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Helping financially under‐resourced unmarried mothers move forward and flourish: Feasibility findings from an innovative coaching‐centered place‐based initiative

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐duration, holistic, cohort‐based, coach‐led interventions may be particularly effective in promoting both economic health and emotional well‐being among unmarried mothers living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Aligning with the 1999 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) framework for program evaluation, this study presents a ...
Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling, Sharon Watson, Mia Ersoff, Jayla Worsley, Brice Kroll, Jenna Hollenhead   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Distribution of Crime in Bangladesh: An Analysis

Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi, 2021
Crime mapping has become popular as a way of analysing the spatial distribution of crime, and its use enables effective crime prevention strategies to be employed based on the analysis of hotspots.
Md. Bashir Uddin Khan, Md. Ishtiaq Ahmed Talukder   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Place‐based risk: Examining relationships between adolescent perceptions of community risk factors and adolescent substance use across geographic contexts

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mixed evidence for the influence of structural and social factors on adolescent substance use behaviors exists across the rural–urban continuum. Therefore, this study explores how adolescent perceptions of structural and social community risk factors are associated with lifetime and past 30‐day use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, and ...
Melissa Pearman Fenton, Sarah D. Lynne, Josie L. Bryan, Catherine Woodstock Striley, Larry F. Forthun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Detection of Suspicious Behaviors for Safe Residence from Movement Trajectory Data

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
Early detection of people’s suspicious behaviors can aid in the prevention of crimes and make the community safer. Existing methods that are focused on identifying abnormal behaviors from video surveillance that are based on computer vision, which are ...
Junyi Cheng, Xianfeng Zhang, Xiao Chen, Miao Ren, Jie Huang, Peng Luo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive policing

Het Tijdschrift voor de Politie, 2017
Predictive policing is, zeer algemeen gesteld, het gebruik van statistische voorspellingen zodat de politie kan anticiperen op criminele incidenten. Statistiek baseert zich altijd op ge-gevens, oftewel data. Dat geldt dus ook voor predictive policing.
Willems, D., Bruggeling, M., Vries, A. de, Doeleman, R.   +3 more
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous Police Vehicles for Predictive Policing: A Sociotechnical Framework for Accountable Deployment

IEEE Access
Predictive policing is evolving from analytic dashboards to operational decision support; however, integrating these predictions into Autonomous Police Vehicles (APVs) introduces significant reliability, security, and governance challenges.
Swarnamouli Majumdar, Anjali Awasthi, Lorant Andras Szolga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Policing. In Defence Of ‘True Positives’

, 2018
Predictive policing has triggered a heated debate around the issue of ‘false positives’. Biased machine training can wrongly classify individuals as high risk simply as a result of belonging to a particular ethnic group and many agree such persons should not have to shoulder the burden of over-policing due to an inherent stochastic problem.
openaire   +2 more sources