Open access research in Criminology, Criminal Justice & Law

• The global crime drop and changes in the distribution of victimisation - Over three decades crime counts in England and Wales, as throughout the Western world, have fallen. Less attention has been paid to the distribution of crime across households, though this is crucial... Ken Pease and Dainis Ignatans 

  Crime Science 2016 5:11 | Article accesses: 920+| Altmetric Explorer Score 

• Equity, justice and the crime drop: the case of burglary in England and Wales - Burglary in England and Wales fell by 67 % between 1993 and 2008/09. This study examines whether this fall was equitable across different population segments (with respect to their socio-economic .... James Hunter and Andromachi Tseloni

  Crime Science 2016 5:3 | Article accesses: 910+ | Altmetric Explorer Score 

• Child sexual abuse in youth-oriented organisations: tapping into situational crime prevention from the offender’s perspective - How to prevent child sexual abuse in youth-oriented organisations is a concern in our society for a number of reasons. One of these is that evidence indicates that sexual offenders, once they are recruited by ... Benoit Leclerc, Jessica Feakes and Jesse Cale

  Crime Science 2015 4:28 | Article accesses: 1900+ | Altmetric Explorer Score  

• Opportunity makes the thief. Really? And so what?- This paper describes the work undertaken over many years by the author and colleagues concerning the role of opportunity in crime. The work began in the early 1970s in the Home Office Research Unit, the British... Ronald V Clarke

  Crime Science 2012 1:3  | Article accesses: 27,290+ | Altmetric Explorer Score   

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• Commentary: the importance of Medicaid expansion for criminal justice populations in the south- Though the full implications of a Trump presidency for ongoing health care and criminal justice reform efforts remain uncertain, whatever policy changes are made will be particularly salient for the South, ... Nickolas D. Zaller, David H. Cloud, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Benjamin Bouvier, Sarah Martino and Brad Brockmann

  Health & Justice 2017 5:2 | Altmetric Explorer Score 

• Are Australian prisons meeting the needs of Indigenous offenders?- The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in custody is well documented, yet little is known about whether the health and social needs of Indigenous prisoners are met in correctional facilities. This ...Stephane M. Shepherd, James R. P. Ogloff and Stuart D. M. Thomas

  Health & Justice 2016 4:13 | Altmetric Explorer Score  

• Substance use disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody: a public health opportunity- To describe the prevalence, type, and mental health correlates of substance use disorders in a large sample of incarcerated...Ed Heffernan, Fiona Davidson, Kimina Andersen and Stuart Kinner

  Health & Justice 2016 4:12 | Altmetric Explorer Score 

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• Kidnapping and the limits of acceptance -For many humanitarian agencies, acceptance—gaining the trust and protection of local communities—is the preferred security management tool for reasons of perception, ease of access and cost (both real and oppo...Andrew J. Cunningham

  Journal of International Humanitarian Action 2017 2:4 | Article accesses: 469 | Altmetric Explorer Score 

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• Displacement and dispossession: redefining forced displacement and identifying when forced displacement becomes pillage under international humanitarian law -Conflict-induced migration is arguably the most urgent humanitarian challenge today. A growing number of people are forced from their homes each year. The dispossession of civilians by armed parties..... Kerrin Geoffrey Buck

  Journal of International Humanitarian Action 2017 2:5 | Article accesses: 1780+ |  Altmetric Explorer Score 

• Understanding sexual violence in armed conflict: cutting ourselves with Occam’s razor-Sexual violence has been firmly put on the internal agenda of the humanitarian community. Despite commendable advances in both policy and practice, there continues to be a gap between what is recommended and t... Rosanne Marrit Anholt

  Journal of International Humanitarian Action 2016 1:6 | Article accesses: 1280+ | Altmetric Explorer Score

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