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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu +4 more
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Firearm trafficking and serious and organised crime gangs [PDF]
, 2012 This report presents data on unregistered firearms seized by Australian state and territory police, showing a fuller picture of the type of firearms that serious and organised crime groups are actively obtaining and the common routes of supply ...
Samantha Bricknell
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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Measuring organised crime infiltration in legal businesses [PDF]
, 2019 This chapter discusses the methodological challenges in defining, operationalising and measuring organised crime infiltration in legal businesses. It first reviews existing definitions and measures of organised crime; it then focuses on infiltration ...
Berlusconi, Giulia, Riccardi, M
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Organised Crime, Democracy, and Democratisation: How Vulnerable Are Democracies?
, 2012 Crime doubtlessly represents the 'other' or 'dark' side of globalisation. The ever increasing list of transnational crimes includes terrorism; drugs and arms trafficking; the smuggling and trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation and ...
Karstedt, Susanne, Susanne Karstedt
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas +6 more
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Economic impact of organised crime to state security
Проблеми Законності, 2020 Organised crime is changing and becoming increasingly diverse in its methods, group structures and impact on society. This article aims to research, on the one hand, the impact of organized crime on state’s economy, on the other hand – to analyse the ...
Aurelija Pūraitė
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Galeotti (Mark), Organised Crime in History [PDF]
, 2010 The popular press is full of stories about the threat from organised crime – from the Mafia (the word that has become synonymous with organised crime), from the Russian Mafia, Columbian drugs cartels, Chinese Triads, Japanese Yakuza, Jamaican Yardies and
Emsley, Clive, Clive Emsley
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari +5 more
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