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Crime - Prevention & control
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Definition of 'Crime'A violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished. Common names: Crime; Crimes; Kidnapping; Kidnappings |
Monday, November 23, 2009
New developments in preventive detention in Germany.
30 Aug 2009 
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review focuses on forensic psychiatric aspects of new developments in preventive detention in Germany. RECENT FINDINGS: After a short introduction to the history of preventive detention in Germany and its enacting in ... Read more...
16 Aug 2009 Because punishment is scarce, costly, and painful, optimal enforcement strategies will minimize the amount of actual punishment required to effectuate deterrence. If potential offenders are sufficiently deterrable, increasing the conditional ... Read more...
Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The present study uses data from a community sample of 779 low-SES boys to investigate whether intervention by the juvenile justice system is determined, at least in part, by particular individual, familial and social conditions, and ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Crime - Prevention & control'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Heroin clinics reduce street drug use and crime, shows study.
16 Sep 2009 - New developments in preventive detention in Germany. 30 Aug 2009
- The dynamics of deterrence. 16 Aug 2009
- Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice. 30 Jul 2009
- From "tough on crime" to "smart on crime". 18 Jul 2009
- Background checks: to do or not to do? 30 May 2009
- Predictors of arrest during forensic assertive community treatment. 30 May 2009
- The built environment: designing communities to promote physical activity in children. 30 May 2009
- [The Declaration of Istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism] 29 Apr 2009
- Infant hospital abduction: security measures to aid in prevention. 29 Apr 2009
- Marching for science. 29 Apr 2009
- Implementation of the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008. Interim final rule with request for comments.
4 Apr 2009 - Media influence on alcohol-control policy support in the U.S. adult population: the intervening role of issue concern and risk judgments. 30 Mar 2009
- Factors that dissuade young drivers from committing traffic violations. 30 Mar 2009
- Who's watching? 27 Feb 2009
- Long-term care: facility quality and safety. End-of-year issue brief. 3 Jan 2009
- Neuroimaging, culture, and forensic psychiatry. 30 Dec 2008
- Drug treatment program compliance and resistance activities during implementation of California's Proposition 36. 30 Dec 2008
- Achieving integrated urban water management: planning top-down or bottom-up? 30 Dec 2008
- Family factors in the intergenerational transmission of offending. 30 Dec 2008
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Technical information about 'Crime'
Definition: A violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished.
Descriptor UI: D003415
Alternative terms: Crime; Crimes; Kidnapping; Kidnappings;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: I01.198.240; I01.880.735.191;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent