Estimating Crime in Place: Moving Beyond Residence Location

Enabling Location Privacy; Moving beyond K-anonymity, Cloaking and Anonymizers

On ‘Organized Crime’ in the illicit antiquities trade: moving beyond the definitional debate

The extent to which 'organized crime' is involved in illicit antiquities trafficking is unknown and frequently debated. This paper explores the significance and scale of the illicit antiquities trade as a unique transnational criminal phenomenon that is often said to be perpetrated by and exhibit traits of so-called 'organized crime.' The definitional debate behind the term 'organized crime' is...

Effectiveness of expedient sheltering in place in a residence.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of expedient sheltering in place in a residence for protection against airborne hazards, as outlined in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance to the public. An improved method was developed to determine the air flow rate for a shelter inside a house. Expedient sheltering measures (plastic sheeting and duct tape) wer...

The importance of place of residence in patient satisfaction.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of patients' place of residence on their evaluations of care, and to explore related policy implications. STUDY DESIGN We used a conditional regression analysis of stratum matched case controls to examine whether place of residence of patients living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) or in Ontario outside of the GTA affects patient satisfaction with their exp...

Race, Residence, and Violent Crime: A Structure of Inequality

There is a great deal of variation in levels of violent crime across communities of different colors in urban neighborhoods throughout the United States. This variation is seen in rates of violence that are much higher in predominantly minority neighborhoods, especially those comprised of blacks, compared to predominantly white neighborhoods. This Article addresses the question of how to accoun...