Nature and consequences of dismissals: Implications for public safety and crime prevention in criminal courts in America
E. Rely Vîlcică
The study examines dismissal as case ending decision and its consequences for public safety. Impact of dismissal: Dismissed defendants more likely to reoffend net of controls. Questions about deterrence and implications for processing and dispositions of criminal cases.
A comparative analysis of general strain theory
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, Alfgeir Logi Kristjansson, Robert Agnew
This study is the most comprehensive comparative study on general strain theory to date. Findings support the generalizability of GST across five European cities. Findings apply both to property- and violent crime among youth.
Science, politics, and crime prevention: Toward a new crime policy
Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington
There is a growing body of research on the effectiveness of crime prevention. Crime prevention is an important component of an overall strategy to reduce crime. Prevention science and evidence-based policy are two contemporary developments that have strengthened crime prevention. Innovative approaches exist to overcome political challenges that confront crime prevention.
Fear of crime and vulnerability: Using a national sample of Americans to examine two competing paradigms
Nicole E. Rader, Jeralynn S. Cossman, Jeremy R. Porter
Predicts fear of crime using two competing theoretical hypotheses (social and physical vulnerability). Uses a national survey linked to census tract and county level data. Variations that can be accounted for by physical vulnerabilities are much less tied to social vulnerabilities. Effects of social vulnerabilities are indirectly related to fear through physical vulnerability characteristics.
Testing the relative importance of contemporaneous offenses: The impacts of fear of sexual assault versus fear of physical harm among men and women
Carrie L. Cook, Kathleen A. Fox
We test the impact of fear of physical harm on fear of violent crime. We test the impact of fear of sexual assault on fear of violent crime. Both types of fear are predictive of fear of home invasion, robbery, and murder. Fear of physical harm had a greater impact on fear of violent crime. Men and women are very similar in terms of what drives their fear of crime.
Social disorganization, Latinos and juvenile crime in the Texas borderlands
Jonathan Allen, Jeffrey M. Cancino
We examine social disorganization and juvenile property crime along the Texas border. We use a time-series cross-sectional analysis for 29 counties over 18 years. We find moderate support for the theory within the region as a whole. Effects of social disorganization vary between rural and urban counties in the area. Percent foreign born is negatively related to juvenile property crime in the region.
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