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Contexts of knowing are differentiated into four types through the constructs of "regulativeness" and "constitutiveness." The strength of these constructs is suggested through their tacit or explicit use in the social study of science. The value of the differentiation is noted through the consequences of the model for our understanding of scientific misconduct.

Typically, editors' decisions regarding the publishability of research and scholarly knowledge are based on reviews by persons who make professional judgments about the quality of work before them. While peer review has been examined through many frames of meaning, this article develops an approach to understanding the process through aesthetic theory. It is argued that the "ideal" review embodies levels of engagement, various foci, and different dimensions. The framework is applied to actual manuscript reviews and research, and professional suggestions are developed as they pertain to the shape of our professional judgment.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Pop Goes Politics -- Larry King Liberated Me -- Nobody here But Just Us folks -- The Nerd Revolution -- Pixilated zoverning by Teledemocracy -- Crazy...Just crazy for You": Perot -ingrichI and the new suburban majority -- Virtual America -- Voice of the people: Goud and Unclear -- The Kum of the Xepublic -- The Newtonian Devolution -- Epilogue" Internet Campaigning ª -1996 and beyond -- Acknowledgments -- notes -- index.

This research tests Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime as an explanation for gender differences in the delinquency of approximately 2,000 Canadian secondary school students. Separate psychological factors, including a preference for risk seeking, impulsivity, temper, present oriented, and carelessness, are used as measures of self‐control, and additional measures of the construct are taken from the frequency of self‐reported smoking and drinking. Elements of delinquent opportunity are controlled for by including measures of parental/adult super‐vision. These measures and their interactions are used to predict self‐reported general delinquency, property offenses, violence, and drug offenses. Results provide partial support for the general theory, revealing relationships between measures of self‐control and delinquency that vary by magnitude across genders and for different offense types. Implications for the generality of the theory are discussed.