1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484217203321

Autore

Hopkins Matthew (Actor)

Titolo

Acid Crime : Context, Motivation and Prevention / / by Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030622961

3030622967

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society, , 2946-2525

Disciplina

364.15

Soggetti

Criminal behavior

Criminology

Critical criminology

Law and the social sciences

Criminal Behavior

Crime Control and Security

Critical Criminology

Socio-Legal Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1: Acid attacks and corrosive crime: an Introduction -- 2: Methodologies for researching acid attacks and corrosive crime -- 3: The contexts and characteristics of acid attacks/corrosive crime -- 4: Offender motivations for carrying and decanting acid and corrosives -- 5: The prevention of acid attacks and corrosive crime -- 6: conclusions and directions for future research/ policy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an authoritative overview of the contemporary phenomenon widely labelled as 'acid attacks'. Although once thought of as a predominantly 'gendered crime', acid and other corrosive substances have been used in a range of violence crimes. This book explores the historical use of corrosives in crime, legal definitions of such attacks, the contexts in which corrosives are used, victim characteristics, offender motivations for carrying and decanting corrosives, and preventative strategies. Data is drawn from the



international literature and the analysis of primary data collected in the UK (which is thought to have one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world) from interviews with over 20 convicted offenders and from police case files relating to over 1,000 crimes involving corrosive substances. This book adds significantly to the international literature on weapons carrying and use, which to date has predominantly focused around the possession and useof guns and knives. Matt Hopkins is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Lucy Neville is Lecturer at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Teela Sanders is Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959262203321

Autore

Dămăceanu Romulus-Cătălin

Titolo

Agent-based computational economics using Netlogo / / authored by Romulus-Catalin Damaceanu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Sharjah, U.A.E.], : Bentham Science Publishers, 2013

ISBN

9781608054893

1608054896

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Disciplina

330.015195

Soggetti

Electronic data processing - Data preparation

Computer networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

01 Cover.pdf; 02 TItle; 03 REVISED Online; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 Chapter 01; 08 Chapter 02; 09 Chapter 03; 10 Chapter 04; 11 Chapter 05; 12 Appendix; 13 Index

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book explores how researchers can create, use and implement multi-agent computational models in Economics by using NetLogo software platform. Problems of economic science can be solved using multi-agent modelling (MAM). The 11 models presented in this text simulate the simultaneous operations of several agents in an attempt to recreate and predict complex economic phenomena.