Results 181 to 190 of about 3,463,509 (300)

The company you keep: The influence of popular delinquents and deviant brokers on offending trajectories

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on how delinquent peer associations affect individuals’ life courses is limited. This paper addresses this gap by examining delinquent peer network characteristics and their impact on offending trajectories through social network analysis (SNA) and group‐based trajectory modeling (GBTM).
Daniel Trovato
wiley   +1 more source

The wider network of social relationships and desistance from crime

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has focused on marriage as a key relationship associated with crime cessation. Yet particularly within the contemporary context, relationships with parents, peers, and other family members may also foster or inhibit progress toward desistance.
Peggy C. Giordano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Propulsion Systems for Light Missiles and Support Weapons

open access: yes, 2014
Validerat; 20140125 (global_studentproject_submitter)
openaire   +1 more source

Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
wiley   +1 more source

The informal prisoner justice system: Classification, identification, and punishment of sex offenders behind bars

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing patrol time in crime hot spots: Replicating the “Koper Curve”

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary In a study published more than 30 years ago, Koper found that patrol visits to crime hot spots were most effective in deterring crime and disorder when they were 11–15 min in length. This finding, popularly known as the “Koper Curve,” has had a substantial influence on police practice and research.
Christopher S. Koper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy