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Ukrainian detective (Soviet and emigre): History and pragmatics (1920-1930). RETRACTED 21.03.2025

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Ìсторія України. Українознавство: історичні та філософські науки
The task of scientific research. The study of ukrainian soviet and emigration literary tastes, which changed under the pressure of historical realities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Olga Zubko
doaj   +1 more source

A set of motives characteristic of the genre of classical detective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article describes a set of motives characteristic of the genre of classical detective. The author concludes that the classic detective story especially significant reasons related to the game: staging, dressing, all sorts of spoofing.
Кириленко, Н. Н.
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Realistic Man, Fantasy Policeman: The Longevity of Ruth Rendell's Reginald Wexford [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Publisher does not allow open access until after ...
Schnabel, Jennifer
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Focused deterrence can reduce crime: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experiments

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Voices: Catherine Louisa Pirkis’ The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective and the Crimes of Animality

open access: yesHumanities, 2018
While previous readings of Catherine Louisa Pirkis’ series The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (1894) have focused on Brooke’s status as New Woman detective, this article considers the series in the context of Pirkis’ own ...
Christopher Pittard
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Striving for autonomy : representative female characters in the detective novels of P. D. James : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Representative female characters from several of P D James's detective novels are used to exemplify the changes in women's position in society during the four decades (from the early 1960s to the late 1990s) which span James's publishing career and which
Greenwood, Irene
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Lexical inference training for homonyms: Two randomized controlled trials for children with English as a first and an additional language

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Many words have multiple meanings, which present challenges to learning, yet research has yet to identify effective interventions for homonyms. Lexical inference may be a promising strategy. Aim To evaluate a brief, novel lexical inference intervention for homonyms. Samples Children aged 7–8 years (Study 1: N = 180, Study 2: N = 76).
Sophie A. Booton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

LE ROMAN POLICIER AFRICAIN FRANCOPHONE: DU BANAL INVRAISEMBLABLE AU FANTASTIQUE / THE FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN DETECTIVE NOVEL: FROM THE COMMON UNIMAGINABLE TO THE FANTASY / ROMANUL POLIŢIST AFRICAN FRANCOFON: DE LA BANALUL LIPSIT DE ORIGINALITATE LA FANTASTIC [PDF]

open access: yesStudii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2017
The Francophone African detective novel uses absurdity to reveal with hurtful cruelty the fate and tragic existence of a people at the edge of abyss.
Guilioh Merlain Vokeng Ngnintedem
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Mystery and Performance in Barry Unsworth's Morality Play

open access: yesMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2001
The aim of this paper is to analyse Barry Unsworth's Morality Play (1995) in the light of the patterns that make up the formula of classical detective fiction.
María Jesús Martínez Alfaro
doaj   +1 more source

Republican Monsters: The Cultural Construction of American Positivist Criminology, 1767-1920 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This dissertation examines the history of and cultural influences on positivist criminology in the United States. From Benjamin Rush to the present day, the U.S.
Burton, Chase Smith
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