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Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak - Public Unaware [PDF]
, 2013 National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-
Catherine A. Gallagher +5 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The BookSampo Linked Data portal was deployed in 2011 by the Finnish Public Libraries and has today nearly 2 million annual users. Its Linked Data covers virtually all Finnish fiction literature but the data has not been used for data analyses in Digital Humanities. This paper discusses how the Knowledge Graph can be used for literary research
Annastiina Ahola +2 more
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Caution versus conference referral: a comparison of police diversion in reducing re-contact by first-time Indigenous juvenile offenders in South Australia [PDF]
This report compares the effectiveness of formal police cautioning and family conferencing in reducing re-contact with the criminal justice system by first-time Indigenous juvenile offenders.
Office of Crime Statistics and Research (SA)
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Weighing Imprisonment and Crime: 9 Experts Explore the Relationship Between Prisons and Crime Rates [PDF]
, 2015 In the early 1990s, with violent crime at record levels and public alarm growing, federal and state lawmakers responded with new policies that sent more offenders to prison for longer periods.
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Using intersectionality as a critical theoretical framework and analytical tool, this study investigated the HIV/AIDS information practices of Black sexual minority men (SMM). Twenty‐two Black SMM were interviewed about their HIV/AIDS‐related information practices.
Megan Threats
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Crime in Proportions: Applying Compositional Data Analysis to European Crime Trends for 2022 [PDF]
arXivThis article investigates crime patterns across European countries in 2022 using Compositional Data Analysis (CoDA) to address limitations of traditional statistical approaches in dealing with the relative nature of crime data. Recognizing crime types as components of a whole, we employ CoDA to explore relationships between different crime categories ...
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The role of city size and urban metrics on crime modeling [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Unveiling the relationships between crime and socioeconomic factors is crucial for modeling and preventing these illegal activities. Recently, a significant advance has been made in understanding the influence of urban metrics on the levels of crime in different urban systems.
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract There has been a notable increase in bibliometric research studying gender in academia. This narrative review aims to organize and synthesize this extensive body of work to uncover new insights into gender disparities in science. We begin by analyzing key methodological elements, including gender assignment techniques, units of analysis, and ...
Elvira González‐Salmón +2 more
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Crime as a Business, Business as a Crime
, 2010 Purpose: This paper endorses the claim that in transitional societies the line between business and crime is elusive because weak states foster a legal order that is formalistic, bureaucratic, politically biased and prone to corruption. Design/Methods/Approach: Three elements are discussed in the paper.
Kregar, Josip, Petričušić, Antonija
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