content Type Journal Article
DOI 10.1007/s10691-008-9102-5
Authors
Sari Kouvo, International Centre for Transitional Justice Place du jeu de balle 51 bte 12b BE-1000 Brussels Belgium
Abstract This paper examines the way that women’s relationship to peace is constructed in international institutions and international
law. It identifies a set of claims about women and peace that are typically made and considers these in light of women’s experience
in the conflicts in Bougainville, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.
Content Type Journal Article
DOI 10.1007/s10691-008-9101-6
Authors
Hilary Charlesworth, The Australian National University Regulatory Institutions Network, College of Asia and the Pacific, RSPAS Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
Abstract This paper focuses on successful reform strategies invoked in parts of the Muslim world to address issues of gender inequality
in the context of Islamic personal law. It traces the development of personal status laws in Tunisia and Morocco, exploring
the models they offer in initiating equality-enhancing reforms in Bangladesh, where a secular and equality-based reform approach
conflicts with Islamic-based conservatism. Recent landmark family law reforms in Morocco show the possibility of achieving
‘women-friendly’ reforms within an Islamic legal framework. Moreover, the Tunisian Personal Status Code, with its successive
reforms, shows that a gender equality-based model of personal law can be successfully integrated into the Muslim way of life.
This study examines the response of Muslim societies to equality-based reforms and differences in approach in initiating them.
The paper maps these sometimes competing approaches, locating them within contemporary feminist debates related to gender
equality in the East and West.
Content Type Journal Article
DOI 10.1007/s10691-008-9099-9
Authors
Nowrin Tamanna, University of Reading School of Law Foxhill House, Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BA UK
