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The space-time budget method in criminological research [PDF]
, 2014 This article reviews the Space-Time Budget method developed by Wikström and colleagues and particularly discusses its relevance for criminological research. The Space-Time Budget method is a data collection instrument aimed at recording, retrospectively,
Bernasco, Wim +4 more
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effectiveness of private actors in contributing to crime prevention. We leverage well‐publicised increases in security measures, including additional security guards and tagging of goods, by Tesco, a large UK supermarket chain.
Nils Braakmann, Wednesday Croft
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From Text to Map: Combing Named Entity Recognition and Geographic Information Systems
Code4Lib Journal, 2020 This tutorial shows readers how to leverage the power of named entity recognition (NER) and geographic information systems (GIS) to extract place names from text, geocode them, and create a public-facing map.
Charlie Harper, R. Benjamin Gorham
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Community‐Oriented or Self‐Interested? Citizen Motivations for Engaging in Digital Coproduction
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public organizations increasingly use digitally enabled platforms such as 311 (a nonemergency service in the United States) to facilitate coproduction and improve service delivery. While prior research has examined coproducers' motivations, we know little about motivations for digital coproduction.
Vishal Trehan +2 more
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Childcare and fertility in (western) Germany [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship between children’s day care and fertility in Germany. First, different modes of childcare are discussed with regard to their availability and costs.
Karsten Hank, Michaela Kreyenfeld
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Plant Biology, EarlyView.Global climate change will likely modify the plant assemblages of the Neotropical seasonally dry forest based on the physiological capabilities of the species. Abstract Neotropical seasonal dry forest (NSDF) is one of the most threatened ecosystems according to global climate change predictions.
A. Manrique‐Ascencio +4 more
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Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students [PDF]
College students may participate in market work to finance their college educations. Using data from the NLSY97, three hypotheses are tested. First, smaller parental transfers lead to more hours worked while in school.
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie +1 more
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International Journal of Health Geographics, 2010 Background Automated geocoding of patient addresses for the purpose of conducting spatial epidemiologic studies results in positional errors. It is well documented that errors tend to be larger in rural areas than in cities, but possible effects of local
Zimmerman Dale L, Li Jie
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Maternal Residential Mobility Between Births: A California Statewide Study
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Studies of perinatal and paediatric health often analyse data from consecutive pregnancies. However, little is known about the factors associated with maternal residential changes between births or how maternal mobility may affect the validity of epidemiological findings, particularly those involving geographic‐based measurements ...
Giselle Bellia +3 more
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Regional social contexts and individual fertility decisions: a multilevel analysis of first and second births in Western Germany [PDF]
In this paper, a multilevel approach is used to investigate whether and how regional social contexts influence first and second birth probabilities of women living in western Germany during the 1980s and 1990s.
Karsten Hank
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