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Dear all, I would like to invite you to the following seminars, organised by the RSS Leeds Bradford local group. No registration is required in advance, all welcome. 1. Wednesday 16th January 2013 - Statistics and Crime. Ian Brunton-Smith (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey) Collective efficacy and violence in London. The meeting will be held at The University of Leeds, Fairbairn House Main Building, Upper Chapel LR (1.04a), 4pm until 5pm. Refreshments from 3:30pm. 2. Wednesday 20th February 2013 - You and the RSS. John Pullinger (The Royal Statistical Society and Information Services, House of Commons) What can the RSS do for you and what can you do for the RSS? The meeting will be held at The University of Leeds, Room MALL 2, Level 9, School of Mathematics, 4pm until 5pm. Refreshments from 3:30pm in level 9 School of Mathematics foyer. Further details can be found below and also on our webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/rssleedsbradford/home (Previously: www.tinyurl.com/rss-lba) Many thanks, Claire 1. Wednesday 16th January 2013: Statistics and Crime Ian Brunton-Smith (Department of Sociology, University of Surrey) Collective efficacy and violence in London In this paper the role of place in shaping violence and people's perceptions of violence in London is examined. Drawing on Sampson's work on the relationship between interdependent spatial patterns of concentrated disadvantage and crime (see inter-alia Sampson et al., 1997; Sampson, 2012), this research assesses whether the impact of deprivation, residential stability and population heterogeneity on violence and perceived risk of violence is mediated by collective efficacy, i.e. shared expectations about norms, values and goals, as well as the ability of members of the community to realise these goals. To explore these questions, data is drawn from a representative sample of over 30,000 residents of London grouped within more than 4,700 local areas. This is combined with contextual information derived from the 2001 census, and Ambulance callout data for knife injuries. The meeting will be held at The University of Leeds, Fairbairn House Main Building Upper Chapel LR (1.04a), 71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9PH, 4pm until 5pm. Refreshments from 3:30pm 2. Wednesday 20th February 2013, You and the RSS John Pullinger (The Royal Statistical Society and Information Services, House of Commons) What can the RSS do for you and what can you do for the RSS? John Pullinger, who became President of the RSS on 1 January 2013, will talk to the group about where the RSS is now and how it might develop in future. The idea is to have a lively and interactive meeting with a two-way flow of ideas on how our Society and all its members can get something out of it and make a real contribution to its success. The meeting will be held at The University of Leeds, Room MALL 2, Level 9, School of Mathematics, 4pm until 5pm. Refreshments from 3:30pm in level 9 School of Mathematics foyer. * If you would like to join the mailing list for the Leeds/Bradford RSS local group please email me at [log in to unmask] or subscribe at http://lists.leeds.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/rss-leeds-bradford, thank you * You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.