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Crime Attractors In Sin City? A Pre/Post Test Of Crime Patterns And Police Enforcement Around Recreational Marijuana Facilities, Joshua Donnelly Aug 2022

Crime Attractors In Sin City? A Pre/Post Test Of Crime Patterns And Police Enforcement Around Recreational Marijuana Facilities, Joshua Donnelly

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The federalist system in the United States has created criminal opportunities within jurisdictions that have approved recreational marijuana facilities (RMFs). These facilities have characteristics that are attractive for motivated offenders including marijuana and marijuana-related tangible goods. Through ArcGIS, this research examined the crime patterns and police enforcement patterns that occurred within a 288-meter street-network buffer around RMFs through a pre/post-test exploratory design in the Las Vegas area. The time periods examined were 2015 to 2016 (pre-legalization), and 2018 to 2019 (post-legalization). Calls for service data were used to demonstrate both crime and enforcement patterns. Furthermore, facilities were classified into “local …


Bidonvilles Dans La Ville: Désordre Ou Déviance? Le Cas D'Anza (Agadir), Mohamed Ben Attou Oct 2021

Bidonvilles Dans La Ville: Désordre Ou Déviance? Le Cas D'Anza (Agadir), Mohamed Ben Attou

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Slums in the city-: Disorder or Deviance? The Case of Anza (Agadir)

For populations of rural origin, the shantytown appears to meet the absolute need for shelter and its development reflects the insufficient income of these households, even if the price of cottages increases. In many cases, it is clearly an acute identity crisis among the population.