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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2016 Alice Cepeda +3 more
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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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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.
ali ghasemijahan +2 more
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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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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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The influence of television stories on narrative abilities in children [PDF]
, 2018 This research explores the narrative abilities demonstrated by children aged between 8 and 12 in the production of television stories. The results reveal that not all television stories viewed by children foster the informal education process.
Aierbe Barandiaran, Ana +3 more
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Are social organizational factors independently associated with a current bacterial sexually transmitted infection among urban adolescents and young adults? [PDF]
, 2014 This study explored the relationship between the social organization of neighborhoods including informal social control and social cohesion and a current bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) among adolescents and young adults in one U.S.
Ellen, Jonathan M. +4 more
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Formation of social capital in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding the gap vis-à-vis developed countries [PDF]
, 2005 Recent Eurobarometer survey data are used to document and explain the stock of social capital in 27 European countries. Social capital in Central and Eastern Europe – measured by civic participation and access to social networks – lags behind that in ...
Fidrmuc, Jan, Gërxhani, Klarita
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Journal of Crime and Justice, 2019 Compared to the offline world, the online environment is more anonymous and therefore less easily controlled. Criminological theories generally show that people are more likely to commit crime when they experience or perceive less formal or informal ...
Tamar Berenblum +2 more
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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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