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Recognizing the role of victim supports in building and maintaining healthy and safe communities

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2016
The effects of crime can persist for years and can have life-long implications for some victims. The physical and emotional impact, alongside practical problems, point to the need for the rehabilitation of victims and their families in order to avoid or ...
Sarah Johnston-Way, Sue O’Sullivan
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Money for Crime and Money from Crime: Financing Crime and Laundering Crime Proceeds [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 2015
This article summarises briefly what is known internationally about how ‘organised crimes’ are financed and how this differs from the financing of licit businesses. It shows how illicit financing might and does operate, noting that a key issue is the social capital of offenders and their access to illicit finance which ironically, may be easier if ...
openaire   +1 more source

Understanding site selection of illegal border crossings into a fenced protected area: a rational choice approach

open access: yesCrime Science, 2018
This study investigates illegal border crossings by rhino poachers into a fenced reserve in South Africa, comparing journeys to and after crime using a rational choice approach.
Nick van Doormaal   +2 more
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Heterogeneity in trajectories of cybercriminals: A longitudinal analyses of web defacements

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior Reports, 2021
Longitudinal criminological studies greatly improved our understanding of the longitudinal patterns of criminality. These studies, however, focused almost exclusively on traditional types of offending and it is therefore unclear whether results are ...
Steve G.A. van de Weijer   +2 more
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A framework for estimating crime location choice based on awareness space

open access: yesCrime Science, 2020
This paper extends Crime Pattern Theory, proposing a theoretical framework which aims to explain how offenders’ previous routine activity locations influence their future offence locations.
Sophie Curtis-Ham   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

No evidence that mask-wearing in public places elicits risk compensation behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Face masks have been widely employed as a personal protective measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, concerns remain that masks create a false sense of security that reduces adherence to other public health measures, including social distancing ...
Lasse S. Liebst   +4 more
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Association of self-reported craniocerebral trauma with re-offending: a cross-sectional survey among prisoners and detainees

open access: yesZhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between craniocerebral trauma and the risk of recidivism among prisoners. MethodsWith multi-stage equidistant sampling and the Re-Offending Questionnaire developed by domestic researchers, a face-to-face survey ...
Ya′nan LUO   +6 more
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Crime and Psychiatry

open access: yesMens Sana Monographs, 2015
Psychiatry and crime are linked in certain ways. On one hand, we have criminal offenders with serious psychopathology; and on the other hand, we have psychiatric patients who may commit criminal offences during the influence of a psychiatric disorder. The psychiatrist in practice has to come in contact with the criminal justice system at some point of ...
Matcheswalla, Yusuf, De Sousa, Avinash
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Interstitial crime analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Crime on public transport can be very difficult to analyse. 'Stealth crimes' like pick-pocketing present a particular challenge because victims often have an imprecise knowledge of the location and time of the offence.
Newton, Andrew D.   +2 more
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A scoping study: crime and connected and autonomous vehicles

open access: yesCrime Science
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) integrate advanced communication and autonomous driving technologies, enabling them to operate independently or with minimal human intervention.
Ashley Brown   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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