scholarly journals Rethinking the Relationship between Women, Crime and Economic Factors: The Case-Study of Women Sentenced to Death for Drug Trafficking in Malaysia

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Lucy Harry
Keyword(s):  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Experiences Of Women

This paper draws upon my doctoral research into the experiences of women who have been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia. I utilise this case-study as a lens through which to examine the relationship between women, crime and economic factors. From my data derived from 47 ‘elite’ interviews, as well as legal and media database searches (resulting in information on 146 cases), I argue that current feminist criminological theorising should be updated to incorporate the relationship between women’s crime and precarious work. As I show, precarity is gendered and disproportionately affects women from the global south. Overall, I find that many of the women who have been sentenced to death in Malaysia were engaged in precarious work and drug trafficking was a way to make ‘quick money’ to address economic insecurity. Clearly, capital punishment is incommensurate with the crime.

Forecasting Models Based on Data Analytics for Predicting Rice Price Volatility: A Case Study of the Sri Lankan Rice Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanchala Hathurusingha ◽  
Neda Abdelhamid ◽  
David Airehrour
Keyword(s):  
Price Volatility ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Price Variation ◽  
Rice Market ◽  
Rice Price ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Viable Mechanism

Paddy rice is a staple food that is common among the Sri Lankan populace. However, the frequent price variation of rice has negatively impacted the Sri Lankan economy. This is due to the Sri Lankan rice market lacking the mechanisms to evaluate and predict future rice price variations, often leaving domestic traders and consumers affected by sudden price spikes. This study identifies the quantifiable economic factors that affect the sudden rice price variations and presents a viable mechanism for forecasting Domestic Rice Price (DRP). In addition, it establishes three different regression models to emphasise the relationship of DRP in Sri Lanka with three economic factors: International Rice Price (IRP), International Crude Oil Price (ICOP), and USD Exchange Rate. Further, a time series model is formulated to forecast future variations in DRP while advancing factors that have a significant, but negative, correlative impact on the DRP. The results presented in this study show that the models proposed can be used by relevant food authorities to predict sudden hikes and dips in DRP, allowing them to establish a robust price control system.

scholarly journals Real World Research - Using Collaboration between Researcher and Practitioner to Maximize Research Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Janet Murray ◽  
Barbara Bugg
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Research Team ◽  
School Library ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Relationship

This paper focuses on the relationship between researcher and practitioner, and discusses the mutual benefits to each. Janet Murray's doctoral research used case study as a primary research technique. One of the case study schools was Essendon Keilor College in Victoria, where Barbara Bugg was then Head of Curriculum Resources. Both authors realised the benefits of working together and felt that it was important to communicate to others how the process worked. The paper will discuss the factors that contributed to the development of an excellent working relationship between the research team and the school library staff. Methods of effective communication, provision of feedback and dissemination of research results throughout the school are also described. 

scholarly journals Digital Divide of the Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”: Economic Insecurity and ICT Access in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zhuo Li ◽  
Haijie Yin ◽  
Teng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Management Position ◽  
Insight Into

Although economic factors account for the digital divide, the effect of economic insecurity on information communication technology (ICT) access has not been determined. The market-oriented reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises in the 1990s resulted in massive layoffs, encouraging us to investigate the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. We draw on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). To handle the endogeneity related to economic insecurity, we use experience in a management position and the number of siblings as instruments for economic insecurity. With the introduction of these two instrumental variables, we find a negative relationship between economic insecurity and ICT access. This study provides insight into ICT policies involving underprivileged people in developing countries.

Listening and feeling doctoral students’ perceptions of their doctoral supervision. The PhD students’ point of view.

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 206-223
Author(s):  
Isabel Ribau Coutinho
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Supervision Practices ◽  
Doctoral Supervision ◽  
The Relationship

Doctoral education has been subject to research and analysis by researchers in the last fifty years. Nevertheless, doctoral supervision still a private issue among supervisor and PhD student; if the relationship between them goes wrong, a shadow undermines the doctoral research, hindering student support of others, which may result in attrition and dropout. Breaking this situation, transforming the “private place” in a “public matter”, requires a profound reflection about the doctoral education aim, institutions goals, institution policy, but also a supervisor and PhD students’ perspectives (careers, goals, development, financial support). It is necessary to know, where we want to go, to outline a path to achieve the goals. During the last three years, doctoral supervision has been studied at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL). A qualitative case study method was used. This was the first study (a pilot study) that covered all the nine UNL schools, is intended to identify the supervision practices, but also captures a glimpse of doctoral students’ life in the academy, their difficulties, their thoughts and feelings related to doctoral education. The documentary analysis, concerning the institution rules related to doctoral education, was the study first step (already published). The second was the implementation of a survey with closed and open questions to allowed students to express their opinion regarding doctoral education, especially doctoral supervision. During three months, a survey, centred in doctoral supervision, applied online in all schools. This paper aims to describe what was found and what was unexpected in the context of a young university.

scholarly journals Analysis of Drug Trafficking and Insurgency Correlation: Case Study of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Mohammad Naji Shah Mohammadi ◽  
Salawati Mat Basir ◽  
Elmira Sobatian
Keyword(s):  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Its Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Organized Crime Groups ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Illicit Drug Trafficking

<p>ECO member states are among a big producer of opium and heroin in the world and all trafficking routes used for trafficking illicit drugs to the world pass through ECO countries. On the other hand many insurgent groups are actively involved in illicit drug trafficking. ECO’s Main objective is economic development in its region and directly unproductive profit seeking activities such as drug trafficking and insurgency is tight barrier to reach this goal. The aim of this research is to investigate the correlation between drug trafficking and insurgency in ECO region and identify the reasons for this connection to cope with this problem. There are various theories, which attempt to explain the relationship between drug trafficking and insurgency. Generally speaking, it appears that it is not sensible to lump organized crime groups, who conduct drug trafficking, and terrorist groups together in ECO area. Although there are some links between them, they have essential motivational and operational discrepancies.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Examining the relationship between commercial and residential land uses and energy consumption using Gis and Vickor model (case study: District 6)

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Mojgan Rezaei ◽  
Mohsen Ranjbar ◽  
Bahram Azadbakht ◽  
Alireza Estelaji
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Consumption Rate ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Q Value ◽  
Model Case ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Study District

The city is a living thing whose population determines its future. Given its administrative and political pole in Iran, Tehran has attracted a significant population and District 6, given the establishment of commercial-administrative centers is the administrative pole. The purpose of the study was to examine and compare the energy consumption in the field of transportation and administrative-commercial buildings. For this purpose, the research method was based on a researcher-made questionnaire based on 6 main variables and 49 items. The sample size of 384 people was selected to reach the results using Cochran's test to answer. The study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature. Data collection was based on library documents, and Vikor test was used to rank energy consumption and reach the final results. It has to be acknowledged that the results showed a significant relationship between social and economic factors in the field of transportation and residential and commercial areas until the end of January 2019. Other cases followed a 5-year pattern with a not-so-low consumption rate. Moreover, there was a significant relationship between pollutant production and energy consumption in the second quarter of each year. The statistical results based on the Vickor model showed that the first and second conditions of the above statistical test were confirmed and Districts 2, 3 and 8 have the best rank in terms of Q value, respectively, and the final result is correct.

scholarly journals Capital Punishment in Singapore: A Critical Analysis of State Justifications From 2004 to 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Yin Yee Yap ◽  
Shih Joo Tan
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Criminological Perspective

This article examines state justifications for capital punishment in Singapore. Singapore is a unique case study because capital punishment has largely been legitimised and justified by state officials. It illustrates how Singapore justifies capital punishment by analysing official discourse. Discussion will focus on the government’s narrative on capital punishment, which has been primarily directed against drug trafficking. Discussion will focus on Singapore’s death penalty regime and associated official discourse that seeks to justify state power to exercise such penalties, rather than the ethics and proportionality of capital punishment towards drug-related crimes. Critical analysis from a criminological perspective adds to the growing body of literature that seeks to conceptualise social and political phenomena in South-East Asia.  

The Internationalization of Production, Intra-Core Relations and the State: A Case Study of IBM and the British Computer Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-405
Author(s):  
Heidi Gottfried
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Computer Industry ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Relationship

Theories of dependency and development contain several deficiencies which limit their effectiveness for the study of core/core relations. Similarly, frameworks allowing for a study of intra-core relations have not adequately specified the relationship between international and national factors, or their combined effects, in generating inequities between core countries. This case study offers some preliminary observations about the relationship between internationalization of production and national economic planning efforts. The study highlights several points concerning the matrix of international and national political-economic factors, and focuses on particular patterns resulting from the configuration of these factors in the case of the British computer industry and International Business Machines (IBM).

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