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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Extensive research has established a link between low self‐control and child victimization. However, the specific neighborhood conditions under which low self‐control most strongly influences victimization have been little examined, and, more importantly, no previous studies have investigated the complex ways in which neighborhood context ...
Myunghee You, Brian J. Stults
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When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
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Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field
Criminology, 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
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Criminology, 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
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Social mobilization or street crimes
Educare, 2011 This article deals with processes of marginalization and patterns of segregation in contemporary Sweden, which have transformed the former welfare state towards increased segregation and inequality between different social groups. Two ethnographic studies on young men living in stigmatized metropolitan areas are used in discussion and analysis.
Philip Lalander, Ove Sernhede
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary In the summer of 2025, the Columbia (SC) Police Department (CPD) implemented a full‐scale crime intervention in the Millwood Avenue Corridor (MAC), a historically high‐crime neighborhood. The intervention consisted of random high‐visibility patrols on 10 high‐crime streets during high‐crime times, increased LED lighting ...
Hunter M. Boehme +4 more
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Optimizing patrol time in crime hot spots: Replicating the “Koper Curve”
Criminology &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
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An analysis of the physical contexts of crime in urban spaces and the provision of preventive design solutions, case study: Enghelab Street in Tehran [PDF]
تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیاییOne of the most effective approaches to enhancing urban security is crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), which focuses on the role of urban design in reducing criminal behavior.
Fatemeh Saffarsabzevar
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Between 2021 and 2024, the Mecklenburg County (NC) Department of Public Health's Office of Violence Prevention launched two targeted media campaigns in response to high rates of community violence. The first used geofencing: virtual geographic boundaries that deliver targeted advertisements to mobile devices.
Eric L. Piza +2 more
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The effect of citywide improvement in street lighting on the use of public space by community residents. [PDF]
Justice QMoritz M +4 more
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