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Not everyone complies with the United States Internal Revenue Code.
Many individuals and organizations fail to file timely tax returns,
assess their tax liability correctly, or pay taxes when due. To
improve compliance, tax administrators must choose among
alternative strategies, such as increasing evaders' risks of
punishment, motivating social norms, and making compliance easier.
Concerned with these choices, the IRS asked the National Academy to
assess previous research on the determinants of taxpayer compliance
and to highlight the most promising areas for future research. The
Academy's panel authored the two-volume Taxpayer Compliance. Volume
I presents the panel's report, which critically reviews previous
research on the subject, reaches conclusions about the findings,
and recommends future research programs to fill gaps in knowledge.
The report also recommends ways to maintain and develop the
intellectual, financial, and data resources devoted to taxpayer
compliance research. Volume I presents the panel's report, which
critically reviews previous research on the subject, reaches
conclusions about the findings and recommends future research
programs to fill gaps in knowledge. The report also recommends ways
to maintain and develop the intellectual, financial, and data
resources devoted to taxpayer compliance research. Taxpayer
Compliance will be a valuable reference for tax practitioners and
others concerned with noncompliance problems, and for scholars and
students of law and sociology, political science, social
psychology, and economics.
Not everyone complies with the United States Internal Revenue Code.
Many individuals and organizations fail to file timely tax returns,
assess their tax liability correctly, or pay taxes when due. To
improve compliance, tax administrators must choose among
alternative strategies, such as increasing evaders' risks of
punishment, motivating social norms, and making compliance easier.
Concerned with these choices, the IRS asked the National Academy to
assess previous research on the determinants of taxpayer compliance
and to highlight the most promising areas for future research. The
Academy's panel authored the two-volume Taxpayer Compliance. Volume
2 is a collection of eight background papers commissioned by the
panel. They present novel theories and research ideas proposed by
scholars from many social sciences to improve the understanding of
taxpayer compliance. The varied topics addressed include: the
political and institutional context of the American tax system; a
typology of noncompliance; a study of the way the visibility of
noncompliance affects patterns of taxpaying in the house-painting
profession; and theories of ways tax practitioners may affect their
clients' compliance. These papers not only illustrate for a general
audience what various disciplines can add to knowledge but also
suggest for specialized researchers the opportunities that taxpayer
compliance offers for extending and testing the theories of their
disciplines. Taxpayer Compliance will be a valuable reference for
tax practitioners and others concerned with noncompliance problems,
and for scholars and students of law and sociology, political
science, social psychology, and economics.
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Understanding and Preventing Violence, v. 3 - Social Influences (Paperback)
Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council; Volume editing by Albert J. Reiss, …
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This volume examines social influences on violent events and
violent behavior, particularly concentrating on how the risks of
violent criminal offending and victimization are influenced by
communities, social situations, and individuals; the role of
spouses and intimates; the differences in violence levels between
males and females; and the roles of psychoactive substances in
violent events.
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Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals," - Volume II (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Panel on Research on Criminal Careers; Edited by …
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Volume II takes an in-depth look at the various aspects of criminal
careers, including the relationship of alcohol and drug abuse to
criminal careers, co-offending influences on criminal careers,
issues in the measurement of criminal careers, accuracy of
prediction models, and ethical issues in the use of criminal career
information in making decisions about offenders.
This volume contains commissioned reviews of research on biological
influences on violent or aggressive behavior. The areas reviewed
include genetic contributions to the probability of violent and
related behaviors; brain structure and functioning as implicated in
aggressive behavior; the roles of hormonal and neurological
interactions in violent behavior; the neurochemistry of violence
and aggression and its implications for the management of those
behaviors; and dietary influences on violent behavior. Table of
Contents Front Matter GENETIC MECHANISMS STUDIES OF HUMANS STUDIES
OF ANIMALS Steroids Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin
(5-Hydroxytryptamine) Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - Benzodiazepine
Receptors NEUROANATOMIC APPROACH NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC APPROACH
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC APPROACH NEUROIMAGING APPROACH HYPOGLYCEMIA,
DIET, AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR REFERENCES ANIMAL STUDIES INTRODUCTION
CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES GENETICS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS Juvenile
Antisocial Behavior NORWEGIAN TWIN STUDY Danish Twin Study Danish
Adoption Studies Swedish Adoption Study Iowa Adoption Studies:
Cadoret VIOLENCE AND HUMAN GENETICS Summary and Critical Overview
of the Results PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE HUMAN GENETIC RESEARCH
SOCIOBIOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, AND VIOLENCE GENETICS, RACE, AND
VIOLENCE REFERENCES The Neurobiology of Violence and Aggression
FELINE MODELS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ELICITED BY BRAIN STIMULATION
ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CAT Afferent
Connections Efferent Connections Afferent Connections
LIMBIC-MIDBRAIN MODULATION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CAT
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: THE OPIOID PEPTIDE SYSTEM SUMMARY
AND CONCLUSIONS BASED ON DATA FROM STUDY OF FELINE MODELS OF
AGGRESSION Adaptive Versus Maladaptive Violence and Aggression:
Animal and Human Models Measuring the Dependent Variable VIOLENCE
IN PERSONS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Schizophrenia Epilepsy
Aggression as an Epileptic Equivalent Violent Offenders - Nonsex
Crimes Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Pharmacotherapy
Psychosurgical Treatment of Violent Offenders Treatment of Violence
- A Commentary SOCIAL CLASS, AGE, AND GENDER RELATED TO VIOLENCE
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES RELATED TO VIOLENCE Neurodevelopmental
Issues Possible Etiological Variables Some Areas Not Addressed -
Some Roads Not Traveled REFERENCES TERMINOLOGIES OF AGGRESSION
Potential for Harm or Damage Aversiveness Utilities of Aggression
Different Tests for Animal Aggression HETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF HUMAN
AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE HORMONES AND AGGRESSION NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
DEFINING "HORMONE" STUDIES INVOLVING HORMONES AND "AGGRESSION"
STUDIES ON NONPRIMATES INFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES HUMAN DATA
INFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES HUMAN DATA INFLUENCES OF SEX HORMONES ON
ADULT AGGRESSIVE MOTIVATION STUDIES ON NONPRIMATES INFRAHUMAN
PRIMATE STUDIES HUMAN DATA BODILY RHYTHMS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
ADRENOMEDULLARY FUNCTION AND HUMAN AGGRESSION EFFECTS OF HORMONES
ON PERCEPTION EXPERIENCE-INDUCED CHANGES IN HORMONAL STATUS OF THE
RECEIVER INFLUENCES OF FIGHTING ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION IN MAMMALS
CONCLUSION REFERENCES NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE TYPES OF AGGRESSIVE
AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR NEUROCHEMISTRY AND NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF
AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE Noradrenergic Correlates of Animal
Aggression Dopaminergic Correlates of Animal Aggression
Catecholaminergic Correlates Of Human Aggression And Violence
Neuropharmacologic Manipulations of Catecholamines SEROTONIN 5-HT
Correlates of Animal Aggression Neuropharmacologic Manipulations of
5-HT in Animals 5-HT Correlates of Human Aggression and Violence
CONCLUDING STATEMENT Gaba Correlates of Animal Aggression
Neuropharmacologic Modulation of GABA ACETYLCHOLINE ANTIPSYCHOTICS
ANTIDEPRESSANTS Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Reuptake Blockers
and MAO Inhibitors Lithium ANXIOLYTICS GABAA-BENZODIAZEPINE
RECEPTOR-CHLORIDE CHANNEL COMPLEX, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE
Beta-Blockers Concluding Statement REFERENCES INTRODUCTION
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGIES SUGAR AND BEHAVIOR
SUGAR, HYPOGLYCEMIA, AND BEHAVIOR SUGAR AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
RESEARCH NEEDS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SUGAR ON VIOLENT
BEHAVIOR SUGAR AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY
FOOD ADDITIVES AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
REFERENCES Index
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Understanding and Preventing Violence - Volume 1 (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior; Edited by Jeffrey A. Roth, …
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Violence: directly or indirectly, we are its victims every day. For
some people, that means locking doors and windows and turning on
porch lights at night; for others, escape is more difficult. In
their streets, neighborhoods, and even their homes, violence is a
constant threat. The result: a diminished quality of life lived in
fear. Violence is everywhere. If we escape its touch ourselves, we
are continually bombarded with violent acts and their consequences
in the guise of entertainment - in books, movies, and television -
or in the daily news. Yet the news media cover only the most
sensational crimes, the tip of the massive iceberg of violent crime
in America. This coverage, which in some cities includes
record-setting garish yearly body counts, tells us - and the rest
of the world - that American society is exceedingly dangerous. But
how violent are we? How do we measure violence in America, and how
many violent crimes, in families and otherwise, go unreported? Are
we becoming more violent? What can we do to find the answers to
these and countless other questions? Violence has been the subject
of a considerable amount of research, but often in unconnected
areas or in response to specific violent events, such as
assassinations or riots. In Understanding and Preventing Violence,
a panel of experts assimilate the diverse research on the patterns
and characteristics of violent behavior in the United States,
including behaviors that have only recently been recognized as
crimes - such as incest and spousal and elder abuse - and search
for explanations and ways of altering these patterns and trends.
The book describes what we know about certain types of violence,
details insights into riskfactors for violence in individuals and
situations, and recommends new research efforts with short- and
long-term payoffs. Recognizing that our understanding of the causes
of violence is limited and that there is a shortage of effective
preventive actions, the authors emphasize what we do know - for
example, that the potential for violence varies from city to city,
street to street, and situation to situation; that not everyone
exposed to the social and psychological pressures that can lead to
violent behavior actually becomes violent; and that the almost 300
percent increase in the average time spent in prison by offenders
has not produced a significant decrease in violent crime. The
authors also propose some answers - such as several promising
preventive strategies for reducing firearm-related violence that
rely on existing laws. Understanding and Preventing Violence will
be a key tool in helping our society better focus its efforts in
the struggle to find solutions to this tragic, painful aspect of
human life.
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Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals," - Volume I (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Panel on Research on Criminal Careers; Edited by …
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By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates,
this book takes a novel approach to studying criminal behavior. It
develops a framework for collecting information about individual
criminal careers and their parameters, reviews existing knowledge
about criminal career dimensions, presents models of offending
patterns, and describes how criminal career information can be used
to develop and refine criminal justice policies. In addition, an
agenda for future research on criminal careers is presented.
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