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  2. Rational choice theory (criminology) - Wikipedia

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    Rational choice modeling has a long history in criminology.This method was designed by Cornish and Clarke to assist in thinking about situational crime prevention. [1] In this context, the belief that crime generally reflects rational decision-making by potential criminals is sometimes called the rational choice theory of crime.

  3. Ronald V. Clarke - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Victor Gemuseus Clarke (born 24 April 1941) is a British criminologist and University Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark. He is also the associate director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing .

  4. Crime opportunity theory - Wikipedia

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    Crime opportunity theory suggests that offenders make rational choices and thus choose targets that offer a high reward with little effort and risk. The occurrence of a crime depends on two things: the presence of at least one motivated offender who is ready and willing to engage in a crime, and the conditions of the environment in which that offender is situated, to wit, opportunities for crime.

  5. List of play techniques (bridge) - Wikipedia

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    2 Advanced techniques by declarer. 3 Techniques by defenders. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide

  6. Cornish–Fisher expansion - Wikipedia

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    For comparison, the 95th percentile of a normal random variable with mean 10 and variance 25 would be about 18.224; it makes sense that the normal random variable has a lower 95th percentile value, as the normal distribution has no skew or excess kurtosis, and so has a thinner tail than the random variable X.

  7. Clarke Studies - Wikipedia

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    The third volume, published in 1915 as Clarke's Characteristic Studies for Cornet, contains a "Treatise on Tongueing" about single, double, and triple tongue technique, 24 characteristic studies inspired by violin methods and progressing alternatingly through the major and minor keys chromatically ascending, and 15 solos. It is considered a ...

  8. Template:Group creativity techniques - Wikipedia

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  9. Clarke Error Grid - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, the EGA became accepted as one of the “gold standard” techniques for determining the accuracy of blood glucose meters. To perform the analysis, blood glucose samples are obtained and each sample is divided and measured by two meters: a "reference method" (a meter or laboratory test known to produce accurate results); and a new ...