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Impunity: A Case Study Of Sex Trafficking In Nevada Brothel Prostitution, Christen Price Aug 2026

Impunity: A Case Study Of Sex Trafficking In Nevada Brothel Prostitution, Christen Price

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

It is well-documented that legalization and other forms of official protection for prostitution lead to an increase in sex trafficking, including by encouraging demand for prostitution. This paper will consider the relationship between official protection, organized crime, and sex trafficking in pro-prostitution legal regimes, both historical and contemporary. Prostitution is legal in rural counties in Nevada that have fewer than 700,000 residents, if prostitution occurs within a brothel. There is significant overlap between sex trafficking and legal brothel prostitution in Nevada, as well as a nexus to corruption and organized crime, illustrating the normalization of coercion that occurs within legalized …


Disrupting Transnational Human Trafficking Networks: A Practitioner's Perspective On Intelligence-Driven, Offender-Focused Strategies, Rochelle Keyhan Aug 2026

Disrupting Transnational Human Trafficking Networks: A Practitioner's Perspective On Intelligence-Driven, Offender-Focused Strategies, Rochelle Keyhan

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

This article examines human trafficking through the lens of organized crime and explores how this perspective can be applied to contemporary trafficking cases in the United States. While trafficking is often prosecuted as an isolated criminal act, many incidents are linked to larger transnational and domestic organized crime networks. The discussion highlights the activities of notorious syndicates, including international cartels, street gangs, and well-funded networks of sex buyers, demonstrating how these entities exploit vulnerable populations for profit. Reframing human trafficking as a sector within organized crime shifts investigative and prosecutorial strategies away from victim-dependent models, which often require survivors to …


The Nature Of Human Trafficking Enterprises: Analysis Of U.S. And International Prosecutions--And The Path Forward, Jay Albanese Aug 2026

The Nature Of Human Trafficking Enterprises: Analysis Of U.S. And International Prosecutions--And The Path Forward, Jay Albanese

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

The primary objective of this research is to develop a description and typology of the nature of serious cases of human trafficking and how traffickers, their victims, and consumers (the demand) overlap and interact across locations. This study examines known human trafficking enterprises for which sufficient evidence has been obtained to result in prosecution. These are also serious cases because US federal and international prosecutions result when the offenses are interstate or international in scope. Using a sample of US cases prosecuted over three calendar years (2021-2024), combined with an international sample of cases, an effort is made to develop …


Disrupting The Bonded Economy Of Sex Buying, Sex Trafficking, And Organised Crime Through Policy Change, Dellene Clark Aug 2026

Disrupting The Bonded Economy Of Sex Buying, Sex Trafficking, And Organised Crime Through Policy Change, Dellene Clark

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Emerging criminological research underscores how the economic drivers of trafficking for sexual exploitation reinforce organised criminal markets while reproducing the structural vulnerabilities of those in prostitution. Using South Africa as a case study, this article argues that evidence-based legislative reform is necessary to confront the systemic conditions that enable exploitation. It contends that achieving substantive equality requires recognising the criminogenic role of sex‑buyer demand in sustaining trafficking pipelines and criminal profitability. The Swedish/Nordic demand‑reduction model illustrates how asymmetrical criminalisation can suppress demand, reduce reliance on trafficked persons, and diminish the financial incentives that underpin organised crime. Such an approach reorients …


Behind The Screen: Online Sex Buyer Networks And The Organized Criminal Promotion Of Exploitation, Ava Kamdem, Vanessa Bouché, Ben Silver, Nick Freeman, Justin Euteneier Aug 2026

Behind The Screen: Online Sex Buyer Networks And The Organized Criminal Promotion Of Exploitation, Ava Kamdem, Vanessa Bouché, Ben Silver, Nick Freeman, Justin Euteneier

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

This study investigates the extent to which online sex buyer communities in the United States function as organized criminal networks pursuant to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime’s definition of organized criminal groups. Drawing from theories of organized crime, social network analysis, and digital ecosystems, we conceptualize sex buyers not as isolated actors but as participants in coordinated, mutually reinforcing networks that share information to facilitate exploitation, mitigate risk, and sustain criminal behavior. To test this framework, we scraped over 1.2 million posts from a publicly accessible sex buyer forum, comprising 72,974 unique users and nearly 800,000 direct …


Al Shura In Light Of The Concept Of Reality, A Historical, Jurisprudence And Legal Study, Fawzi Adham Jul 2026

Al Shura In Light Of The Concept Of Reality, A Historical, Jurisprudence And Legal Study, Fawzi Adham

BAU Journal - Journal of Legal Studies - مجلة الدراسات القانونية

This research undertakes an in-depth study of the concept of Shura (Consultation) in Islam from historical, jurisprudential and legal perspectives. It begins by reviewing the concept itself, starting with a realistic understanding of it. This involves defining Shura in its current form, presenting the views of Islamic jurists on the matter, highlighting the methodological flaws in the current understanding, and offering a corrective approach to the pre-Islamic tribal view of Shura. The research also distinguishes between Shura and the concept of Mashurah. Furthermore, it presents the political concept of Shura based on the era of Caliphs Alrashidin, the Umayyad and …


From Minimum To Meaningful: A Use Of Force Training Regimen For Rural Police Departments, Joseph Corley Jul 2026

From Minimum To Meaningful: A Use Of Force Training Regimen For Rural Police Departments, Joseph Corley

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

This paper examines how small and rural law enforcement agencies can improve use of force training despite limited staffing, budgets, and training opportunities. Current Minnesota POST Board minimum standards establish baseline requirements but allow significant variation in how agencies develop and deliver training, contributing to inconsistent officer preparedness and skill retention. Drawing on current research in police training, motor skill retention, and scenario based learning, this paper argues that infrequent, skills based training is insufficient for preparing officers to manage dynamic, high risk encounters. The paper proposes an evidence based training regimen centered on two department led use of force …


Iterative Computational Ethnography, Digito-Vernacularisation, And Transcultural Policing In The Global South Asian Communities: An Emergent Research Agenda For Transdisciplinary Hate Studies, Sandhya Irina Fuchs Jul 2026

Iterative Computational Ethnography, Digito-Vernacularisation, And Transcultural Policing In The Global South Asian Communities: An Emergent Research Agenda For Transdisciplinary Hate Studies, Sandhya Irina Fuchs

Socio-Legal Review

This Article proposes a new transdisciplinary agenda for global hate studies by connecting previously separate debates in anthropology and criminology. It draws on ongoing ethnographic and computational research, which investigates how Hindu nationalist (Hindutva) hate speech originating in India facilitates distinct forms of ethnic and religious exclusion in the United Kingdom and South Africa - two Indian diasporic centres that have recently witnessed escalating Hindu-Muslim conflict in markedly different ways. The Article aims to answer the following question: what forms of transdisciplinary dialogue and conceptual innovation must social scientists engage in to understand how local cultural, legal, and historical factors …


La Réforme Du Droit Des Sociétés : Réforme D'Envergure Ou Simple Toilettage ?, Philippe Merle Jul 2026

La Réforme Du Droit Des Sociétés : Réforme D'Envergure Ou Simple Toilettage ?, Philippe Merle

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


قانون رقم ٧٥، تاريخ ٣ نيسان ١٩٩٩، يرمي إلى حماية الملكية الأدبية والفنية, Poej Jul 2026

قانون رقم ٧٥، تاريخ ٣ نيسان ١٩٩٩، يرمي إلى حماية الملكية الأدبية والفنية, Poej

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Cause Dans L’Enrichissement Sans Cause, Elias Chedid Jul 2026

La Cause Dans L’Enrichissement Sans Cause, Elias Chedid

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Thierry Bonneau, Précis Du Droit Bancaire, Ibrahim Najjar Jul 2026

Thierry Bonneau, Précis Du Droit Bancaire, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Rôle Émergent De La Justice Dans La Reconstruction De L’État De Droit : Le Cas Du Liban D’Après‑Guerre, Georges Assaf Jul 2026

Le Rôle Émergent De La Justice Dans La Reconstruction De L’État De Droit : Le Cas Du Liban D’Après‑Guerre, Georges Assaf

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Environnement Et Droit Agraire Au Liban, Ibrahim Najjar Jul 2026

Environnement Et Droit Agraire Au Liban, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Conseil D’État : Histoire Et Évolution, Antoine Khair Jul 2026

Le Conseil D’État : Histoire Et Évolution, Antoine Khair

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Looking Inwards, Turning Away: A Review Of Rehan Abeyratne’S ‘Courts And Lgbtq+ Rights In An Age Of Judicial Retrenchment’, Jwalika Balaji Jul 2026

Looking Inwards, Turning Away: A Review Of Rehan Abeyratne’S ‘Courts And Lgbtq+ Rights In An Age Of Judicial Retrenchment’, Jwalika Balaji

Socio-Legal Review

This review engages with Rehan Abeyratne's book Courts and LGBTQ+ Rights in an Age of Judicial Retrenchment, which examines judicial responses to LGBTQ+ claims over the past two decades across three jurisdictions — the United States, India, and Hong Kong. Abeyratne argues that the apex courts in these countries have grown more inward-looking and have enabled the rise of illiberal and authoritarian forces; however, LGBTQ+ rights have emerged as an exceptional site where these courts continue to extend minimal remedies and adopt a tone of empathy, positioning themselves as the last bastion of liberal constitutionalism. Focusing on recent developments …


Judges, Speaking Of Death: Criminal Sentencing As A Socio-Cultural Practice In India’S Trial Courts, Ashna Devaprasad Jul 2026

Judges, Speaking Of Death: Criminal Sentencing As A Socio-Cultural Practice In India’S Trial Courts, Ashna Devaprasad

Socio-Legal Review

What role does language play in legitimising the exercise of judicial discretion during sentencing? And what can a judge’s linguistic choices tell us about the wider sentencing culture of a criminal justice system? Sentencing outcomes have long attracted considerable attention in criminal law scholarship, but the process of sentencing – the logics judges use, the narratives they construct, and the audiences they seek to persuade – has received much less empirical scrutiny. Building on ideas from “law and culture” and organisational sociology literature, this Article proposes studying sentencing as a “socio-cultural” practice; one that qualitatively examines the judicial function of …


الجديد في قضايا الاستملاك, أنطوان معربس Jul 2026

الجديد في قضايا الاستملاك, أنطوان معربس

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


إصلاح القطاع المالي في سوريا: عامل التحديث والنمو الاقتصادي, ناصر السعيدي Jul 2026

إصلاح القطاع المالي في سوريا: عامل التحديث والنمو الاقتصادي, ناصر السعيدي

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


حول دستورية الحقوق والمبادئ الأساسية في قانون أصول المحاكمات الجزائية الجديد, دريد بشراوي Jul 2026

حول دستورية الحقوق والمبادئ الأساسية في قانون أصول المحاكمات الجزائية الجديد, دريد بشراوي

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


L'Opinion Dissidente Du Juge Et Le Secret Du Délibéré, Nasri Diab Jul 2026

L'Opinion Dissidente Du Juge Et Le Secret Du Délibéré, Nasri Diab

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Différence Entre Le Contrat De Franchisage Et Le Contrat De Représentation Commerciale En Droit Libanais, Mazen N. Houssami Jul 2026

La Différence Entre Le Contrat De Franchisage Et Le Contrat De Représentation Commerciale En Droit Libanais, Mazen N. Houssami

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Pour Une Théorie Générale Des Libertés Publiques Au Liban, Georges J. Assaf Jul 2026

Pour Une Théorie Générale Des Libertés Publiques Au Liban, Georges J. Assaf

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


مشروع قانون الإرث لغير المحمديين الجديد ومقارنته مع القانون الحالي, Poej Jul 2026

مشروع قانون الإرث لغير المحمديين الجديد ومقارنته مع القانون الحالي, Poej

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


المرسوم رقم ٦٣٥٨ تاريخ ٢٠٠١/٩/١٩ المتعلق بنظام الدروس والامتحانات المؤدية إلى الإجازة اللبنانية في الحقوق في كلية الحقوق والعلوم السياسية في جامعة القديس يوسف, Poej Jul 2026

المرسوم رقم ٦٣٥٨ تاريخ ٢٠٠١/٩/١٩ المتعلق بنظام الدروس والامتحانات المؤدية إلى الإجازة اللبنانية في الحقوق في كلية الحقوق والعلوم السياسية في جامعة القديس يوسف, Poej

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


لجان الاستملاك الاستثنائية, أنطوان معربس Jul 2026

لجان الاستملاك الاستثنائية, أنطوان معربس

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Statut Successoral Des Enfants Illégitimes En Droit Libanais, Roula Zahar Jul 2026

Le Statut Successoral Des Enfants Illégitimes En Droit Libanais, Roula Zahar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Santé Au Travail En Droit Libanais, Nasri Diab Jul 2026

La Santé Au Travail En Droit Libanais, Nasri Diab

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Patrimoine D’Affectation En Droit Libanais, Maya Hardini Jul 2026

Le Patrimoine D’Affectation En Droit Libanais, Maya Hardini

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Hommage À Méliné Topakian, Jean Ducruet S.J. Jul 2026

Hommage À Méliné Topakian, Jean Ducruet S.J.

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.