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Showing 1 to 20 of 141 for “"Violent Crime"”.
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Women offenders' narratives of violent crime
… subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to their perpetration. It examined the identities which women posited and analysed how they either took up or rejected …
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A phenomenological study of children's experience of violent crime
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Risk and prediction of violent crime in forensic psychiatry
Objective: To test the predictive accuracy for violent recidivism of the age at onset of substance abuse, the platelet MAO-B activity, and various combinations of criminological and clinical risk factors among violent offenders in a prospective Swedish follow-up study. Subjects: One hundred violent …
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Meaning making amongst South African survivors of violent crime
… and significance, held by South African crime survivors in relation to the traumatic event, and to see if existing international research on meaning making and posttraumatic growth (PTG) was relevant in the South African context. A qualitative multiple case study approach was employed. …
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Devaluation and Solvability: The Quest for Factors Affecting Violent Crime Clearance
The U.S. violent crime clearance rate has gradually decreased since the 1990s, and current literature posits three main explanations—victim devaluation thesis, neighborhood devaluation thesis, and solvability perspective—for the decline. The literature on violent crime clearance, however, is …
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Social strain : a sociological analysis of violent crime rates in Europe
… of the contextual configuration linked with violent crime, that is, the material conditions produced by interrelations between socio-economic conditions, social stratification, institutional frameworks and socially structured access to opportunities. Secondly, to describe the form in which …
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Social disorganisation theory and violent crime: A spatial-econometric analysis of Chicago and Sydney
The spatialisation of violent crime is explored in two large case studies, Chicago and Sydney, using spatial econometric methods and macro-sociological variables derived from Social Disorganisation Theory. Social Disorganisation Theory (SDT) is introduced in terms of its formulation in response to …
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An Examination of Philadelphia Murder: A Quest to Understand the 2004-2006 Surge in Violent Crime
This paper examines the 2004-2006 surge in violent crime, specifically murder in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Interviews were conducted with local prominent criminal justice professionals. Interviewees were asked what they believe is wrong with the local criminal justice system, and how the system …
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Impact of community violence on African-American children and adolescents in a high violent crime neighborhood
… and adolescents residing in a relatively high violent crime neighborhood. A structured psychiatric interview, the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised, and self-report measures including Sexual Abuse Fear Evaluation, Horowitz Impact of Events Scale, and Children's …
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Emergency Department Nursing Psychological Care (Early Crisis Intervention) for Adult Victims of Violent Crime: A Quantitative Study
… impact of psychological trauma on victims of violent crime supports further study to determine whether Emergency Department (ED) nurses assess this trauma and initiate early interventions and referral for ongoing psychological care. Nursing care, assessment and early intervention with victims …
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The Kansas City Foot Patrol project : An evaluation of the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places
… evaluated the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places. Specifically the goal of foot patrol was to reduce incidents of aggravated assaults and robberies in the micro-places. For a period of 90 days 8 pairs of rookie officers patrolled on foot in violent crime micro-places. …
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The Immigrant-Criminality Paradox: A Macro-Level Analysis of the Relationship Between Immigration and Violent Crime in San Antonio, Texas
… the relationship between immigration and crime in the United States has manifested into a global debate centered around immigration policy and the supposed “threat” associated with an increasing immigrant population (Stephan, Diaz Loving, & Duran, 2000). Thus, the current study intended to …
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Food deserts, crime, and neighborhood context: an examination of the impact of food insecurity on violent crime in Little Rock
… concentrated disadvantage, and distribution of violent offenders through the lens of social disorganization. Data gathered by the Little Rock Police Department, American Community Survey, and city business license records are used to test neighborhood-level relationships across Little Rock, …
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Situational action theory and intimate partner violence: An exploration of morality as the underlying mechanism in the explanation of violent crime
… scholars infrequently apply general theories of crime to understanding its causes (Dixon, Archer, & Graham-Kevan, 2012). Indeed, some scholars reject the notion that the causes of intimate partner violence align with the causes of general crime and violence (Dobash, Dobash, Wilson, & Daly, 1992). …
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Násilná kriminalita a její prevence
1 Violent Crime and its Prevention Abstract Violent crime is still a very topical issue that deserves attention and research. It is a very complex and extensive issue. For this reason, it is not possible to fully process the entire issue in the limited scope of this thesis. In my thesis, I process …
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Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa
… South Africa is a society that is bedevilled by violent crime. The reintroduction of the death penalty, in the view of many of the victims of violent crime and a section of the politicians, seems to be the only solution. This thesis: "Religious Ethics, Capital Punishment and Reconciliation in a …
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A retrospective audit comparing state patients with schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder who have committed violent crime admitted to the male forensic unit at Valkenberg Hospital
… that psychosis confers a modest risk toward violent offending. Most research to date has shown that a statistical relationship does exist between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and violence and aggressive behavior In forensic mental health, state patients are rehabilitated in a general …
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Three essays on crime policy and the Bayesian bootstrap
… I analyze the effect of these laws on violent crime rates using municipal-level data from the FBI. I compare violent crime rates of border municipalities in states with differing treatment statuses using a difference-in-differences specification with a sample matched on pre-treatment …
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