The partnership approach to crime reduction and antisocial behavior is now well-established in the academic literature and the operational reality of many agencies. A more recent, and still developing aspect of such initiatives in the U.K., is the use of civil statutes alongside criminal law to tackle criminal and nuisance behavior. This paper features two case studies that describe the use of ...

Economists devote considerable effort to grad­ u­ate stu­dent edu­cation bu­t have condu­cted rela­ tively little research on the determinants of stu­dent performance or placement in the job market. Do gradu­ate stu­dents who do well in core microeco­ nomics (micro) cou­rses also do well in core mac­ roeconomics (macro) and econometrics (metrics) cou­rses? Are stu­dents who achieve higher grade...

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Tienda, and the anonymous reviewers for detailed comments on earlier drafts of this chapter. We also thank all of our colleagues on the National Research Council panel to study Hispanics in the United States, as well as the panel's staff, for invaluable support, encouragement, and inspiration. Any remaining errors are attributable to the authors.

1 Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, via Cicognara 7, I-20129 Milano, Italy; [email protected] (L.C.); [email protected] (A.C.); [email protected] (G.F.); [email protected] (C.V.) 2 CNR-IDPA (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali), via Mario Bianco 9, I-20131 Mi...

The Policing and Reducing Crime Unit (PRC) was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of the Police Research Group (PRG) and the Research and Statistics Directorate. PRC Unit is now part of the Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office. The PRC Unit carries out and commissions research in the social and management sciences on policing and crime reduction, broadening ...

ples. In: Weir R, ed. Stored tissue samples: ethical, legal, and public policy implications. Iowa City, IA: University Iowa Press, 1998. 19 National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Guidelines on ethical matters in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. Canberra: NHMRC, 1991. (found at www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/ethics/ asti.pdf) 20 Medical Research Council (MRC), ...

world travel and tourism council has estimated that contribution of tourism sector to global economy and employment will be increasing in the next 10 years. travel and tourism contributes to various areas of economy and tourism is accounted as one of most significant industries of 21st century. if countries provide the required capacity for development of tourism industry, they would be able to...

1.1 History of Accelerator Driven System Activities Since the early 1990’s, accelerator driven systems (ADS) – subcritical assemblies driven by high power proton accelerators through a spallation target which is neutronically coupled to the core – have been proposed for addressing certain missions in advanced nuclear fuel cycles. Institutes throughout the world have conducted numerous programs ...

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