
Ivory Tower of Babel
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- Intro
- CONTENTS
- I N T R O D U C T I O N
- BABYLONIANS, SCHOLARS AND TOWER BUILDING
- C H A P T E R 1
- JESSE JACKSON VS. THE PROFESSORS
- THE IMPACT PROBLEM
- THE KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM
- ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING SOCIAL SCIENCE
- WHAT'S AT STAKE?
- C H A P T E R 2
- SHOULD SOCIAL SCIENCE FIX THE WORLD?
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
- RECENT EVENTS
- C H A P T E R 3
- THE ATTACK ON POSITIVISM
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF CRITICISM
- STILL ALIVE AND KICKING
- C H A P T E R 4
- THE RISE OF NEOTERIC POSITIVISM
- STRAW-MAN ARGUMENTS
- RUMORS OF POSITIVISM'S DEATH EXAGGERATED
- EXPLAINING THE PERSISTENCE OF POSITIVISM
- NEOTERIC POSITIVISM
- DOCTRINE OF PROBABILISTIC SOCIAL ACTION
- RECONCILIATION
- C H A P T E R 5
- CRIMINOLOGY AND THE CRIME PROBLEM
- NOTHING WORKS REVISITED
- THE ECONOMETRIC CRIME MODEL
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF DETERRENCE RESEARCH
- INSTRUMENTAL VS. EXPRESSIVE CRIMES
- THE END OF REHABILITATION
- THE CRISIS OF RELEVANCE IN CRIMINOLOGY
- IMPACT OF CRIMINOLOGY
- C H A P T E R 6
- MEDIA VIOLENCE, CHOMSKY AND ANOTHER PLENARY
- RESEARCH ON VIOLENT PROGRAMMING
- IMPACT OF RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY
- MEDIA SCHOLARS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM
- ANOTHER PLENARY
- RESEARCH VS. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- STAGE FRIGHT AND BETA BLOCKERS
- FAILURES AND EXPLANATIONS
- C H A P T E R 7
- IMPACT OF OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
- THE MCCALL-WEBER PROJECT
- IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE BETTER THAN NONE
- C H A P T E R 8
- DU BOIS AND FINDINGS FROM POLICY STUDIES RESEARCH
- RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
- WHY IS SOCIAL SCIENCE POLITICALLY IMPOTENT?
- C O N C L U S I O N
- SOLVING THE IMPACT PROBLEM
- SIXTEEN RECOMMENDATIONS
- WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF REAL CHANGE?
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- AUTHOR NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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