Bans on Executing the Mentally Retarded: An Event History Analysis of State Policy Adoption

Emmert, Craig F.; Traut, Carol Ann

doi:10.1177/0160323x0303500204

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“…Not all ideas are created equally, nor do they catch on with the same kind of fervency (Emmert & Traut, 2003). Some ideas grab our attention through a visceral reaction to a common practice—such as a ban on cell phone usage on the motorways initiated by Brooklyn, OH, in 1999.…”

Section: Diffusing Ideas Across Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, while informative, existing diffusion typologies may not apply to policies with little guidance from superior jurisdictions or popular support for three reasons. First, as Emmert and Traut (2003) show, policy salience is tremendously important for diffusion, more so than other more common mechanisms such as region. In addition, many diffusion studies point to the critical role a policy entrepreneur has in convincing a jurisdiction to adopt a policy (Mintrom & Vergari, 1998; Rogers, 2003); however, policy entrepreneurs differ from knowledge brokers.…”

Section: Typology Of Diffusers In Low‐salience Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Learning and Diffusion In Green Building Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Innovation comes in the form of the adaptation of the LEED kernel, and the diffusion of these innovations can be thought of in terms of subsequent adoptions of the kernel plus the innovation. Empirically, there are many ways to conceptualize the diffusion of innovations via policy learning (Elkins & Simmons, 2005;Emmert & Traut, 2003;Jensen, 2003;Shipan & Volden, 2008); however, this study searches for evidence that cities are aware of the actions of other cities in making their decisions with regard to whether and how to adopt the LEED policy kernel. In truth, it is difficult to find specific evidence of learning in all areas of policy diffusion (Mossberger, 1999;Mossberger & Hale, 2002); however, the mechanisms by which cities come to green building policy decisions provide some insight into the learning process.…”

Section: Learning and Diffusion In Green Building Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many low‐salience policies are not addressed by cities because of public indifference to known risks (May, 1991) or an inability to appropriately assess “public risks” for the purposes of policy generation (Camerer & Kunreuther, 1989; Huber, 1986; Kunreuther, Novemsky, & Kahneman, 2001). Studies of policy diffusion primarily focus on high‐salience issues (see Emmert & Traut, 2003) despite the importance of low‐salience policies in addressing broad policy goals (Clark & Allen, 2004). This article informs an understudied area of the diffusion literature in addressing the question of how low‐salience issues are diffused.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Greening America's Skylines: The Diffusion of Low‐Salience Policies

Koski

2010

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The diffusion literature is replete with examples of highly salient policies spreading across subnational governments. However, low‐salience policies that do not benefit from a groundswell of public opinion also spread across jurisdictions in patterns that appear similar to those of other, more well‐known policy ideas. This research is an investigation of the mechanisms that propagate low‐salience policies. I analyze the adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy Efficient Design standard across 119 U.S. cities from 2000 to 2008. The investigation indicates that a knowledge broker, in this case the USGBC, occupies critical roles in linking a low‐salience policy to a broader set of widely held societal values, developing a common policy vocabulary, providing a base policy that jurisdictions may freely adapt, and creating a diffusion infrastructure by acting as a communication hub for existing and interested jurisdictions to discuss innovations and progress.

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Playing Politics with Sex Offender Laws: An Event History Analysis of the Initial Community Notification Laws acrossAmerican States

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2014

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Despite a decline in crime rates, the 1990s witnessed extensive media coverage of several high‐profile stranger abductions and murders of children. State legislators' swift response to the public's growing fear of sex offenders with the adoption of sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws raises questions about the role of politics. Punctuated equilibrium theory and the diffusion of innovation jointly provide a context to conduct an event history analysis to assess the extent to which politics enhanced legislative responsiveness to public opinion in SORN policymaking. Contrary to the commonly held belief that attributes legislative interest in SORN to salient crimes against children, the results suggest that factors such as the percentage of a conservative population, district‐level competition, and state innovativeness accelerated the diffusion of innovation of the laws.

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How and Why Do Criminal Justice Public Policies Spread Throughout U.S. States? A Critical Review of the Diffusion Literature

Bergin

2010

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Why do some criminal justice public policies spread rapidly throughout U.S. states, and other policies never take hold? To answer this question, this article presents the first review specifically of studies that have examined the diffusion of criminal justice policies throughout U.S. states. After a comprehensive review of key research databases, 23 studies are identified. The key findings of these studies are analyzed in great depth, with particular reference to cross-study differences in how three variables from the general policy literature—geographic proximity, political ideology, and media attention—were operationalized. The article identifies important gaps in current knowledge about the factors that affect the diffusion of criminal justice policies and suggests several directions for future research in this area.

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Bans on Executing the Mentally Retarded: An Event History Analysis of State Policy Adoption

Cited by 4 publications

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Greening America's Skylines: The Diffusion of Low‐Salience Policies

Greening America's Skylines: The Diffusion of Low‐Salience Policies

Playing Politics with Sex Offender Laws: An Event History Analysis of the Initial Community Notification Laws acrossAmerican States

How and Why Do Criminal Justice Public Policies Spread Throughout U.S. States? A Critical Review of the Diffusion Literature

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