Results 81 to 90 of about 31,491 (291)

Crime, community, context & fear : influences on informal social control in an affluent English suburb [PDF]

open access: yes
Based on ethnographic research, involving observations, participant observation and in-depth interviews, this thesis explores the impact of crime and the influences on informal social control in an affluent, middle class suburb.
Steventon, Graham John
core  

Interpreting algorithmic information cues: User sensemaking of search autocomplete moderation

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Autocomplete is a search feature that algorithmically generates information cues for any keywords entered in the search bar. While this feature makes the search process more efficient, it also frequently produces biased, misleading, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate suggestions.
Shagun Jhaver
wiley   +1 more source

The health impact assessment of crime prevention

open access: yes, 2004
Crime is a major issue in terms of its impact on individuals, communities and the state. In exploring the links between crime and health it is important to distinguish between the health impacts of being a victim of crime (especially on more than one ...
Hirschfield, Alex
core  

Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
The fear of crime is an established research topic, not only in sociology, environmental psychology and criminology, but also in GIScience. Using spatial analysis to analyse patterns, explore hotspots and determine the significance of respective surveys ...
Jiří Pánek, Igor Ivan, Lucie Macková
doaj   +1 more source

Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Irritability is a prevalent and impairing feature associated with autism, yet remains poorly understood, particularly in adults. Drawing heavily on insights translated from pediatric and transdiagnostic literatures, we propose that irritability in autistic individuals often reflects a psychophysiological stress or threat response, rooted in a ...
Hsiang‐Yuan Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crime and Mental Wellbeing [PDF]

open access: yes
Most estimates of the cost of crime focus on victims. Yet it is plausible that an even larger cost of crime occurs via its indirect impact on the mental wellbeing of non-victims. To test how crime affects individuals' mental outcomes, we exploit detailed
Andrew Leigh, Francesca Cornaglia
core  

Fear of Crime

open access: yes, 2015
openAccessArticle: False ; cover date: 2015-01-01 ; pii: B978-0-08-097086-8.45058-0 ; Harvest Date: 2016-01-06 13:07:48 ; issueName: ; Page Range: 854-854 ; href scidir: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080970868450580 ; pubType:
unknown ( host institution )   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Culture of Fear and Control in Costa Rica (I): Crime Statistics and Law Enforcement [PDF]

open access: yes
The Costa Rican talk of crime is fundamentally based on the assumption that crime rates have increased significantly in recent years and that there is today a vast and alarming amount of crime. On the basis of this assumption, fear of crime, the call for
Sebastian Huhn
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy