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Green criminology: Critical, interdisciplinary and generally welcoming to newcomers

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This interview introduces green criminology as a vital approach to the study of crime, victimization and its control. It brings together two established scholars, Anna Di Ronco and Nigel South, who share their views on a range of topics, from personal ...
Vaclav Walach, Petr Kupka
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Spatial Concentration of Opioid Overdose Deaths in Indianapolis: An Application of the Law of Crime Concentration at Place to a Public Health Epidemic [PDF]

, 2019
The law of crime concentration at place has become a criminological axiom and the foundation for one of the strongest evidence-based policing strategies to date.
Carter, Jeremy G., Mohler, George, Ray, Bradley   +2 more
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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Prison and university: a tale of two institutions? [PDF]

, 2011
For many years prisons have had a reputation as universities of crime providing novice criminals with opportunities to learn from more experienced criminals. Over the last 20 years, as prison populations have grown there has been a simultaneous expansion
Earle, Rod
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Admissibility of Prior Sexual History Evidence: Examining Its Impact on Mock‐Jurors’ Judgments When Gender and Race Are Considered

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rape shield laws restrict the admission of prior sexual history evidence (PSHE) in sexual assault trials in various countries, including Canada and the U.S. Despite such laws, admission of PSHE is often at the discretion of a trial judge. The current study examined the effect of PSHE (present, absent), victim and defendant gender (male, female)
Bailey M. Fraser, Emily Pica, Joanna D. Pozzulo   +2 more
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The Overstated Challenge: Analysing the Challenge of Southern Criminology to the Hegemony of Northern Criminology and its Implications for Criminological Theory in the 21st Century

Contemporary Challenges
In an era marked by the escalating globalisation of crime, the import of Southern criminology has progressively transitioned from a marginalised field to a central focus in research.[1] This transition presents theoretical challenges to criminology in ...
Shilun Zhou
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Decoding Disbelief: Using Natural Language Processing's Sentiment Analysis to Assess 24 Years of Unfounded Rape Reports Narratives

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rape myths, including the belief that victims frequently lie, contribute to barriers in justice, such as the disproportionate use of the “unfounded” classification—where, following an investigation, it is determined no crime occurred. This study analyzes rape report narratives tied to previously untested sexual assault kits (N = 5638) from a ...
Rachel E. Lovell, Lacey Caporale, Jiaxin Du   +2 more
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Discovering the Best Criminology Program in Poland: Contemplation of the Month-long Sabbatical at the University of Białystok

Eastern European Journal of Transnational Relations, 2023
This article traces the friendship between Professor Emil Pływaczewski and me over a quarter of a century with an emphasis on my impressions of Poland in general and Białystok School of Criminology in particular during my recent one-month stay.
Liqun Cao
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ALTERNATIVE CRIMINOLOGY: CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY

International Journal of Professional Business Review
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the importance of Cultural Criminology in society, with the aim of implementing preventive measures and educating those with punitive and preventive powers, improving public policies and reducing inequality in the punitive sphere   Theoretical Framework: In this topic, the main concepts and ...
Silva, Thaina Oliveira Nonata da, Santos, Giulia Rizzardo dos   +1 more
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Human Experts and AI Models in Offender Risk Assessment: A Comparative Pilot Study Using the HCR‐20V3

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study compares offender risk assessments conducted by human experts and advanced large language models (LLMs) within the HCR‐20V3 framework. Both groups evaluated a series of synthetic forensic case vignettes designed to simulate realistic clinical conditions. Quantitative results indicate that AI models consistently assigned higher
Shai Farber
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