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Hall, Tim, The Economic Geographies of Organized Crime

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2020
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Educational pathways and outcomes for care‐experienced children: A 16‐year longitudinal study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children who are removed from their birth families during childhood—termed care‐experienced—can be at risk for lower educational attainment and poorer school experiences, often linked to deprivation and behavioural factors. However, research often uses aggregated measures that obscure the complexities of care (e.g.
Emily Lowthian, Stuart Bedston, Olivia Deavall, Tom Crick, Lucy J. Griffiths, Ashley Akbari, Alex Lee, Gemma Hammerton, Jon Heron, Donald Forrester   +9 more
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
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The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ranger patrols are a cornerstone of wildlife protection efforts around the world and occur across all ecological governance systems. Evidence that patrols reduce threats to wildlife and enable their recovery has not been systematically examined previously.
Trina Rytwinski, Robert S. A. Pickles, Matthew J. Muir, Steven J. Cooke, Joseph R. Bennett, Lisa A. Kelly, Adrienne Smith, Cynthia Cadet, Dwi N. Adhiasto, Inés Arroyo Quiroz, Mark D. Booton, Daphne P. Carlson, Drew T. Cronin, Anthony Dancer, Meredith L. Gore, Jennifer R. B. Miller, Stephen F. Pires, Amy Pokempner, James Slade, Andrew M. Lemieux   +19 more
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Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo, Olayinka Adedayo Erin, Mohammed Kayode Ajape, Becky Forbin   +3 more
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Financial Constraints and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Do Climate Exposure and People's Climate Attention Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu, Ruth Owusu‐Mensah, Daniel Gyimah   +2 more
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Losing the Monopoly of Violence: The State, a Drug War and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico (2007–10)

State Crime, 2015
This article examines the phenomenon of drug-related violence in Mexico and the causal factors that enabled the upsurge in the numbers of drug-related homicides during the period 2007–10 — the first 4 years of the so-called “war on drugs”.
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Michelle Keck, José Nava   +2 more
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Material Deprivation, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Social Relationships

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research on the mediating role of the quality of social relationships between material deprivation and adolescent health has predominantly utilized samples from mainstream populations to examine mental health outcomes, neglecting the critical need to explore behavioral health outcomes, such as substance use, particularly in ...
Zewei Liu, Ji‐Kang Chen
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Regional cooperation against transnational organized crime: challenges and opportunities in the Western Hemisphere

Frontiers in Political Science
Transnational Organized Crime represents a critical threat to the political, economic, and social stability of the Western Hemisphere. This article analyses the dynamics of the criminal organizations that constitute this phenomenon, including their ...
Jaime Cubides-Cardenas, Christian Esteban Hernández-Alvarado, Jonnathan Jimenez-Reina, Andrés Felipe Roncancio-Bedoya   +3 more
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Measuring Consumer Aversion Toward AI in Marketing Communication and Assessing Its Relationship to Brand Perceptions and Purchase Intention

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some consumers exhibit aversion toward artificial intelligence (AI), particularly when it is embedded in persuasive marketing communication (MarCom). Here, we developed and validated a measure of consumer aversion to AI in MarCom and examined its downstream consequences for brand perceptions and purchase intention.
Louvins Pierre, Viviana Carolina Zambrano Rodriguez, Jiayi (Joy) Wang   +2 more
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