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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Discipline Techniques and School Commitment as Predictors of Delinquency among Secondary School Students in Kwara State [PDF]

International Journal of Advanced Humanities Research
Delinquency among secondary school students is a substantial concern, affecting personal development and societal well-being. The period of adolescence, characterized by autonomy and identity exploration, can result in various behavioral problems ...
BALOGUN Olatunji
doaj   +1 more source

Prepayment and delinquency in the mortgage crisis period [PDF]

We study the interaction of borrower mortgage prepayment and mortgage delinquency during the period between 2001 and 2010. We show that when house prices flattened and began their subsequent decline, borrowers had increasingly slow prepayments and that ...
Elizabeth Laderman, John Krainer
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From Margins to Privilege: Revisiting the Sociology of Youth Subcultures Through Omnivorousness

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Advantaged young people may engage in transgressive or non‐conformist subcultural practices usually associated with disadvantaged youth. When undertaken from privileged positions, however, these practices can carry markedly different meanings, costs and rewards.
Chi‐Chung Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Rent control, rent overcharge, and racial disparity

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Rent control policies have gained renewed legislative momentum in the United States, but are rent‐regulated landlords adhering to these policies? Answering this question is critical to understanding the policy's impact. Using a unique panel data set from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), we investigate noncompliance with ...
Brent W. Ambrose, Xun Bian, Ruoyu Chen, Hanchen Jiang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of life satisfaction on substance abuse: delinquency as a mediator

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2018
The objectives of the study were two-folds: firstly, to ascertain the effect of life satisfaction on substance abuse among Malay youth. Secondly, to identify the role of delinquency on the relationship between life satisfaction and substance abuse.
Mahadzirah Mohamad, Morliyati Mohammad, Nor Azman Mat Ali, Zainudin Awang   +3 more
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Trajectories of Delinquency among Puerto Rican Children and Adolescents at Two Sites

, 2009
This study examined the trajectories of delinquency among Puerto Rican children and adolescents in two cultural contexts. Relying on data from the Boricua Youth Study, a longitudinal study of children and youth from Bronx, New York, and San Juan, Puerto ...
Wesley G. Jennings, Hector Bird, Canino, Glorisa, Bird, Hector, Glorisa Canino, Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M, Piquero, Alex R, Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Alex R. Piquero, Jennings, Wesley G   +9 more
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Firearm sexual homicide offenders: Criminal careers, psychopathology, and offense conduct

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Most homicides are firearm‐perpetrated, but in sexual homicide, offenders are more likely to utilize personal weapons (e.g., hands and feet), contact weapons (e.g., blunt object), or edged weapons (e.g., knife) to comport with their fantasy life, motivational states, and psychopathology.
Matt DeLisi, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Pedro Pechorro, Matthew W. Logan   +3 more
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The company you keep: The influence of popular delinquents and deviant brokers on offending trajectories

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on how delinquent peer associations affect individuals’ life courses is limited. This paper addresses this gap by examining delinquent peer network characteristics and their impact on offending trajectories through social network analysis (SNA) and group‐based trajectory modeling (GBTM).
Daniel Trovato
wiley   +1 more source

Juvenile homicide : a criminological study on the possible causes of juvenile homicidal delinquency in Jamaica [PDF]

, 2009
Jamaica, the so-called land of wood and water, normally is the embodiment of a dream holiday destination with white sandy beaches, tropical palm trees, dazzling sunshine and the typical Caribbean flair.
Rae, Sarah-Joy
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