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SimCrime: A Spatial Microsimulation Model for the Analysing of Crime in Leeds. [PDF]
, 2006 This Working Paper is a part of PhD thesis 'Modelling Crime: A Spatial Microsimulation Approach' which aims to investigate the potential of spatial microsimulation for modelling crime.
Clarke, G.P. +3 more
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Guns, germs, and stealing: exploring the link between infectious disease and crime. [PDF]
, 2013 Can variation in crime rates be traced to the threat of infectious disease? Pathogens pose an ongoing challenge to survival, leading humans to adapt defenses to manage this threat.
Shrira, Ilan +2 more
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer +3 more
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Illicit Economies and Urban Peace: Introduction to the Special issue
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021 The Special Issue proposes ‘urban peace’ as a way of thinking about policy responses to the dynamics of crime, violence, and exclusion that are associated with illicit economies.
Achim Wennmann +2 more
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Crossing Borders: Student Reflections on Global Social Issues, 2023 Genocide is a topic that is almost universally ignored by criminology. While it is frequently referred to as “the crime of crimes,” there is virtually no criminological coverage of genocide. The following analysis is a review of existing criminological literature in genocide studies, situating mainstream criminology’s ignorance of genocide in a socio ...
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in schools and colleges. This report presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers,
Anlan Zhang +3 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger +8 more
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Functional and dysfunctional fear of COVID-19: a classification scheme
Crime Science, 2021 Worry about COVID-19 is a central topic of research into the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we present a new way of measuring worry about catching COVID-19 that distinguishes between worry as a negative ...
Reka Solymosi +5 more
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Temporal dimensions of vulnerability to crime in economic sectors [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents the results of research into vulnerability to crime in two economic sectors in Belgium. Vulnerability to crime is an integration of diverse temporal factors. We address pre-crime and post-crime aspects of vulnerability, arising before
Klima, Noel
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell +4 more
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