The geometry of Ju and $$\varSigma (u)$$ in 2D; point singularities and minimal connections

Since the 1960s, there has been well-documented incidents of the scholar-practitioner tension within policing research. Though there has been maturation in the professional partnership over the years, hindrances persist. The current study aims to advance collaborative efforts between the academic and law enforcement communities. Data for the current study derived from written documents and interviews. Results indicate that one individual, who possesses the appreciative cultural and social capital, can successfully mobilize collaborative research agendas between academics and police officers. These forms of capital (i.e., cultural and social) offer a new outlook on negotiating the obstacles that inhibit successful research collaboration between both professions. For new policing scholars, who have minimal connections with law enforcement, findings in the current study may serve as a recipe of sorts to better understand the practitioners to identify in collaborative research endeavors.

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Sexual and Communication Networks of Internet-Mediated Prostitution

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199915248.013.3 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Luis E. C. Rocha ◽

Fredrik Liljeros ◽

Petter Holme

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Sex Workers ◽

Network Data ◽

Temporal Networks ◽

Sexual Network ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Network Properties ◽

Disease Spreading ◽

Models Of Disease ◽

Minimal Connections

This chapter examines prostitution as a socioeconomic phenomenon and discusses its contribution to the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Using online network data from Internet-mediated prostitution in Brazil, it looks at the connectedness of individuals on a review website where clients record intimate details about encounters with sex workers. It begins with an overview of networks, including human sexual networks, along with network properties and measures and the dynamics and structure of a sexual network. It describes general models of disease spreading and introduces a specific methodology for temporal networks, where the infection coevolves with network structure. The chapter shows that the structure of the sexual network is highly clustered within cities but that minimal connections exist across cities. It also finds evidence for local bridges between cities: individual clients who frequent prostitutes nationally. Male tourists play important roles in a potential epidemic by linking otherwise distinct communities.

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