The Geography of Crime: Exploring Spatial Distribution and Environmental Criminology| Book Publisher International

The Geography of Crime is an emerging interdisciplinary field that integrates criminology and geography to explore the spatial patterns, causes, and consequences of criminal activity. This book provides an extensive analysis of how crime is distributed across different geographical regions and how socio-economic, cultural, environmental, and political factors influence such distribution. It emphasizes the significance of spatial analytical techniques such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), crime mapping, and spatial regression in understanding crime hotspots and developing effective prevention strategies. The theoretical foundations, including environmental criminology, social disorganization theory, routine activity theory, and crime pattern theory, offer robust frameworks for explaining the interaction between human behavior and the physical and social environment. The book also highlights methodological approaches and data sources vital to crime research, alongside discussions on various crime types—ranging from violent and property crimes to cybercrime, hate crime, and environmental offenses. Special attention is given to the Indian context and international perspectives, showcasing localized insights and global patterns. This work serves as a crucial resource for researchers, urban planners, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies aiming to build safer, more equitable societies through geographically informed crime prevention strategies.

 

Author (s) Details

 

S. Balaselvakumar
Department of Geography, Government Arts College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

P. Mary Santhi
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Agra, Uttra Pradesh, India.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-49970-03-8

Prevalence of Bullying Victimization among School-Going Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Al-Karkh, Baghdad, Iraq | Chapter 8 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 8

Background: Bullying victimization is a major public health problem. Interest in bullying in the Arab world is a recent phenomenon. In the last four decades, Iraq was exposed to wars, civil war, widespread violence and sectarian violence which in turn means unrest community, internally displaced families (low affluence) and high exposure to trauma. Publication on victimization in Iraq is limited.

Purpose:  This study was conducted to report bullying among students of Iraqi schools.

Methods: A total of 302 students from Baghdad were selected by a cluster random sample to include in this study. Participated students were recruited by multistage random sampling. An Arabic version of the standardized questionnaire was obtained from the International (ISPCAN). Identification of bullying (bullies, victims and sexual victims) was done by using a cutoff for the scoring of bullying manifestation in the questionnaire depending on three repeated actions at least to consider as bullies. Chi-square was used to examine the association of victimization and sexual victimization (dependent variable) with sex, smoking and drug abuse (independent variable). P value less than 0.05 was considered significant for meeting the criteria of bullying.

Results: Out of the total 39.1% were bullied pupils (victims) there was a significant association between bullying and victim with sex (P=0.001). A significant difference was noticed in age between those who reported sexual victimization and those who reported no sexual victimization. Bullying and victimization were significantly associated with smoking, drug abuse, and failure in school (P=0.001 for each).

Conclusion: A high prevalence of victimization (bully, victims and sexual victim was revealed among students in schools as a predictor for smoking and drug abuse.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Hyder M. Yahya
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq.

 

Mushtaq T. Hashim
Department of Medicine, Unit of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq.

 

Eman A. Al-Kaseer
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq.

 

Jawad K. Al-Diwan
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v8/3786

From Conservation Crime to Cholera: Reflecting on the Environmental and Social Consequences of South Africa’s Undermanaged and Intensifying Wastewater Crisis | Chapter 3 | Recent Trends in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 6

 The diminishing state of municipal wastewater and sewage situation (under/mis)management in South Africa maybe regarded as the most important vector to the generous pollution and social challenges being knowledgeable in many parts of the country as well as being a principal subscriber to environmental and human health questions. The aim of this review search out expose the state’s incapacity to fulfil allure basic order at all three levels of governance (nationwide, regional, and local), to efficiently protect the rights and property of all bodies (natural and legal) and promote economic tumor by dint of amplifying the variable distance between the government and allure citizenry. This circumstances is procreated only by the State’s surrendered disregard for vulnerable water. This article supplies a philosophic overview of the tangible/social and aid delivery disconnect middle from two points government and common people realised by this tortuous and insular ‘approach’. It places in outlook the increasingly esoteric interface between flexible wastewater (under/mis)management (disrespect), on the one hand, and the enviro-public impact (victimisation) thereof, on the other and cautions against the incessant application of unacceptable duty delivery and prospering malfeasance/ incompetence.

Author(s) Details:

Friedo J. W. Herbig,

Department of Criminology and Security Science, School of Criminal Justice, College of Law, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RTASS-V6/article/view/11409