Place–time correlation of robbery incidents in metropolitan Lagos: a Mantel index analysis

This article investigates the correlation of space and time in the clustering of robbery incidents in metropolitan Lagos. Analysis was carried out on 781 selected robbery incidents in 2013. Using the Mantel index to correlate place and time intervals for pairs of robbery incidents, the results show that robberies are respectively concentrated in residential areas, transport nodes and public places, peaking at midnight during weekdays. The results further show that this concentration is most likely greater than what would be expected on the basis of a chance distribution. The study concludes that various factors may exist which cause clusters of robberies to occur in these places at these times.     

稳像火控系统误差分析

通过对坦克稳像火控系统预测模型和目标运动状态测量的误差分析,提出提高测量精度和射击命中率的措施。     

计算机犯罪及其对策研究

随着科学技术的飞速发展 ,计算机技术广泛应用到社会生活的各个方面 ,给我们带来了极大的便利 ,但同时也引发了计算机犯罪。通过分析计算机犯罪的类型及其形成原因 ,认为对于计算机犯罪不能像传统犯罪那样 ,简单依靠法律来制裁和控制 ,只有从法律、技术、管理和道德教育四个方面齐抓共管 ,才能真正有效预防     

新形势下对进一步加强消防工作的几点思考

消防工作是国民经济和社会发展的重要组成部分,是发展社会主义市场经济不可缺少的保障条件。作为与经济发展密切相关的公安消防部门,如何更好地适应经济发展的需要,实现消防工作跨越式发展,是当前公安消防部门需要深入研究探索的一个重要课题。     

我国跨境恐怖主义犯罪的防控与惩治

我国跨境恐怖主义犯罪日益猖獗,不仅造成了大量的无辜平民伤亡和公私财产的损失,而且侵害了其他国家的利益和国际社会的共同秩序。防范和惩治我国跨境恐怖主义犯罪活动,应当坚持经济和社会的协调发展,消除恐怖主义滋生的土壤;积极参与多边安全合作,探寻维护我国安全利益的新途径;完善我国反恐怖主义犯罪的刑事立法。     

当代大学生责任意识现状及其培育路径研究——基于北方民族大学的调查分析

责任意识不仅是内化的思想,也是外化的行为。其丰富内涵包括个人责任意识、家庭责任意识、社会责任意识和国家责任意识四个方面。在中国特色社会主义新时代,青年大学生生逢其时,又肩担重任。其责任意识强弱对于促进大学生成人成才、构建和谐文明家庭、达成社会主义教育目标、实现中华民族伟大复兴意义重大。根据对北方民族大学学生责任意识现状的实证调查,我们发现当前大学生责任意识状况总体上符合时代要求,但由于教育主体在大学生责任意识培育过程中不同程度、不同方面上的缺失和弱化,从而使得部分大学生责任意识状况令人忧心。因而,从系统论的角度出发,把大学生责任意识培育看作是一个长期的系统工程,从个人、家庭、学校和社会四个维度思考大学生责任意识培育的优化路径,就显得尤为必要。     

日本预防街头犯罪对策与启示

在剖析解读日本街头犯罪＂预防对策＂的基础上,提出日本警察运用简单手段取得社会治安的理想效果。预防犯罪,在理念上把警方全包全责调整向组织牵头、协调联动和指导督促;在实践上完善警察牵头,以警察、政府相关部门、生产相关企业、新闻媒体和普通民众等广泛参与为基础的联动群防机制;在落实上不断加强高技术手段与原始方法相互补充的立体防范环境建设;在过程中尽量贴近现实需要,以完整的系统来控制街头犯罪,是降低预防犯罪成本、提高预防犯罪效率的捷径之一。     

AID,GLENEAGLES AND THE RUN-UP TO THE MILLENNIUM +5 SUMMIT

Africa has emerged as a strategic location for transcontinental narcotics trade. Particularly the West African subcontinent has turned into a cocaine warehousing and trans-shipment hub along the way to the European underground markets. At this juncture, African drug networks (ADNs) began to play a momentous role in global drug trade, and pose a considerable threat to international security, as they operate in more than 80 countries. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Interpol, and Europol perceive ADNs as one of the primary issues in international counter-narcotics policy. These agencies have launched several multilateral initiatives to contain the West African threat. None of these initiatives, however, retarded the expansion of the problem. Indeed, the containment efforts turned out to be quite embryonic. The ADNs eventually entered the Turkish market by the early 2000s. West African drug networks (WADNs) in particular have begun to operate within Turkey extensively, often supplying and distributing drugs. The gravity of the threat became ever more serious by 2012. The upsurge of the new threat has compelled the Turkish drug-law enforcement agencies to adopt new policies and counter-strategies. These policies have to be based upon proper strategic analysis of the threat. This paper seeks to address the need for a threat assessment of ADNs. It investigates the dimensions of the problem, profiles the members of WADNs, their modes of operation, and the factors that compelled them to exploit the illicit Turkish drug markets. The analyses are based upon the scrutiny of 227 narcotic interdictions files and statements from the African individuals in these case files. The paper concludes by presenting policy implications and recommendations for the Turkish security and foreign-policy institutions to cope with this impending threat.     

SECURITY BRIEF

Using crime review figures for four randomly selected states in Nigeria, this study examines cases of kidnapping and its implications for the national economy. The findings reveal that kidnapping is consistently on the increase in Nigeria and is not evenly spread across regions. It is shown that 15 cases were recorded in 2005 and 43 cases in 2008. In 2009, 138 cases were officially recorded, of which 22% and 76% occurred in Rivers and Edo states respectively. Findings further showed that modern kidnapping in Nigeria is triggered by resource control disputes directed both at oil expatriate workers and at prominent citizens, politicians and members of their families. The crisis, which came to the fore in 2005, has forced oil production shutdowns of up to 800 000 barrels per day. The study concludes that kidnapping is becoming a serious crime in Nigeria with significant negative implications for foreign investment, national foreign exchange earnings, and revenue generation.     

UNITED STATES—SOUTH AFRICA RELATION

Abstract

The article evaluates the security challenges that are likely to occur along international borders in East Africa with the advent of the East African Community Common Market in July 2010. In an attempt to illustrate the porosity of borders and the likelihood that criminals could take advantage of the situation, the author describes the ease with which transnational crime could thrive (in the absence of efficient border security measures) under the guise of informal cross-border trade that derives its basis largely from the customs and historical linkages in the region. Border towns in the region are considered zones of risk but also opportunities for quick money-making ventures and deals that tend to attract a variety of criminals. While the danger is not alarmingly high, there is a likelihood that with the opening up of the East African Community to the free movement of goods and people, criminals will exploit this freedom to commit crimes such as human trafficking, drug smuggling and moving terrorists and contraband goods unless mechanisms are put in place to curtail these activities. Should this not happen, the mission of the East African Community could be jeopardised.