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Book review: heroin, organized crime, and the making of modern Turkey by Ryan Gingeras [PDF]
, 2014 Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey explores the history of organized crime in Turkey and the roles which gangs and gangsters have played in the making of the Turkish state and Turkish politics.
Windle, James
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A Case Study Exploration of Adolescents’ Experiences in a Paid Summer Internship Program
The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adolescence is a critical time for career exploration, and internships are a common tool to promote career development. Yet, few researchers have examined their impact on participants. In this study, we conducted a qualitative case study with adolescent participants (N = 19) in the City of Charlotte's Mayor's Youth Employment Program (MYEP), a
Willough Davis +2 more
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Weak institutions and credit availability: the impact of crime on bank loans [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship between the terms on bank loans and local crime rates, employing a sample of over 300,000 bank-firm relationships.
Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti
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Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion by Organized Crime [PDF]
, 1999 In pursuit of its transition from a command to a market economy, post-Soviet Russia has witnessed enormous regional differences in economic growth rates.
Alexeev, Michael +2 more
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Why Engineers Should Read More Novels
Chemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.What do engineers do? And what should they work on? A surprising answer is outlined in this essay, which argues that reading novels holds the key for addressing both questions. Novels train the imagination as well as our ethical abilities – skills that are essential for developing future‐proof technologies.
Michael Kuhn
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Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq [PDF]
, 2009 Phil Williams
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Magyar Rendészet, 2018 The study introduces the current situation in connection with organized criminal groups in Europe. By differentiation of their specific characteristics, the activity of terrorist and organized crime groups in Europe are presented. The author provides some insight into the activity of the currently working organized crime groups through the assessment ...
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the context of the rural public sphere as reflected in residents' consciousness of their volunteering potential. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted in two rural settlements belonging to the same regional municipality in northern Israel: one Jewish and the other Arab. The 32 interviewees who participated in the
Yasmin Aboud‐Halabi +1 more
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Organized crime and regional development. A review of the Italian case [PDF]
This paper offers a review of the effects of organized crime on regional economic development, with particular reference to the case of Italy. After reviewing the empirical studies that analyse the relationship between crime and economic development, the
Vittorio, Daniele
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Organized Crime, Corruption and Punishment [PDF]
, 2003 We analyze an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organizations globally compete on criminal activities and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment.
Kugler, Maurice +2 more
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