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TitlePolitical instability in petrostates

AuthorDemkiv, Anita

Date Created2012

Degree Date2012-05

DescriptionThis dissertation explores the correlation between petrostates’ oil revenue fluctuations and political stability or political instability. Petrostates (countries heavily reliant on oil revenues)...

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TitleShootings and crime places

AuthorXu, Jie

Date Created2011

Degree Date2011-05

DescriptionThis dissertation presents a systematic approach to identify the determinants of gun shooting and forecast the distribution of gun shooting. Using frameworks of opportunities theories and social...

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TitleIdentifying the best context for CCTV camera deployment

AuthorPiza, Eric L.

Date Created2012

Degree Date2012-05

DescriptionCCTV has become a mainstream crime prevention mechanism around the world. Despite the popularity of the technology, evidence of CCTV’s crime prevention capabilities is inconclusive. Little research...

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TitleHybrid governance and network management in the globalizing metropolis

AuthorRuffin, Fayth Anese

Date Created2010

Degree Date2010

DescriptionThis is a transnational, socio-legal, comparative embedded case study of four business improvement districts (BIDs), two in Cape Town, WC, RSA and two in Newark, NJ, USA in the context of...