Safer Communities: Volume 23 Issue 4

Young Voices United: co-designing a place-based youth-led sexual and violence abuse prevention approach for one Australian community

Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Taylor Jade Willmott, Nadine McKillop, Pamela Saleme Ruiz, Anna Kitunen

Recognising current, significant rates of youth sexual violence and abuse (YSVA) and the need for more comprehensive prevention approaches to combat this social issue, new…

Young people and terrorism: a systematic review of risk and vulnerability factors, and implications for intervention

Carol Galvin, Aisling Martin, Paige Milburn, Patrick John Kennedy

Factors that may influence risk and/or vulnerability to young people’s involvement in terrorism are currently unclear. Understanding the factors that contribute to a young…

‘Readiness as opposed to eligibility’- preliminary consensus amongst professionals regarding gender identity assessments employing the DELPHI methodology

Sören Henrich

Gender identity assessments (GIAs) have been criticized by practitioners and trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals alike. With the practice of exploring individuals’…

Impact of terrorism on financial inclusion: evidence from the most terrorized countries in the world

Peterson K. Ozili

This study aims to investigate the impact of terrorism on financial inclusion that is achieved through automated teller machine penetration and bank branch expansion.

A systematic review of the CPTED–quality of life relationship

Hillary Shiverenje Songole

CPTED’s premise to the improvement of quality of life (QOL) is crime prevention and safety, and yet there is little concern for the impact of CPTED implementation to QOL when the…

The speaking, saying and doxa of Samarco Mineração S.A. and Brazilian magazines on Mariana’s environmental crime: notes from the treadmills of production, crime, and law

Rafael Borim-de-Souza, Yasmin Shawani Fernandes, Pablo Henrique Paschoal Capucho, Bárbara Galleli, João Gabriel Dias dos Santos

This paper aims to analyze what Samarco and Brazilian magazines speak and say about Mariana’s environmental crime. Discover their doxa in this subject. Interpret the speakings…

Government’s failure to protect its citizens against nomadic herders’ aggression: a tacit permission for self-defense in Plateau State, Nigeria

Adamu Gayus Kasa, Matthew Egharevba, Ajibade Jegede

This paper aims to present the continuous Nigerian Government’s failure to protect the lives and property of its citizens against the incessant itinerant herders’ violence…

Assaults in public places: interesting numbers from a North American university city

Marcus Felson, Daniel Reinhard

A growing literature emphasizes violence occurring in public places. Yet, police seldom report such violence separately from violent incidents occurring elsewhere. This paper aims…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and terrorism: a rapid evidence assessment of risk and vulnerability factors, and implications for intervention

Paige Milburn, Carol Galvin, Amanda Louise Bryan, Patrick John Kennedy

Factors that may influence risk and/or vulnerability to radicalisation or involvement in terrorism by individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are currently undetermined…

The “depraved killers” penalty: a commentary on the 2023 UK sentencing changes to individuals charged with sexually motivated or sadistic murders

Courtney Hammond, Ashleigh S. Thatcher, Dean Fido

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, recently introduced a “whole life order” sentence in response to sexually motivated or sadistic homicide offences (Gov.uk, 2023). Effectively…

Navigating perilous seas: unmasking online banking frauds, perceived usefulness, fear of cybercrime and distrust in online banking

Sri Lestari, Wiwiek Rabiatul Adawiyah, Arina Laksita Alhamidi, Joni Prayogi, Ronald Haryanto

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between online banking fraud experience and fear of cybercrime and distrust of online banking services, and to understand…