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Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina, Jonathan Kwangulero, Jonathan Òlal Ogwang, Natalie Boyd Williams, Elizabeth Tilley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prisons as Hotspots of Tuberculosis: A Silent Threat in Ecuador. [PDF]

Pathogens
Viteri-Dávila C, Cevallos-Arteaga D, Berutti-Suárez L, Bastidas-Caldes C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prison Staff - Prisoners Relations in Slovenian Prisons

Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe : From Common Sense to Evidence-based Policy-making, 2018
Rok Hacin Rok Hacin, Chuck Fileds, Gorazd Meško   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Validity of the comprehensive assessment of psychopathic personality–self‐report Korean version (CAPP‐SR) in a sample of Korean prison inmates

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Given the theoretical and clinical importance of psychopathy, numerous assessment instruments have been developed, including the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP). Although the CAPP has received increasing empirical support across cultures, research examining the validity of the Korean self‐report version remains ...
Hyeokjun Kwon, Martin Sellbom, Jonghan Sea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared Edgerton, Anneliese Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Layered abandonment: The moral interpretation of suffering in extreme confinement

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Loss and rejection are central to prison life, yet how they crystallize into a more general sense of abandonment remains under‐theorized. Drawing on 64 interviews with men held in prolonged self‐isolation or serving indeterminate forvaring sentences in Denmark, we conceptualize abandonment not simply as hardship but as suffering plus ...
Frederik Rom Taxhjelm, Julie Laursen
wiley   +1 more source

EuroHePP: The European Toolkit to Strengthen National Responses for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Prisons. [PDF]

Liver Int
Fondelli S, Arzilli G, da Costa FA, Brixko C, Butí M, Cabezas J, Cocco N, Dawson O, Deogan C, Fischer G, Komorowski A, Meroueh F, Montanari L, Mazzilli S, O'Moore É, Ranieri R, Rigoni R, Saponaro A, Seguin-Devaux C, Salah E, Seyler T, Stöver H, Tavoschi L, Duffell E.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The informal prisoner justice system: Classification, identification, and punishment of sex offenders behind bars

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi, Justin E. C. Tetrault, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sandra Bucerius   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living with addiction in the shadow of punishment: a qualitative study of prison drug use and harm reduction in Iceland. [PDF]

Int J Circumpolar Health
Yeoman MD, Fridjónsdóttir HS, Klinke ME.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source