This paper presents an empirical analysis of the effect of changes in immigration in region of residence on the likelihood of being a crime victim and on the subjective representation of criminality in local area of residence. To this purpose, the analysis exploits the recent immigration waves that took place in western European regions in the 2000s, using European Social Survey data matched wi...

The National e-Infrastructure for Social Simulation (NeISS) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between computation and social science within the UK Digital Social Research programme. The project aims to develop new tools and services for social scientists and planners to assist in performing 'what-if' scenario predictions in a variety of policy contexts. A key part of the NeISS remit is to e...

The field of Bioinformatics has extended the scope of its applications in various fields like genetic engineering, phylogenies, protein synthesis, gene expressions and many more. A Promising application of Bioinformatics is in the field of Forensic DNA analysis for crime evidence investigations. DNA Profiling or DNA Typing is used in Forensic Labs for investigating the evidences of crimes like ...

The article analyzes the social and legal necessity of protecting rights interests victims in constitutional provisions. It expresses opinions on proposals aimed at improving mechanism for compensating harm caused to a victim as result crime, victim. Мақолада жабрланувчининг ҳуқуқ ва манфаатларини ҳимоя қилиш конституцион нормаларда ифодаланишининг ижтимоий-ҳуқуқий зарурати таҳлил қилинган. Шун...

The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze law enforcement against perpetrators criminal acts violence by children. To find out legal protection for the barriers children efforts overcome them. method used researcher a sociological juridical approach specifications in are descriptive. As sources types secondary data obtained from literature study. Data analyzed qualitatively. Based o...

Previous research suggests that criminal victimisation can impact negatively on both physical and psychological health. However, as yet, little is known about crime and its effects on population health in the former Soviet Union (fSU) - despite a sharp growth in crime rates in the countries in this region after the collapse of the communist system. Given this gap in current knowledge, this stud...

Abstract This article presents the novel conceptualization of unknowing victim (UV) and addresses ethical ramifications this status. Criminology victimology have primarily focused on knowing victims, but certain crimes occur without victim’s detection (e.g. sexual assault an unconscious victim). There is a critical liminal dimension to UV’s status: they are threshold between unawareness conscio...

This two-study experimental design utilizes a group-based priming framework to investigate the relationship between exposure to television news portrayals that intersect race with violent crime and viewers’ real-world racial judgments. Results from Study 1 reveal that both the gender of the viewer and the race of the TV news suspect influence subsequent judgments, including attributions about t...

Using a victim survey, the prevalence and incidence of crime were measured 12 months before and 12 months after the installation of improved street lighting in an experimental area of Stoke-on-Trent, U.K.; and at the same times in adjacent and control areas where the street lighting remained unchanged. The prevalence of crime decreased by 26% in the experimental area and by 21% in the adjacent ...

the study of victim known as victimology has not been attended in traditional criminology which focuses on crime and criminals. but now, there is an interest in theories which have been advanced to explain victimization. while it is the main concern of criminology to ask about the reason behind of offending, victimology asks why some people become the suitable target for criminal activities. th...