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Relative Impact of Underreporting and Desistance on the Dark Figure of Sexual Recidivism
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sexual recidivism rates based on arrests or convictions underestimate actual reoffending due to underreporting. A previous Monte Carlo simulation estimated actual recidivism rates under various reporting and conviction assumptions but did not account for desistance—the decreasing likelihood of reoffending over time.
Nicholas Scurich, Richard S. John
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An Event-centric Framework for Predicting Crime Hotspots with Flexible Time Intervals [PDF]
arXivPredicting crime hotspots in a city is a complex and critical task with significant societal implications. Numerous spatiotemporal correlations and irregularities pose substantial challenges to this endeavor. Existing methods commonly employ fixed-time granularities and sequence prediction models.
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Does Imprisonment Have an Effect on Crime Rates?
, 2020 Since the 1790s, prisons in the United States were built with the means of reducing crime rates through the usage of incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation.
Mendez, Diana E.
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan +3 more
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Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Multi‐Actor Perspectives on Pretrial Decision‐Making
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As jurisdictions across the United States implement pretrial risk assessments to advance pretrial reform, there has been a limited research focus on factors affecting risk assessment‐guided decision‐making. To advance this work, this study examined: (1) differences in perceptions of risk and utility of risk assessment information by criminal ...
Ashley E. Rodriguez +2 more
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Ten Years of International Collaboration to Address the Challenge of New Psychoactive Substances
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and HealthOver the last ten years, the number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) reported to UNODC has increased significantly to over 1,200 individual substances, reported by 141 countries and territories worldwide.
J. Tettey, S. Levissianos
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior theoretical and empirical research examining the influence of sex on sentencing has been primarily concerned with the sex of the offender, as opposed to the victim. The present study drew on a convenience sample of males (n = 1190) in state and federal correctional facilities across the country, examining minimum sentences in relation to
Shawn M. Rolfe +2 more
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Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2019 In August 2015, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) initiated a CODIS-Based Sexual Assault Evidence Testing Initiative, hereto referred to as the Initiative, as a direct result of the ongoing national inquiry about the number of untested sexual
Cecelia A. Crouse +5 more
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“Sorting Things out”: A Scoping Review of Sexual Homicide Typologies
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sexual homicides are complex crimes that have been the focus of numerous classification systems aimed at aiding investigations, understanding offender behavior, and informing treatment plans. Over the past 25 years, a variety of typologies have been developed to categorize these offenses.
Eric Beauregard, Julien Chopin
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