Essays about: "Criminal gangs"

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  1. 1. How democratic backsliding impacts security and development in El Salvador

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Joel Claesson; Mohammed Alizadeh; [2024]
    Keywords : Security and Development nexus; Democratic backsliding; Democracy; Development;

    Abstract : The security and development nexus outlines the interdependence between security and development, this theoretical framework has been used in peacebuilding efforts around the world and the idea of the concept is that both security and development reinforce each other, more security is expected to create more development and vice versa. If a society is riddled with poverty and economic despair, insecurity will follow as a result, and likewise an economy will not be able to grow and flourish if a secure environment is not applied. READ MORE

  3. 2. Negotiating Unwanted Outsider Status- A study of Gang Subculture among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sourav Das; [2023]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Rohingya Refugees; Gangs; Refugee Gang; Deviant Subculture; Gang Subculture; Moral Panic; Folk devils; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The emergence of the refugee gang subculture has changed its focus from being a regional to a worldwide problem, drawing on the findings of previous studies. Many past studies suggest that the massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar has not only amplified existing socioeconomic challenges but has also fueled concerns within the host population in Bangladesh regarding organized gang violence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Persistence of Human Rights violations in Colombia : A pre - and post peace treaty analysis

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Gerardo Vasquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; Latin america; peace process;

    Abstract : Latin American politics in recent years has caused a stir worldwide. Amid social uprisings, power fluctuations between opposing political thoughts, cases of corruption, and human rights violations, one of the cases that stands out the most in the region is the Colombian one. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effects of Territorial Availability on Large-Scale Criminal Violence: Addressing the Elephant in the Room

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Jose Francisco Urrutia Reyes; [2022]
    Keywords : criminal violence; Latin America; gangs; territorial availability;

    Abstract : Large-scale criminal violence (LCV) as a phenomenon has had little academic discussion despite its large effects in the lives of thousands of people around the world, with regions such as Latin America being particularly affected by it. Despite the extensive literature on civil conflicts on one hand, and criminal and gang behavior on the other, there is still an important gap on the causes of violence perpetrated by organized criminal actors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Criminal networks and violent Islamic extremism : A search for meaning

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Priadi-Sörensen; [2022]
    Keywords : criminal networks; violent Islamic extremism; vulnerable areas; gangs; jihadism;

    Abstract : The Swedish Police Authority currently categorise 61 urban areas in Sweden as vulnerable areas, where there is an increased risk of becoming a victim of crime or violence to both females and males living in those areas. In these places the feeling of insecurity and the lack of trust and confidence in the judiciary system is more common than in other urban parts of Sweden. READ MORE