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Why is Law Enforcement Decentralized? [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities which would justify its centralization. To explain this fact, we construct a political economy model of law enforcement. Under decentralization, law enforcement in each region is in accord with the preferences of regional citizens, but interjurisdictional ...
Cheikbossian, Guillaume   +1 more
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Crime, Isolation and Law Enforcement [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of African Economics, 2003
This paper investigates the relationship between criminal activity and geographical isolation. Using data from Madagascar, we show that, after we control for population composition and risk factors, crime increases with distance from urban centers and ...
Fafchamps, Marcel, Moser, Christine
openaire   +6 more sources

POLICE OFFICERS AT A CROSSROADS: LIFE-STORIES OF HUNGARIAN POLICE OFFICERS AFTER THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY [PDF]

open access: yesIstorija 20. Veka
The focus of the paper is on the fate of a special police unit and its members. Before World War II, the civilian response work in the present sense took place within the framework of the police in Hungary.
Tamás Kovács
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Nature and Geographical Characteristics of Drug Crime in Hungary

open access: yesLaws, 2022
Relatively few people in Hungary deal with the investigation of the spatial nature of crime. In connection with drug crime, we rarely find research dealing with this topic.
Szabolcs Mátyás, Endre Nyitrai
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of IoT in everyday life and in law enforcement [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii din Oradea. Relaţii Internaţionale şi Studii Europene, 2023
Every day, we leave behind more and more digital data, which is related to the use of modern technical devices as well. This can speed up the flow of information.
Endre NYITRAI
doaj   +1 more source

The Enforcement of Medical Laws. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Nov. 23, 1901. To the Editor: —The editorial and original articles in the issue ofThe Journalof November 16, discussing the enforcement of medical laws, are worthy the attention and approbation of every member of the profession in America.
openaire   +2 more sources

Nigerian law enforcement agents’ knowledge and enforcement of drink-drive law

open access: yesTraffic Injury Prevention, 2021
To understand how knowledgeable and equipped the law enforcement agents in Nigeria are to enforce the drink-drive law. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study of Law Enforcement Agents in four Nigerian states selected by convenient sampling.
Fadekemi Olufunmilayo Oginni   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Is travel actually risky? A study of situational causes of victimization

open access: yesCrime Science, 2018
Objective We present a first test using a smartphone time use survey app for whether the risk of criminal victimization is higher while traveling than during other activities, and assess risk heterogeneity between public transport, private transport by ...
Stijn Ruiter, Wim Bernasco
doaj   +1 more source

Booze, Bars, and Bystander Behavior: People who Consumed Alcohol Help Faster in the Presence of Others.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
People help each other less often and less quickly when bystanders are present. In this paper, we propose that alcohol consumption could attenuate or reverse this so-called bystander effect.
Marco eVan Bommel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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