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Are Rule Violating Corporations Specialist or Generalist Perpetrators? A Quantitative Exploration Based on Regulatory Inspection Data

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examines diversity in corporate offending. Corporations can be diverse or rather specialized in their pattern of rule violating behavior. Offending diversity (or crime mix) constitutes an important dimension of the criminal career and different theories of offending lead to different predictions with regard to the extent of ...
Marieke H. A. Kluin, Arjan A. J. Blokland, Wim Huisman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin, Hana Shepherd, Jenn Round, Jake Barnes, Janice Fine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A “Conveyor Belt” From International Standards to Domestic Regulation? Evidence From the International Political Economy of Net Zero Governance

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When and how do international standards influence domestic policies? The literature identifies a range of ways international standards may relate to domestic regulations—including by exporting, substituting, supplanting, or bolstering national rules—creating theoretical ambiguity.
Thomas Hale, Emma Lecavalier, Claas Mertens, Bhavya Gupta, Thom Wetzer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deflection: Accountability Frames in Opinion Columns*

Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
The ways in which public officials, citizens, and social institutions are held accountable for social problems, including police‐involved killings in the United States, reflect changing attributions of responsibility. Although news reports now rely less on official police narratives and less often stereotype police as heroes and victims as villains ...
Deborah A. Potter
wiley   +1 more source

An overview of DNA barcoding of biodiversity in South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kgatla MM, Barker C, Baxter JR, Bester-van der Merwe AE, Chaisi M, Chakona A, Cherry MI, Daniels SR, Du Preez LH, Haddad CR, Hawkes PG, Ho C, Hoareau TB, Jacobs A, Jacobs K, Janion-Scheepers C, Jansen van Vuuren B, Kabongo RM, Khoza TT, Khumalo NL, Mahlanza T, Makapela L, Makhubo BG, Maneveldt GW, Mashego K, Matcher G, Matthee CA, Mavhunga M, Midgley JM, Mlambo M, Monsanto DM, Mthombeni R, Murray SL, Mynhardt S, Nang-Mba BJ, Ndlovu M, Parbhu SP, Phetla V, Phukuntsi M, Pitcher TR, Samaai T, Simon CA, Sink K, Sole CL, Theron GL, van Asch B, van der Bank M, van Steenderen CJM, Villet MH, Visagie CM, Williams KA, Willows-Munro S, Sethusa MT, Da Silva JM, Mwale M.   +54 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Education Reform using Common Career Selective Programme (CCSP) to Promote Education-for-All (EFA). [PDF]

F1000Res
Agyemang F, Woode B, Kofi Fosuhene S, Browne Klutse NA, Kojo Nyarko A, Oku Asamoah S, Antwi Agyei B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on anthrax in selected game management areas in Zambia. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Kabbudula E, Gondwe L, Makungu C, Jesse MN, Besa K, Sichone SS, Mebelo N, Kayula M, Mainda G, Kivaria FM, Bebay C, Soumare B, Filippini SP, Mumba C.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding the organisational structure of fisheries crime in well-regulated fisheries

Marine Policy, 2023
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is recognised as a global environmental, economic, and social problem, taking place in all kinds of fisheries. Preventing it is however difficult and there is a continuous need to expand the knowledge base on how the issue can be addressed.
Marianne Svorken, Nicholas Lord
exaly   +4 more sources