Essays about: "petty corruption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words petty corruption.

1. 1. MONEY ON (THE) LINE : A Quantitative Study on the Effects of Different Types of Digital Government Services on Petty Corruption

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Victor Hasslöf; [2024]
   Keywords : E-government; E-governance; E-services; E-service; electronic; government; governance; digital; government; service; services; digital; digitalization; computer; public; sector; informational; transactional; corruption; petty; crime; economics; quantitative; analysis; 2014; 2013; EGDI; online; index; subindex; disaggregate; conceptualization; data; E-tjänst; E-services; digitalisering; digital; tjänst; offentlig; sektor; korruption; tjänstemannakorruption; information; transaktion; brottsekonomi; dator; ekonomi; kvantitativ; analys; 2014; 2015; EGDI; online; index; underindex; disaggregerad; konceptualisera; data;

   Abstract : Previous research indicates that improving digital government services may contribute to the reduction of corruption. This study seeks to deepen the knowledge of this suggested causal link in several ways. Firstly, it adds nuance by examining the effects of two distinct sub-types of digital government services on specifically petty corruption. READ MORE

3. 2. Pre-Trial Detention and Its Alternatives in Cambodia: A Critical Study of National Practice, Criminal Procedure Code, and Its Adherence to International Human Rights Standards

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Vannak Sun; [2021]
   Keywords : Pre-trial detention; Police custody; Duration of pre-trial detention; Duration of police custody; Grounds for pre-trial detention; Grounds for police custody; Alternatives to pre-trial detention; Cambodia; Practice; International Human Rights Standards; Criminal Procedure Code of Cambodia; ICCPR; Electronic Monitoring Bracelet; Non-custodial measures; Petty offense; Misdemeanor; Felony.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The unnecessary and disproportionate use of pre-trial detention is a global issue that affects developed and developing countries alike. According to World Prison Brief, Cambodia has ranked 12th (among 217 countries) making it become a country with one of the highest percentages of pre-trial detainees: 71.8 percent to be exact. READ MORE

4. 3. REMITTANCES AND CORRUPTION IN MIGRANTS’ COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN Corruption Experience of Remittance Recipients in Latin America and the Caribbean

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hang Nguyen Vu; [2016-09-16]
   Keywords : monetary remittance; social remittance; migration; petty corruption; sending countries; bribe payment; bribe solicitation; multilevel model; particularistic culture; political networks; social networks;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore whether and how (monetary) remittance affects petty corruption in migrants’ countries of origin. Specifically, it investigates whether remittance recipients are more likely to pay bribes than non-recipients. Two arguments are put forward. READ MORE

5. 4. Corruption in a Culture of Štela: Understanding Informal: Transactions in Bosnia and Hercegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Leila Farjani; [2016]
   Keywords : Bosnia; Corruption; Transparency International; Living Law: Legal Pluralism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is to explore why petty corruption dominates and persists in Bosnian society despite the major anti-corruption efforts of Bosnian government and international organisations. By approaching corruption from a social-legal perspective, this thesis aims to explore the local experiences, social norms and morality of informal transactions in Bosnian society. READ MORE

6. 5. Exploring the reasons behind persistent low-level corruption in Hungary by looking into (the absence of) formally reported wrongdoings: “The less said, the better”.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Fanni Gyurko; [2015]
   Keywords : legal pluralism; living law; low-level corruption; whistleblowing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This master thesis in Sociology of Law explored the persistency of low-level corruption in post-communist Hungary. By adopting an anthropological approach 20 unstructured in-depth interviews were conducted in Hungarian language. The main focus of the research was on how law actually works. READ MORE