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Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social enterprises create social and economic value through business models that support ex‐offenders. The work was motivated by a request for help from an entrepreneur wishing to establish a business that supports ex‐offender rehabilitation.
Elizabeth Green, Peter Bradley, Glenn Parry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crime scene examiners and volume crime investigations: an empirical study of perception and practice [PDF]

, 2012
Most police forces in the UK employ specially trained crime scene examiners (CSEs) to provide forensic science support to the investigation of crime. Previous research has shown wide variations in the management, deployment, and performance of this staff
Fraser, Jim, Williams, Robin, Ludwig, Anika   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LGBTI variations in crime reporting: how sexual identity influences decisions to call the cops [PDF]

, 2013
Research shows that people vary in their willingness to report crime to police depending on the type of crime experienced, their gender, age, and their race or ethnicity.
Toby Miles-Johnson, Miles-Johnson, Toby, Miles-Johnson, Toby (R20424)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Built environment attributes and crime: an automated machine learning approach

Crime Science, 2020
This paper presents the development of an automated machine learning approach to gain an understanding of the built environment and its relationship to crime. This involves the automatic capture of street-level photographs using Google Street View (GSV),
Kyle Dakin, Weizhi Xie, Simon Parkinson, Saad Khan, Leanne Monchuk, Ken Pease   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

(In)justice in Smart Cities: Barriers and an Integrative Framework for Solution Pathways From a Global Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart city initiatives aim for sustainability and inclusiveness, but recent evidence shows that they often lead to injustices. Although this contradiction has received growing academic attention, a comprehensive understanding of how justice is addressed within smart city practices remains limited.
Md. Nazmul Haque, Emilio Costales, Dominik Beckers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Samar Aad, Luca Mora   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The great property crime drop: a regional analysis [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: To describe and discuss regional variation between parts of NSW in the rate at which theft and robbery offences have fallen. Method: Percentage changes in rates of offending in robbery and various categories of theft were calculated for the period ...
Jessie Holmes, Don Weatherburn
core  

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling the Nexus: how street network morphology influences crime in Detroit

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Urban streets are primary settings for criminal activities. Although prior studies have examined various environmental factors influencing criminal behavior, insufficient attention has been paid to street configurational types within street network ...
Yuanyuan Mao, Shuqi Huang, Yueqiao Ning, Can Wang, Wenchao Li, Ziheng Huang, Shanhe Jiang, Yanqing Xu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source