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The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ranger patrols are a cornerstone of wildlife protection efforts around the world and occur across all ecological governance systems. Evidence that patrols reduce threats to wildlife and enable their recovery has not been systematically examined previously.
Trina Rytwinski   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crime Prevention in Police EducationA Survey of Swedish Police Students’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Values

open access: yesNordic Journal of Studies in Policing
Crime prevention is highly important, but often poorly implemented. This article explores reasons for this by examining the knowledge and perceptions of crime prevention of surveyed Swedish police students (n=303) and whether their education influences ...
Mia Lind
doaj   +1 more source

The Palermo Convention/1. The intergovernmental cooperation of the 1990s

open access: yesRivista di studi e ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to track the progress of the negotiations that led in 2000 to the adoption of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three supplementary protocols. Starting with the UN Congresses on the Prevention of
Alfredo Nunzi
doaj   +1 more source

On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forced Flexibility and Exploitation: Experiences of Migrant Workers in the Cleaning Industry

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016
Globalization has resulted in structural changes in the labor markets over the last decades. These changes have weakened some of the economic and social dimensions of work.
Natalia Ollus
doaj   +1 more source

Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paraphilic Interests in the Swiss Population: Results of a Representative Survey in the Canton of Zurich

open access: yesJournal of Psychosexual Health
This article presents results of the prevalence and correlates of paraphilic interests. A representative survey conducted in the largest canton of Switzerland among 18- to 50-year-olds ( n = 1,236) shows that masochism and sexual sadism are the most ...
Dirk Baier
doaj   +1 more source

Hot spots policing of small geographic areas effects on crime

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places.
Anthony A. Braga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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