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“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rationalization of corruption allows individuals to detach from moral imperatives, enabling them to perceive unethical or unlawful actions as acceptable or justifiable. Closely linked to the concept of moral disengagement, rationalization involves cognitive distortions that frame inhumane or immoral behavior as neither wrong nor ...
Caio César Coelho Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Security
Here we introduce the nine research articles assembled in this special issue. Together they explore the implications for foreign policy and international security of the forced deprivation of individuals’ freedom by state or non-state actors for ...
Karl Gustafsson, Richard J. Samuels
doaj   +1 more source

Manual of Criminal Law and Procedure [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Intended to aid to Alaska law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties in the field, this manual was designed to provide brief, quick access to major points of substantive and procedural criminal law.
Havelock, John E.   +3 more
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Doing Business in Zones of Legal Risk: Patterns of Corporate Involvement in Atrocity Crimes Since World War II

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Involvement of corporations in international crimes and conflict atrocities, such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, are neither isolated events nor uncommon. Importantly, corporate involvement in atrocity crimes is shaped by conditions in “zones of legal risk” (International Commission of Jurists), where gross human rights ...
Susanne Karstedt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

SCHOOL SAFETY AND GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
Research Problem The attacks and kidnapping of students in northwest Nigeria have affected the school safety and affects girl child's education in the area.
AONDOWASE TARGBA, PhD, YUSUF BALA RIBAH
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesRenaissance 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

Precarious agency: The role of uptake

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract How do we overcome the agency dilemma, that is, account for the fact that power relations heavily affect our agency without neglecting the many ways in which oppressed people act meaningfully? This article offers a solution by paying special attention to socially complex uptake in a framework of communities of practice. In order to explain the
Deborah Mühlebach
wiley   +1 more source

Using Community Radio to Create Awareness of Security Tips Related to Kidnapping in Nigeria

open access: yesMdooter Journal of Communication and Digital Technologies
Objective: This study sought to assess the use of community radio to raise awareness of security tips related to kidnapping in Nigeria. The study's objectives include identifying the degree to which community radio can be effective in raising awareness ...
Sunday Samuel Ameh
doaj  

One Plus One Equals Two, or Reconsidering the Qualification of Murder and Its Associated Crime

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение
This article addresses a key issue in the legal qualification of murders described in subparagraphs “b”, “z”, and “k” of Part 2, Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, particularly when such murders are committed in conjunction with ...
D. Yu. Kraev
doaj   +1 more source

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