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Neighborhood Social Ties and Shared Expectations for Informal Social Control: Do They Influence Informal Social Control Actions? [PDF]
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2016 Social disorganization states that neighborhood social ties and shared expectations for informal social control are necessary for the exercise of informal social control actions. Yet this association is largely assumed rather than empirically examined in the literature.
Wickes, Rebecca +3 more
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Nordisk Politiforskning, 2019 ‘Knarkrondellen’, which translates to ‘the drug roundabout’, is a known hot spot for drug trading in Malmö and the police have implemented several measures to fight the open drug market.
Ina Hennen, Manne Gerell
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Neocortical structures of the left frontal lobe, middle frontal gyrus (MFG) in particular, have been suggested to be linked to the processing of punishing and unpleasant outcomes in decision tasks.
Beatriz Martín-Luengo +4 more
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Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance
MethodsX, 2022 To reveal the interests of actors in forest governance, this paper proposes a power-based interest identification (PII) approach. Based on the assumption of intentional action, the benefits that actors derive from policy impacts are the result of ...
Jiacheng Zhao +4 more
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Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2013 The emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period.
Bogdan Suditu, Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu
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A Survey in Reasons & Causes of Informal Media & Social Networks Selection as News Source [PDF]
مطالعات رسانههای نوین, 2020 Nowadays, media has been described as a potentially powerful tool that can affect the control of political, economic, cultural, and social problems in human societies.
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Nordisk Politiforskning, 2016 Calling upon and assisting police officers are acts that link informal and formal mechanisms of social control. In this paper, we draw upon data from a survey of seven London electoral wards to investigate some of the factors predicting public ...
Ben Bradford, Jonathan Jackson
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Configuration and Functioning of Social Networks in the Border Region [PDF]
Prostranstvennaâ Èkonomika, 2014 Using the methodology of actor-network analysis the author identifies configuration and dynamics of informal social networks in the border region. The study is based on the example of mechanisms and practices of importing fruits and vegetables from Heihe
Tatiana Nikolaevna Zhuravskaya
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Informal care and health behaviors among elderly people with chronic diseases
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2017 Background The mechanism by which social relationships influence health can be interpreted as a social network regulating one’s health behaviors. Based on the hypothesis that relatives, friends, or neighbors are sources of social support and may monitor ...
Hong Wu, Naiji Lu
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Cambio, 2021 Informal housing includes the range of practices associated with producing or occupying residential spaces which falls beyond formal systems of urban planning.
Vittorio Martone
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