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Forced and servile marriage in the context of human trafficking [PDF]

Servile marriage involves a person being sold, transferred or inherited into marriage. New offences in the Criminal Code 1995 recently passed by Parliament are designed to protect adults as well as children who are forced into marriage by either the ...
Samantha Lyneham
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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

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

Modern state of enforcement of economic crimes committed by organized groups and criminal organizations

Полицейская и следственная деятельность, 2020
The research object is the criminogenic aspects of the economic situation in the Russian Federation. The research subject includes the patterns and tendencies of emergence and development of economic crime in the Russian Federation; criminal legal prohibitions of wrongful deeds in the economic field; law enforcement practice of struggle against ...
Ruslan Anatol'evich Mangasarov, Radmil Rafkatovich Khannanov   +1 more
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstruction of organised crime and research of war victimisation [PDF]

Temida
There are many indications that various aspects and factors of large-scale war victimization could be made visible through the collection and analyses of data on organized crime in post-conflict societies.
Simeunović-Patić Biljana, Nikolić-Ristanović Vesna   +1 more
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The Right to Democratic Participation in Labor Unions and the Use of the Hobbs Act to Combat Organized Crime [PDF]

, 1989
The author examines corruption within labor unions and the responses to that corruption with the use of two laws, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 and the Hobbs Act.
Marshall, Leslie
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The social consequences of organized crime groups

, 2022
Organized crime has adverse effects on security, development and democracy, but little is known about its social consequences. This thesis investigates empirically the effect of individual exposure to the presence of organized crime groups in Italy on a set of key social outcomes: political participation, civic engagement, institutional trust and ...
openaire  

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

The participation of criminals in a hybrid war: a look through the prism of Ukrainian realities

Український соціологічний журнал, 2020
The article considers the participation of criminals in the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war. The publications of Western and national scientists are analyzed according to the problem chosen by the author.
Mykola Chaplyk
doaj   +1 more source