Sökning: "exposure to crime"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden exposure to crime.

1. 1. Exposure to crime as a consequence of poverty : five investigations about relative deprivation, poverty and exposure to crime

   Författare :Daniel Larsson; Björn Halleröd; Henrik Tham; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; poverty; exposure to crime; fear of crime; welfare problems; Sweden; Britain; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contains five studies that in different ways investigate poverty and the relation between poverty and exposure to crime. The basis of the thesis has been the question of how poverty is related to other welfare problems such as unemployment and health problems, focusing on exposure to crime and fear of crime. LÄS MER

3. 2. Forecast: Crime with a chance of feeling unsafe : Examining unsafety (crime and fear of crime) within the context of the surrounding environment

   Författare :Maria Camacho Doyle; Susanne Strand; Manne Gerell; Andy Newton; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hotspot-Mapping; RTM; Micro-Place; Neighborhood; Prediction-Accuracy; Prediction-Efficiency; Violent-Crime; Property-Crime; Perceived-Unsafety; Fear of Crime; Avoidance;

   Sammanfattning : In environmental criminology, various methods exist to forecast unsafety. Some are more complex than others. To determine their practicality, we must compare the accuracy of simple, transparent, and functional methods with slightly more complex methods and those requiring more data collection. LÄS MER

4. 3. Everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults

   Författare :Alexander Engström; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Micael Björk; Anna Dåderman; Vania Ceccato; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; crime; fear of crime; lifestyle-exposure theory; offending; routine activity theory; smartphone; victimisation; youth; young adults; Kriminologi; Criminology;

   Sammanfattning : Drawing on lifestyle-routine activity theory, this dissertation explores associations between everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults. It also examines the operationalisation of the concepts of lifestyle and routine activities, and explores the use of experience methods, via a smartphone application named STUNDA, to collect data about everyday life. LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays on Inequality and Social Policy : Education, Crime and Health

   Författare :Susan Niknami; Eskil Wadensjö; Anders Stenberg; Miles Corak; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alcohol laws; Crime; Delinquency; Education; Health; Immigrants; Income inequality; Intergenerational Transmission; Relative Income Differences; Substance use; Quasi-experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirical essays. The first essay evaluates the impact on crime of a large scale experimental scheme in which all state monopoly alcohol stores in selected Swedish counties kept open on Saturdays. We show that the experiment significantly raised both alcohol sales and crime. LÄS MER

7. 5. Var rädd om dig! : Rädsla för brott enligt forskning, intervjupersoner och dagspress

   Författare :Anita Heber; Henrik Tham; Bo Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; fear of crime; fear; crime; risk; insecurity; worry; Criminology; Kriminologi; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Sammanfattning : The object of this project is to investigate people’s fear of crime. By means of three studies, the dissertation illustrates how the fear of crime is understood in Anglo-Saxon and Nordic research, by a group of interview subjects and also how this fear is depicted in Stockholm’s daily press. LÄS MER