Papers by Matthew McKeever
Social Science Quarterly
Objective. This paper clarifies the reasons for the inconsistent relationships reported in previo... more Objective. This paper clarifies the reasons for the inconsistent relationships reported in previous research between measures of environmental concern and standard demographic predictors. It calls attention to the specific trade-offs and implicit comparisons that are associated with the different ways environmental issues are framed in questionnaire items (trade-offs between environmental protection and economic growth or the size of government, assessments of pollution at local and statewide levels, participation in pro-environmental behaviors, global threats and humanity-nature relationships). Methods. We combined the data from four biennial Texas-wide surveys and regressed eight demographic variables on each of twenty-one repeated measures of environmental attitudes. Results. Reliable relationships across the different ways of measuring environmental concern were found for education and age. This was much less true for gender, religiosity, and ethnicity. Income, size of town, and...
Sociological Inquiry, 1999
The complex variety of experiences that characterize the current wave of immigration have prompte... more The complex variety of experiences that characterize the current wave of immigration have prompted revisions in the classic model of straight-line assimilation; the most important alternative theory is based on the concept of "segmented assimilation. This paper assesses the validity of these two perspectives with data on three generations of Hispanic immigrants in Houston. Contrary to the standard assimilation model, thirdgeneration Hispanics are not staying in school longer, nor are they earning higher wages than members of the second generation. But contrary to the segmented-assimilation model, third-generation Hispanics also give no evidence at all of having assimilated into an "adversarial" culture that rejects mainstream American values and is presumably responsible for restricting their upward mobility. The data reaffirm the pivotal role of education in determining occupational mobility, and they point to the importance of identifying the external societal factors that account for the stalled progress in educational achievement among third-generation Hispanic Americans.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2005
... In 1969, in an attempt to convert New York prisons from custodial institutions to rehabilitat... more ... In 1969, in an attempt to convert New York prisons from custodial institutions to rehabilitativefacilities, the Governor's ... but the chances for post-release employment and further education after release were also enhanced by post-secondary correctional education according to ...
The China Quarterly, 2007
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