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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
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Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale?
Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Street crimes are thought to be influenced by changes in ambient lighting; yet, most studies have focused on small‐scale interventions in limited areas. It remains unclear whether enhanced lighting can improve safety on a larger, jurisdiction‐wide scale.
John M. MacDonald +6 more
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“You Are Safe Now”: Migrant Youth Constructions of Safety and Schooling in the U.S.
Anthropology &Education Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on multisited ethnographic research with migrant families from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who were detained, separated, or endured prolonged transit due to US immigration policies, we articulate how ideas of “relational safety” are situated in relationships with people, place, and time. Contrasting abundant literature
Michelle J. Bellino, Gabrielle Oliveira
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Detecting Intrusion: Electronic Security, Sensoriality, and Spatial Relations in Kingston, Jamaica
City &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kingston, Jamaica, decades of high crime coupled with the failure of the state to effectively provide public security have given rise to a booming private security industry. In this landscape, middle‐ and upper‐class residents have turned to electronic security technologies to fortify their homes against the threat of a home intrusion.
Kimberley D. McKinson
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How to Diagnose Prisons' Failures: Three Perspectives on Officers' Responsibilities
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prison officers play a vital role in shaping prison conditions. Assessing their responsibility for, and potential role in reforming, the prison's failures is an urgent and important task in corrective justice efforts. This article takes up this task, with a focus on the US prison context, by applying and critically examining two general ...
Candice Delmas
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[Injuries and traces on hands of a shooter caused by a firearm shot].
Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2019 AIM OF THE STUDY 1) evaluation of the frequency of occurrence of traces and injuries on hands of persons firing firearms, 2) detailed description of types of traces and injuries as mentioned above, 3) detailed evaluation of the mechanism of their arising
Maciej Kuliczkowski, Ł. Szleszkowski
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract This study aimed to identify geographical distribution patterns of the giant short‐tailed river stingray Potamotrygon brachyura and the motoro stingray Potamotrygon motoro in the Uruguay River basin. Data on presence/absence of stingrays were based on fishers' knowledge accessed by interviews through expeditions in Brazil, Argentina and ...
Danilo Araujo Soares Pereira +2 more
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Suicide and Self‐Harm in Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) are disproportionately exposed to several risk factors for suicidality. However, no meta‐analysis has yet quantified the relative risk of suicide and self‐harm, including suicide attempts, within this population. The aim of this project was to bring together and synthesise the research
Sara Lindstedt +8 more
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Interactions at the point of firearm purchase and subsequent use of locking devices [PDF]
, 2023 Shelby L. Bandel +2 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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