Using the UK general offender database as a means to measure and analyse Organised Crime. [PDF]
Purpose Organised Crime is notoriously difficult to define and measure, resulting in limited empirical evidence to inform policy makers and practitioners.
Francis, Brian+3 more
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ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Analysis of organized crime: Camorra [PDF]
Organized crime is a topic that deserves special attention, not just in criminal science. In this paper, the author analyzes Italian crime organizations in their origins, features and relationships between them.
Ceci Elvio
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On The Economics oF Organized Crime [PDF]
The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real, against third-party crime, or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control, because of prohibition
Stergios Skaperdas, Vimal Kumar
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
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+2 more
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Divide et Impera. Optimnal Deterrence Mechanisms Against Cartels and Organized Crime [PDF]
Leniency programs reduce sanctions for law violators that self-report. We focus on their ability to deter cartels and organized crime by increasing incentives to "cheat" on partners.
Giancarlo Spagnolo
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An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth [PDF]
In a companion study, Blackburn et al. (Econ Theory Bull, 2017), we have developed a theoretical framework for studying interactions between organized crime and corruption, with the view of examining the combined effects of these phenomena on economic ...
A Asmundo+26 more
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ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison+5 more
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Activities organised for the illegal trafficking of waste and living law: is it still relevant and reasonable to include the offences referred to in article 51, paragraph 3 bis of the code of criminal procedure? [PDF]
he case law shows that the offence provided by Art. 452 quaterdecies of the criminal code is widely applied to misconducts which are not connected to contexts of organized crime.
Roberto Losengo
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Illegal trafficking and unsustainable waste management in Italy: evidence at the regional level [PDF]
The presence of organized crime strongly affects sustainable waste management in Italy. In particular, illegal traf cking of waste has become one of the fastest growing areas of crime and one of the most lucrative industries among organized criminal ...
Germani, A. R.+2 more
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