Objective: This paper reviews a century of research on creating theoretically meaningful and
empirically useful scales of criminal offending and illustrates their strengths and …

This article evaluates the international location decisions made by public listed Chinese
firms during the period 2006–2008, using a Poisson count data regression model. Further …

Multilevel analysis is a methodology for the analysis of data with complex patterns of
variability, with a focus on nested sources of such variability–pupils in classes, employees in …

The effects of crime generators, crime attractors, and offender anchor points on the
distribution of street robberies across the nearly 25,000 census blocks of Chicago are …

Objectives. To determine if blight remediation of abandoned buildings and vacant lots can
be a cost-beneficial solution to firearm violence in US cities. Methods. We performed quasi …

Sex trafficking is one type of human trafficking, which involves scenarios where individuals
are not paid and are forced to engage in forced sex, forced prostitution, and sexual slavery …

The use of proactive tactics to disrupt criminal activities, such as Terry street stops and
concentrated misdemeanor arrests, are essential to the" new policing." This model applies …

The COVID-19 reported initially in December 2019 led to thousands and millions of people
infections, deaths at a rapid scale, and a global scale. Metropolitans suffered serious …

Objectives Prior meta analyses of hot spots policing show that the approach reduces crime,
but report relatively small mean effect sizes based on Cohen'sd. The natural logarithm of the …

Photovoltaic (PV) technology innovation is one of the important ways to achieve energy
transition in China. To overcome market failures and institutional barriers, policy support is …