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Educating teachers toward immigrant empowerment and liberation in the United States and Chile: A funds of knowledge perspective

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how university‐based teacher education programs in diverse historical, sociocultural, and political settings in the U.S. and in Chile, served to foster immigrant empowerment and liberation. Using a Funds of Knowledge approach, the study analyzed the educational practices of migrant families and their integration into ...
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retraction Note to: Do offenders avoid offending near home? A systematic review of the buffer zone hypothesis

open access: yesCrime Science, 2021
This article has been retracted.
Wim Bernasco, Remco van Dijke
doaj   +1 more source

AIST: An Interpretable Attention-based Deep Learning Model for Crime Prediction [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Accuracy and interpretability are two essential properties for a crime prediction model. Because of the adverse effects that the crimes can have on human life, economy and safety, we need a model that can predict future occurrence of crime as accurately as possible so that early steps can be taken to avoid the crime. On the other hand, an interpretable
arxiv  

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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,
Amy Rathbun   +3 more
core  

Juvenile Victims of Property Crimes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Property crime is the most frequent kind of criminal victimization and one with important economic and psychological consequences, although it has not received the same public attention as violent crime in recent years. Property crime victimization rates
Finkelhor, David, Ormrod, Richard
core   +2 more sources

Attempted Crime and the Crime Drop [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Criminal Justice Review, 2015
This study contributes to crime drop research on the security hypothesis. Using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, it finds that the decline in attempted vehicle-related theft and domestic burglary was delayed by 2–4 years. Between 1993 and 1997, completed domestic burglary fell 21% but attempts by only 2.1%, while between 1993 and 1995
openaire   +2 more sources

Community‐engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Laney A. Rupp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

One-click device for rapid visualization and extraction of latent evidence through multi-moding light source integration and light-guiding technology

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Visualizing latent evidence at a crime scene has gained popularity in the field of forensic science during the past few years. Thus, this study designs and develops a one-click device for the rapid visualization and extraction of latent evidence through ...
Xuejun Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Financial Crime: Augmenting the Predictive Policing Arsenal [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Financial crime is a rampant but hidden threat. In spite of this, predictive policing systems disproportionately target "street crime" rather than white collar crime. This paper presents the White Collar Crime Early Warning System (WCCEWS), a white collar crime predictive model that uses random forest classifiers to identify high risk zones for ...
arxiv  

Guns, germs, and stealing: exploring the link between infectious disease and crime. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

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