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Examining a dataset on gun shows in the US, 2011-2019

Pérez Esparza, David; Weigend Vargas, Eugenio; Payán, … - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 4 (2022) 1, pp. 86-96

Gun shows are public gatherings where licensed gun dealers and private gun owners use formal and informal venues to exchange information or sell and buy firearms, accessories, and ammunition. A major challenge is that gun shows, unlike established business locations, can be considered gray zones...

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Illicit economies and urban peace : introduction to the special issue

Wennmann, Achim; Collins, John; Reitano, Tuesday - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 2 (2020) 2, pp. 72-79

The special issue proposes "urban peace" as a way of thinking about policy responses to the dynamics of crime, violence …

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Mexico's long war on drugs : past and present failures of a punitive approach to drugs

Kloppe-Santamaría, Gema - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 4 (2022) 2, pp. 223-229

The aim of this policy commentary is two-fold. First, to examine new historical research regarding the political, cultural, and social drivers informing the design and implementation of Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ - a set of state policies centered on punitive and militarized responses towards...

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On the "global sand crisis" : from capital accumulation to ecological planning

Salle, Grégory - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 4 (2022) 3, pp. 382-389

Against the common perception of sand as an abundant, even inexhaustible material, the idea of a "global sand crisis" has emerged as a public issue over the past decade. A 2014 report published under the patronage of the UNEP, followed by a more comprehensive publication in 2019, has been...

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Housing security : placing Brazil's social housing program in a violent context

Müller, Frank I. - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 4 (2022) 3, pp. 382-389

at an affordable cost. Yet, they have failed to address violence and crime that beneficiaries are often exposed to. I …

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Intimate crimes : kidnapping, gangs and trust in Mexico City by Rolando Ochoa

Gundur, Rajeev Vishwanath - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 5 (2023) 1, pp. 19-21

This is a review of the 2020 IASOC Prize Winner Intimate Crimes: Kidnapping, Gangs and Trust in Mexico City by Rolando …

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Consolidation of organized crime in the Orinoco Mining Arc (OMA) : the control of illegal mining, human trafficking, and other crimes

Lambertini, Sara Mariella - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 5 (2023) 1, pp. 22-33

organized crime, trafficking in persons, and illicit drug trafficking. It also has national legislation criminalizing all these … organized crime groups in the OMA and their control of illicit activities in the area, such as illegal mining, human trafficking … framework and the official information issued by national authorities. The results indicate that organized crime has taken root …

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Mitigating crime and violence in coca-growing areas

Mortensen, Thomas; Gutierrez, Eric - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 1 (2019) 1, pp. 63-71

-employed rural workers, to the illicit trade. This paper presents a documentation of the study tour, elaborates on the thinking …

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The puzzle of social accumulation of violence in Brazil : some remarks

Misse, Michel - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 1 (2019) 2, pp. 177-182

The article comments on a new generation of researchers studying the illegal markets in Brazil. In doing so, I summarize the interpretative model of ‘social accumulation of violence’. Initially applied to Rio de Janeiro, several researchers have now expanded it to other Brazilian states as...

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Pioneers : the PCC and Specialization in the Market of Major Robberies

Aquino, Jania Perla Diógenes de - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 1 (2019) 2, pp. 193-203

dialogue with the Brazilian ethnographic literature on the crime universe, it examines how the PCC is strengthened even though …

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