• The Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption 

  Montano, Ashley Nicole (2019)

  Among researchers, there has been a long-standing debate on the issue of whether alcohol and marijuana are used as substitutes or complements of one another. In other words, does the increased usage of one decrease the ...

• Situational Perspectives of Maritime Piracy 

  Jiang, Bo (2019)

  The emergence of maritime piracy has caused a great deal of concerns among various dimensions of our society. However, with few exceptions prior research has been hampered by a lack of theoretical underpinning and access ...

• EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF RETAIL MARIJUANA OUTLETS ON CRIME IN THEIR LOCALITIES AND THEIR NEIGHBORING AREAS 

  Liu, Alex (2019)

  With the growing legalization of marijuana across the United States, there is also increasing concern with the effect that marijuana dispensaries may have on the communities they are established in. This study focuses on ...

• The Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol Presence On Criminal and Disorderly Behavior at High Crime Locations 

  Koper, Christopher Sean (1992)

  This paper tests the deterrent ( or displacement) effects of preventive patrol upon criminal and non-criminal disorderly behaviors at high-crime locations ("hot spots") using observational data collected during a ...

• The Impact of Age Composition in Explaining the International Homicide Decline - A Seven-decade Longitudinal Study 

  Renno Santos, Mateus (2019)

  Since 1991 the homicide rate of the United States declined by more than 40%. Such a dramatic change in the crime rate of any country, particularly one of the size of the United States, is highly unusual. Numerous studies ...

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