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Happiness and beliefs in criminal environments

Di Tella, Rafael (contributor); … - 2008

This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities … correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard … work does not pay and that the government should increase the amount of redistribution to the poor. -- Happiness ; crime …

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Crime at 1990 World Football Cup : A Panel Data Analysis

Campaniello, Nadia - 2008

negative impacts generated by these events. In particular there is limited understanding about the impact of crime on hosting … cities. Increased crime can be a long term impact that persists after the event. This paper investigates the relation, if any …, between the fact that an Italian city hosted the 1990 World Football Cup and its crime rates. Analysis aims at better …

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Transnational Organized Crimes : Beyond The Geopolitics Of States- Indian Perspective

narem, usha amulya - 2021

Transnational Organized Crimes not merely have a bearing to the security of states, but also to that of its economy, given the large retail value of these crimes. Illicit Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Money Laundering, smuggling, arms trade are not crimes independent of other crimes. They have a...

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Criminalizing the Problem of Unexplained Wealth : Illicit Enrichment Offenses and Human Rights Violations

Boles, Jeffrey R. - 2016

This Article argues that despite the benefits of illicit enrichment for thwarting corruption, this offense violates fundamental human rights of the accused and therefore must be replaced by alternate enforcement mechanisms. Part I demonstrates how illicit enrichment surfaced as a mechanism to...

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Echo Epidemics : Control Fraud Epidemics Generate 'White-Collar Street Crime' Epidemics - Comment on: Mortgage Origination Fraud and the Global Economic Crisis: A Criminological An...

Black, William K. - 2010

“Control fraud” drove the crisis. Control fraud occurs when those that control a seemingly legitimate entity use it as a “weapon” to defraud. In finance, accounting is the “weapon of choice.” Regulators, criminologists, and criminologists have documented the pervasive role of control...

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Trafficking in Women and Forced Migration : Moving Victims Across the Border of Crime into the Domain of Human Rights

McSherry, Bernadette M. - 2010

The response to the trafficking of women is primarily dominated by the discourse of criminal law both internationally and nationally. By contrast, in the refugee law context, women are constructed as victims in a ‘culturally relative', patriarchal society. This paper explores the tensions...

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Shedding Light on Money Laundering and on the Financial Flows of Transnational Crime : Some Empirical Facts

Schneider, Friedrich - 2019

findings on the proceeds of transnational crime worldwide, as well as a breakdown of the different types of crime proceeds … we provide knowledge about money laundering and the size of financial flows of transnational crime, which could be the … basis for a more effective fight against transnational crime organizations …

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Modern day slavery : what drives human trafficking in Europe?

Hernández, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - 2011 - Rev. November 2011

At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...

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Cryptocurrency or Usury? Crime and Alternative Money Laundering Techniques

Masciandaro, Donato - 2018

The article presents a novel dynamic setting to compare old – usury – and new – cryptocurrency – money laundering techniques and uses it for calibration to shed light on their relative role as an effective device for the criminal organizations to clean their illegal revenues. The...

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Fixing the Boundaries of the Concept of Crime : The Challenge for Human Rights

Guinchard, Audrey - 2008

The law of crime stands i ... …

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