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Book review of S. F. Everton, Disrupting Dark Networks (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
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Review: The Others in Europe, edited by S. Bonjour, A. Rea and D. Jacobs (Brussels: Éditions de Université de Bruxelles, 2011, ISBN 9782800415062); 203pp
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Unpacking the political-criminal nexus in state-cybercrimes: a macro-level typology
No full textCriminological literature on crime and deviance in cyberspace has boomed in recent years with most studies focusing on computer integrity crimes, computer content crimes and financial cybercrimes, also discussing the opportunity to consider some of these crimes as profit-driven forms of organised crime. The existing literature, however, has not addressed extensively yet the impact of the emergence and proliferation of cyber affordances on forms of state-organized crime – a conceptualization that since the late ‘80 s proved successful in shedding light, among other things, on the relationships among social structures and criminality. Seeking to address this gap, this conceptual contribution focuses on state-cybercrimes, where illegal, harmful or unjust cyber activities are committed for the benefit of a state or its agencies, offering a macro-typology to shed light on how cyber affordances are influencing and transforming the state-crime relations
Book review of S. Hepburn and R.J. Simon, “Human trafficking around the world: Hidden in plain sight” (New York: Columbia University Press, 2013).
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Psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis
No full textBackground: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by a large spectrum of symptoms, involving all functional systems. Psychiatric symptoms are common in people with MS (pwMS) having an important impact on quality of life and on some features of MS (fatigue, sleep, disability, adherence to disease-modifying drugs). The main psychiatric disturbances in MS are depressive, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenic and obsessive–compulsive syndromes. Methods: Literature search for original articles and review in the databases, including PubMed and Scopus from 1959 to 2019. Results and conclusion: Studies answering the aim of this review were selected and reported. Epidemiological and clinical aspects of psychiatric syndromes (PS) in MS as well as self-report diagnostic scales and radiological correlates of PS in MS are described. Moreover, some radiological studies about primary psychiatric disorders (PD) are reported to underline how gray matter atrophy, white matter abnormalities and corpus callosum involvement in these diseases, as features in common with MS, may explain the more frequent occurrence of PD in MS than in the general population
A disease in the age of the web: How to help people with Multiple Sclerosis in social media interaction.
No full textFamily Planning Decision Making in People With Multiple Sclerosis
No full textIntroduction: The majority of people diagnosed with MS are of childbearing or child fathering age, therefore family planning is an important issue for both women and men with MS. Fertility and the course of pregnancy are not affected by MS; however, people with MS (pwMS) may have concerns that there will be a greater risk of complications to the mother and/or adverse pregnancy outcomes either due to the disease or to ongoing medication. This survey aimed to understand family planning decision making in pwMS and related unmet educational needs. Methods: A total of 332 pwMS across the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain were recruited from a specialist patient panel agency to participate in a smartphone-enabled standing panel. The 80-question survey focussed on decision making and information sources for pwMS regarding family planning, as well as behavior during and after pregnancy. Male patients with MS did not respond to specific questions on pregnancy. Survey results were directly compared with the 2016 US and 2010 UN census data. Results: pwMS were more likely to have no children than the general population, particularly in the subgroup of patients aged 36–45 years. A total of 56% of pwMS reported that the disease affected, with different degrees of impact, their family planning decision making. Of these, 21% significantly changed their plans for timing of pregnancy and the number of children, and 14% decided against having children. Participants indicated that healthcare professionals were the primary source of information on family planning (81% of responses). The timing of planned pregnancy was not considered when selecting treatment by 78% of participants. Conclusion: MS was found to significantly impact family planning decision making, with pwMS significantly less likely to have children in comparison with the general population
Realizzazione di sistemi ibridi organici/inorganici: formulazione, espansione e caratterizzazione
No full textYou can’t judge a book by its cover. Expounding gangmastering as organizational crime.
No full textAfter providing an overview of the gangmastering system in Italy, stressing how this is interwoven with migration policies and detailing the relevant legal framework, this chapter presents a recent case study affecting a major book manufacturer. While the judicial case is still ongoing, media have been consistently portraying it as a manifestation of gangmastering, providing consistent descriptive elements. Keeping aside discussions about legal responsibility or accountability (which obviously will have to be ascertained in court), this case study is relevant to show how easily social vulnerability can find its way even in reputable and profitable manufacturing companies, where a combination of a shared socioeconomic horizon and the presence of opportunity structures (can) create a fertile ground for exploitative labour. The discussion section will be informed by an integrated theoretical framework exploring the benefits of bridging together Merton (1957)’s psycho-social contribution, and approaches looking at the justification of deviance and the management of the stigma attached to it (e.g., Sykes and Matza, 1957; Sugiura, 2018), with the aim to reconcile social criticism in our understanding of gangmasterism when it takes the form of a white-collar (organisational) crime
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
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