Introduction: Challenges of Contemporary Prison Research

IS Project Management Contemporary Research Challenges

Although project management is often said to have its roots in other traditional fields, such as construction, Morris (2002) asserts that modern project management practices have their origins in the 1950s US aerospace agencies. Much has been written about Information System (IS) / Information Technology (IT) project initiatives in both the public and private sectors. In fact, many information ...

Conceptual Challenges in Contemporary IS Research

This paper, originally prepared as a keynote address for the 1999 Australasian Conference on Information Systems, critically examines some common assumptions underlying much IS research. The assumptions concern the scope and risks of IT projects, the rationales for and uses of IT, and the role of history and time in systems-related outcomes. Making different assumptions about these issues sugge...

ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Contemporary Thought and Practice in Cognitive Mapping Research: An Introduction

The five papers included in this theme section have their origins in a day-long symposium held at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Fort Worth, Texas. The focus of this symposium was cognitive mapping in its broadest interpretation, and its aim was two-fold. First, to bring together an international gathering of researchers to exchange ideas and foster resear...

Prison Crowding Research Reexamined

Dramatic increases in the United States' inmate population has raised new concerns about prison crowding. Although growth in prison capacity has lagged slightly behind that of the inmate population, there is no consistent evidence that crowding is associated with mortality, morbidity (defined as clinic utilization), recidivism, violence, or other pathological behaviors. This paper reviews the m...