Although barriers to international investment have fallen sharply over the last 60 years, positive impact of financial globalization has proved far more limited than expected. Predictions by economists (including author) that cross-country differences in and financing would narrow or even disappear largely failed materialize. Investors everywhere continue hold disproportionate amounts domestic ...

BACKGROUND The disclosure of widespread sexual abuse committed by professional educators and clergymen in institutions in Germany ignited a national political debate, in which special attention was paid to church-run institutions. We wanted to find out whether the nature of the abuse and its effect on victims differed depending on whether the abuse had been experienced in religiously affiliated...

Cocaine abuse has created widespread problems, especially in poor urban ethnic minority communities. This article discusses the cultural issues in delivering a cocaine treatment program to a predominantly minority patient population. The Stimulant Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP) of San Francisco General Hospital's Substance Abuse Services was established in 1990 as a public service clinic. ...

Abstract This paper examines the corporate governance mechanisms in Sri Lanka, a country that only little more than decade ago emerged from 30-year long civil war. We focus on evolution of Lanka’s historical, sociocultural, and institutional perspectives. Taking Lanka as case where inclusiveness reconciliation at board level is important, we aim to diagnose key issues which then broaden towards...

In 1999, one of every ten Americans, 26 million altogether, committed an illegal act: they used an illicit drug. Controlling that use has been an important government priority for many years, and a principal tool for exercising that control has been the criminal justice system. Between 1983 and 1998, annual drug admissions to state and federal prisons increased almost 16-fold to about 170,000. ...

This article describes a new easy-to-administer and understand, interview-based instrument that systematically and comprehensively assesses a person's Lifetime Trauma and Victimization History (LTVH). The LTVH inquires about 30 traumas and victimization experiences (including general traumas, physical assault/abuse, sexual assault/abuse, kidnapping/stalking, family/friend murdered or committed ...

INTRODUCTION Across developed nations, elder abusers have been found to disproportionately have indicators of psychiatric disorders (PD); however, elder abuse by persons with PD has received almost no research attention. The present analysis examines the association of perpetrator, victim, and interaction factors with the occurrence of physical, financial, and psychological abuse of older perso...

Various forms of crime that can be committed by children. One form develops in society and constitutes a is persecution or violence. The one the crimes from time to time, which seen not perpetrators who are adults but also study aims find out; (1) how legal arrangement for children commit criminal acts abuse?, (2) what sanctions against abuse elderly. This uses type normative research as refere...

PURPOSE This study examined ethnic differences in childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and the effect on teenage pregnancy rates. METHODS A 20-page questionnaire elicited information about women's sexual and pregnancy history, high-risk behaviors, and sexual abuse, based a modified version of the Koss and Oros Sexual Experiences Survey. Over 1,900 women between 18 and 22 years old were recru...