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The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how social embeddedness and multiplex relationships shape criminal collaboration within organized crime networks. Drawing on data from three major investigations into the ‘Ndrangheta, we analyze how kinship, clan affiliation, leadership, and prior interactions influence participation in meetings and phone calls.
Francesco Calderoni, Jürgen Lerner, David Bright   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Food Mafia as Food Cartels under Competition Law:An Analysis of KPPU Decisions in the Staple Food Sector

Yurisdiksi: Jurnal Wacana Hukum dan Sains
The term food mafia is a popular expression that refers to the control of supply chains and prices of essential food commodities by a coordinated group of business actors.
Tanudjaja, Arief Budiman, Golkar Pangarso Rahardjo Winarsadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meaning Lyrics Slank as Media Communication Social Criticism [PDF]

, 2016
Music is used as a medium to convey the aspirations of social, political, and even become one of the media propaganda (information / opinions) to launch an ideological movement (idea / ideas).
Nur Suryanto Gono, M.Si, Drs. Joyo, Pahlevi, A. D. (Adydhatya)   +1 more
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Blurring Migrant Solidarity: Navigating the Troubled Regime of ‘Helping Others’ From the Urban Ground of Palermo

Area, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores migrant solidarity in the aftermath of the 2015 so‐called ‘migration crisis’ from the ground of the Southern Italian ‘solidarity city’ of Palermo, building on ethnographic material collected across 2022/2023. It argues that migrant solidarity both resists and reproduces racialised borders, as it is never entirely and ...
Francesca Guarino
wiley   +1 more source

A model of suspense for narrative generation [PDF]

, 2017
Most work on automatic generation of narratives, and more specifically suspenseful narrative, has focused on detailed domain-specific modelling of character psychology and plot structure.
Doust, Richard, Piwek, Paul
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‘Like the Angel of Death Appearing to Take the Children Away’: The Portrayal of the Norwegian Child Welfare Service Among First‐Generation Muslim Parents

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the perceptions of Norway's Child Welfare Services (CWS), or barnevernet, among first‐generation Muslim migrant parents. It focuses on how personal experiences and community narratives shape attitudes. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with 24 first‐generation Muslim migrant parents, the findings reveal a stark ...
Alexander Gamst Page, Sobh Chahboun, Marie Florence Moufack   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct measurement of the beam deflection angle using the axial B-dot field

Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams, 2011
Beam position monitors are an important diagnostics tool for particle accelerator operation and related beam dynamics research. The measurement of the beam deflection angle, or moving direction of a charged particle beam with respect to the beam pipe ...
Xiaozhong He, Kaizhi Zhang, Qin Li
doaj   +1 more source

Renewing Criminalized and Hegemonic Cultural Landscapes [PDF]

, 2014
The Mafia's long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a notorious, uncontested, and hegemonic figure. The counter-cultural resistance against the mafiosi culture began to be institutionalized in the early 1990s.
A Brisman, A Gilchrist, AL Tota, B Zelizer, Baris Cayli, C Dyke Van, D Gambetta, D Mitchell, D Mitchell, E Campbell, E Panofsky, J Abbott, J Dickie, J Schneider, J Schneider, JA Agnew, JD Watts, JF Donnermeyer, JF Donnermeyer, L Paoli, MJ Evans, N della Chiesa, O Bandiera, R Catanzaro, R White, S Daniels, S Herbert, S Lupo, T Bartley, T Rakopoulos, U Santino, V Botes   +31 more
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Isolation of Dorsal Root Ganglion Macrophages. [PDF]

, 2019
There are growing interests to study the molecular and cellular interactions among immune cells and sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia after peripheral nerve injury.
Guan, Zhonghui, Leff, Jacqueline, Yu, Xiaobing   +2 more
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