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...

The article examines the coordination activities of prosecutor’s office based on current legislation and regulatory acts European Union. methodological basis is general scientific methods cognition, complex systemic approaches to study organized social systems, a concrete-historical approach, which involves consideration phenomena studied in development, line with analysis modern relations refo...

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.

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 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...

BACKGROUND European Union strategies and programmes identify research and innovation as a critical dimension for future economic and social development. While European research policy emphasizes support for industry, the health field includes not-for-profit civil society organisations (CSOs) providing social innovation. Yet, the perspectives of CSOs towards health research in Europe are not wel...

Abstract The Dutch criminal law system is based on individual liability, yet part of the crime and violence Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) members commit collective in nature. This study examines approach towards behavior OMCG members. analyzes police files court judgements cases that were filed against OMCGs. Additionally, interviews carried out with public prosecutors involved these cases. res...

Quantitative research on the “durability” of peace following civil wars typically captures breakdown or survival “peace” in a binary manner, equating it with presence absence war recurrence. In datasets that underpin such studies, years do not experience full-scale are implicitly coded as “peaceful.” Yet, post-civil environments may remain free from recurrence, while nevertheless experiencing e...

Crime may be a behavior deviating from traditional violation of the norms giving peoples' losses and harms. Social, psychological, economic and environmental factors are to be thought-about in crime issues. Crime is tried to be explained by numerous theories from totally different sciences. Social and psychological theories contemplate the foundation causes of crime noticing to factors like soc...