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Cambio, 2016 In recent years, the use of closed circuit television (cctv) for surveillance, historically restricted to the private sector, has shown a shift towards the public sector, being implemented in the framework of public policies on crime prevention and ...
Vanesa Lio
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bullying perpetration and substance use are two prevalent and concerning forms of delinquent behavior worldwide. Although parent–child communication has been theorized to reduce adolescents' involvement in these behaviors, empirical evidence remains mixed.
Hang Zhou, Ji‐Kang Chen
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 The relationship between crime and income inequality is a complex and controversial issue. While there is some consensus that a relationship exists, the nature of it is still the subject of much debate. In this paper, this relationship is investigated in
Rafael G. Ramos
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2015 Wisconsin Health Trends: Making Wisconsin the Healthiest State [PDF]
, 2016 The Wisconsin State Health Plan for 2020 established a goal for all state residents to live longer and better. Progress toward this goal can be measured by monitoring health outcomes -- and the factors that contribute to those outcomes -- for the state's
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Adult missing persons:a concept analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Missing persons incidents incur considerable societal costs but research has overwhelmingly concentrated on missing children. Understanding the phenomenon among adults is underdeveloped as a result.
Dickens, Geoffrey L. +2 more
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Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
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Urban ScienceSimultaneous causality occurs when two variables mutually influence each other, creating empirical contexts where cause and effect are not clearly unidirectional.
Rayane Araújo Lima +5 more
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Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
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Land Use Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A Case Study of Szczecin, Poland
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017 This paper falls into a common field of scientific research and its practical applications at the interface of urban geography, environmental criminology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska +1 more
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Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Political consumerism (PC) refers to consumers boycotting or deliberately buying (“buycotting”) products or brands for political, moral, or ethical reasons. This paper presents three studies that consider the intricacies of the relationship between political ideology and political consumerism.
Lara J. Greening +3 more
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