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Jackson, rather unconvincingly, attributes the central scenes of I Arden i to Shakespeare, but Freebury-Jones disputes this claim and attributes the entire play to Kyd. I Shakespeare's Tutor i does not, however, simply remove texts from the Shakespeare canon: this chapter concludes by ascribing the "additions" to the fourth quarto of I The Spanish Tragedy i (1602) to Shakespeare. I Shakespeare's Tutor i is a book with two principal objectives. [Extracted from the article]

The objective of this study is to establish how well the public distinguishes between different uniformed patrol officer patrolling shopping malls, and whether they have different effects on feelings of safety and worry about crime. It is based on interviews with a sample of 502 shoppers at five shopping malls in Southern England. Using photographs, most respondents correctly identified the police officer and the PCSO, whereas fewer recognised the ACSO and private security guard, and few the ACSO. Police officers instilled the greatest feelings of safety, well above PCSOs, who, in turn, were rated above security guards and ACSOs. Police officers also generated the most worries, especially among young women. Police officers emit ‘control signals’ that have stronger positive effects on reassurance, reflecting correct identification combined with established regard and confidence. Patrol officers who were not police officer provided weaker ‘control signals’. Correct identification made less difference to reassurance they provided, especially for security guards. Police officers appear to be as cost-effective as PCSOs, though far less so than private security officers. Successful ‘reassurance policing’ depends on who carries out the policing as well as what is policed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the results of the post-Soviet census of Moldova which was conducted in 2004. It analyzes major national and regional level changes in population size, urban/rural distribution, and ethnicity since the last Soviet-era census in 1989. It mentions that the major element which complicates the analysis is the de facto secession in 1992 of an eastern region of the country.

The article presents a study which examines the population trends and patterns in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) as illustrated by data from the October 2005 census. It evaluates the national and regional total populations, including nationality composition, migration and the trends in urbanization, from the war-torn republic. The results of the Soviet census in the region, particularly the difference of population in the NKR from the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan, are discussed.

The article presents the result of a study on the first post-Soviet census of Armenia. The study examines the national and regional trends in Armenia's urban and rural population as well as the country's urbanization on the basis of the 2001 census data. The country experienced a sharp decline in population in the period 1989-2001, despite the continued natural increase because of net emigration.

The article presents the summary of the most important national regional, and sub-regional population trends in the post-Soviet census of Georgia. The author analyzes some important national and regional-level growth in population, urban and rural distribution, and ethnic association in the country. Fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration, and nationality patterns was also described, especially their impact on population trends.

The article examines national and regional population trends in Tajikistan. Tajikistan, like a number of other countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU), recently (January 20-27, 2000) conducted a census--its first as an independent country. This article describes and analyzes national total, urban, and rural population trends in Tajikistan between 1989, the year of the last census of the FSU and 2000, as well as examines general trends in the redistribution of Tajikistan's population. Fertility, mortality, natural increase (fertility minus mortality), migration and nationality patterns are also discussed, particularly with respect to their impact on the more general population trends.

The article reports on national and regional population trends in Ukraine. In late 22001, Ukraine, which is by far and away the second populous country of the former Soviet Union (FSU), conducted its first population census in the post-Soviet period. Data by oblast from the census of Ukraine, conducted December 5, 2001, are published for the total, urban, and rural populations as well as the for major nationalities of the oblasts. Whereas general national and regional total, urban, and rural population data are based on and presented for both the de facto and de jure concepts.

This paper describes and analyzes the chief national and regional population trends to emerge in Azerbaijan between 1989, the year of the last Soviet Union census, and 1999, Focus is on the national total, urban, and rural population and urbanization trends, and especially to trends in such characteristics among the more than 60 rayons. In addition, fertility, mortality, natural increase (fertility minus mortality), migration, and nationality patterns, as well as the impact of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are also addressed when appropriate, particularly with regard to their impact on those more general trends.

In this article, the author has attempted to investigate briefly the major nationality population trends and patterns in Belarus during the intercensal period of 1989-1999. At the nationwide level, results revealed that of the major nationalities, only the ethnic Belarusians experienced a total population increase, although it was only a slight one. In contrast, the ethnic Russian and Ukrainian populations declined especially sharply. As a result, the Belarusian share of the total population increased to over 80 percent in 1999 and the second-ranking Russian share dropped to barely more than 10 percent. The Belarusian share of the urban population increased appreciably, although their corresponding share of the rural population declined slightly. This study provides some initial observations on the general nationality population trends and patterns that have emerged from first census of post-Soviet Belarus.

Presents a study that analyzed the urban and rural population change within 1989-2002 in Belarus. Urbanization trends between 1989 and 1999; Impact of the Chernobyl' nuclear power plant disaster on the population of the country; Factors affecting the increase of urban population in the country.

Examines nationwide and regional total, urban and rural population change in Kyrgyzstan for 1989 to 1999 with selected updates to 2001. Total population trends by nationality; National urbanization trends by nationality; Relationship between regional population change and nationality composition

Investigates spatial patterns of urban population change in Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1999, using data from the 1989 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics census and official population estimates. National and regional urban population trends; Economic functions of rapidly growing towns; Impact of urban fertility and natural increase rates on urban growth; Functions of declining and disappearing towns.

Analyzes the spatial patterns of urban population change in the Ukraine from 1989 to 1999. General urban population dynamics; effects of natural population dynamics and migration; Analysis of individual urban centers; Variations in nationality patterns; Linkages between towns of each type and their economic functions.

Examines the urban population change in Kazakhstan over the period 1989-1998. Trends of urbanization; Changes in the populations of individual urban centers; Locational patterns and economic functions of urban centers; Role of the exodus of Russians and Germans during 1990 on the urban decline.

Assesses the developments regarding the number, populations and other characteristics of the secret cities of Russia and other former Soviet Union countries, especially Kazakhstan. Emphasis on the examination of closed administrative territorial formations (CATF); Total number of acknowledged CATF; Secret cities of Kazakhstan.

Discusses regional patterns and trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates in Russia and USSR until the period 1989. Presentation of individual rates for period of time; Basis of study in relation to its comparable regional framework; Discussion of sources and collection of data; Nature of problem of data reliability; Conclusive results relating to crude birth, death, and natural increase rates.

Presents an update on the declining town trends in Russia for the period 1989-1993 based on the data from the last census of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) and urban population estimates of the Russian Federation in 1993. Number, trends and regional distribution patterns of the declining towns; Functional and size characteristics.

Investigates the most rapidly growing towns and cities of the Former Soviet republics during the periods of 1970 to 1979 and 1979 to 1989. Definition of rapidly growing towns in the study; Focus on the regional distribution, economic functions and size characteristics of the rapidly growing centers.

Updates an earlier study in `Soviet Geography' journal in 1980, focused on towns with declining population during the 1959-1970 period, by showing that further declines occurred during the 1970-1989 period. Covered towns, methodology and limitations of study; Geographical aspects, economic functions and size specifications of towns; 30-year perspective of decline.

Focuses on a study which examined the internal population shifts within metropolitan areas in Russia and the former Soviet Union (FSU) over the period 1897-1997, with emphasis on the 1970 to 1997 period. Definition of metropolitan areas; Comparison of metropolitan processes to those in other countries; Data collected on the study; Increase in the number of metropolitan areas in the FSU and Russia; In-depth look at the study.

Investigates the most rapidly growing towns and cities and additional towns formed within the Russian Federation from 1989 to 1996. Information on urban growth in the former Soviet Union; Definition of rapidly growing towns; Reference to the number of rapidly growing towns between 1989 and 1996; Details on the concentration of population.

Investigates secret closed towns in Russia. Focus of study on about 40 official closed administrative-territorial formations; Consideration of their status as official urban centers; Examination of the geographical patterns of location of the closed towns.

Analyzes regional patterns of urban population decline in the late Soviet period through 1994. Functional characteristics of towns and cities; Number and geographic patterns of urban decline; Economic functions and settlement size.

In this study we attempt to describe and to analyze broadly urbanization in Russia and the USSR during the present century. To measure urbanization data were gathered from Russian, Soviet, and East European censuses according to a comparable definition and comparable territorial units. Despite very great population losses owing to war and famine in this century, urbanization increased at a remarkable rate, even greater than that of the United States. Between 1897 and 1959, the urbanization process was especially dynamic in four regions--Ural, Central, West Siberia, and Donetsk-Dnepr--and, in general, the east experienced a greater increase than the west. Since 1959, however, this latter trend has been reversed. Our analysis demonstrates that this urbanization was, in general, related to three complexly interrelated factors-industrialization, transportation accessibility, and in-migration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]