Essays about: "social crime rate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words social crime rate.

  1. 6. The Spatial Pattern of the Fear of Crime in Lund City among Lund University Students: Mapping with a Web-Based Support System

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jianxiong Li; [2019]
    Keywords : fear of crime; sketch map; neogeography; Lund; crowdsourcing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The fear of crime is a negative emotional reaction of people to possible crimes, and there is sometimes a disparity between the actual crime rate and the fear of crime of people. Geographical researchers often combine the sketch map with the fear of crime to analyze the spatial pattern of the fear. READ MORE

  3. 7. The precariat: outbursts of crime, such as the 2011 London riots, can be explained through the lens of neoliberalism

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Enrico Giansanti; Enrico Giansanti; [2017]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; Riots; Structural Inequality; Laissez-faire; Anomie; The Precariat; Strain Theory; Institutionalized Anomie Theory;

    Abstract : The financial misconduct and corruption at the very top of the class system that in 2008 caused the collapse of the world economy saw no reaction from the criminal justice system. In contrast, the 2011 English Riots at the bottom rungs of society, estimated to have caused 200 million pounds of damages, produced a ruthless response from the judiciary where sentences were almost treble the usual rate. READ MORE

  4. 8. "Det är nästan som på savannen, lejonet som ger sig på den svagaste gasellen" : en kvalitativ studie av hur äldre beskrivs som offer för bedrägeribrott i domar och media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Collin; [2016]
    Keywords : christie; elderly; fraud; judgements; media; the ideal victim; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years the rate of fraudulent crime has increased in Sweden. Swedish media has flagged up this development in part by publishing articles focusing on such crimes particularly against the elderly. READ MORE

  5. 9. Prisoners' Wives : Microcredit as a Contributior to Women Empowerment in Medellín, Colombia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Anna Wallström; Hanna Bergenblad; [2015]
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    Abstract : Microcredits is a widely researched topic within development research, however it seems like little research is done on how it helps to empower prisoners’ wives. The literature is mixed, with both positive and negative results of microfinance as a contributor to development, and the most known research on prisoners’ wives is almost 30 years old. READ MORE

  6. 10. Function of Social Capital in Sustainable Urban Development Case : Zahedan City (Iran)

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Eliza Arbab; [2011]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Social Capital; Trust; Participation; Public Awareness; Zahedan; Iran;

    Abstract : Social capital is a concept which has almost recently entered into the literature of sociologyand during the last two decades, Robert Putnam and James Coleman have paid a particularattention to conceptualizing it. Putnam emphasizes the horizontal relationship among peopleand Coleman puts an emphasis on the vertical contribution and the relation among people incivil institutions as the creators of social capital on the one hand, and the products of socialcapital on the other hand . READ MORE