Problems of cross-cultural criminology no more! Testing two central tenets of self-control theory across 28 nations - Vazsonyi AT, Ksinan AJ, Javakhishvili M.
PURPOSE
The current investigation tested two tenets from self-control theory regarding its cross-national validity and applicability, namely the extent to which (1) parenting behaviors (closeness and monitoring) were associated with low self-control, and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Scripting police escalation of use of force through conjunctive analysis of body-worn camera footage: a systematic social observational pilot study - Sytsma VA, Chillar VF, Piza EL.
PURPOSE
To date script analysis has not been used in the field of criminology to further understand processes behind events involving non-offending criminal justice system actors. The purpose of this research is to conduct a pilot study to develop a polic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Crime and safety in rural contexts: innovative methods - Ceccato V.
Lower crime rates in sparsely populated areas of the globe are often taken as a sign that crime is not a major concern in these areas. The negligence of safety and security issues outside the urban realm is not exclusive to criminology. Such paucity of kno... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Empirical determination of transitory and persistent delinquency in Chilean youth: validation of the Criminal Engagement Severity Scale "EGED" - Chesta S, Perez-Luco R, Alarcon P, Wenger L, Concha-Salgado A, Garc ía-Cueto E.
Evidence from several longitudinal studies has established the relevance of the approach of evolutionary criminology to understanding and intervening with adolescent criminal offenders, seeking to halt the criminal behavior before its potential consolidati... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cohort variation in U.S. violent crime patterns from 1960 to 2014: an age-period-cohort-interaction approach - Lu Y, Luo L.
Previous research in criminology has overlooked that cohort effects on crime should be age-time-specific (Ryder in Am Sociol Rev 30(6):843-861, 1965) and consequently assumed cohort effects to be the same across the life course. The current study addresses... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The p Factor, crime, and criminal justice: a criminological study of Caspi et al.'s general psychopathology general theory - DeLisi M, Drury AJ, Elbert MJ.
The general psychopathology general theory or p Factor is an influential theoretical development in the social and behavioral sciences, but has yet to gain traction in criminology and criminal justice. Drawing on data from a sample of 1722 federal pretrial... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Looking to critical criminology to centre gender and violence against women in state crime studies - Collins VE.
The state is over-represented as a perpetrator of violence against women, yet it receives little attention in the state crime/crimes of the powerful literature. In line with the goal of this special issue, the focus here will be to introduce state-perpetra... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 31, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Odi et amo: Discursive strategies and ambiguity in the narratives of violence - Poppi FIM, Verde A.
Ambiguity plays a central role in how narratives about violence are told, but research has rarely taken into account the ambiguity used by criminals with complex motives. Drawing on narrative criminology, this contribution explores how ambiguity is deploye... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Terrorizing police: revisiting 'the policing of terrorism' from the perspective of Danish police detectives - Sausdal D.
A common conclusion in criminology is that fears of terrorism are being (mis)used. The media have used them to market their products, politicians to promote themselves as protectors, and the police have profited through being granted increased powers and r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Toward a political sociology of privatized punishment: contestation, state structures, and stratification - Burkhardt BC, Connor BT.
Privatized punishment--in which nonstate actors carry out state-mandated criminal punishments--has developed into a common practice since its rise in the 1980s. Many disciplines, including criminology, political science, public administration, and economic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The influence of street network features on robberies around public housing communities - Kelsay JD, Haberman CP.
Previous research has consistently identified a crime spillover effect from public housing communities. However, variation in spillover between communities has also been observed. Drawing upon environmental criminology and recent advancements in crime and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Risk assessment and post-release recidivism in a sample of juvenile homicide offenders - Hubbell JT, Heide KM, Khachatryan N.
Given recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding the constitutionality of juveniles who received mandated life sentences, questions have arisen in the field of criminology regarding how these offenders will adjust if someday released. Risk scores were cal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Framework for advancing epidemiological criminology research on prescription drug monitoring programs - Delcher C, Goodin A.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) document the dispensing of prescription medications that are designated as controlled substances by federal and state authorities. Previous research using state-operated PDMPs have typically evaluated epidemiol... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
An Expert on the Criminal Mind, Now He ’s Suspected in California Arson Spree
Amid a series of arson incidents across Northern California this year, a criminology professor was charged with setting a patch of the... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
California Criminology Professor Is Charged With Arson
Amid a series of arson incidents across Northern California this year, a criminology professor was charged with setting a patch of the... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
