Essays about: "Crime rates"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 61 essays containing the words Crime rates.

  1. 21. The portrayal of Crime : Printed news media's representation of crime in Malmö

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Linn Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Crime; Critical discourse analysis; Malmö; Media; Social construction;

    Abstract : In today's modern society we are highly exposed to different media in our everyday life, and individuals may spend a large part of their time taking part in media debates, news and other information shared on different media channels. Through this, news media have become an influential factor for how individuals in today's society perceive and construct reality, and consequently the public's perception of crime. READ MORE

  3. 22. Women’s Safety and the Right to the City: Analysis of Rape against Women in Sweden through A Spatial Analytical Lens

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

    Author : Tianyu Shi; [2021]
    Keywords : rape against women; right to the city; spatio-temporal distribution; discourse; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Drawing on a spatial analytical framework this research study the development of rape against women in Sweden. It aims to explore the spatio-temporal pattern of rape against women in Sweden at the regional and municipal levels. READ MORE

  4. 23. The importance of crime severity for housing prices : Implementation of criminal harm weighting into the literature of crime and housing prices

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Jonathan Wrååk; [2021]
    Keywords : Hedonic price regression; Spatial analysis; Spatial Error model; GIS; R; Housing prices; Crime harm; Crime Harm Index; CHI; Crime weighting;

    Abstract : The empirical results from past research are quite clear. When the surrounding crime level goes up, housing prices go down. However, what has not been acknowledged in the previous literature is that different crimes might impact our willingness-to-pay heterogeneously. READ MORE

  5. 24. Towards a Safer Bromsten : A study of security enhancing and crime preventive measures in the planning of Bromstensstaden

    University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och design

    Author : Lucy Martti; [2021]
    Keywords : CPTED; Bromstensstaden; crime prevention; CPTED; Bromstensstaden; brottsprevention;

    Abstract : Research has shown that there is a relationship between the physical environment in cities and safety and security. The consequences of low safety and security are severe and impact public health and well-being. READ MORE

  6. 25. ECONOMIC CRISES AND CRIME : The Effects of the Great Recession on Swedish Crime Rates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jakob Granath; [2021]
    Keywords : economic crises; economic crisis; crime; crime rates; crisis severity;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of the 2008's financial crisis on local crime rates in Sweden. I deploy a difference-in-differences approach that contrasts the changes in reported crimes between municipalities that are more or less crisis-exposed. The results show no significant effect on any crime category nor the aggregate crime rate. READ MORE