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Harms and the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Political Ecology, Green Criminology and the European Eel
This paper integrates political ecology and green criminology to examine the critical endangerment of the European eel. Using a harms-based approach,...
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Can Migration Flows Be Controlled? The Effects of the Italian 2017–2018 Policy Against Illegal Immigration
The Italian migration control policy during 2017–2018 that sought to combat illegal migration caused a significant reduction in the number of sea...
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Mexican organized crime and the illegal trade in totoaba maw
The convergence between wildlife trafficking and other serious crimes has received increasing attention within criminological studies. The present...
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Beyond borders: exploring the impact of Italian migration control policies on Mediterranean smuggling dynamics and migrant journeys
In recent years, the Mediterranean crossings have reconfirmed their status as the most perilous routes for migrants attempting to reach European...
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Parental Migration and Fear of Crime Among Left-Behind Children in Rural China
Utilizing a probability sample of 1,985 middle school students from Guizhou Province, China, this study aims to explore the association between...
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Chinese organized crime and the illegal wildlife trade: diversification and outsourcing in the Golden Triangle
The illegal wildlife trade has increasingly been linked to organized crime in recent years. In particular, Chinese crime groups seem to be major...
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“In Police We Trust?”—Confidence in the Police Among Adolescents With and Without a Migration Background in Germany
Overall, adolescents exhibit a high level of confidence in the police. Nevertheless, it is problematic when certain social groups show lower levels...
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Quasilegality and migrant smuggling in Northern Niger
Niger’s status as a ‘hub’ for West African migration is now cemented in the imaginaries of interveners and global observers. Even as the number of...
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(Cr)Immigration and Merit-Based Migration in Singapore: The Permanent “State of Exception”
In 2019, former president Donald Trump expressed interest in reforming the US immigration system to end family reunification policies, which...
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A Hidden Time Bomb? Policing Illegal Firearms in Europe
The aim of this chapter is to discuss the security challenges associated with firearm possession (legal and illegal), weapon trafficking, and firearm...
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In the post-COVID-19 era, is the illegal wildlife trade the most serious form of trafficking?
Despite the immense impact of wildlife trafficking, comparisons of the profits, costs, and seriousness of crime consistently rank wildlife...
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Theorizing Migration and Crime in China
This chapter outlines the state of the art regarding scholarly research of the ‘migrant criminality’ in the context of China. Academic debates centre...
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“Clan Crime” in Germany: Migration Politics, Socio-Economic Conditions, and Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Behavior
In Germany, an intense political and media discussion has emerged on the phenomenon of “clan crime” (Clan-Kriminalität). In the course of the debate,...
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‘Illegal labour practices, trafficking and exploitation’: an introduction to the special issue
This is an introduction to the articles submitted to the special issue of Trends in Organized Crime on ‘Illegal Labour Practices, Trafficking and...
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Criminalisation of migration for domestic work from Myanmar to Singapore—need for a radical policy shift
Between 2014 and April 2019, the government of Myanmar banned international migration for domestic work to Singapore and criminalised the brokering...
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North Korean Migrants in China: A Case Study of Human Smuggling and Trafficking
This study explores the smuggling and trafficking of North Korean migrants in China (NKMC), focusing on their migration motives, victimization types,...
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Forced Internal Migration in Mexico: Displacement, Stigmatization, and Expectations in Chichihualco, Guerrero
The War on Drugs and the militarization of public security are widely regarded as catalysts for the violation of human rights in Mexico. Forced...
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Rethinking organized crime in Africa
Much of the existing research on organized crime in Africa has emphasised its development and proliferation from state and security perspectives....
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Setting the Scene
In the introductory chapter of this book, the main goals and themes of the volume are outlined. The editors illuminate that the emphasis of this book...
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Borders as Mirrors: Racial Hierarchies and Policing Migration
This article considers how state-controlled borders and bordering practices are conceptualized, what they symbolize, and the consequences of these...