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The when and where of an emerging crime type: The example of metal theft from the railway network of Great Britain [PDF]
, 2014 Metal theft has become an increasingly common crime in recent years, but lack of data has limited research into it. The present study used police-recorded crime data to study the spatial and temporal concentration of metal theft from the railway network ...
Ashby, MPJ +7 more
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The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 173-179, January/March 2025.Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
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(Looking) Back to the Future: using space-time patterns to better predict the location of street crime [PDF]
, 2009 Crime analysts attempt to identify regularities in police recorded crime data with a central view of disrupting the patterns found. One common method for doing so is hotspot mapping, focusing attention on spatial clustering as a route to crime reduction (
Tompson, Lisa +5 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringSince physical crimes committed on the street against children typically occur during school commutes, there is an urgent need to address Japanese mothers’ fear of such crimes.
Yilin Huang +4 more
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Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
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The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
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Urban ScienceUnderstanding the relationship between urban crime and the built environment is crucial for developing effective crime prevention strategies, particularly in the context of rapid urban development and city planning.
Devin Yongzhao Wu, Jue Wang
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When two dark figures collide: Evidence and discourse on drug-related crime [PDF]
, 2007 This paper explores the socio-political construction of drug-related crime; a concept that has dominated recent developments in UK drug policy. It has been assumed that the perceived overlap between known offenders and drug users is also present among
Stevens, Alex
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Putting the Femme in Feminist: Trans Feminism and the ‘Male Lesbian’ in the American Second Wave
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A slur, a joke or a post‐structuralist case of mistaken identity. To the extent that the male lesbian has been discussed, she has figured dismissively. Yet throughout the period historicised as American feminism's second wave, potentially thousands of trans femmes organised under this identity. Despite being entirely overlooked in scholarship,
Aino Pihlak, Emily Cousens
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