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Promoting Safer Communities through Physical Design, Social Inclusion and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: A Developmental Study

, 2006
The impact of crime on people’s lives takes many forms. Strategies and intervention programs aimed at reducing crime open draw on a mix of approaches that focus on opportunity/situational reduction; the social/developmental; and the structural/social ...
Haigh, Y.
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
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Educational pathways and outcomes for care‐experienced children: A 16‐year longitudinal study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children who are removed from their birth families during childhood—termed care‐experienced—can be at risk for lower educational attainment and poorer school experiences, often linked to deprivation and behavioural factors. However, research often uses aggregated measures that obscure the complexities of care (e.g.
Emily Lowthian, Stuart Bedston, Olivia Deavall, Tom Crick, Lucy J. Griffiths, Ashley Akbari, Alex Lee, Gemma Hammerton, Jon Heron, Donald Forrester   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cold‐blooded commerce: Characterizing and predicting trade in Australian squamates

Conservation Science and Practice
Reptiles are popular exotic pets worldwide, with species valued for rarity, uniqueness, and colorful appearances. Despite Australia having banned the commercial export of native wildlife for several decades, Australian reptiles continually accumulate in ...
Sebastian Chekunov, Rodolfo O. Anderson, Thomas A. A. Prowse, John Measey, Adam Toomes, Phillip Cassey   +5 more
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
wiley   +1 more source

Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming the insider: reducing employee crime through Situational Crime Prevention

, 2009
Information security has become increasingly important for organizations, given their dependence on ICT. Not surprisingly, therefore, the external threats posed by hackers and viruses have received extensive coverage in the mass media.
Willison R, Siponen M, Willison, Robert, Siponen, Mikko   +3 more
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Crime on Public Transport [PDF]

, 2013
This entry examines how crime concentrates and is potentially specialized within and around the public transport system. It begins by defining public transport for the purposes of this discussion and outlines why this is an area of importance.
Newton, Andrew, Newton, Andrew D., Newton, A, Andrew Newton   +3 more
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Identity of the current issues related to detection and clarification of juvenile crimes in the Slovak Republic [PDF]

NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2015
The study deals with theoretical and practical aspects of the fight against juvenile delinquency in the Slovak Republic, i.e. with detection and clarification (investigation) of these types of crimes, i.e. crimes committed by minors and youth. The author
Hullova Monika
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Politics, economy and environmental crime

, 2007
Issues pertaining to the protection of the planet continue to capture media headlines and provoke public and political debate. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has referred to global warming as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ (
Reece Walters, Walters, Reece
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