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Inequality and Violent Crime

by Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza , 2001
"... In this article we take an empirical cross-country perspective to investigate the robustness and causality of the link between income inequality and crime rates. First, we study the correlation between the Gini index and, respectively, homicide and robbery rates along different dimensions of the dat ..."
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control for the measurement error in crime rates by modelling it as both unobserved country-specific effects and random noise. Lastly, we examine the robustness of the inequality-crime link to alternative measures of inequality. The sample for estimation consists of panels of non-overlapping 5-year

1 “Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime”

by A. Scott Cunningham, Benjamin Engelstätter, Zew Mannheim, Michael R. Ward , 2011
"... ABSTRACT: Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. However, these studies cannot account for either aggressive effects of alternative activities video game playing substitutes for or the possible selection of relatively violent peo ..."
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ABSTRACT: Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. However, these studies cannot account for either aggressive effects of alternative activities video game playing substitutes for or the possible selection of relatively violent

Who is Violent? Factors Associated with Aggressive Behaviours in

by Pamela Orpinas - Latin America and Spain. Pan American Journal of Public Health , 1999
"... The main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the strength of the association between: 1) ag-gressive behaviors and 2) attitudes and self-efficacy for alternatives to violence, in different cities of the Region of the Americas and Spain. Results were based on a cross-sectional house-hold survey of ..."
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The main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the strength of the association between: 1) ag-gressive behaviors and 2) attitudes and self-efficacy for alternatives to violence, in different cities of the Region of the Americas and Spain. Results were based on a cross-sectional house-hold survey

Evaluation of the Persistently Violent Offender Treatment Program

by Comparative Criminology, Ralph C. Serin, Renée Gobeil, Denise L. Preston
"... The treatment of violent offenders has evolved in recent years, shifting from interventions focused on anger management to those incorporating social information processing skills. The present study was a multimethod evaluation of one such program, the Persistently Violent Offender program. A total ..."
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of 256 Canadian male violent offenders participated in the study; 70 Persistently Violent Offender program completers were compared to two control groups (n1 = 33, n2 = 105) who completed an alternate program and to 48 offenders who failed to complete either program. Results demonstrate few differences

Evaluation of the Persistently Violent Offender Treatment Program

by Volume Xx Number X, Ralph C. Serin, Renée Gobeil, Denise L. Preston
"... The treatment of violent offenders has evolved in recent years, shifting from interventions focused on anger management to those incorporating social information processing skills. The present study was a multimethod evaluation of one such program, the Persistently Violent Offender program. A total ..."
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of 256 Canadian male violent offenders participated in the study; 70 Persistently Violent Offender program completers were compared to two control groups (n1 = 33, n2 = 105) who completed an alternate program and to 48 offenders who failed to complete either program. Results demonstrate few differences

www.hicn.org Violent Conflict and Inequality

by Cagatay Bircan, Tilman Brück, Marc Vothknecht , 2010
"... Abstract: This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate r ..."
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Abstract: This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate

THE ADDITION OF ACID OR BASE TO WASTES MAY RESULT IN VIOLENT

by unknown authors
"... 1.1 Method 9041 may be used to measure pH as an alternative to Method 9040 (except as noted in Step 1.3) or in cases where pH measurements by Method 9040 are not possible. 1.2 Method 9041 is not applicable to wastes that contain components that may mask or alter the pH paper color change. 1.3 pH pap ..."
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1.1 Method 9041 may be used to measure pH as an alternative to Method 9040 (except as noted in Step 1.3) or in cases where pH measurements by Method 9040 are not possible. 1.2 Method 9041 is not applicable to wastes that contain components that may mask or alter the pH paper color change. 1.3 p

Civic community, population change, and violent crime in rural communities

by Matthew R. Lee, Shaun A. Thomas - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency , 2010
"... This analysis investigates the relationships between measures of civic community, population change, and violent crime rates in rural communi-ties. Rural communities that are civically robust are hypothesized to have lower violent crime rates and to experience less change in violent crime over time. ..."
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. Alternatively, sustained population change is hypothesized to elevate violent crime rates and to moderate the protective effect that civic robustness provides against violent crime over time. Results from both lagged panel and cross-sectional negative binomial regression models of county-level data support

Coupled MPS-FEM Model for Violent Flows-Structures Interaction

by Hirotada Hashimoto, David Le Touzé
"... Coupled MPS-FEM model is developed for strongly nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems. In this method, semi-implicit MPS and explicit FEM are time-marching alternately to consider the coupling between fluids and structures. The developed model is validated through comparisons with a mode ..."
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Coupled MPS-FEM model is developed for strongly nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems. In this method, semi-implicit MPS and explicit FEM are time-marching alternately to consider the coupling between fluids and structures. The developed model is validated through comparisons with a

The paradox of social organization: Networks, collective efficacy, and violent crime in urban neighborhoods. Social Forces

by Christopher R. Browning, Robert D. Dietz , 2004
"... Theories ofneighborhood social organization and crimehave not effectively explained the existence ofsocially organized, high-crimeneighborhoods. Wedescribe and testan alternative theory ofurban violence that highlights the tension between two dimensions ofsocialorganization- social networks (ties an ..."
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Theories ofneighborhood social organization and crimehave not effectively explained the existence ofsocially organized, high-crimeneighborhoods. Wedescribe and testan alternative theory ofurban violence that highlights the tension between two dimensions ofsocialorganization- social networks (ties
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