📄 social science

The Geography of Knowledge and Crime: Exploring India’s Cyberbullying Research Trends

This study utilizes bibliometric analysis of Scopus data and spatial mapping of Ministry of Home Affairs statistics to map India's emerging cyberbullying research landscape, revealing a significant surge in scholarly output post-2020 that parallels the nation's rising cybercrime rates while highlighting the urgent need for enhanced policy frameworks and collaborative strategies.

Shridhar Sagun Pednekar, Basharat Ahmad Malik, Azhar U Din Waza, Rashmi Katara2026-10-19
📄 social science

Urban Vulnerability, the Right to the City, and Ecovocation: Migrant Women in Covert Spa-Based Sex Work in Jakarta

This article reanalyzes qualitative data on migrant women in Jakarta's covert spa-based sex work to identify six interacting dimensions of vulnerability and proposes an "ecovocation" framework within Population and Environmental Education that integrates rights, capabilities, and justice to address their socio-spatial and environmental marginalization.

Syaifudin -, Bambang Afriadi2026-10-19
📄 social science

Exploring the Spatial Relationship Between Nighttime Lights and Crime Risk in Districts of Uttar Pradesh

This study analyzes the spatial relationship between nighttime lights and property crimes across Uttar Pradesh districts, finding that while low-light areas generally correlate with higher crime rates, high-crime zones in western UP also exhibit high light levels, suggesting that factors beyond illumination, such as population mobility and socio-economic conditions, significantly influence crime patterns.

Pradyut Kumar Mondal, Swati Gupta, Rambooshan Tiwari2026-10-19
📄 social science

Framing Earthquakes in the News: A Systematic Review of Three Decades of Research (1995-2025)

This systematic review of 100 studies from 1995 to 2025 reveals that while earthquake news framing research has surged recently, it remains methodologically dominated by qualitative newspaper analyses and superficially applies framing theory as a disciplinary marker rather than a deep analytical tool, highlighting critical gaps in geographic diversity, ethical framing, and visual-textual integration.

Zhongquan Hu, Normah Mustaffa, Ammar Redza Ahmad Rizal2026-10-19
📄 social science

Trajectories of Responsivity: Alterity, Responsibility, and Democracy in Waldenfels, Levinas, and Derrida

This article synthesizes the works of Waldenfels, Levinas, and Derrida to argue that subjectivity is constituted through responsivity to an inescapable prior appeal, thereby extending the ethical asymmetry between the self and the singular Other into a political framework of justice that navigates the conflicting claims of the "Other-in-the-plural" without relying on presupposed identity or sovereignty.

Matthias Flatscher2026-10-19
📄 social science

A Spatial and Community-Level Examination of Gun Violence: Accounting for Racial Composition and Structural Inequality in Micro-Place Research

This study analyzes 689 shooting incidents in Wilmington, Delaware, from 2019 to 2024, revealing that firearm violence is highly concentrated in predominantly Black and economically disadvantaged micro-places, underscoring the critical role of racial composition and structural inequality in driving spatial disparities in gun violence.

Karen F. Parker, Stefan Nguyen2026-10-19