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How organised crime affects the most vulnerable communities [PDF]

, 2018
First paragraph: Despite the lurid coverage of organised crime in the UK, the public often appears relatively sanguine about it in studies, preferring police to focus on more everyday crime such as antisocial behaviour, burglary and property damage ...
Hamilton-Smith, Niall
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Early Effects of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act on Occupational Health Outcomes in Korea: A Nationwide Difference‐in‐Differences Study (2017–2023)

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Work‐related injury and occupational disease remain major public health challenges worldwide; South Korea continues to report comparatively high industrial accident rates among OECD countries. To strengthen managerial accountability for worker safety, the Korean government enacted the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) in 2021,
Hyewon Park, Misong Woo, Wanhyung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Asset-Focussed Interventions against Organised Crime [PDF]

, 2017
Organised crime is a pernicious problem in many contemporary societies. Asset-focussed interventions have been deployed with increasing frequency in a range of jurisdictions to tackle this problem; however, the effectiveness of such interventions in ...
Hamilton-Smith, Niall, Atkinson, Colin, Mackenzie, Simon   +2 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organised Crime: Combating an Elusive Transnational Threat

, 2010
Since the end of the Cold War; wide spread political, economic, social and technological changes have enabled organised criminal groups to develop transnational activities.
Senior, Angus John Henry
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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
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THE MECHANISM OF CRIMINOLOGICAL POLICY FORMULATION IN THE FIELD OF COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies
The objective of this article is to elucidate the fundamental components of the mechanism for formulating criminological policy in the context of combating transnational organised crime.
Vasyl Maliyk
doaj   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source