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Illegal markets, human trade and transnational organised crime [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2003
In this paper the author explores, focusing largely on the example of the Balkans, the connection between the expansion of neoliberal market economy and war, and related to it the growth of illegal markets and the shadow economy, on one hand, and the ...
Nikolić-Ristanović Vesna Ž.
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges faced by the government in addressing organised crime in South Africa: a policy framework analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Business Ecosystem & Strategy (2687-2293)
South Africa has experienced an exponential increase in organized crime over the past decade. The government has implemented strategies to combat organised crime, however, the lack of institutional strength, corruption, and cooperation among agencies ...
M. Ragolane, Nthabiseng Gratitude
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATING THE JURISDICTIONAL RULES OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BODY

open access: yesACROSS
This original research paper examines the impact of non-compliance with jurisdictional rules during the criminal investigation phase in the Republic of Moldova.
Vitalie COSTIȘANU
doaj   +1 more source

Peer groups, street gangs and organised crime in the narratives of adolescent male offenders

open access: yesJournal of Criminal Psychology, 2020
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how young people who offend with others define delinquent and criminal groups and consider the social risk factors associated with gang membership and criminal exploitation.
S. Ashton, A. Bussu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identifying High‐Impact Solutions to Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Lupus: A Consensus‐Based Approach

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We conducted formative research aimed at identifying solutions that address inequitable health outcomes in lupus due to adverse social determinants of health (SDoH). Methods We conducted a search for keywords, which provided insights into potential solutions and initiatives underway. An advisory panel of lupus experts iteratively reviewed the
Joy Buie   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advancements in Topic Modeling Techniques for Healthcare, Bioinformatics, and Other Potential Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article offers a comprehensive review of topic modeling techniques, tracing their evolution from inception to recent developments. It explores methods such as latent Dirichlet allocation, latent semantic analysis, non‐negative matrix factorization, probabilistic latent semantic analysis, Top2Vec, and BERTopic, highlighting their strengths ...
Pratima Kumari   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australian outlaw motorcycle gang involvement in violent and organised crime

open access: yes, 2020
Using national data on the criminal histories of 5,669 known outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) members from 39 gangs, this paper explores the prevalence of violent and organised crime offending among Australian OMCGs.
Anthony Morgan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Networked territorialism: the routes and roots of organised crime

open access: yesTrends in Organized Crime, 2020
In the digital age, space has become increasingly structured by the circuitry of global capital, communications and commodities. This ‘network society’ splinters and fragments territorial space according to the hidden logic of networked global capital ...
A. Clark, A. Fraser, N. Hamilton-Smith
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Symbolic Reservoir Computing within Memristive Crossbar Arrays as a Cellular Automata

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
In quest of a neuro‐symbolic system with both strong intelligent computing capability and better explainability, a memristor crossbar array‐based cellular automata (symbolic model) for reservoir computing (neural network) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated using an algorithm–hardware codesign approach.
Yunpeng Guo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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