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Beyond borders: exploring the impact of Italian migration control policies on Mediterranean smuggling dynamics and migrant journeys 超越边界：探讨意大利移民控制政策对地中海偷运动态和移民旅程的影响

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Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09533-5

Valentina Punzo, Attilio Scaglione

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Stolen data markets on Telegram: a crime script analysis and situational crime prevention measures Telegram 上的被盗数据市场：犯罪脚本分析和情景犯罪预防措施

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09532-6

Taisiia Garkava, Asier Moneva, E. Rutger Leukfeldt

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State challenge and social legitimacy: Brazilian militias as violent non-state actors and informal institutions 国家挑战与社会合法性：作为暴力非国家行为者和非正式机构的巴西民兵

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Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09529-1

Daniel do Nascimento Ferreira, Fábio Rodrigo Ferreira Nobre

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Organised crime movement across local communities: A network approach 跨地方社区的有组织犯罪活动：网络方法

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09531-7

Paolo Campana, Cecilia Meneghini

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The nexus of women and ‘Clan Crime’: unravelling the dynamics and constraints 妇女与 "氏族犯罪 "的关系：揭示动态和制约因素

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09530-8

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When corruption creates its Mafia. The “middle-world” case in Rome 当腐败产生黑手党罗马的 "中间世界 "案件

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Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-023-09521-1

Alberto Vannucci

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A response to Eski’s and Sergi’s ‘mafia-cation’. Confronting an ‘imagined’ narrative with empirical evidence 回应埃斯基和塞尔吉的 "黑手党ation"。用经验证据对抗 "想象 "的说法

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09527-3

Melvin Soudijn, Edwin Kruisbergen

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The state of the organ trade: Narratives of corruption in Egypt and Bangladesh 器官交易现状：埃及和孟加拉国的腐败叙事

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09524-6

Seán Columb, Monir Moniruzzaman

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Human trafficking, sexual exploitation and digital technologies 人口贩运、性剥削和数字技术

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-024-09526-4

Xavier L’Hoiry, Alessandro Moretti, Georgios A. Antonopoulos

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Inside the Dutch Hells Angels: an empirical study into the club’s entry mechanisms 荷兰地狱天使内部：对俱乐部进入机制的实证研究

IF 1.7 3区社会学

Trends in Organized Crime Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1007/s12117-023-09522-0

Sjoukje van Deuren, Robby Roks, Teun van Ruitenburg

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