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Cross Border Crimes in West African Sub-Region: Implications for Nigeriaas National Security and External Relations

, 2014
Despite the efforts of cross-border security agencies like the Nigeria police customs service Immigration services and Nigerian civil Defense etc Nigeria borders have been described as porous allowing all sorts of cross border or transborder criminal
Vincent Okeke
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Material Deprivation, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Social Relationships

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research on the mediating role of the quality of social relationships between material deprivation and adolescent health has predominantly utilized samples from mainstream populations to examine mental health outcomes, neglecting the critical need to explore behavioral health outcomes, such as substance use, particularly in ...
Zewei Liu, Ji‐Kang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Mental illness, crime and mental health resources: insights from Taiwan using text analysis and spatio-temporal analysis. [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Lin CJ, Lin MJ, Jan JF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Differences in Immediate and Delayed Suggestibility Among Children With Dyslexia and Controls

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dyslexia and suggestibility in children, and the extent to which this relationship is accounted for by performance on Word Tasks. Participants comprised 95 children with dyslexia and 109 controls.
Gisli Gudjonsson, Valeria Giostra, Monia Vagni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs and crimes in Scotland: a controlled interrupted time series study. [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Sheikh N, Lewsey J, Henriques-Cadby I, Angus C, Manca F, Haghpanahan H, McIntosh E, Mitchell G, Cook M, Maxwell KJ, Mohan A, Uny I, Smith E, Nicholls J, Emslie C, O'Donnell R, Fitzgerald N.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Perception of Small Crime

Violations of social norms can be costly to society and they are, in the case of large crimes, followed by prosecution. Minor misbehaviors — small crimes — do not usually result in legal proceedings.
Magnus, J.R., Douhou, S., Soest, A.H.O. van   +2 more
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Africa's Biodiversity Will Not Be Saved by Protected Areas Alone

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Luca Luiselli
wiley   +1 more source

A Latent Transition Analysis of Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Chinese Adolescents: Associations With Life Satisfaction and Depression

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bullying, both traditional and cyber, has become a public health concern. Nevertheless, few studies have differentiated between traditional bullying and cyberbullying to examine how their interplay shapes distinct bullying involvement profiles and how these profiles link with well‐being and mental health outcomes.
Xingzhou Zhang, Qinyu Cheng, Chengmian Zhang, Angel Nga Man Leung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Origine et développement du concept de polyvictimisation

Criminologie, 2014
Sherry Hamby, David Finkelhor, Heather Turner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source