8 research outputs found
How efficiently can we target prolific offenders?
Get PDFThis report looks at the magnitude of crime
perpetrated by the most active offenders in a
particular police area and places it in the context
of a research programme which seeks to integrate
and render locally useful the major findings of
applied criminology. The results are contrasting.
In terms of all crime, the group of offenders
nominated did not appear to contribute substantially
to levels of crime. The level of burglary
did not bear any relationship to the availability of
nominated burglars. The volume of vehicle-related
crime (unlawful taking, theft of and theft from a motor vehicle) did vary according to the number of
nominated offenders available.
Breaking down to neighbourhood level, only
one area displayed a relationship between levels of
vehicle crime and the availability of nominated
offenders to commit crime. Furthermore, there
was some evidence that this group accounted for a
component of other crime types, namely burglary
and criminal damage. Two areas failed to produce
any meaningful relationship between nominated
offenders and crime levels.
The results have major implications for the
mechanism used to nominate prolific offenders
and the resources used to target such individuals.
It is argued that refinement and local application
of the kinds of analysis described here would be of
great utility in shaping offender-targeting
practices
Using DNA to catch offenders quicker: serious detections arising from criminal justice samples.
Get PDFDNA samples on the national database matching those found at scenes of serious violent or sexual crimes were identified. The earlier offence leading the sample to appear on the database was noted. The bulk (60-84% according to inclusion criteria) involved theft, drug or other offending. The result, indicating offender versatility, is consistent with most research on criminal careers. Its importance for operational police lies in identifying the contribution made by DNA samples taken after less serious offences in clearing subsequent serious crime, and the importance of taking such samples as widely as possible. Examining specific relationships between early and later offences revealed a significant link between providing a DNA sample following a drug offence and subsequently committing murder
Ratings of Strength and Attractiveness - Set 2
No full textRatings of Strength and Attractiveness - Set
Supplementary analyses with BMI from Cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness
No full textEvolution equips sexually reproducing species with mate choice mechanisms that function to evaluate the reproductive consequences of mating with different individuals. Indeed, evolutionary psychologists have shown that women's mate choice mechanisms track many cues of men's genetic quality and ability to invest resources in the woman and her offspring. One variable that predicted both a man's genetic quality and his ability to invest is the man's formidability (i.e. fighting ability or resource holding power/potential). Modern women, therefore, should have mate choice mechanisms that respond to ancestral cues of a man's fighting ability. One crucial component of a man's ability to fight was his upper body strength. Here, we test how important physical strength is to men's bodily attractiveness. Three sets of photographs of men's bodies were shown to raters who estimated either their physical strength or their attractiveness. Estimates of physical strength determined over 70% of men's bodily attractiveness. Additional analyses showed that tallness and leanness were also favoured, and, along with estimates of physical strength, accounted for 80% of men's bodily attractiveness. Contrary to popular theories of men's physical attractiveness, there was no evidence of a nonlinear effect; the strongest men were the most attractive in all samples
