Aileen
1. Over the summer, I was re-reading John Laubs’ article on turning points and youth crime, In his work he uses a life course approach to look at juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice. By way of Cristopher Uggens blog on I’ve discovered that he has been appointed director of the National Institute of Justice director by Obama. Fergal, you’d probably be interested in both his work and that blog.
2. A graph for Oisin. The congressional budget office has released figures on the distribution of workers annual earnings between 1979 and 2007.
The article concentrates on continued differences between male and female earnings. The graphs are also interesting in showing that the rich are indeed getting richer (and these are just measures of earnings, not wealth).
3. I’m back doing research on working time, so plan to use this blog to note things of interest as I come across them. Here’s the first. The European Pilots Association organised protests on Monday, arguing that EU rules which allow for a minimum of 14 hours a day flight time are dangerous. I notice also, in the way of EU soft laws, national safety bodies are allowed, as in Britain, to authorise longer shifts.
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Its funny that you post 3.
My housemate is the political campaigner for BALPA and is overseeing much of that campaign. Why are you researching it?
I’m sure he could fill you in on whatever you need to know.
Posted 10 Oct 2009 at 4:20 am ¶Your article and analysis are fascinating and have seeds of merit. However, I have discovered an incredible article attacking correctional facility sociologists and social workers at: http://www.helium.com/items/1610566-why-prison-inmate-rehabilitation-is-not-succeeding
This article and its author should be condemned!
Posted 10 Oct 2009 at 7:18 pm ¶That’s an interesting connection Oisin. At the back of my head someday, I’d like to write something about trade union struggles around working time. It’s my sneaky way of getting out of the field of work organisation and into industrial relations.
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