Crime against woman and punishment goals: Social order and country moderate public protest effect by Ramadhar Singh, Paul A. Bell, Ran Bijay Narayan Sinha, Sweta Singh, Krithiga Sankaran

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A cross sectional study of socio-demographic factors, crime characteristics and psychiatric morbidity in violent offenders by Anitha Rayirala, K Sudha Rani, Divija Bunga, Umashankar

“…It is remarkable to know that no one had other psychiatric disorders apart from substance dependence and intoxication at the time of commission of crime. So more awareness programs and campaigns regarding influence of alcohol on the crimes, can be conducted with the help of Police, Government, Private organisations and media, especially in vulnerable and at risk population for crime, which would indirectly decrease alcohol intake in the vulnerable population and decrease crime rate.…”
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Sex-workers Defying Patriarchy and Challenging State Reform and Rehabilitation Projects in India: Voices from the Margins by Shriya Patnaik

“…Despite the prostitution industry being accorded a semi-legal status in India, the status of sex-workers remains abysmal with scarce provisions towards healthcare, education/literacy and/or labour rights. …”
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‘Our courage has grown’: a grounded theory study of enablers and barriers to community action to address violence against women in urban India by Lu Gram, David Osrin, Nayreen Daruwalla, Beniamino Cislaghi, Sukanya Paradkar

“…We did a grounded theory study of enablers and barriers to community response to ongoing violence, sampling from programme areas of a non-governmental organisation (NGO)-led community mobilisation intervention in informal settlements in Mumbai, India. …”
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Still Keeping Secrets? Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering, and Anti-Money Laundering in Switzerland and Singapore by Shiqing Yu

“…Switzerland has long been accused of being one of the main tools of organised crime and the underground economy both by governments and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), particularly after the class action suit against the Clearstream scandal, the Vatican Bank, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Institutional Improvement on Control of Corruption—A System Dynamics Approach by Ivan W. Taylor, Muhammad Aman Ullah, Saroj Koul, Mark Sandoval Ulloa

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Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry by Ellyse Bunney, Francesca A. McInerney, Eleanor Dormontt, Arif Malik, Nina Welti, David Wilkins, Malcolm Plant, Dhanushka S. Hettiarachchi, Darren Thomas, Ashley Dowell, Tresa Hamalton, Andrew J. Lowe

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Cinema as a form of composition by Michele Guerra

“…To mark the beginning of Parma’s run as Italy’s Capital of Culture, an exhibition was organised entitled “Time Machine. Seeing and Experiencing Time”, curated by Antonio Somaini, with the challenge of demonstrating how cinema, from its earliest experiments to the digital age, has managed to manipulate and transform time, profoundly affecting our way of engaging with it.  …”
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