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Immigration and Crime: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
In this paper we examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the period 1990-2003. Drawing on police data, we first document that the size of the immigrant population is positively correlated with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate.
Milo Bianchi   +2 more
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Sémiotique judiciaire : crime et signe

open access: yesCahiers de Narratologie, 2019
The science of crime, or forensic science, crystallized at around the same time as gothic and detective literature in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Marcel Danesi
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial distribution and developmental trajectories of crime versus crime severity: do not abandon the count-based model just yet

open access: yesCrime Science, 2022
Purpose/background A new body of research that focuses on crime harm scores rather than counts of crime incidents has emerged. Specifically in the context of spatial analysis of crime, focusing on crime harm suggests that harm is more concentrated than ...
Vincent Harinam   +2 more
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Prediction of Suspect Location Based on Spatiotemporal Semantics

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017
The prediction of suspect location enables proactive experiences for crime investigations and offers essential intelligence for crime prevention. However, existing studies have failed to capture the complex social location transition patterns of suspects
Lian Duan, Xinyue Ye, Tao Hu, Xinyan Zhu
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Youth unemployment and crime: an empirical investigation for Turkey

open access: yesManagerial Economics, 2020
The crime economy has lately become a popular field of research because of regular increases in crime rates. Economists’ interest in crime analysis goes back to Becker’s (1968) model.
Halil Tunca, Ferda Esin Gulel
doaj   +1 more source

Truth or Lie: Ability of Listeners to Detect Deceptive Emergency Calls of Missing Children

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
Background: Emergency calls may help law enforcement determine the proper response and provide investigative leads. Time may be wasted and appropriate resources misallocated if callers provide untruthful information.
Daniel E. O’Donnell   +3 more
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A Modular Spatial–Temporal Approach for Territorial Segmentation and Short-Term Crime Prediction

open access: yesAppliedMath
Crime forecasting in heterogeneous urban contexts remains challenging due to the combined effects of territorial heterogeneity and complex temporal dynamics.
Elvira Rolón   +2 more
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Ex Machina: Analytical platforms, Law and the Challenges of Computational Legal Science

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2018
Over the years, computation has become a fundamental part of the scientific practice in several research fields that goes far beyond the boundaries of natural sciences.
Nicola Lettieri   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid Neighbourhood Component Analysis with Gradient Tree Boosting for Feature Selection in Forecasting Crime Rate

open access: yesJournal of ICT, 2023
Crime forecasting is beneficial as it provides valuable information to the government and authorities in planning an efficient crime prevention measure. Most criminology studies found that influence from several factors, such as social, demographic, and
Alif Ridzuan Khairuddin   +2 more
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Crime mapping and Geographical Information Systems in crime analysis

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences, 2016
As essential apparatus in crime analysis, crime mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are being progressively more accepted by police agencies. Development in technology and the accessibility of geographic data sources make it feasible for police departments to use GIS and crime mapping.
Dağlar, Murat, Argun, Uğur
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