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NASREDDIN HODJA IN THE FACE OF BURGLARS AND BURGLARY

open access: yesUluslararası Türk Lehçe Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2018
Burglary, although despised, is an often-encountered event in the social life. As a theme, the negative characteristics of burglary have been addressed in folk literature and from fairy tales to legends, from jokes to manis (a specific genre of Turkish
Esma Şimşek
doaj   +1 more source

Locker Security System using Internet of Things [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
As a priority in today's society, security is of highest importance, and safeguarding our properties from intruders is no small task. The main objective of the offenders is to obtain valuable items kept in the locker.
Shruthi CH. M.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Factors on Crime Changing During Black Lives Matter Protests

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
The death of George Floyd has brought a new wave of 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests into U.S. cities. Protests happened in a few cities accompanied by reports of violence over the first few days.
Zhiran Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Income Inequality Explain the Geography of Residential Burglaries? The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
The relationship between crime and income inequality is a complex and controversial issue. While there is some consensus that a relationship exists, the nature of it is still the subject of much debate. In this paper, this relationship is investigated in
Rafael G. Ramos
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Where should police forces target their residential burglary reduction efforts? Using official victimisation data to predict burglary incidences at the neighbourhood level

open access: yesCrime Science, 2021
Expected crime rates that enable police forces to contrast recorded and anticipated spatial patterns of crime victimisation offer a valuable tool in evaluating the under-reporting of crime and inform/guide crime reduction initiatives. Prior to this study,
James Hunter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Effect of Cul-de-sacs′ Permeability Factors in Low-Rise Residential Areas on Burglary

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2017
Only a few studies so far have analyzed specific environmental factors of cul-de-sacs′ influence on safety from crime. To understand crime, streets′ physical characteristics need to be considered along with the collective sociodemographic characteristics
Seungil Kim, Dahee Kim, Sungwon Jung
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics on Burglary Risks: A Bayesian Random Effects Modeling Approach

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
A Bayesian random effects modeling approach was used to examine the influence of neighborhood characteristics on burglary risks in Jianghan District, Wuhan, China.
Hongqiang Liu, Xinyan Zhu
doaj   +1 more source

Personality and burglary: A virtual reality study

open access: yesPersonality and Individual Differences, 2022
Personality traits are robust predictors of the likelihood of involvement in criminal behaviour, but how such traits predict behaviour while committing a crime is unclear. This study investigates associations between HEXACO personality traits and burglars' scouting process, as well as how burglars differ in this respect from non-offenders due to their ...
van Sintemaartensdijk, Iris   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The female journey following sexual assault: Medical care, law enforcement and judicial outcomes

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Sexual violence affects 22% of Australian women, posing health and justice challenges. Systemic failures, fragmented data, and low conviction rates hinder effective responses. This study integrates Australian Capital Territory (ACT) medical and policing datasets to examine victim characteristics and case progression from clinical ...
Vanita Parekh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Property Rights Entrepreneurship: The Drive for Product, Asset, and Resource Excludability

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Property rights are foundational to market economies, and entrepreneurial activity depends heavily on the excludability afforded by property rights. Yet, the role of entrepreneurs in shaping the evolution of property rights has been so thoroughly taken for granted that it often vanishes from analyses.
Thomas J. Dean   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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