Biqian Cheng¹, Lulu Chen², Bo Yang^3,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.4, pp. 595-611, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.027321

Abstract In order to explore the criminal psychological mechanism of burglars, this study adopts the qualitative research method of grounded theory to conduct in-depth interviews with 41 burglars in two prisons in Jiangxi Province, China. Nvivo 11.0 was used to code-construct and qualitatively analyze the interview content in order to refine the influencing factors and psychological evolution process of burglary behavior. The findings revealed that (1) burglary risk factors include burglary cognition, burglary motivation, burglary decision-making, delinquent peers, burglary opportunity, and incomplete reformation. (2) There are three stages in the psychological evolution process of burglars: cognitive formation, motivational dominance, and behavioral… More > Graphic Abstract

Guoshuai Sun^1,2,3, Xiuru Tang¹, Shuping Wan^2,*, Jiao Feng⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.2, pp. 1041-1067, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.021981

Abstract China has been promoting the renovation of old residential communities vigorously. Due to the financial pressure of the government and the sustainability of the renovation of old residential communities, public-private partnerships (PPP) have already gained attention. The selection of social capital is key to improving the efficiency of the PPP model in renovating old residential communities. In order to determine the influencing factors of social capital selection in the renovation of old residential communities, this paper aims to find an effective approach and analyze these factors. In this paper, a fuzzy decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory (fuzzy-DEMATEL) technique is extended… More >