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Mapping method in research of drug crime regional criminological features (Ukraine taken as an example) [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2019
General national average drug crime rates on which the contemporary criminological theory and practice is based do not adequately reflect regional peculiarities in the field of illicit drug trafficking as they level high quality/quantity parameters in ...
Babenko Andriy, Tarasenko Ruslan, Ostrohliadov Oleksandr   +2 more
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Exploring the Impact of (Not) Changing Default Settings in Algorithmic Crime Mapping - A Case Study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CSCW Companion, 2019
Policing decisions, allocations and outcomes are determined by mapping historical crime data geo-spatially using popular algorithms. In this extended abstract, we present early results from a mixed-methods study of the practices, policies, and ...
Md. Romael Haque, Katherine Weathington, Shion Guha   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cartographies policières : la dimension vernaculaire du contrôle territorial

EchoGéo
Crime mapping in police work is subject to many controversies, which underestimate two important elements. First, the anteriority of mapping practices within the police before the implementation of crime mapping technologies.
Melina Germes
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Stuck in the past with push-pins on paper maps: Challenges of transition from manual to computerized crime mapping and analysis in Kenya

International Journal of Police Science and Management, 2019
Although crimes and the modus operandi of perpetrators across the world change constantly, some policing tools, especially in developing countries, remain the same.
G. E. Baraka, S. Murimi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Street Crime in London: Deterrence, Disruption and Displacement [PDF]

, 2005
In early 2002 the Government implemented the Street Crime Initiative (SCI) in response to a rapid rise in street crime and growing public and media concern. The report examines the nature of street crime in the capital during 2001/02 and the early stages
Curran, Kathryn, Dale, Michael, Edmunds, Mark, Hough, Mike, Millie, Andrew, Wagstaff, Melissa   +5 more
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‘The System Can't Cope’: The Service System Response to Alcohol and Other Drug‐Facilitated Sexual Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison, Jacqui Theobald, Kirsty Forsdike, Ingrid Wilson, Elena Wilson, Leesa Hooker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial mapping of hepatitis C prevalence in recent injecting drug users in contact with services. [PDF]

, 2011
In developed countries the majority of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections occur in injecting drug users (IDUs) with prevalence in IDUs often high, but with wide geographical differences within countries.
A. MORONGIU, Bajekal, Brooks, D. DE ANGELIS, F. NCUBE, Ghangurde, Hope, Hope, Kelsall, M. HICKMAN, Martin, R. J. HARRIS, Spiegelhalter, V. D. HOPE   +13 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Una introduzione ai software per il crime mapping / Observations préliminaires sur les logiciels du mappage du crime / Some introductory notes on crime mapping software [PDF]

Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2013
RiassuntoIl Crime Mapping più che una disciplina a se stante non è altro che l’applicazione di tecniche di analisi statistico-geografica allo studio dei reati.
Ummarino Alessandro
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