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Autor:
Sven Smith, Robert L. Askew, Christopher J. Ferguson, Howard Henderson, Domenique Montgomery, Soyele Olumuyiwa
Publikováno v:
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.
Publikováno v:
Crime & Delinquency. 68:2092-2114
Understanding the social contexts of violent crime remains controversial in the literature. In the current study, we examine common social contexts in four cities (Houston, TX, Baltimore, MD, Jackson, MS, Wilmington, DE). Data were examined in two st
Publikováno v:
Criminology & Criminal Justice. 23:257-272
Violent crime is a concern in the United States. Past research has suggested different correlates, including poverty, mental health disorders and the presence of guns. One particular theory, named the facilitation hypothesis, states that firearms enh
Autor:
Christopher J. Ferguson, Sven Smith
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Psychology. 56:812-823
Understanding why different nations have different homicide and suicide rates has been of interest to scholars, policy makers and the general public for years. Multiple theories have been offered, related to the economy, presence of guns and even exp
Publikováno v:
Psychiatr Psychol Law
A substantial body of research examining the role that attractiveness plays in a wide range of outcomes has revealed that attractiveness is a beneficial characteristic across multiple domains of life, including some related to crime and the criminal
Publikováno v:
Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 8:125-133
Publikováno v:
Journal of Law and Courts. 7:215-240
Sectors of the criminal justice system have bureaucratized to such an extent that their management has supplanted the values for which they were created. Weber predicted this phenomenon, arguing that substantive rationality would be replaced by forma
Autor:
Justin M. Smith, Sven Smith
Publikováno v:
Journal of Crime and Justice. 42:331-349
Judicial decision-making has significant consequences for individuals, families, local communities, and social institutions. Mandatory sentencing guidelines were originally created to contr...
Publikováno v:
Crime & Delinquency. 64:1698-1717
The existing literature on gangs has largely focused on boys from the United States. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), this study investigated select individual, peer, and community risk factors that differ