The paper intends to contribute to a better understanding of the interactions between criminality, economic performance and social cohesion. We try to achieve this aim by evaluating the existing economic and criminological research and by carrying out own empirical investigation on the basis of international panel data sets from different levels of regional aggregation. Our empirical results wi...

The article examines the theoretical and legal foundations of economic crimes a transnational nature formed under influence globalisation processes in world, growth international crime other factors. author provides conceptual description as main category criminal law, including crimes. Scientific views domestic foreign scientists on an nature, acts sphere are analysed; most dangerous widesprea...

Violence shows strong disparities between regions and time. The most obvious explanation for such disparities is that both economic and social conditions change over regions and time. However, it is found that less than 50% of the variance of crime is explained by economic and deterrence variables. One of the possible explanations for such puzzle may be the existence of social interaction acros...

Urbanization, as considered from the economic aspect is good as it facilitates achievement of economies and thus promotes growth of industries and development in the economy. However, taking the social point of view urbanization encourage crimes as is evident from the fact that the rate of crime is higher in large cities and in urbanized areas as has been proved by many empirical studies. Urban...

Economic sanctions, unilateral and multilateral, have a long pedigree in international relations. From South Africa Israel, to Iraq, Iran, North Korea, such measures have, with varying results, been used diverse contexts influence the behavior of states. Some would celebrate use economic sanctions as means punishing “rogue states” for human rights violations or threats peace, while others conde...

Abstract The aim of this research is to show how different groups stakeholders are suffering as a result heritage crime. Research primarily addresses Latvian situation (with international comparisons) in relation archaeological sites the most vulnerable, however, findings can be applicable other objects and broader territory well. Most these currently limited in, if not denied, access justice r...