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The Impossible Mission: Global Justice Movement against Transnational Organized Crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article argues that the best counterattack against globally oriented transnational organized crime (TOC) is by a global response. The contribution of participating states and the creation of a collective identity against TOC are both necessary. This
CAYLI, BARIS
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANTI – CORRUPTION INITIATIVES, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2018
In fighting corruption, good governance efforts rely on principles such as accountability, transparency and participation to shape anti-corruption measures.
Elena ANDREEVSKA, Lidija RAICHEVIC
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment: the Italian Case [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces in the period 2004-06. The presence of organized crime at a provincial level is quantified through several indicators, based on data for different kinds of crimes:
Ugo, Marani, Vittorio, Daniele
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Predicting consumer intention to buy tiger bone glue in Vietnam: A comparison between the theory of planned behavior and the social cognitive theory

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Demand for tiger parts and products, especially tiger bone glue, has fuelled the illegal tiger trade and the proliferation of tiger farms in some Asian countries.
Hoai Nam Dang Vu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Favorable Social and Moral Consequences of Organized Crime Management in Society [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Ethics and Society, 2023
Introduction: The management of organized crime means the management of organizing, improving and organizing, in order to improve the situation and conditions of dangerous situations of committing crimes.
Azam Madih   +2 more
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concept «committing a crime by an organized group»: conceptual bases of research

open access: yesПроблеми Законності, 2017
The article proved that the offense is an organized group of criminal-legal phenomenon and concepts (phenomenon), which was first found in the legal definition of Ukrainian Criminal Code 2001, ch. 3 of his art.
Надія Володимирівна Невідома
doaj   +1 more source

SHOOTING DOWN THE PRICE: EVIDENCE FROM MAFIA HOMICIDES AND HOUSING MARKET VOLATILITY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this work, we assess the role of a specific type of organized crime in influencing choices on where living within the city territory, and consequently, volatility in house prices.
Battisti Michele   +3 more
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