Gerbner and Gross’s cultivation theory predicts that prolonged exposure to TV violence creates fear of crime, symptomatic of a mean world syndrome. We tested the theory’s prediction in a time series model with annual changes in violence portrayal on popular US TV shows from 1972 to 2010 as a predictor of changes in public perceptions of local crime rates and fear of crime. We found that contrar...

Nowadays violence in society impacts more than any weapon used by people. Over the last few years, autonomous vehicles have been to observe and recognize abnormality behavior of people classifying them as a crime or not. Detecting on live stream is classification event not generating alerts designated authorities which turn can take required actions ensure security assessment city. Such kind ef...

The increasing rate of insecurity in Nigeria, especially the southwest requires a paradigm shift from popular approach to crime hotspots detection. This study employed geospatial technologies integrate spatio-temporal crime, social media and field observation data communities all six states develop that can serve as preliminary information assist allocating resources for control prevention. His...

Brå – a centre of knowledge on crime and measures to combat crime The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet – Brå) works to reduce crime and improve levels of safety in society by producing data and disseminating knowledge on crime and crime prevention work and the justice system's responses to crime.

Official statistics on the number of prosecutions for bigamy clearly cannot be taken as an accurate guide to who went through a ceremony marriage with second ‘spouse’ while still married their first. Nonetheless, when we compare those were prosecuted not, differences that emerge should make us cautious in assuming offence was common. There is evidence suggest many unprosecuted may not have been...

Fear of crime affects far more people in the United States than crime itself, and there are sound reasons for treating crime and fear of crime as distinct social problems. After assessing the state of knowledge on fear, this chapter considers whether public fear of crime can and ought to be controlled, and the moral and practical implications of doing so. The discussion draws on the literatures...

The article discusses various approaches to the definition of concept “crime detectionˮ. Based on coincidence purpose forensic methodology for investigating crimes and criminal process, a new interpretation under study is proposed. disclosure crime must be proved by results activities bodies inquiry preliminary investigation. These should presented system accusatory evidence prosecutor make leg...

The study of rural crime has the potential to make important contributions to crime policy, criminological theory, and research methods in criminology. Although most places in America remain rural, researchers have paid insufficient attention to rural crime and have not utilized the wide variations among rural areas as natural laboratories for research. This chapter outlines what is known about...

The problem of illegal logging is actually a very complex matter. current forest problems faced are the responsibility government. So that in this study authors raised issue role and obstacles by forestry service tackling crime Illegal Logging. objectives to be achieved determine loggin crime. method used an empirical juridical approach, which other words type sociological research can also cal...

crime is a human behavior that has captivated the thoughts of scholars of various disciplines throughout history. philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have investigated and analyzed the concept of crime from different aspects. crime is the main topic of criminal law, and in its legal meaning is a well-known term with a certain conceptual load that should not be confused with sim...