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Radar Detectors, Fixed and Variable Costs of Crime [PDF]

Raising the sanction will always reduce the utility of the criminal. However, raising the sanction will not always lead to less crime, and may lead to more crime.
Timothy Stanley
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The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families [PDF]

, 2015
Examines the prevalence and effects of heavy drinking on families and children, and the extent to which they persisted or changed over time. Summary The 2015 study examined the prevalence and effects of heavy drinking on families and children, and the ...
Callinan, Sarah, Robin Room, Jiang, Heng, Sarah MacLean, Laslett, Anne-Marie, Elizabeth Manton, Mugavin, Janette, MacLean, Sarah, Sarah Callinan, Manton, Elizabeth, Room, Robin, Anne-Marie Laslett, Janette Mugavin, Heng Jiang   +13 more
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Expanding criminology: Integrating environmental harm into discourse and practice [PDF]

Environmental harm encompasses actions that have detrimental effects on the welfare of humans and other species, though not classified as criminal acts. As Lynch observes, instances of environmental harm and crimes exceed those of street crimes in terms ...
Jaswal, Raushan Tara, Tandon, Bhavya
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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
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Inconspicuous Ecocide: Photographs of Environmental Damage Wrought by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine [PDF]

Kronos
This article is devoted to the problem of photographic representation of the environmental harm caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In many cases, this damage is intentional and due to the military strategy employed by the Russian military.
Denis Skopin
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The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ranger patrols are a cornerstone of wildlife protection efforts around the world and occur across all ecological governance systems. Evidence that patrols reduce threats to wildlife and enable their recovery has not been systematically examined previously.
Trina Rytwinski, Robert S. A. Pickles, Matthew J. Muir, Steven J. Cooke, Joseph R. Bennett, Lisa A. Kelly, Adrienne Smith, Cynthia Cadet, Dwi N. Adhiasto, Inés Arroyo Quiroz, Mark D. Booton, Daphne P. Carlson, Drew T. Cronin, Anthony Dancer, Meredith L. Gore, Jennifer R. B. Miller, Stephen F. Pires, Amy Pokempner, James Slade, Andrew M. Lemieux   +19 more
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Pets, protected animals and farm animals: three perceptual spaces of animal abuse

Frontiers in Psychology
Increased public and political attention to animal abuse has led to changes in legislation that recognize animals as sentient beings. Abusing animals is legally classified in Spain as an environmental crime against flora, fauna and protected areas ...
Andrea Vera, Ana M. Martín, Stephany Hess-Medler, Bernardo Hernández   +3 more
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater, Adam Dušek, Aleksandra Bartelik, Silvia Mandillo, Elisabetta Golini, Mara Rigamonti, Rasneer Sonia Bains, Hamish Forrest, Marion Rivalan, Melissa Long, Anna Kiryk, Lars Lewejohann, Nuno Henrique Franco   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Problem-oriented policing of transnational environmental crimes: a social harms approach

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2018
Since the publication of Herman Goldstein’s seminal article on Problem-oriented Policing (POP) in 1979, criminologists have attempted to apply its proactive methodology, with a large body of police work concentrating on how operational policing can benefit from the methodologies of POP, and specifically how events are recognised, approached and ...
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Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo, Olayinka Adedayo Erin, Mohammed Kayode Ajape, Becky Forbin   +3 more
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