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Personal determinants of vandal behaviour among urban school and student youth from a gender perspective

open access: yesОбразование и наука, 2021
Introduction. Vandalism is an urgent modern problem. This problem is especially acute for modern megalopolises, the environment of which is often a subject for damages and unauthorised changes.
O. V. Kruzhkova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of psychological studies of vandalism of children and adolescents as the basis for designing prevention programs in the educational environment

open access: yesВестник Мининского университета, 2020
Introduction. The article provides an overview of Russian and foreign studies of vandalism among children and adolescents, which is carried out in order to highlight the personal and environmental determinants of vandal activity of students, as well as ...
E. N. Volkova, E. A. Mititsina
doaj   +1 more source

Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
What does the term “terrorism” mean? Is it accurate to lump illegal acts that destroy property but carefully avoid harming people into the same category as acts clearly intended to kill? Is this a difference of kind or just of degree?
Sumner, David Thomas, Weidman, Lisa M.
core   +2 more sources

Vandalism in Tehran, Iran: Influence of some of the Urban Environmental Factors [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Design and the Built Environment, 2010
Vandalism can be defined as malicious, mindless injury to or destruction of public or private property. It is one of the most visible forms of delinquent behaviour and is amongst the most expensive crimes to be committed against the properties. Vandalism
Saeedeh Rezaee, Rao S P, Ezrin Arbi
doaj  

Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Juvenile Victims of Property Crimes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Property crime is the most frequent kind of criminal victimization and one with important economic and psychological consequences, although it has not received the same public attention as violent crime in recent years. Property crime victimization rates
Finkelhor, David, Ormrod, Richard
core   +2 more sources

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FUNCTIONS OF VANDALISM IN YOUTH BEHAVIOUR: FROM PERSONALITY TO SOCIETY

open access: yesОбразование и наука, 2018
Introduction. Graphic vandalism has become a widespread phenomenon in the space of modern cities. Traditionally, vandalism has been assessed as a negative phenomenon, leading to the destruction of the material, visual and social environment of urban ...
O. V. Kruzhkova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-language learning from bots and users to detect vandalism on Wikipedia

open access: yes, 2015
Vandalism, the malicious modification of articles, is a serious problem for open access encyclopedias such as Wikipedia. The use of counter-vandalism bots is changing the way Wikipedia identifies and bans vandals, but their contributions are often not ...
Christen, Peter, Tran, Khoi-Nguyen
core   +1 more source

A ‘criminal personas’ approach to countering criminal creativity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper describes a pilot study of a ‘criminal personas’ approach to countering criminal creativity. The value of the personas approach has been assessed by comparing the identification of criminal opportunity, through ‘traditional’ brainstorming and ...
Alastair Irons   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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