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The social disorganization of intimate partner violence
Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2019 Recently, scholars have begun to recognize new theoretical connections between geography and intimate partner violence (IPV). One such theory is social disorganization theory (SDT).
Anthony Piscitelli, Sean Doherty
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Review of major policy developments and evidence base: crime domain [PDF]
The evidence base review for the Crime Domain examined some of the leading theories used to explain the manifestation of crime (i.e. what makes some neighbourhoods and places more vulnerable to crime than others), presented information on levels of ...
Johnson, Shane D. +3 more
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHOSEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CRIME IN POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP IN 2015 [PDF]
Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie, 2017 The main assumption of the study conducted by the authors was to analyse the chosen determinants of crime in pomeranian voivodeship in 2015 with particular focus on their spatial variability.
Bartosz KORINTH +2 more
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Affective dimensions of urban crime areas : towards the psycho-geography of urban problem areas [PDF]
Geographica HelveticaTraditional studies of crime areas within cities by geographers focus on the spatial variations in the incidence of crime, as well as the social deprivation and social disorganization of these areas. Although these social content and behavioural features
W. K. D. Davies
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari +5 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationThe urban physical environment is composed of multiple elements that collectively influence the spatial pattern of crime. Existing research has predominantly focused on the relationship between individual types of facilities and crime, yet there remains ...
Yongzhi Wang +3 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito +6 more
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The health impact assessment of crime prevention [PDF]
, 2004 Crime is a major issue in terms of its impact on individuals, communities and the state. In exploring the links between crime and health it is important to distinguish between the health impacts of being a victim of crime (especially on more than one ...
Hirschfield, Alex
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