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1. DRASS, Kriss A., and J. William SPENCER. "Accounting for Pre-Sentencing Recommendations : Typologies and Probation Officers' Theory of Office." Social Problems 34 (1987): 277-93.

2. GULAYETS, Michael. "Analyzing Violent Events Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis." Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology: 1998.

3. HERALA, Nina. "Comparing Court Decisions With Qualitative Comparative Analysis-Method." Centre for Comparative Public Policy and Management, Univerisity of Vaasa. Occasional Papers .3 (1995).

4. HERALA, Nina. Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Comparative Law. Comparison of the Legal Regulation of Sustainable Development in Physical Planning in Denmark and Finland. Vaasa, Finland: Vaasan Yliopisto, 2004.

5. KANOMATA, Nobuo. "Saibankan no Keireki: Kojin Deita heno Ouyou [Career of Judges: Application [of QCA] to Personal Data]." Shituteki Hikaku Bunseki [Qualitative Comparative Analysis]. eds Nobuo KANOMATA, Daishiro NOMIYA, and Keiji HASEGAWA. Kyoto: Mineruva Syobo, 2001. 63-78.

6. MIETHE, Terance D., and Kriss A DRASS. "Exploring the Social Context of Instrumental and Expressive Homicides: an Application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 15.1 (1999): 1-21.
Abstract: Using data from the UCR's Supplementary Homicide Reports, the method of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is used to examine whether instrumental and expressive homicides are similar or unique in their social context (i.e., combinations of offender, victim, and situational characteristics). Instrumental and expressive homicides are found to have both common and unique social contexts, but the vast majority of homicide incidents involve combinations of individual and situational factors that are common in both general types of homicides. Among subtypes of instrumental (like rape, prostitution, robbery murders) and expressive homicides (like lovers triangles, brawls and arguments), there is wide variability in their prevalence of unique and common components. After discussing these results, the paper concludes with illustrations of how QCA may be used in other areas within criminology.

7. MIETHE, Terance D., and Kriss A. DRASS. "Homicide Types in Los Angeles, 1900-1985." The 2000 American Society of Criminology Conference: 2000.
Abstract: Using narrative accounts of homicides in police records, the present study examines change and stability in the types of homicide situations in Los Angeles from 1900 to 1985. Three dominant types of homicide situations are explored: (1) confrontational homicides, (2) homicides committed during other crimes (e.g., robbery-, burglary-homicides), and (3) fatal police shootings. The method of Qualitative Comparative Analysis is used to examine the unique and common structures of these homicide situations and changes in them over time. The results of this study are then discussed in terms of their implications for future research.

8. MITAR, Miran. "Bailey's Social Entropy Theory As an Explicit Theoretical Approach for an Empirical Assessment of Security of Contemporary Societies." [Article Submitted for Publication] (2007).
Abstract: The aim of the article, based on my doctoral thesis (Mitar, 2005), is to present my slight modification of Bailey’s SET as an explicit theoretical approach for an empirical assessment of security of contemporary societies. I formed a model D = f(PLOTIS), in which component D was defined (various deviant or unwanted phenomena in present article measured by the number of deaths in violent conflicts), which was conditioned by macro-societal factors (Population, Level-of-living, Organisation, Technology, Information, Space), denoted by acronym PLOTIS. The model is tested by cross-sectional design, nineteen (non-random) chosen former European socialist countries are compared, available secondary data at the end of a period of transition (1989 -2002) are used. The model is tested by different methods of analysis: descriptive statistics, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and descriptive discriminant analysis (DDA). The comparison of results acquired by different methods confirmed usefulness of the modified SET as starting point for formation and testing of hypotheses about the influence of macro-societal characteristics (measured by PLOTIS) on unwanted phenomena. Last but not least, some proposals for further research are presented.

9. MITAR, Miran. "Social Entropy Theory As an Explicit Approach to Assessment of Crime and Correlates of Crime in Europe at Macro Societal Level." [Article Submitted for Publication] (2007).
Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to explore the possibilities of Bailey's Social Entropy Theory (SET) for systematic description and explanation of crime and correlates of crime, supported by qualitative comparative analysis and discriminant analysis. The article contains both theoretical and empirical sections. In the theoretical section Bailey's social entropy theory and its modification are presented, in the empirical section, secondary data (homicide rates, crime rates and chosen data about contemporary European societies) are analysed. The data are analysed by QCA and discriminant analysis.The results are then discussed. SET can be used for description and explanation of crime and correlates of crimes, but some predictions are not supported by empirical data. At the moment, the acquired results do not refute Bailey’s theory, and a lot of further theoretical and empirical research work is needed to explore and explain conditions, which influence conflict and consensus in contemporary societies. Multiple regression analysis and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis can be used for achievement of broader and deeper theoretical and case-based knowledge about crime and correlates of crime in Europe.

10. MUSHENO, Michael C., Peter R. GREGWARE, and Kriss A. DRASS. "Court Management of AIDS Disputes : a Sociolegal Analysis." Law and Social Inquiry 16.4 (1991): 737-76.

11. RAGIN, Charles C., Susan E. MAYER, and Kriss A. DRASS. "Assessing Discrimination : a Boolean Approach." American Sociological Review 49.2 (1984): 221-34.

12. REGOECZI, Wendy C., and Terance D. MIETHE. "Taking on the Unkown. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Unknown Relationship Homicides." Homicide Studies 7.3 (2003): 211-34.
Abstract: Aside from noting the dramatic rise in their numbers, homicides with unknown victim/offender relationships have attracted little research attention. This study uses Qualitative
Comparative Analysis and data from the Supplementary Homicide Reports for 1976 through 1998 to examine the nature of unknown relationshiphomicides and changes in
their structure over time. The findings indicate that a large number of unknown relationship cases are contained within a few prevalent homicide situations while also occurring
in a diverse array of less common situations. The situational context of unknown homicides exhibits considerable change over time, shifting from the killing of older White
males with a variety of weapons to killings involving young Black males with guns. Although unknown and stranger homicides frequently share common structures, they
demonstrate notable differences as well, suggesting that unknown relationships cannot automatically be assumed to involve strangers. Implications of the findings for policy
and future research are discussed.

13. WILLIAMS, Linda Meyer, and Ronald A. FARRELL. "Legal Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Daycare." Criminal Justice and Behavior 17.3 (1990): 284-302.

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