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An immune system inspired theory for crime and violence in cities
- Abstract:
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Crime is ubiquitous and has been around for millennia. Crime is analogous to a pathogenic infection and police response to it is similar to an immune response. The biological immune system is also engaged in an arms race with pathogens. We propose an immune system inspired theory of crime and violence in human societies, especially in large agglomerations like cities.
In this work we suggest that an immune system inspired theory of crime can provide a new perspective on the dynamic...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems Journal website
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 133-143
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-06-26
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1334-4676
- ISSN:
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1334-4684
- Source identifiers:
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702041
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:702041
- UUID:
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uuid:85bb40e9-8572-4da2-9e9b-bfdcb84b8187
- Local pid:
- pubs:702041
- Deposit date:
- 2017-06-27
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This is an open access article licenced under a creative commons attribution 4.0 international licence
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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