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Social change and crime rate trends: a routine activity approach
- American Sociological Review
, 1979
"... In this paper we present a "routine activity approach " for analyzing crime rate trends and cycles. Rather than emphasizing the characteristics of offenders, with this approach we concentrate upon the circumstances in which they carry out predatory criminal acts. Most criminal acts require ..."
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In this paper we present a "routine activity approach " for analyzing crime rate trends and cycles. Rather than emphasizing the characteristics of offenders, with this approach we concentrate upon the circumstances in which they carry out predatory criminal acts. Most criminal acts
* Social Trends
, 2005
"... Makers? They are not only numerous but they also change in significance with time as the process of planning develops over time. These include: * Population & Demographics- How many people use the tunnel and where the tunnel is needed ..."
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Makers? They are not only numerous but they also change in significance with time as the process of planning develops over time. These include: * Population & Demographics- How many people use the tunnel and where the tunnel is needed
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
, 1942
"... or method of economic change and not only never is but never can be stationary. ..."
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or method of economic change and not only never is but never can be stationary.
What is Twitter, a Social Network or a News Media?
"... Twitter, a microblogging service less than three years old, commands more than 41 million users as of July 2009 and is growing fast. Twitter users tweet about any topic within the 140-character limit and follow others to receive their tweets. The goal of this paper is to study the topological charac ..."
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characteristics of Twitter and its power as a new medium of information sharing. We have crawled the entire Twitter site and obtained 41.7 million user profiles, 1.47 billion social relations, 4, 262 trending topics, and 106 million tweets. In its follower-following topology analysis we have found a non
A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology
- Journal of Consulting Psychology
, 1960
"... It has long been recognized that personality test scores are influenced by non-test-relevant response determinants. Wiggins and Rumrill (1959) distinguish three approaches to this problem. Briefly, interest in the problem of response distortion has been concerned with attempts at statistical correct ..."
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correction for "faking good " or "faking bad " (Meehl & Hathaway, 1946), the analysis of response sets (Cron-bach, 1946,1950), and ratings of the social de-sirability of personality test items (Edwards, 19 5 7). A further distinction can be made, how-ever, which results in a somewhat
The benefits of Facebook “friends”: Social capital and college students’ use of online social network sites
- Retrieved March 27, 2008, from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html
, 2007
"... This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one’s ability to stay connecte ..."
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This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one’s ability to stay
Social Information Filtering: Algorithms for Automating "Word of Mouth"
, 1995
"... This paper describes a technique for making personalized recommendations from any type of database to a user based on similarities between the interest profile of that user and those of other users. In particular, we discuss the implementation of a networked system called Ringo, which makes personal ..."
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personalized recommendations for music albums and artists. Ringo's database of users and artists grows dynamically as more people use the system and enter more information. Four different algorithms for making recommendations by using social information filtering were tested and compared. We present
Social Capital and Value Creation: The Role of Intrafirm Networks
- Academy of Management Journal 41 (no. 4): 464
, 1998
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A Perspective on Psychology and Economics
, 2001
"... This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards integrating psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed, and arguments are provided for why movement towards greater psychological realism in economics will improve mainstream economics. ..."
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This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards integrating psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed, and arguments are provided for why movement towards greater psychological realism in economics will improve mainstream economics.
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