The impact of corruption on government performance: evidence from South Korea
This study employs a probit model, a rando m-effects model, and time-lagged regression to capture the impacts of corruption. The findings show that a low level of corruption within public organizations is positively associated with a high-performance level under certain conditions. This outcome shows that fighting corruption might contribute to improved organizational performance in public organizations. (Source: Crime, Law and Social Change)
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - September 9, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Media coverage of darknet market closures: assessing the impact of coverage on US search and Tor use activity
AbstractDarknet cryptomarkets are a common method of drug procurement and are frequently a focal point for law enforcement intervention as a result. Past works assessing the effectiveness of cryptomarket closures by law enforcement have found a high degree of ecosystem resilience. Previous work, however, has not parsed the potential mediating role that official press statements and media coverage of such events might play on subsequent behavior. Using a new dataset of 27,195 distinct deterrent- or publicity-related sentiment-expressive signals taken from 406 media stories and 47 official press releases between 2013 and 201...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - August 27, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Between the legal technique and the social question: the plural commitments of public defenders in Argentina
AbstractThe criminal process in the Province of Buenos Aires has been affected by radical reforms in the last decades. Beginning with the complete replacement of the criminal procedure code in 1998 to the introduction of pre-trial hearings and simplified procedures for cases declared in flagrante delicto in 2004 the reforms have impacted more than legal procedures; they have changed the way judicial actors perceive themselves and their relations with the institution. Based on interviews with ten public defenders of the PBA this article offers an exploratory analysis on how public defenders ’ perceptions have been impacte...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - August 24, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Giving the green light: corporate environmental crimes, the treadmill of production, and environmental justice
AbstractIn addition to legal considerations, what other factors correlate with and seem to affect fines companies are assessed when they commit an environmental crime? Relying upon the treadmill of crime theoretical framework we hypothesize that companies committing environmental crimes in poor and minority dominated communities will receive lower relative fines because the harms are viewed as less serious by prosecutors and judges, thus resulting in environmental injustice. In addition, from a green criminological framework, a company ’s economic situation may be considered in setting fines so as not to slow down the tr...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - August 8, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Social Media Jurors: Conceptualizing and Analyzing Online Public Engagement in reference to Legal Cases
This article is based on a netnographic study, by which we illustrate our argument through the online activity in support of Roman Zadorov. Zadorov was convicted of murdering a young girl in Israel, while a large majority of Israelis continue to support his innocence and carry out extensive action on social media in support of this cause. (Source: Crime, Law and Social Change)
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - August 6, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
The acquisition of legitimacy for civilian policing: A case study of pedophile hunting groups
AbstractThe state has encouraged civilians to take control of their own security through partnership and self-governance. Resultantly, civilians involved in the provision of security are attempting to obtain legitimacy for their civilian policing efforts. To investigate the acquisition of legitimacy for civilian policing, this article analyses comments (n = 1036) from an e-petition launched by a pedophile hunting group seeking legality for their enforcement operations. Because the e-petition eventually became dominated by QAnon conspiracy followers, the article also examines the QAnon movement in relation to civilian p...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - August 4, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Dramaturgical self-efficacy and opportunity structures for white-collar crime
This article introduces the concept in the context of white-collar crime. To advance our understanding of how opportunities for such crime work, self-efficacy is defined with regard to one ’s ability to control others’ impression of financially relevant information, or what is calleddramaturgical self-efficacy. The presentation of this concept and its various elements is illustrated with contemporary empirical cases of white-collar crime and is preceded by a discussion of how opportunity structures and perceived self-efficacy have been understood in previous research relevant to the field. The article also discusses ho...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - July 28, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Border crossings from Mexico to the U.S. and the role of border homicides
AbstractThis paper examines northbound crossings of personal vehicles and pedestrians from Mexico to the U.S. Sample size from January 1997 to December 2019 includes the period after December 2006 when then inaugurated Mexican government announced the “war on drugs”. We construct a series of border homicide share, which stands for the allocation of homicides in border states relative to the total of Mexican homicides. The series runs from between 15 to 20% to its peak of 48% in 2010 and its recent stabilization with less than 25%. We argue th at this represents the intensity of violent crime spread throughout the Mexic...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - July 28, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Correction to: Border crossings from Mexico to the U.S. and the role of border homicides
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Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - July 28, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Macrocriminology and Freedom by John Braithwaite
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Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - July 9, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
