Americans have been shown to attribute greater intentionality to immoral than to amoral actions in cases of causal deviance, that is, cases where a goal is satisfied in a way that deviates from initially planned means (e.g., a gunman wants to hit a target and his hand slips, but the bullet ricochets off a rock into the target). However, past research has yet to assess whether this asymmetry per...

While technological innovations over the last thirty years have markedly improved the ways in which people communicate and gather information, these advances have also led to computer crimes and related deviance becoming permanent fixtures in our society. In an effort to curtail internet offending, it is important for academics and practitioners alike to better understand why some individuals e...

Baker and Bray (1) continue Bray’s thoughtful development of a particular Bayesian age-period-cohort model for cancer rate projections. This model has an elegant formulation and has brought to the forefront a Bayesian interpretation of cancer projections. However, we feel that there are more appropriate models for cancer rate projections. Why? The Bayesian age-period-cohort model suffers from v...

The Static-99 is the most commonly used actuarial risk assessment tool for the prediction of sexual recidivism. In addition, the use of psychopathy and sexual deviance has been common in assessing sexual offenders, based on research suggesting that these factors have predictive validity. It has also become common practice to modify risk assessments based on the Static-99/99R because of the pres...

PROFILING LEADERS: USING A PROFILING APPROACH TO EXAMINE THEEFFECTS OF MULTIFACTOR LEADERSHIP ON FOLLOWER DEVIANCEKEVIN T. WYNNEAugust 2012Advisor: Boris B. Baltes, PhDMajor: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)Degree: Master of ArtsResearchers are only beginning to understand how leadership types affectimportant organizational outcomes at the individual le...

Auditory deviance detection in humans is indexed by the mismatch negativity (MMN), a component of the auditory evoked potential (AEP) of the electroencephalogram (EEG) occurring at a latency of 100-250 ms after stimulus onset. However, by using classic oddball paradigms, differential responses to regularity violations of simple auditory features have been found at the level of the middle latenc...

Using data of Chinese A-share non-financial listed companies spanning years 2003–2018, we examine whether a firm’s business strategy that deviates from industry conventions influences corporate governance mechanisms, particularly the probability choosing high-quality external auditors. We document significantly positive correlation between strategic deviance and auditor engagement. The exacerba...