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Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Breetzke, Gregory Dennis"
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Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion; Schutte, Christiaan E.; Hurter, Jan W.; Galt, Nicole S.; Degashu, Petunia; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Baranenko, Denis; Meyer, Nicole L. (BioMed Central, 2020-08)BACKGROUND: In this multidisciplinary study we present soil chemical, phytochemical and GIS spatial patterning evidence that fairy circles studied in three separate locations of Namibia may be caused by Euphorbia ...
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Pijper, Lauren Kay; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Edelstein, Ian S. (Routledge, 2021)South Africa is crippled with high rates of crime. Examining factors that may build neighbourhood-level resilience to crime is central to reducing the poverty gap and lowering inequality particularly in impoverished ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Hedding, D.W. (David William) (Routledge, 2020)In this paper we critically examine the research landscape in South Africa. We do this by documenting the progression and transformation of the country’s National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researchers from 2005 to ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Hedding, David W. (Springer, 2018-07)In this work, we contribute to the debate on the transformation of higher education institutions (HEIs) in post-apartheid South Africa by examining the changing demography of academic staff bodies at 25 South African HEIs ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Hedding, D.W. (David William) (Routledge, 2016-09)South Africa has undergone transformation since the end of apartheid governance in 1994. Legislatively enforced, this transformation has permeated most sectors of society, including higher education. Questions remain, ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis (Routledge, 2018-02)Crime inequality in neighborhoods by race is blamed on social inequalities borne out of segregation and economic discrimination. South Africa is a country synonymous with racial-spatial segregation and discrimination as a ...
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Hedding, David W.; Greve, Michelle; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Nel, Werner; Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2020-07)The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has impacted every economic and social sector1 across the globe, including higher education in South Africa. Every student and staff member at a higher education institution will have ...
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Groeneveld, Gretha; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis (Sage, 2023-09)Cross-national spatial studies of crime are rare. Reasons are manifold but include the lack of standardization of variables across, often diverse, contexts. In this study, we propose a potential solution to this impasse ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Edelstein, Ian S. (Springer, 2022-03)Crime generators are places that increase the risk of crime occurring due mainly to the fact that they attract a large number of motivated offenders and suitable targets to a particular location. Research identifying crime ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Polaschek, Devon L.L.; Curtis-Ham, Sophie J. (Elsevier, 2019-01)The neighbourhood contexts in which former offenders live following their release from prison has been relatively neglected in recidivism studies. Moreover, the relationship between neighbourhood-level crime and parolee ...
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Nivett, Amy E.; Zahn, Renee; Aguilar, Raul; Ahven, Andri; Amram, Shai; Ariel, Barak; Burbano, Maria Jose Arosemena; Astolfi, Roberta; Baier, Dirk; Bark, Hyung-Min; Beijers, Joris E.H.; Bergman, Marcelo; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Concha-Eastman, I. Alberto; Curtis-Ham, Sophie; Davenport, Ryan; Diaz, Carlos; Fleitas, Diego; Gerell, Manne; Jang, Kwang-Ho Jang; Kaariainen, Juha; Lappi-Seppälä , Tapio; Lim, Woon-Sik; Revilla, Rosa Loureiro; Mazerolle, Lorraine; Mesko, Gorazd; Pereda, Noemi; Peres, Maria F.T.; Poblete-Cazenave , Ruben; Rose, Simon; Svensson, Robert; Trajtenberg, Nico; Van der Lippe, Tanja; Veldkamp, Joran; Perdomo, Carlos J. Vilalta; Eisner, Manuel P. (Nature Research, 2021-07)The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected data on daily counts of crime in 27 ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Pearson, Amber; Tao, Shiqi; Zhang, Rui (International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2020-12)Greenspaces have long been seen as providing an escape from the stressors of urban life, yet very little is known about the extent to which greenspaces and/or their immediate surroundings may actually serve as locations ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; King, Marcus; Fabris-Rotelli, Inger Nicolette (Sage, 2018-03)The Canterbury Earthquakes struck the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand between September 2010 and February 2011. The Earthquakes resulted in widespread structural damage to Christchurch, the main city ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis (Sage, 2020-07)Interpersonal crimes such as aggravated assault greatly impacts upon an individuals’ sense of personal safety and security as the crime results in a physical injury. Understanding where and when aggravated assaults are ...
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Schutte, Francois H.; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis (Routledge, 2018)This article examines the influence of extreme weather conditions on the magnitude and spatial distribution of violent, sexual and property crime in Tshwane, South Africa from 2001 to 2006. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is ...
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Kemp, Nicolas James; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Cooper, Antony Kyle (Taylor and Francis, 2021)In this study, we model the risk of robbery in the City of Tshwane in South Africa. We use the collective knowledge of two prominent spatial theories of crime (social disorganization theory, and crime pattern theory) to ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Polaschek, Devon (Sage, 2018)A number of studies have shown that the residential mobility of an offender postrelease can significantly influence recidivism. Research has also shown how the mobility of neighborhoods into which offenders are released ...
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Cohn, Ellen G.; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis (Sage, 2017-03)In this article, we identify and analyze the periodicity of violent and property crimes committed in Tshwane, South Africa, from 2001 to 2006. This is done using Fourier analysis, an advanced explorative mathematical ...
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Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Fabris-Rotelli, Inger Nicolette; Modiba, Jacob Mantjitji; Edelstein, Ian S. (Springer, 2021-04)Schools are unique places that greatly influence the daily lives of learners. Examining any factors that may be contributing to school absenteeism and dropout rates is vital as gaining an education is central to reducing ...
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Schutte, Francois H.; Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Edlstein, Ian (South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, 2021-01)Please read abstract in article.
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