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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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Organized Crime, Migration and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from the South of Italy [PDF]
The presence of organized crime is a pervasive feature of many developed and developing countries. Even if ‘mafia’ organizations have greatly enlarged the geographical scope of their activities, as in the past they are still deeply rooted in specific ...
Cosimo Scagliusi +2 more
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To what extent are the mob languages responsible for the rise and success of ethnically based organized crime in the U.S. from late 19th century to early 20th century? [PDF]
, 2014 Mob language studies have seen various attempts at explaining the major effect of the use of this specific language and its contribution to the rise of Mafia in the USA.
Üner, Sarp
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The Drug Problem and Organized Crime, Illicit Financial Flows, Corruption and Terrorism [PDF]
, 2017 An estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Even more worrisome is the fact that about 29.5 million of those drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population ...
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The economics of organized crime and optimal law enforcement [PDF]
Economic Inquiry, 2000 This article extends the optimal law enforcement literature to organized crime. I model the criminal organization as a vertical structure where the principal extracts some rents from the agents through extortion. As long as extortion is a costless transfer from individuals to the criminal organization, not only the existence of extortion is social ...
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah +5 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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Toward an SDG‐Based Typology for US Nonprofits
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an emerging institutional logic that nonprofits must navigate alongside existing sector‐specific frameworks. Drawing on institutional logics and organizational hybridity theories, we examine how nonprofits incorporate SDGs into their missions and what this reveals about managing institutional ...
Dominik S. Meier, Elizabeth Searing
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The Balkanization of Politics: Crime and Corruption in Albania [PDF]
In the last few years, Albania, as well as other South Eastern and Mediterranean countries, have shown increased growth in corruption affecting every level of political power.
Daniela Irrera
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Transit: An analysis of networked criminal groups and criminal opportunities at transit ports [PDF]
, 2017 Like the path of many contraband commodities, trafficked cultural objects cross countless legal borders and intersect with the legitimate market world at a number of critical transit junctures, which supports the concept of a single “grey” market.
Casey, Ryan Nicole
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