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The modern slavery wheel as the new theoretical framework
Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 2023 A few research papers on modern slavery have outlined how this phenomenon flourishes and persists despite institutional pressures against inhumane practices.
RODRIGO MARTINS BAPTISTA +3 more
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British Journal of Psychiatry, 2003 Raj Persaud ( [2003][1]) begins his review of Thomas Szasz’s book Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry by asserting that something false is true: ‘Thomas Szasz became famous for being at the vanguard of the anti-psychiatry movement’.
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Corporate responses to modern slavery risks: an institutional theory perspective
European Business Review, 2020 Purpose Drawing on statements made under the transparency in supply chains provision of the UK Modern Slavery Act, this paper aims to examine how firms are responding to modern slavery risks in their supply chains. Design/methodology/approach Using an
A. Flynn, H. Walker
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Human Trafficking and the UK Modern Slavery Bill
Social Inclusion, 2015 This article provides a commentary on growing awareness of human trafficking to and within the United Kingdom and government responses to it.
Gary Craig
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Elements for the Agent-Based Modeling of Slavery Systems
Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2020 This paper introduces formal concepts for the agent-based modeling of slavery systems. The concepts of master-slave economic relationship, slavery-based economic system, slavery-supporting legal system, and slavery-based material agent society are ...
Antõnio C R Costa
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, 2019 This chapter addresses the concept of slavery, exploring its character and significance as a dark page in history, but also as a specifically criminological and zemiological problem, in the context of international law and human rights. By tracing the ambiguities of slavery in international law and international development, the harms associated with ...
Boukli, Avi +2 more
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The Journal of Economic History, 2013 This article shows how asymmetric information shaped slavery by determining the likelihood of manumission. A theoretical model explains the need to offer positive incentives to slaves working in occupations characterized by a high degree of asymmetric information. As a result, masters freed (and, more generally, rewarded) slaves who performed well. The
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Historical roots of implicit bias in slavery
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Geographic variation in implicit bias is associated with multiple racial disparities in life outcomes. We investigated the historical roots of geographical differences in implicit bias by comparing average levels of implicit bias with the ...
B. Payne +2 more
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Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery.
American Journal of Public Health, 2019 The legacies of slavery today are seen in structural racism that has resulted in disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans.The deep roots of these patterns of disparity in maternal and infant health lie with the commodification ...
D. C. Owens, Sharla M. Fett
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Modern Slavery Policies in a Conceptual Perspective
International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, 2018 Most of the people assume modern slavery end up in 19th century. However, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO), today 40 million people live as a slave. Moreover, modern slavery is the world’s fastest growing crime and has huge number,
Imran Sarihasan, Domicián Máté
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