School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
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Item Childhood Reports of Food Neglect and Impulse Control Problems and Violence in Adulthood(MDPI AG, 2018-06-01) Vaughn, M. G.; Salas-Wright, C. P.; Naeger, S.; Huang, J.; Piquero, Alex R.; 0000 0001 2098 3962 (Piquero, AR); 2088022 (Piquero, AR); Piquero, Alex R.Food insecurity and hunger during childhood are associated with an array of developmental problems in multiple domains, including impulse control problems and violence. Unfortunately, extant research is based primarily on small convenience samples and an epidemiological assessment of the hunger-violence link is lacking. The current study employed data from Wave 1 (2001-2002) andWave 2 (2004-2005) of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). The NESARC is a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized U.S. residents aged 18 years and older. Participants who experienced frequent hunger during childhood had significantly greater impulsivity, worse self-control, and greater involvement in several forms of interpersonal violence. These effects were stronger among whites, Hispanics, and males. The findings support general theoretical models implicating impulse control problems as a key correlate of crime and violence and add another facet to the importance of ameliorating food neglect in the United States. © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Item Red States and Black Lives: Applying the Racial Threat Hypothesis to the Black Lives Matter Movement(Routledge, 2018-11-05) Updegrove, Alexander H.; Cooper, Maisha N.; Orrick, Erin A.; Piquero, Alex R.; 0000 0001 2098 3962 (Piquero, AR); 2088022 (Piquero, AR); Piquero, Alex R.Despite increased media attention, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has received little scholarly attention. News coverage of BLM is often divisive, which suggests important differences may exist in how the public views BLM. Within the context of the racial threat perspective, the present study uses a nationally representative sample of 2,114 individuals from 33 states and the District of Columbia to identify state- and individual-level predictors of BLM opposition. Results reveal that older, Republican, and conservative men are more likely to oppose BLM, while Blacks and individuals who perceive their local police to exhibit racial biases against Blacks are less likely to oppose BLM. State-level racial threat variables are largely nonsignificant, but states with more fatal police shootings are less likely to oppose BLM, while states where the Republican candidate won a greater percentage of the vote in the 2012 presidential election are more likely to oppose BLM.