Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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Pathways from Neighborhood Factors to Adult Criminality: Intervening Roles of Neighborhood Disorder, Juvenile Delinquency, And Violence Exposure. [PDF]
Anderson AJ, Henrich CC, Mrug S.
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Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation
ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
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Understanding the Impact of Structural Racism and Violence Across the Lifespan on Overdose Vulnerability Among Black San Franciscans Experiencing Homelessness. [PDF]
Gourdet M +8 more
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use: The Mediating Role of Executive Function Deficits
ABSTRACT Introduction While adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are robust risk factors for adolescent substance use, the prospective neurocognitive pathways linking both cumulative and specific adversities to substance use remain understudied. This study tested a vulnerability model by examining whether executive function (EF) deficits mediate the ...
Mahsa P. Yousefkhani +2 more
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Crime opportunity theory: the state of the art. [PDF]
Farrell G, Tilley N.
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Major Cybersecurity Breaches: Shaping Corporate Cybersecurity Policies and Closing the Gaps
ABSTRACT As digitalization accelerates, cybercrime has intensified in both scale and impact over the past two decades. This study aims to critically examine major cybersecurity events, assess them through the lens of routine activity theory, examine insight from three other established criminological and organizational theories, and address central ...
Laura K. Rickett, Deborah Smith
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Reduced incidence of arrest following an extreme risk protection order among respondents in California. [PDF]
Pear VA +5 more
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Review of major policy developments and evidence base: crime domain
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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Understanding Autistic Young Adults' Perceptions and Experiences of Traumatic and Stressful Events
ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to explore how young autistic adults experience and respond to stressful life events, and the relationship between autistic characteristics and symptoms of stress associated with these events. Methods Using an exploratory sequential mixed‐methods approach, an online qualitative survey was first administered
Alliyza Lim, Robyn L. Young
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