Bibliography of Vital Statistics in Australia: a Third List

This list brings up to date the references in my "Bibliography of Vital Statistics in Australia and New Zealand" Austral. J. Statist. 6 (1964) 33–99 and the "Bibliography of Vital Statistics in Australia: a second list" ibid (1973) 1–26. The cover of the Journals remains the same as listed on page 33 of the original bibliography and continues up to the end of 1980 in most cases. As mentioned in the second list, there are few references to New Zealand sources because of the publication of the bibliography of Dr. J. W. Donovan. Some references are given to works devoted to the health of the aboriginal population but this field is more completely done by Moodie & Pedersen (1971).     

Perpetrators of sexual crime: What every social work student should know

This article argues that teaching concerning the perpetrators of sexual crimes against children should form an essential part of every diploma in social work course. Input which focuses only on the victims of such crime condones an essentially reactive response to one of the major concerns of our society. Social workers need to understand the modus operandi of perpetrators if they are able to recognise potentially abusive situations and work in a preventative way. Additionally, the methods of intervention currently being employed by the various treatment programmes can inform other areas of theory and practice, and consequently form links with a number of the broader aims and objectives of social work training. Thus in this article preventative work, adolescent perpetrators, the relationship between theory and practice, the transferability of knowledge and skills, and anti-oppressive practice are all considered.     

A diagnostic analysis of the impact of forecast errors on production planning via MRP system nervousness

Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of forecast errors on the performance of a multi-product, multilevel production planning system via MRP system nervousness. The accuracy of forecasting methods was at one time a major concern of production scheduling and inventory control. However, with the advent of material requirements planning (MRP) systems, the significance of selecting an accurate forecasting method has diminished. Inaccurate forecast results are taken as a fact of life in production planning. Instead of attempting to develop an accurate forecasting method, efforts have been devoted towards providing an appropriate buffering method ai the master production schedule level or on the shop floor level to counteract fluctuations in demand. MRP is capable of rescheduling planned orders as well as open orders to restore the priority integrity after the disruptive changes of forecast errors occur. Nevertheless, excessive rescheduling may lead to a problem, generally referred to as system nervousness. This study investigates this problem by means of a computer simulation model. The results show that the presence of forecasi     

Developing Assessment Procedures and Assessing Two Models of Escalation Behavior among Community College Administrators

Escalation behavior occurs when individual decision-makers repeatedly invest time, money, and other resources into a failing project. A conceptual model of escalation behavior based on project, organizational, social and psychological forces was developed, and a 75-item measurement instrument was constructed to assess the various dimensions. The model was tested using data collected from a random sample of North Carolina Community College administrators. A LISREL measurement model analysis provided support for the four escalation forces. Two structural models were tested, leading to support for a mediational model for escalation behavior. The most important contributor to Escalation was the Psychological force.     

Bridging the gap: feminist theory and practice reality in work with the perpetrators of child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse has been a focus of concern for feminist writers for over a decade, and social work and probation practitioners are spending an increasing amount of time undertaking intervention with men who sexually abuse children. This paper uses a review of feminist literature which identifies three contested areas in the feminist discussion: theory, power and the fixity of gender, and discusses whether these debates are reflected in any way in the interventions being undertaken with men who sexually abuse children. The conclusion reached is of a distance between theory which draws on a radical patriarchal analysis of child sexual abuse and the practice of those who attempt to work with the perpetrators of such abuse. Although some workers frame their intervention in terms of a patriarchal understanding of society and of the nature of power within this – to this extent following a radical feminist approach – there is a sense in which practitioners' use of feminist theory is only partial. Thus feminist theory is often presented as unitary and there is a sense in which practitioners who say they are espousing feminism are not in touch with the subtleties of feminist analysis revealed in the literature review. In addition, the logic of the radical feminist perspective is not followed through in practice as there is evidence of a sensitivity to difference which may be aligning practitioners with a post-modern/post-structural interpretation of men's sexual violence towards children.