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Target Suitability and the Crime Drop
This is a chapter from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Target suitability is a cornerstone of Marcus Felson's routine activities approach, and critical in determining crime rates. Recent research identifies reduced target suitability, via improved sec…
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- 978-1-137-52502-4
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- oer.unej.ac.id
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Social Accountability Initiatives in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon
The Middle East and North Africa region has been absent form stocktaking exercises on social accountability initiatives (SAI), an umbrella term to designate citizen-led tools aimed at socio-political change. We argue that this sidelining is unwarranted, given the proliferation of participatory governance initiatives, civic associations and popular mobilisation in Arab societies after 2…
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- 9783031513220
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- XIII, 210
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Fachkräftemigration – Pflegenotstand – Nächstenliebe: Katholische Fraue…
Dieses Open-Access-Buch verfolgt das Ziel, die Migrationsbewegungen aus Indien in den 1960er Jahren anhand transdisziplinärer Ansätze der Historischen Migrationsforschung aufzuarbeiten. In der jungen Bundesrepublik führte der Wirtschaftsboom der Nachkriegszeit zur Modernisierung und zum Ausbau von Pflegeeinrichtungen. Dabei entstand eine kaum zu stillende geschlechtsspezifische Nachfrage nac…
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- 9783658460822
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- XXI, 416 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Für alle Länder. Deutsche Literatur im interlingualen Lizenzraum
Dieses Buch erscheint im Open Access. – Im interlingualen, vom Copyright geprägten Lizenzraum wird Literatur zweifach modernisiert: Der literarische Transfer folgt Regeln der Ausgangskultur und das Schreiben richtet sich an alle Länder. Entlang der deutschen Literaturgeschichte und anhand der Interaktion von Schreibenden mit Übersetzenden, Verlagen und Agenturen wird die Entwicklung lände…
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- 978-3-662-69731-3
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- XII, 456
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Skin Necrosis
Skin necrosis is a consequence of local devascularisation, induced by multiple causal factors like infection, macroangiopathy or microangiopathy, hyperpressure coming from outside or inside, or high-velocity trauma (Figs. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6). Necrosis is a consequence of cascades of events starting on the venous side and then blocking the arterioles and larger arte…
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- 9783031609541
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- XXIV, 526
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Extracellular Fine Particles
This open access book elucidates new biological phenomena caused by extracellular fine particles and highlights the development of base technologies for their control. In this book, the latest knowledge is collected on the principles of extracellular fine particles recognition, action, and biological responses. In addition, the base technologies for their detection, separation, measurement, and…
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- 978-981-97-7067-0
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- VI, 290
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Expert Consensus in Science
This Open Access book shows how expert consensus pervades all areas of science. It explores, in particular, the role of consensus in establishing scientific truth, in guiding professional practice and policy and agreeing on what are acceptable scientific methodologies. For some scientific issues, a consensus forms spontaneously among scientists working on a topic, while for others, where the is…
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- 9789819792221
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- XVII, 231 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Experimenting with the New European Bauhaus Values and Principles in Urban Tr…
This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing on contributions from key players such as local activists, action researchers, municipalities, developers and artists. It highlights lessons learned from the lighthouse project “Desire - Designing the Irresistible Circular Society", weaving a narra…
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- 978-3-031-76059-4
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- VIII, 116
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 650 EXP
Everyday Welfare in Modern British History : Experience, Expertise and Activism
This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who…
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- 9783031649875
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- XV, 381 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Event Analytics across Languages and Communities
This open access book presents interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research results fostering event analytics across languages and communities. It is based on the CLEOPATRA International Training Network, which explored how we analyze and understand the major events that influence and shape our lives and societies, and how they unfold online. This analysis was achieved through various case stu…
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- 978-3-031-64451-1
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- XVI, 257
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