Shadd Maruna, Kevin Roy
Several scholars have suggested that life changes—such as desistance from crime—may be shaped by social structures through a process of “knifing off.” Individuals are thought to change their lives by severing themselves from harmful environments, undesirable companions, or even the past itself. Desp...
Habib Zafarullah, Noore Alam Siddiquee
Lucia Michelutti, Ashraf Hoque, Martin, Nicolas, David Picherit et al.
"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term. Like Italian mobsters, the South Asian "gangster politicians" are known for inflicting brutal violence while simultaneously upholding vigilante justice―inspiring fear and fantasy. But the term also refers to the diffuse spheres of crime, business, a...
Dhiman Sarma, Wahidul Alam, Ishita Saha, Mohammad Nazmul Alam et al.
Bank fraud is a federal crime that involves fraudulent attempts aims for monetary gains by deceiving financial institutions. Every year, banks and financial institutions lose billions due to fraud. Fraudsters tempt bankers through scams to gain financial assets. The most common types of bank fraud i...
David C. Pyrooz, Andrew M. Fox, Scott H. Decker
Abstract There is a lack of macro‐level gang research. The present study addresses this shortcoming by providing a theoretically informed analysis of gang membership in large US cities. More specifically, our goal is to determine whether racial and ethnic heterogeneity conditions the relationship be...
Adam Calverley
© 2013 Adam Calverley. In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance – that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour – vary by ethnicity has received less attention. This is ...
Fabio Tartarini
CULTURES OF DESISTANCE: REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. Adam Calverley (2013) Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 230pp. Pbk 26.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0415623483 Adam Calverley's book is a long-due addition to the criminological literature on desistance. In the last ...
Muhammed Zakir Hossain
Sakib Mahmud, Musfika Nuha, Abdus Sattar
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard
This article presents a study of street children’s involvement in organized crime in Bangladesh. It is based on an empirical case study conducted in Dhaka and draws on interviews with 22 street children, 80 interviews with criminal justice practitioners, NGO workers and community members and over th...
Harendra Kanti Dey
Stephen W. Baron, David R. Forde
Utilizing a sample of 400 homeless street youths, the paper explores the role control balance plays in the generation of crime. Using vignettes designed to represent violent crime, serious property crime, and minor property crime, the paper tests whether these youths sense of control over their pove...
Mabroor Mahmood
The issue of corruption in the civil administration has gained importance in recent years; multiple anti‐corruption efforts have been initiated to solve the problem, however, desired success has not yet been achieved. The review of the causes of corruption reveals that two behavioural causes, namely...
Stephen W. Baron
Utilizing differential social support and coercion theory, the study examines how levels of social support and coercion lead to involvement in organized criminal activities through the development of anger, low self-control, low social control, and access to illegitimate social support. The findings...