Essays about: "Displacement of crime"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Displacement of crime.

  1. 1. The ‘Lingonberry Police’ and the Privatization of Public Order : A Quantitative Analysis of Sweden’s Use of Private Guards in Public Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2022]
    Keywords : policing; private policing; outsourcing; privatization; New Public Management; ordningsvakt; polisen; privatisering;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the effects of the Swedish ordningsvakt system with regards to its contribution to public safety. Building on a body of critical research regarding the effects of outsourcing of public services and police forces in particular, it develops an insight into the driving factors and underlying causes of the expanding use of ordningsvakter. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate change and human trafficking: an investigation into how climate change and natural disasters increase the risk of human trafficking and how it can be intercepted in the future

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Anna Stephens; [2019]
    Keywords : human trafficking; natural disasters; climate change; human displacement; environmental justice; capabilities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Human trafficking is an exploitative crime occurring worldwide. According to the International Organization on Migration (IOM), research on human trafficking’s underlying causes is lacking; particularly the role of climate change and natural disasters. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE HAMBURG-ST.-PAULI-BRANDDIALECTIC - Examining Hamburg’s city branding approach and its effects on the local Red-Light-District

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Miriam Green; [2019]
    Keywords : City Branding; Tourism; Gentrification; Red-Light District; Prostitution; Sex Work; Neoliberalism; Revanchist City; Entrepreneurial City; Reeperbahn; St. Pauli; Marke Hamburg; NION;

    Abstract : “What is certain is that the question of […] re-making a landscape of prostitution in the city […] needs to be viewed as part of a changing, global discourse on the nature of contemporary cities” (Aalbers & Sabat 2012, p. 114). READ MORE

  5. 4. No Place Like Home: Development-Induced Displacement - A Crime of Forcible Transfer of Populations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Magdalena Nergården; [2017]
    Keywords : Public International Law: International Human Rights Law: Criminal Law: Development-induced displacement: Forcible transfer of population: Crimes against humanity:; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how crimes against humanity in general and the crime of forcible transfer of population in particular, cover the most serious situations of development-induced displacement. The focus lies on the legal protection through international criminal law of persons displaced in an unjustified way as a result of development projects, such as the building of dams, roads, and other infrastructure, as well as the exploitation of natural resources in mining and oil projects, to name just a few examples. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hot Spot 'Knarkrondellen'. An Evaluation of Police Interventions in Malmö

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

    Author : Ina Hennen; [2017]
    Keywords : drug crimes; fear of crime; hot spot policing; informal social control; surveillance camera CCTV ;

    Abstract : ‘Knarkrondellen’, which translates to ‘Drug Roundabout’, is a known hot spot for drug trading in Malmö and the police have implemented several measures to prevent the narcotic crimes. This paper sets out to investigate the impact that the police interventions, namely enhanced police foot patrols, improved street lighting and the installation of a surveillance camera, have on the crime rates and the fear of crime at the roundabout. READ MORE