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Crime in a Changing Society: Evidence from Romania
Sociologie RomâneascăThe study examines five sub-periods to analyze the characteristics of criminality in the decades following the fall of communism. It considers literature-identified risks associated with criminal activity (low level of employment, high-income ...
Simona Ilie
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MONEY LAUNDERING ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS - A ROMANIAN REALITY [PDF]
The purpose of most illegal activities (especially those in the economic field), whether illegal as specific to organized crime networks (cigarette smuggling, alcohol; traffic of weapons, nuclear material, drugs, human beings; trade in protected species ...
Iulian Gheorghe Ionita
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Organized Crime in the Economic Sphere: Analysis and Trends
Russian Journal of CriminologyThe research is devoted to an imminent problem of contemporary Russia — the problem of organized crime in the economic sphere, which is viewed through the prism of statistical-criminological analysis. The authors substantiate their opinion that organized crime is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon deeply integrated into the economic system of ...
Sergey Ivantsov, Tatiana Molchanova
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This ethnographic study explores the emotional labor and self‐care strategies of feminist abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico. Operating within restrictive legal environments, acompañantes provide crucial support for self‐managed medication abortions (SMAs), engaging in significant, often invisible, emotional labor.
Bruna Alvarez, Suzanne Veldhuis
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Unequal incomes, unequal outcomes? Economic inequality and measures of well-being: summary of observations and recommendations [PDF]
This is a summary of the proceedings of the conference "Unequal incomes, unequal outcomes? Economic inequality and measures of well-being." The conference was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on May 7, 1999.
Barbara L. Walter +3 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
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Governance and coordination of business cartels
Revista Venezolana de GerenciaThis research proposes an exploratory analysis of the dynamics of governance and coordination within business cartels, which enable the stability of these organizations outside the realm of formal legal control and despite the threat of cheating and ...
Carlos Mario Muñoz Maya +3 more
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Yakuza Past, Present and Future: The Changing Face of Japan\u27s Organized Crime Syndicates [PDF]
, 2014 While Japanese crime syndicates are deeply entrenched in the history and culture of Japan, much of what is known in the Western world about the Yakuza is primarily the result of stereotyping generated by media-driven sensationalism and lowbudget motion ...
Higgins, Silke
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