scholarly journals Increasing Inequality in Experience of Victimization During the Crime Drop: Analysing Patterns of Victimization in Scotland from 1993 to 2014–15

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 782-802
Author(s):  
Susan McVie ◽  
Paul Norris ◽  
Rebecca Pillinger
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
International Crime ◽  
Crime Reduction ◽  
Repeat Victimization ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Crime Drop ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Crime Types

Abstract Research on the international crime drop has predominantly focused on the nature and extent of overall crime or changes in specific crime types, but less attention has been paid to how equally the crime drop has been distributed across society. Applying a novel quasi-longitudinal approach to Scottish victimization data, this article examines changes in the prevalence, frequency and type of victimization experienced. We argue that the crime drop has resulted in an increase in inequality between those at most and least risk of being a victim of crime, especially violence. The article contributes to theoretical debates on the crime drop, crime inequality and distributive justice, and provides policy recommendations on the importance of crime reduction strategies that target repeat victimization.

scholarly journals Crime drop in Ghana? Some insights from crime patterns and trends

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gameli Dziwornu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
International Crime ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Crime Drop ◽  
Crime Decline ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Crime Types ◽  
National Trends

AbstractThis study examines crime rate trends in Ghana in the context of research into the international crime drop. Ghanaian police-recorded crime data are imperfect, but crime rates appear to have increased to the early 2000s then to have declined significantly. However, the national trend for all crime types masks significant variation by crime type and region. The national trends appear, broadly speaking, consistent with long-term crime increases and decreases in high-income countries, but with a lag that may reflect Ghana’s economic development trajectory. This may be consistent with the routine activity perspective if both crime opportunities and economic development increased in parallel, followed by a crime decline that reflected increased security measures or other change. The study raises many questions that require further research, and some suggestions to that end are outlined.

Rethinking justice and fairness: the case of acid rain emission reductions

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Albin
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Acid Rain ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Emission Reductions ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Systematic Reflection ◽  
Emission Reduction Strategies

A major problem in managing and ultimately resolving many environmental issues, transboundary and global in particular, is how to tackle the fundamental questions of distributive justice and fairness involved. Little systematic reflection and research have been devoted to these issues. The problem of acid rain is a prime example. Strategies to abate acid rain must, among other requirements, be viewed as fair and just if they are to be politically accepted, implemented and honoured in the long term. Research and actual negotiations in this area to date have, by contrast, focused almost exclusively on the generation and analysis of emission reduction strategies which are effective in economic and, more recently, environmental terms.

scholarly journals Distributive Justice and the Crime Drop

2015 ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dainis Ignatans ◽  
Ken Pease
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Crime Drop

scholarly journals Lift above Poverty Micro-Finance Bank, Rural-Women Financial Security and Crime Reduction Strategies in Nigeria: Evaluation of Selected Communities in Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Haruna Ishola Abdullahi ◽  
Olayemi Oluwadamilola Amosun ◽  
Olayemi Oluwadamilola Amosun ◽  
Babatunde Olufemi Akinyele
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Crime Reduction ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Fraud ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Reduction Strategies

This paper assessed Lift above Poverty Organization (LAPO), rural-women financial security as means of crime reduction Lagos State, women are involved in entrepreneurship to avert criminalities like arm-robbery, kidnapping, cultism, online fraud, terrorism and other security challenge. The study employed cross sectional survey design and was descriptive, combining both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The secondary data were obtained through content analysis of journals, books and online resources. The data were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0. Findings showed that 100% of the respondents were females, 72% of the respondents used credit facilities from LAPO for investments.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Near Repeat Victimization Patterns across Crime Types

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kikuchi ◽  
Mamoru Amemiya ◽  
Takahito Shimada ◽  
Tomonori Saito ◽  
Yutaka Harada
Keyword(s):  
Repeat Victimization ◽  
Crime Types ◽  
Near Repeat

Parsimony and the Sentencing of Multiple Offenders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Lippke
Keyword(s):  
Crime Reduction ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Mixed Theory ◽  
Principle Of Parsimony ◽  
Crime Types ◽  
Multiple Offenders

This chapter examines the principle of parsimony (PP) as it applies to the sentencing of multiple offenders. It first explains what the PP means and challenges its basic assumptions as an independent, substantive sentencing principle. It then recasts the PP as a second-order principle, that is, as a principle designed to help us better ensure that the traditional aims of sentencing are more fully realized. It also distinguishes crime reduction and retributivism versions of the PP as a second-order principle and considers how they might be integrated into a mixed theory of sentencing. Finally, it explores whether and to what extent the PP as a second-order principle is useful in thinking about multiple-offense sentencing. It argues that the PP might play a role in determining sentence ranges for crime types, as well as in formulating broader penal and social policies.

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