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Title: Community-Oriented Policing Implementation, Social Disorganization and Crime Rates in Small Cities.
Creator: Przeszlowski, Kimberly, Crichlow, Vaughn, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Community-oriented policing implementation has been examined under the context of large agencies whereas the literature on smaller agencies has ultimately been lagging behind The purpose of this study is therefore to examine the degree of community policing implementation within these smaller agencies, controlling for characteristics derived from the theory of social disorganization, to gather further insight into what variables may be impacting crimes rates Pearson correlation and OLS...
Show moreCommunity-oriented policing implementation has been examined under the context of large agencies whereas the literature on smaller agencies has ultimately been lagging behind The purpose of this study is therefore to examine the degree of community policing implementation within these smaller agencies, controlling for characteristics derived from the theory of social disorganization, to gather further insight into what variables may be impacting crimes rates Pearson correlation and OLS regression analysis is employed to obtain the necessary results The findings indicate that although community-policing implementation does not significantly impact or explain the variation of crime rates in small cities, the statistically significant results of particular social disorganization characteristics should be an indicator of the need to incorporate theory with practice
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004778
Subject Headings: Crime--Sociological aspects, Crime prevention, Crime analysis, Sociology, Urban
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Title: DEEP LEARNING FOR CRIME PREDICTION.
Creator: Gacharich, Nicholas, Zhu, Xingquan, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: In this research, we propose to use deep learning to predict crimes in small neighborhoods (regions) of a city, by using historical crime data collected from the past. The motivation of crime predictions is that if we can predict the number crimes that will occur in a certain week then the city officials and law enforcement can prepare resources and manpower more effectively. Due to inherent connections between geographic regions and crime activities, the crime numbers in different regions ...
Show moreIn this research, we propose to use deep learning to predict crimes in small neighborhoods (regions) of a city, by using historical crime data collected from the past. The motivation of crime predictions is that if we can predict the number crimes that will occur in a certain week then the city officials and law enforcement can prepare resources and manpower more effectively. Due to inherent connections between geographic regions and crime activities, the crime numbers in different regions (with respect to different time periods) are often correlated. Such correlation brings challenges and opportunities to employ deep learning to learn features from historical data for accurate prediction of the future crime numbers for each neighborhood. To leverage crime correlations between different regions, we convert crime data into a heat map, to show the intensity of crime numbers and the geographical distributions. After that, we design a deep learning framework to learn from such heat map for prediction. In our study, we look at the crime reported in twenty different neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Canada over a twenty week period and predict the total crime count that will occur in the future. We will look at the number of crimes per week that have occurred in the span of ten weeks and predict the crime count for the following weeks. The location of where the crimes occur is extracted from a database and plotted onto a heat map. The model we are using to predict the crime count consists of a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) and a LSTM (Long-Short Term Memory) network attached to the CNN. The purpose of the CNN is to train the model spatially and understand where crimes occur in the images. The LSTM is used to train the model temporally and help us understand which week the crimes occur in time. By feeding the model heat map images of crime hot spots into the CNN and LSTM network, we will be able to predict the crime count and the most likely locations of the crimes for future weeks.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013723
Subject Headings: Deep learning, Crime forecasting
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Title: Hinter Stacheldraht und Gitter; erlebnisse und erfahrungen in den Konzentrationslagern und Gefängnissen Hitlerdeutschlands.
Creator: Hirsch, Werner
Date Issued: 1934
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3358639
Subject Headings: Political crimes and offenses – Germany.
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Title: DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY AMONG MALES IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Creator: Hill-Thompson, Katina R., Cooley, Morgan, Florida Atlantic University, School of Social Work, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Delinquency is a major social and public health problem for families, young people themselves, and law enforcement agencies, and it is a threat to public safety. Juveniles often present with multiple issues during arrest, such as mental illness, substance abuse, low socio-economic status, family dysfunction, academic problems, and poor peer relationships. One of these justice-involved youths more prevalent mental health issues is conduct disorders (CD). Research has shown that 50%-90% of...
Show moreDelinquency is a major social and public health problem for families, young people themselves, and law enforcement agencies, and it is a threat to public safety. Juveniles often present with multiple issues during arrest, such as mental illness, substance abuse, low socio-economic status, family dysfunction, academic problems, and poor peer relationships. One of these justice-involved youths more prevalent mental health issues is conduct disorders (CD). Research has shown that 50%-90% of justice-involved youth are diagnosed with CD. Growing research supports the integration of spirituality into professional social work practice. This study aims to bring awareness that spirituality is essential to these justice-involved youths’ lives through the lived experiences of Direct Service Providers. This study aimed to understand better programming designed to meet the spiritual needs of juveniles with CD who were in juvenile residential treatment programs. This study examined the following questions: RQ1: How do DSPs describe the current spirituality programming offered to juveniles diagnosed with Conduct Disorder (CD) who are in a juvenile residential treatment facility? RQ2: What recommendations do DSPs have for enhancing programming to better meet juveniles’ spiritual needs? A cross-sectional qualitative research study utilized a thematic analysis to explore DSP’s perceptions of the role of spirituality in the lives of juveniles diagnosed with CD and impacted by juvenile justice services. This study’s results showed spirituality was critical and impactful to the lives of justice-involved youth. It also demonstrated the usefulness of Fisher’s four-domain model in assessing spirituality in justice-involved youth. This study concluded six primary themes from the analysis. The researcher deductively coded the first two themes to explore the research questions in this manuscript. The last four themes resulted from inductive coding of the interviews: (a) programming and resources available to youth (RQ1); (b) recommendations for enhancing spirituality programming and resources for youth (RQ2); (c) viewing spirituality as religion; (d) support for religion and spirituality for youth; (e) facilitators to youths’ spiritual development; and (f) barriers to youths’ spiritual development.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014319
Subject Headings: Crime, Juvenile delinquency, Spirituality, Crimininology
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Title: Examining the relationship between fear of crime, self-protective behavior, and situational crime prevention among college students.
Creator: Archer, Robert, Youstin, Tasha, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Previous researchers have recommended that universities should be deemed very safe places. However, reports of crime have dominated the news, including shootings and mass murders at schools and universities. The issue of reality versus perception is of foremost importance when student safety is at stake. In this paper, the researcher presents the findings from unique data collected from university students related to situational crime prevention, fear of crime, self-protective behaviors, and...
Show morePrevious researchers have recommended that universities should be deemed very safe places. However, reports of crime have dominated the news, including shootings and mass murders at schools and universities. The issue of reality versus perception is of foremost importance when student safety is at stake. In this paper, the researcher presents the findings from unique data collected from university students related to situational crime prevention, fear of crime, self-protective behaviors, and perceptions of crime prevention programs to better understand the antecedent variables relating to crime prevention.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004264, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004264
Subject Headings: Campus violence, College students -- Crimes against, Crime prevention -- Citizen participation, Fear of crime, Universities and colleges -- Security measures
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Title: Theft of personal belongings on college campuses.
Creator: Kijanczuk, Katarzyna Aleksandra, Santos, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: With the increasing rate of violent criminal victimization, concerns about safety and prevention have begun to resonate across college campuses throughout the nation. Despite the efforts put forth by institutions of higher education to reduce fear of crime and criminal victimization, college students are subjected to coexist with the probability of crime victimization on campus. The main objective of this thesis was to explore new measures of crime prevention on college campuses. Specifically...
Show moreWith the increasing rate of violent criminal victimization, concerns about safety and prevention have begun to resonate across college campuses throughout the nation. Despite the efforts put forth by institutions of higher education to reduce fear of crime and criminal victimization, college students are subjected to coexist with the probability of crime victimization on campus. The main objective of this thesis was to explore new measures of crime prevention on college campuses. Specifically, the efforts put forth in this study were to focus on understanding the problem of property theft of personal belongings on college campuses. The findings based on Pearson correlations and multiple regression analyses indicate that students’ crime prevention awareness and behavior are highest amongst female and non- victimized students. Crime prevention behavior was best explained by awareness. Furthermore, expanded evaluation of contributing factors may lead to future crime preventive measures such as participation in crime prevention seminars.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004207, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004207
Subject Headings: Campus violence, College students -- Crimes against College students -- Crimes against, Crime prevention and architectural design, Universities and colleges -- Security measures
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Title: Behind the Moscow trial : [the greatest frame-up in history].
Creator: Shachtman, Max
Date Issued: 1936
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/368624
Subject Headings: Trials (Political crimes and offenses) --Soviet Union.
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Title: Integration disconnect in police agencies: the effects of agency factors on the production andconsumption of crime analysis.
Creator: Seigel, Jamie L., Santos, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Poorly integrated crime analysis may be a detriment to crime reduction efforts and financial resources. The purpose of this research is to identify deficiencies and successes in crime analysis integration and to understand which agency factors are related. Using the Stratified Model of Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability and data from a national PERF survey of police agencies, this study quantifies the levels of production and consumption-based integration disconnect as well as...
Show morePoorly integrated crime analysis may be a detriment to crime reduction efforts and financial resources. The purpose of this research is to identify deficiencies and successes in crime analysis integration and to understand which agency factors are related. Using the Stratified Model of Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability and data from a national PERF survey of police agencies, this study quantifies the levels of production and consumption-based integration disconnect as well as other important agency factors. To determine which agency factors contribute most to integration disconnect, bivariate correlation and multiple regression analyses are used to examine the relationships, while controlling for agency type, centralization, officers per analyst, crimes per officer, and agency size. Findings indicate that production- and consumption-based disconnect are positively related to one another and that passive patrol-analyst interactions, an agency’s analysis integration disconnect.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004329, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004329
Subject Headings: Crime analysis, Crime forecasting, Criminal justice, Administration of, Criminal statistics -- Mathematical models, Organizational effectiveness, Police administration
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Title: The effects of two acquaintance rape prevention education programs on rape-supportive beliefs among college students.
Creator: Forst, Linda S., Florida Atlantic University, Burrichter, Arthur W.
Abstract/Description: This study examined the effectiveness of two rape prevention programs on rape-supportive beliefs among college students. The participants were divided into three groups. One group participated in a didactic rape prevention program involving primarily lecture and video instruction. The second group participated in an experiential rape prevention program utilizing improvisational theater. The third group was the control group. The 55 participants completed two attitude scales developed by Burt ...
Show moreThis study examined the effectiveness of two rape prevention programs on rape-supportive beliefs among college students. The participants were divided into three groups. One group participated in a didactic rape prevention program involving primarily lecture and video instruction. The second group participated in an experiential rape prevention program utilizing improvisational theater. The third group was the control group. The 55 participants completed two attitude scales developed by Burt (1980): Adversarial Sexual Beliefs (ASB) and Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA). They then participated in their workshop and took the attitude scales again as a post-treatment test. Two weeks later, the participants took a follow-up post-treatment test using the same attitude scales. Results indicated there were no significant differences in effectiveness between the interventions in reducing rape-supportive beliefs. However, the didactic program produced a significant reduction in rape-supportive beliefs compared to the control group as measured by the RMA scale. Participants who had been victims of sexual assault scored significantly lower than non-victims in the ASB and RMA across all groups. It was also found that participants who had any previous experience with sexual assault, such as familiarity with a victim or an offender, scored significantly lower in rape-supportive beliefs after participating in the didactic program than participants who had no previous experience with sexual assault. Based on these findings, didactic programs appear to be the most effective format for reducing rape-supportive beliefs among college students.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12355
Subject Headings: Rape--Prevention, Sex crimes, College students--Crimes against--Prevention, Acquaintance rape--Prevention
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Title: Assessing organizational effectiveness: The impact of drug court processes on offender behavior change.
Creator: Senjo, Scott Robert, Florida Atlantic University, Leip, Leslie A.
Abstract/Description: The issue of drugs and crime maintains a high rank among the complexities which confront the American system of criminal justice. The "treatment drug court" represents an innovative response by policymakers to address drug use and its relationship to criminal activity. Treatment drug court is a court-monitored drug treatment program for people arrested for felony use or possession of illegal drugs. Many defendants select the drug court option rather than probation because most drug courts...
Show moreThe issue of drugs and crime maintains a high rank among the complexities which confront the American system of criminal justice. The "treatment drug court" represents an innovative response by policymakers to address drug use and its relationship to criminal activity. Treatment drug court is a court-monitored drug treatment program for people arrested for felony use or possession of illegal drugs. Many defendants select the drug court option rather than probation because most drug courts will dismiss the original felony charges upon successful completion of the court's drug treatment program. This dissertation is a focus on the unique "collaborative support" developed and implemented by the officers in the drug court to address the problem of drugs and crime. Using a descriptive case study and an observational design, a cohort of 100 drug court participants were observed during their participation in the intensive drug court treatment program, including appearances before the drug court itself for periodic monitoring by the court. Utilizing a comprehensive data collection scheme, statistical analyses were conducted to identify the features of the drug court program which had the greatest influence on achieving the drug court's goals. Research findings indicate that the court is an effective organization based on the collaborative support implemented on behalf of the offenders in the program. With the combination of progressive sanctions and collaborative support for offenders the court is found to make a pointed effort to address drug use. The court seeks to permanently alter the root of the problem, the need for drugs, rather than passively dealing with symptoms of the problem. While other criminal courts are laden with drug addicted defendants who revolve in and out of the criminal justice system, the drug court engages in a constructive form of problem solving, seeking to resolve, rather than merely process cases.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12569
Subject Headings: Drug courts, Drug abuse--Treatment, Drug abuse and crime
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Title: ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF URBAN CRIME RATES.
Creator: FRASER, RUSSELL EDWARD., Florida Atlantic University, McPheters, Lee R., College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description: This study explains variation in urban crime incidence as a function of a number of socio-economic variables, including income, education, and urban blight. Ordinary least squares regression analysis is applied to cross-section data from the 60 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, for 19 70. Various extensions of the basic model are presented, using log variables, a lagged endogenous variable, and indices derived from factor analysis of a large matrix of socio-economic variables.
Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13533
Subject Headings: Crime--United States, Criminals--United States
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Title: Comparing regulatory and distributive police programs for crime reduction: An evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency.
Creator: Carroll, John J., Florida Atlantic University, Ben-Zadok, Efraim
Abstract/Description: Lowi's "arenas of power" theory, one of the most basic policy typologies, was the theoretical foundation for this study. Most public policies can be classified as either regulatory or distributive. Regulatory policy addresses the enforcement power of government. Distributive policy is about providing benefits to selected members of society, financed as a public good. The intention of this study is to comparatively analyze two different police programs. The study stepped back from criminal...
Show moreLowi's "arenas of power" theory, one of the most basic policy typologies, was the theoretical foundation for this study. Most public policies can be classified as either regulatory or distributive. Regulatory policy addresses the enforcement power of government. Distributive policy is about providing benefits to selected members of society, financed as a public good. The intention of this study is to comparatively analyze two different police programs. The study stepped back from criminal justice literature to public policy theory, to consider other ways to assess police strategies to reduce crime. Theory was linked to the practice of policing by examining regulatory policy in relation to crime control and distributive policy to crime prevention. The Truancy Reduction Program was selected as an example of regulatory policy/crime control, and the School Resource Officer Program as distributive policy/crime prevention. This is an exploratory analysis, using a quantitative case study methodology. The Broward Sheriff's Office (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was selected as the case study. The data were drawn from six consecutive school years (1995--2001) of actual documents. The intent was to explore, not establish a causal relationship between the programs and crime reduction, because other major external factors existed beyond the scope of this analysis. The "universal" concepts of effectiveness and efficiency were adapted to create a multi-criteria evaluation of the program outcomes. The central research question essentially asked if one program (and therefore, policy) was more effective and/or efficient than the other. In this study, effectiveness refers to the relationship between program goals and outcomes, while efficiency refers to the relationship between costs and outcomes. To examine effectiveness, the fixed effects pooled time series technique for panel data was employed. To examine efficiency, an efficiency ratio was created to compare program costs against the costs of crime. A relationship was established between each program, crime reduction, and effectiveness and efficiency. The final phase was comparative, employing a multivariate analysis of variance, to determine if one policy was more effective and efficient. The results were inconclusive. The study makes recommendations for future research, discusses implications of the analyses for public administration, and concluding comments.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12025
Subject Headings: Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Administration of, Distributive justice, Community policing
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Title: Security Enhancement in Plastic Cards Using an Invisible "Watermark" Emulated by an Embedded set of Electromagnetic Material: An Overlay Strategy to Prevailing Security Features.
Creator: Lim, Swee Hock, Neelakanta, Perambur S., Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis addresses a passive, economical strategy towards enhancing the security feature of conventional plastic cards by embedding a set of electromagnetic (EM) material that emulates an invisible "watermarking". It is an overlay strategy to prevailing security measures. Proposed method consists of incorporating (embedding) a set of metallic (foil-like) sheet of high-mu material or high-conductivity metal, or a conducting-fiber interwoven fabric. The test card when exposed to a suitable...
Show moreThis thesis addresses a passive, economical strategy towards enhancing the security feature of conventional plastic cards by embedding a set of electromagnetic (EM) material that emulates an invisible "watermarking". It is an overlay strategy to prevailing security measures. Proposed method consists of incorporating (embedding) a set of metallic (foil-like) sheet of high-mu material or high-conductivity metal, or a conducting-fiber interwoven fabric. The test card when exposed to a suitable excitation of high frequency EM excitation (with or without superimposing a static magnetic field), the plastic part yields a distinct path-reluctance to the EM energy when compared to the embedded EM material section. Sensing the resulting EM reaction with an appropriate circuit, delivers an output signal depicting the presence of the embedded "watermarking" and any encoded signature in it. The underlying concept is theoretically analyzed, relevant card-reading methods are suggested and prototype (experimental) results are presented.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012534
Subject Headings: Crime prevention, Multimedia systems, Information security applications, Digital watermarking
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Title: Testing an integrated model of crime: Traditional and general strain, differential association, and control theories.
Creator: Ostrowsky, Michael K., Florida Atlantic University, Wilson, Thomas
Abstract/Description: Theories of criminal behavior have been tested individually and in integrated models incorporating multiple theories. Using data from the National Youth Survey Wave VII (1987), an integrated model incorporating traditional strain, differential association, and control theories is tested. Results show that each theory alone is a significant predictor of criminal behavior. Also, the integrated model enhances explanatory power of criminal behavior, over that of each individual theory. General...
Show moreTheories of criminal behavior have been tested individually and in integrated models incorporating multiple theories. Using data from the National Youth Survey Wave VII (1987), an integrated model incorporating traditional strain, differential association, and control theories is tested. Results show that each theory alone is a significant predictor of criminal behavior. Also, the integrated model enhances explanatory power of criminal behavior, over that of each individual theory. General strain theory (GST) variables are then added into the integrated model. In fact, this thesis is the first study, using young adults, that tests for the effects of multiple GST variables on actual property and violent crime commission, while controlling for differential association, social control, and traditional strain. Results show that inclusion of GST not only increases the model's predictive utility for understanding criminal behavior, but also that GST is the best predictor of violent crime among the several theories considered.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12833
Subject Headings: Criminal behavior, Prediction of, Crime--Mathematical models, Criminology
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Title: Contexts and circumstances of filicide-suicide.
Creator: Beasley, Shanna L., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract/Description: The contexts and circumstances surrounding filicide-suicide may provide insight into parental psychology. The current studies used two Chicago homicide databases containing incident-level information on homicides committed in Chicago during the years 1965-1994 and 1870-1930. Results provide support for the following hypotheses: (1) genetic parents relative to stepparents are more likely to commit suicide following filicide, (2) filicides of multiple victims are more likely to end in the...
Show moreThe contexts and circumstances surrounding filicide-suicide may provide insight into parental psychology. The current studies used two Chicago homicide databases containing incident-level information on homicides committed in Chicago during the years 1965-1994 and 1870-1930. Results provide support for the following hypotheses: (1) genetic parents relative to stepparents are more likely to commit suicide following filicide, (2) filicides of multiple victims are more likely to end in the offender's suicide than are filicides of a single victim, (3) parents are more likely to commit suicide following a filicide of an older child than a younger child, (4) older parents, relative to younger parents, are more likely to commit suicide following filicide, and (5) fathers, relative to mother, are more likely to commit suicide following filicide. Discussion situates results of the current research within existing literature on filicide-suicide, and highlights important directions for future work on the contexts and circumstances surrounding filicide-suicide.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13314
Subject Headings: Filicide, Suicide, Children--Crimes against, Family violence
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Title: SOCIAL MEDIA AND CRIME ANALYSIS: THE INTERSECTION OF ONLINE POSTING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS.
Creator: Lopez, Kevin P., Dario, Lisa M., Florida Atlantic University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: The current use of social media platforms has expanded to wider audiences, including police departments and other law enforcement agencies. The vast material being posted online may lead to it being used by police departments due to social media information being open-sourced. The following study will investigate the police’s use of social media data by collecting qualitative data from crime analysts through the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA). Participants completed an...
Show moreThe current use of social media platforms has expanded to wider audiences, including police departments and other law enforcement agencies. The vast material being posted online may lead to it being used by police departments due to social media information being open-sourced. The following study will investigate the police’s use of social media data by collecting qualitative data from crime analysts through the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA). Participants completed an openended survey describing their experience with collecting data from online social media sources and how it is used to assist with police activity. The results have implications for future research, such as further exploring the methods by which police are expanding their data collection. Caution may be required when sharing information online. Results from the study may inspire future research regarding the privacy and ethical considerations of using social media data collected from the public.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014352
Subject Headings: Crime analysis, Social media--Data processing, Law enforcement
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Title: Recognizing gender-based violence in armed conflict: Incorporating the voices of women in international humanitarian law.
Creator: Paaso, Amber Cheri., Florida Atlantic University, Beoku-Betts, Josephine
Abstract/Description: This study seeks to examine the influence of patriarchal forces, at both the local and global level, that have historically resulted in the lack of recognition of gender-specific crimes committed during and after armed conflict. By incorporating the testimonies of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian women, this study attempts to understand sexual violence from the standpoint of women who experienced these crimes during the War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991--1995). Theories of Third World...
Show moreThis study seeks to examine the influence of patriarchal forces, at both the local and global level, that have historically resulted in the lack of recognition of gender-specific crimes committed during and after armed conflict. By incorporating the testimonies of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian women, this study attempts to understand sexual violence from the standpoint of women who experienced these crimes during the War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991--1995). Theories of Third World feminisms, in addition to feminist critiques concerning rape and international law, will inform this analysis of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). I intend to show that despite greater recognition of sexual violence during armed conflict in IHL, patriarchal forces continue to obfuscate the gender-specificity of these crimes.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13171
Subject Headings: Crimes against humanity, Rape victims--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Atrocities, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Campaigns--Croatia, Women--Crimes against, War crimes, Humanitarian law
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Title: Relationships among crime analysis, accountability, and innovative policing strategies: results from a national survey.
Creator: Smith, Justin James, Santos, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Over the years, innovations such as community-oriented policing, problem-oriented policing, and hot spots policing have enabled the police to make substantial crime control and reduction gains. However, empirical research has shown that police occasionally misuse these strategies in practice. One possible solution is the co-implementation of these strategies with crime analysis. Yet, little is known about this relationship in practice. Using national survey data collected by the Police...
Show moreOver the years, innovations such as community-oriented policing, problem-oriented policing, and hot spots policing have enabled the police to make substantial crime control and reduction gains. However, empirical research has shown that police occasionally misuse these strategies in practice. One possible solution is the co-implementation of these strategies with crime analysis. Yet, little is known about this relationship in practice. Using national survey data collected by the Police Executive Research Forum in 2008 from a sample of over 1,000 United States police agencies this thesis explores this relationship. Results of bivariate analysis between agency commitment to and integration of crime analysis within operations and the use of innovative strategies revealed positive relationships. Additionally, bivariate analysis between agency use of accountability mechanisms and innovative strategies revealed a strong positive relationship. Multivariate regression analysis revealed the use of accountability mechanisms and commitment to crime analysis as strong positive predictors of police agency innovation.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004332, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004332
Subject Headings: Crime analysis -- Data processing, Crime prevention, Criminal investigation -- Technological innovations, Criminal justice, Administration of, Law enforcement, Police -- Effect of technological innovations on, Police administration -- Technological innovations
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Title: Policy of Abuse: A Framework of Public Policy Dimensions Analyzing Systematic Sexual Violence in Bosnia.
Creator: Chary, Meena, Patterson, Patricia M., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation asserts that systematic sexual violence was used as public policy by the Serbian government in Bosnia during the conflict of 1992-1995 to effect ethnic cleansing and genocide. Systematic sexual violence must be recognized as public policy in order for the global community to advance appropriate recommendations regarding the levels at which (in addition to individuals) institutions, organizations and particularly governments should be held accountable. Further, when...
Show moreThis dissertation asserts that systematic sexual violence was used as public policy by the Serbian government in Bosnia during the conflict of 1992-1995 to effect ethnic cleansing and genocide. Systematic sexual violence must be recognized as public policy in order for the global community to advance appropriate recommendations regarding the levels at which (in addition to individuals) institutions, organizations and particularly governments should be held accountable. Further, when govenm1ents not only fail in their responsibility to protect citizens but actually commit crimes against citizens, survivors are betrayed by the very institutions to which they look for protection. Public policy is indelibly linked to the actions of governments. Recognizing systematic sexual violence as public policy acknowledges the seriousness of that betrayal and is imperative to foster both personal and social healing. First, the dissertation develops a framework of policy dimensions consisting of the concepts of government initiation, public interest, actors and institutions, intent and goals, complicity and sanction, instruments and tools, and targets. Then, case study methodology is used to investigate records documenting the case of systematic sexual violence in Bosnia. By comparing the results of those investigations to the policy framework, the dissertation concludes that in Bosnia in the 1990s, systematic sexual violence was used as public policy. Sexual violence was systematically perpetrated on a mass scale by government-sanctioned agents, and administered using governmental organizational mechanisms. By discussing what has happened and is happening, to whom, and how, we can understand that systematic sexual violence is being used as a policy, how such a policy may be implemented and what its goals may be. We can also acknowledge the policy goals-- such as ethnic nationalism, genocide and ethnic cleansing-- associated with this policy of abuse and view systematic sexual violence as a critical part of overall concerted strategies to effect those policy goals.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000605
Subject Headings: Sex crimes--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Women--Crimes against--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Atrocities, Bosnia and Herzegovina--Social policy
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Title: Punished for another person’s crime: “the felon murder rule”.
Creator: Gomez, Lauren Theresa, Tunick, Mark
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350934
Subject Headings: Criminal law, Criminal liability, Felonies, Felony murder rule, Murder, Violent crime
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