Success with altruism

Introduce the sources you found after reading Sampson's 9th chapter.

The Effect of Education on Crime: Evidence from Prison Inmates, Arrests, and Self-Reports is an article based on a study trying to determine if higher education levels will save the society money in regards to criminal costs. Testing the Relationship Between Interpersonal Political Skills, Altruism, Leadership Success and Effectiveness: A Multilevel Model is a study relating certain aspects of life and altruism.

Explain how they relate to issues of particular importance to one or both of your emphases

The article The Effect of Education on Crime: Evidence from Prison Inmates, Arrests, and Self-Reports relates to my criminal justice emphasis because it is trying to determine what, if any, methods can assist in preventing criminal activity or lower costs of crime prevention. The article Testing the Relationship Between Interpersonal Political Skills, Altruism, Leadership Success and Effectiveness: A Multilevel Model demonstrates how altruism plays an important role in a successful business as well as other area in life.

and then how you feel they relate to Sampson's methods for testing altruism, cynicism, and other-regarding behavior in Chicago.

I feel these articles relate to Sampson’s methods because I feel Sampson did not emphasize education attainment as much as he should. He simply uses two studies (the letter and CPR) to base every result on. He also did not go into great detail (that I read) on how he obtains his numbers. He mentioned some questions that were used and he discusses some letter dropping methods but it was a bit vague on how the exact data was gathered. I kept asking myself, were the people being watched when the performed CPR or returning the letter? Did Sampson gather 911 records and interview the people on site? I was a little confused how he got his information exactly. The two articles I chose to compare both used survey based questionnaires and compiled their data accordingly. I assume Sampson did the same thing but it is hard to gage the authenticity of altruism through questionnaires. However, it does seem to support everything else read in the book thus far that collective efficacy, trust, and altruism combine for the “good community” environment. Again, all of these terms are relative to one’s interpretation as Sampson hinted early on in this chapter by saying, loosely translated, “good community” meaning a neighborhood the common populace would describe as such.

Be sure to include complete citation information for your sources.

Lochner, Lance, and Enrico Moretti. 2004. "The Effect of Education on Crime: Evidence from Prison Inmates, Arrests, and Self-Reports" American Economic Review, 94(1): 155-189.

 Moss, J. A., & Barbuto Jr., J. E. (2010). Testing the Relationship Between Interpersonal Political Skills, Altruism, Leadership Success and Effectiveness: A Multilevel Model. Journal Of Behavioral & Applied Management, 11(2), 155-174.