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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incapacitation and Imprisonment: Prisoners’ Involvement in Community-based Crime. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The impact of incapacitation on prisoners’ offending behavior is a neglected area of research. The aim of this study was to examine the extent and nature of prisoners’ involvement in community-based crime in the U.K.
Wood, Jane L.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Bangkok motorcycle taxis as eyes on the street?

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2020
The importance of motorcycle taxis in Bangkok's intermodal commuter system is acknowledged in studies of urban transport but rarely in sociology. This study aims to clarify the phenomenon of eyes on the street performed by motorcycle taxi drivers.
Sirirat Sereerat, Warramet Sirijintana
doaj   +1 more source

Above and below: measuring crime risk in and around underground mass transit systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper explores crime risk within and around major transit systems, specifically by investigating theft of personal property offences on the London Underground.
Andy Gill (7754855)   +11 more
core   +1 more source

A smart city is a safe city: the current status of street crime and its victim prevention using a digital application

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Modern street crime has been increasingly affecting the formation of the criminogenic situation in Russia. The main goal of this paper is exploring the possible application of modern digital technologies in the evaluation and prevention of public crime ...
Truntsevsky Y.V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis and description of crimes in Mexico city using point pattern analysis within networks

open access: yesAnnals of GIS, 2023
The present research work is conducted to analyse spatial distribution and possible spatial association between three types of crimes from January 2018 to December 2019 in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. In this study, we consider treating the data
Iulian Teodor Vlad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustaining the crime reduction impact of designing out crime: Re-evaluating the Secured by Design scheme 10 years on [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Secured by Design (SBD) is an award scheme that aims to encourage housing developers to design out crime at the planning or concept stage. The scheme is managed by the Association of Chief Police Officers Crime Reduction Initiatives (ACPO CPI) while the ...
Rachel Armitage   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Testing time-sensitive influences of weather on street robbery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although the relationship between weather and crime has been extensively investigated over the past century, little consensus has emerged on the directions of the relationships observed and the mechanisms through which weather might exert its influence ...
Bowers, KJ   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Predicting involvement in prison gang activity: Street gang membership, social and psychological factors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine whether street gang membership, psychological factors, and social factors such as pre-prison experiences could predict young offenders’ involvement in prison gang activity.
Wood, Jane L.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

What is good about good design? Exploring the link between housing quality and crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The design of homes can enhance the quality of life of residents by reducing their vulnerability to crime. Copious research has identifi ed the features of individual properties, their boundaries and development layout, which act as risk or as protective
Pease, Ken   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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