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The Blurred Lines Between New Psychoactive Substances and Potential Chemical Weapons [PDF]

open access: yesToxics
The historical use of toxic chemicals to cause intentional harm has evolved from blister agents in World War I to highly lethal organophosphates and emerging families of chemicals, such as Novichok.
Loreto N. Valenzuela-Tapia   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

"Involved in something (involucrado en algo)": Denial and stigmatization in Mexico's "war on drugs". [PDF]

open access: yesBr J Sociol, 2020
Abstract This article responds empirically to the question posed by Stan Cohen about “why, when faced by knowledge of others’ suffering and pain—particularly the suffering and pain resulting from what are called ‘human rights violations’—does ‘reaction’ so often take the form of denial, avoidance, passivity, indifference, rationalisation or collusion?”.
Moon C, Treviño-Rangel J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

PROTOCOL: Organised crime groups: A systematic review of individual-level risk factors related to recruitment. [PDF]

open access: yesCampbell Syst Rev, 2019
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 15, Issue 1-2, June 2019.
Calderoni F   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Crimen organizado: orden divergente y vecindarios urbanos vulnerables

open access: yesEure, 2010
En la criminología el crimen organizado es asociado a actividades ilícitas planifcadas y a estructuras complejas de organización. En la economía del crimen el atributo distintivo es la oferta de protección y justicia alterna al Estado.
Cesar Alfonso Velázquez Monroy
exaly   +3 more sources

Narcotraficantes en Chile. Análisis estadísticodescriptivo de sujetos detenidos por tráfico de drogas durante el periodo 2017-2021

open access: yesRevista Criminalidad, 2022
Desde tiempos remotos, la conducta delictiva ha sido una de las principales preocupaciones de la sociedad. En particular, el narcotráfico ha movilizado a las instituciones del Estado y también a investigadores provenientes de distintas áreas del saber ...
Francisco Ceballos-Espinoza   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

BEYOND CONVENTIONAL BOUNDARIES

open access: yesWorld Affairs, Volume 186, Issue 3, Page 747-775, Fall 2023., 2023
According to conventional wisdom, organized criminal activity is perpetrated primarily by non‐state, private actors who are occasionally [or not] protected by corrupt government officials. From this perspective, a hard distinction is made between those who provide protection to criminals (e.g., politicians or law enforcement officials) and the ...
Alexander Kupatadze
wiley   +1 more source

Recalcitrance: The foreclosure of news about violence in Mexico

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 77-85, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Since President Felipe Calderón declared his so‐called “war on organized crime” in December 2006, the dominant discourse about violence in Mexico has created the idea of a battle against or disputes between organized crime groups, and it has framed victims of murders and disappearances as themselves criminals. Recent scholarship highlights the
Meghan R. Donnelly
wiley   +1 more source

Defensa comunitaria y culturas del terror: Crimen organizado y violencia de Estado en comunidades originarias de Guerrero, México

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 564-574, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
wiley   +1 more source

Building a global taxonomy of wildlife offenses

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 1903-1912, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Most countries have many pieces of legislation that govern biodiversity, including a range of criminal, administrative, and civil law provisions that state how wildlife must be legally used, managed, and protected. However, related debates in conservation, such as about enforcement, often overlook the details within national legislation that ...
Maria Pascual   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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