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USA is inflicting severe damage upon both the environment and its inhabitants. In 1979, the EPA estimated that in the USA there were as many as 51,000 sites containing potentially hazardous waste. The number of sites with 'significant problems' was anywhere. The EPA noted, "Industry has shown a...
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Internationalisation as a strategic element in the current context of globalisation is increasingly a determinant of business success. Based on the literature in the area of internationalisation and networks, through a case study - a cooperation network involving small and medium-sized...
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The mass mobilization of citizens on the Internet to support both conventional and contentious causes has been adequately documented. The Internet has proven to be a cost effective means to rally timely and widespread support for a topic of interest. Topics addressed by online citizens range...
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The policy of accreditation of criminal justice organizations has grown over the last four decades. Some advocates for accreditation claim that it facilitates organizational change at all levels of the organization. To date, however, little empirical research has examined these claims,...
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This paper focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—National Strategy for Development and Integration (PRSP–NSDI) for Albania. The paper provides an overview of the key challenges facing the country. It presents a brief statement of the national vision, identifies the...
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Up until today, young people's concerns about crime and policing have largely been ignored. Despite young people being more likely to be the victims of crime than offenders, they have been vehemently sketched asa \'social problem\'. The widespread use of alcohol and drugs among young people...
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In 2011, the Civil Rights Division within the US Department of Justice published a report that summarised an investigation of the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD). The report states that the PRPD is broken in a number of critical and fundamental respects. Moreover, Puerto Rico has...
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Currently we witness the scientific, technical and also geopolitical and intellectual changes which lead to transformation of civilization in Europe. These changes concern the forms and ways of life and surroundings which form us and control the social processes to a large extent. After the...
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Currently we witness the scientific, technical and also geopolitical and intellectual changes which lead to transformation of civilization in Europe. These changes concern the forms and ways of life and surroundings which form us and control the social processes to a large extent. After the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010538793
The article responds to the Macpherson Inquiry into the police investigation of the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence by assessing the prospects for the recruitment and advancement of ethnic minority officers in British police forces. It notes the central importance under the common...
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