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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni +2 more
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Intimacy, pleasure and the men who pay for sex [PDF]
, 2008 About the repository: This book brings together chapters by academics, researchers and practitioners to analyse how crimes such as sex work, domestic violence and rape and sexual assault have risen up the Government agenda in recent years.
Earle, Sarah, Sharp, Keith
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Human Trafficking by the Numbers: The Initial Benchmark of Prevalence and Economic Impact for Texas [PDF]
, 2016 Prevalence HighlightsCurrently, there are approximately 79,000 minor and youth victims of sex trafficking in Texas.Currently, there are approximately 234,000 workers who are victims of labor trafficking in Texas.Currently, there arean estimated 313,000 ...
Bruce Kellison +6 more
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Men that Buy Inequality: Critical Analysis of Sex Buyers' Discourse on Prostituted Women and Girls
Asparkía, 2019 Over the centuries, prostitution has been problematised from many sides, with women always at the centre of the debate. However, its dynamics cannot be understood without the demand side of the equation.
Rosa M. Senent
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Uneven Impact of Covid-19 on Sex Workers in Spain
Feminismo/sThe coronavirus pandemic has had major impacts on sex workers, with notable differences in bargaining power, coercion, and health. Therefore, the aim of this research is to describe the different impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on paid sex workers.
Carmen Meneses-Falcón +2 more
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The perceived social impacts of the 2006 World Cup on Munich residents [PDF]
, 2006 All major sporting events result in a variety of impacts upon the host community. To date, the majority of existing studies have focused upon the wider economic impacts, with few empirical studies of the social impacts upon local residents.
Jones, Ian +2 more
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The following study examines the impacts of internalized modesty messaging (IMM) on female adolescents raised within white evangelical churches. On the basis of a large‐scale dataset (n = 5525), the article investigates associations between IMM, self‐esteem, and experiences of sexual harassment as a minor in religious institutions using a case‐
Nicole Marie Gallego +2 more
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Analysis of Human Trafficking Cases in Rhode Island, 2009-2013
SAGE Open, 2016 This article is an analysis of law enforcement identified cases of human trafficking in Rhode Island from 2009 to 2013. Information was collected from police and court records, prosecutors’ press releases, and reports in the media.
Faith Skodmin +2 more
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Udayana Journal of Law and Culture, 2018 Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE) is a form of crime against children that can be reviewed from various perspectives such as criminal law, criminology and culture.
Ahmad Sofian +2 more
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Prostitution online bland kvinnor i Sverige, utifrån socialarbetares berättelser
, 2023 Prostitution har förekommit under lång tid historiskt sett, men med internets utveckling har nya former utvecklats och nya risker för sexhandeln introducerats. Studien utforskar hur socialarbetare identifierar och stöttar kvinnor involverade i onlineprostitution, samt redogör för effektiva stödinsatser.
Jansson, Kajsa, Dahlin, Josefine
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