Pub Date : 2023-06-26DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00187-2
T. Shimada, Ai Suzuki, Mamoru Amemiya
{"title":"Measuring the impact of the state of emergency on crime trends in Japan: a panel data analysis","authors":"T. Shimada, Ai Suzuki, Mamoru Amemiya","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00187-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00187-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49219428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-07DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00191-6
M. Machisa, R. Jina, G. Labuschagne, L. Vetten, L. Loots, R. Jewkes
{"title":"Circumstances, policing, and attrition of multiple compared to single perpetrator rape cases within the South African criminal justice system","authors":"M. Machisa, R. Jina, G. Labuschagne, L. Vetten, L. Loots, R. Jewkes","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00191-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00191-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44430368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-08DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00188-1
David Anrango Narváez, José Eugenio Medina Sarmiento, Cristina Del-Real
{"title":"Why do people legitimize and cooperate with the police? Results of a randomized control trial on the effects of procedural justice in Quito, Ecuador","authors":"David Anrango Narváez, José Eugenio Medina Sarmiento, Cristina Del-Real","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00188-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00188-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44205342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-29DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00186-3
Timothy I. C. Cubitt
{"title":"The value of criminal history and police intelligence in vetting and selection of police","authors":"Timothy I. C. Cubitt","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00186-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00186-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43117844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00184-5
Travis A. Taniguchi, Brian Aagaard, Peter Baumgartner, A. Young
{"title":"A field-experiment testing the impact of a warrant service prioritization strategy for police patrol officers","authors":"Travis A. Taniguchi, Brian Aagaard, Peter Baumgartner, A. Young","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00184-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00184-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48532103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00181-8
Mariam Elgabry
{"title":"Towards cyber-biosecurity by design: an experimental approach to Internet-of-Medical-Things design and development","authors":"Mariam Elgabry","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00181-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00181-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46137601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-02DOI: 10.1186/s40163-022-00177-w
Zeya Lwin Tun, Daniel Birks
{"title":"Supporting crime script analyses of scams with natural language processing","authors":"Zeya Lwin Tun, Daniel Birks","doi":"10.1186/s40163-022-00177-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-022-00177-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48056613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-02DOI: 10.1186/s40163-022-00180-1
K. Bullock, Iain Agar, M. Ashby, Iain R. Brennan, Gavin Hales, A. Sidebottom, N. Tilley
{"title":"Police practitioner views on the challenges of analysing and responding to knife crime","authors":"K. Bullock, Iain Agar, M. Ashby, Iain R. Brennan, Gavin Hales, A. Sidebottom, N. Tilley","doi":"10.1186/s40163-022-00180-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-022-00180-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42682266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00182-7
Aiden Sidebottom, Iain Agar, Justin Kurland
Fuel prices have increased sharply over the past year. In this study we test the hypothesis that increases in the price of fuel are associated with increases in motorists filling their fuel tank and driving off without paying. We use weekly crime data from six police forces in England and Wales for the period January 2018 to July 2022, combined with regional data on the number of fuel sales and average fuel prices. Our results demonstrate an overall weak price-theft relationship for the 238 week study period, less so than in previous studies. However, we find strong evidence that the recent spike in fuel prices was associated with elevated levels of fuel theft. The implications of our findings for future research and crime prevention are discussed.
{"title":"Do increases in the price of fuel increase levels of fuel theft? Evidence from England and Wales.","authors":"Aiden Sidebottom, Iain Agar, Justin Kurland","doi":"10.1186/s40163-023-00182-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00182-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fuel prices have increased sharply over the past year. In this study we test the hypothesis that increases in the price of fuel are associated with increases in motorists filling their fuel tank and driving off without paying. We use weekly crime data from six police forces in England and Wales for the period January 2018 to July 2022, combined with regional data on the number of fuel sales and average fuel prices. Our results demonstrate an overall weak price-theft relationship for the 238 week study period, less so than in previous studies. However, we find strong evidence that the recent spike in fuel prices was associated with elevated levels of fuel theft. The implications of our findings for future research and crime prevention are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":37844,"journal":{"name":"Crime Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10031166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9246459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1186/s40163-023-00190-7
Sarah Hodgkinson, Anthony Dixon, Eric Halford, Graham Farrell
Research on pandemic domestic abuse trends has produced inconsistent findings reflecting differences in definitions, data and method. This study analyses 43,488 domestic abuse crimes recorded by a UK police force. Metrics and analytic approaches are tailored to address key methodological issues in three key ways. First, it was hypothesised that reporting rates changed during lockdown, so natural language processing was used to interrogate untapped free-text information in police records to develop a novel indicator of change in reporting. Second, it was hypothesised that abuse would change differentially for those cohabiting (due to physical proximity) compared to non-cohabitees, which was assessed via a proxy measure. Third, the analytic approaches used were change-point analysis and anomaly detection: these are more independent than regression analysis for present purposes in gauging the timing and duration of significant change. However, the main findings were largely contrary to expectation: (1) domestic abuse did not increase during the first national lockdown in early 2020 but increased across a prolonged post-lockdown period, (2) the post-lockdown increase did not reflect change in reporting by victims, and; (3) the proportion of abuse between cohabiting partners, at around 40 percent of the total, did not increase significantly during or after the lockdown. The implications of these unanticipated findings are discussed.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40163-023-00190-7.
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