ON THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME By Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas Department of Economics University of California‚ Irvine Irvine‚ CA 92697 Revised: February 13‚ 2008 Prepared for inclusion in: Garoupa‚ Nuno (ed.)‚ Criminal Law and Economics ABSTRACT: The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real‚ against third-party crime‚ or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control‚ because
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Surface area Surface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has‚ expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved than the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra (objects with flat polygonal faces) the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces. Smooth surfaces‚ such as a sphere‚ are assigned surface area using their representation as parametric surfaces. This definition of the surface area is based on methods
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special needs -feel secure‚ comfortable and a place where they belong. The interest areas should allow the children choices to explore‚ make things‚ experiment‚ and pursue their interests. The choices should include"quiet zone" areas for reading‚ art activities‚ and games. Areas should also be set for block building‚ dramatic play‚ woodwork‚ sand and water (discovery table) for active engagements. All the interest areas should accommodate a few children at a time‚ in a well defined space‚ so that children
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File: GeomB 2011 Answers 8.10.11 No Calculators: Updated: August 10‚ 2011 A concave polygon looks sort of like a vertex has been ’pushed in’ towards the inside of the polygon. A convex polygon has all the vertices of the polygon pointing outwards‚ away from the interior of the shape. Think of it as a ’bulging’ polygon. A regular polygon is a polygon which is equiangular (all angles are congruent) and equilateral (all sides have the same length). Regular polygons may be convex or star. (5
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Explain each of the areas of learning and development and how these are interdependent. Personal social and emotional has three aspects‚ making relationships‚ managing feelings and behaviour and self-confidence and self-awareness. This area is all about the child’s relationships with other people and themselves. Children need to develop relationship with the people around the for example the children they play with and come into contact with. The staff that work in that room and their family members
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2013 Hexagon Area Hello Timmy! I heard you have been sick with the flu for a while so‚ I took the liberty of getting you on your feet before class so you are not lost. So this paper will help you find the area of a hexagon using special right triangles‚ using trigonometry‚ breaking the hexagon into smaller polygons‚ and even show you how to construct one! So let’s get started‚ this hexagon has a radius of 6 cm‚ keep in mind that there are many different ways to do find the area of a hexagon. Use
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Categories of Computer Crime Smith Strayer University CIS170 Wk2 Professor Masudur Chowdhury July 4‚ 2013 Explain in detail the four common categories of computer crimes and provide at least one example for each. There are many different types of computer crime and multiple ways to categorize them. I will discuss four categories in detail to shine light on how vulnerable people are‚ when we choose to use a personal or publicly used computer to transmit confidential information
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population lives in coastal areas‚ and most of these people live in urban areas with populations of over 100 000 people. This accounts for only about 1 % of Australia ’s total landmass. This level of urban growth is putting much pressure on cities to keep up with the needs of the growing populations. Though some areas of cities are being subjected to urban growth‚ other areas may be experiencing the effects urban decline. The suburb of Pyrmont-Ultimo in Sydney is a good example of urban growth and decline
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Jamestown "I call them my children‚" he says of the American settlements‚ "for they have been my wife‚ my hawks‚ my hounds‚ my cards‚ my dice and in total‚ my best content‚ as indifferent to my heart as my left hand to my right." from 1922 New England Trials. When a settlement is made‚ it is meant to stay forever. That’s what England intended when colonists set out in May of 1607. The colony was Jamestown‚ in honor of the king. Most of the colonists from Jamestown died. Many reasons contributed
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Melbourne’s urban development and consider it’s future direction in order to administer in the forefront development. A recent study by the ABS (2014) for 2030‚ revealed Melbourne’s city population growth to increase significant amount of one third. It is apparent that Melbourne will face numerous concerns due to the increase in population growth (local and international scale) and urban spread. This issue has caused an ongoing debate whether to implement an urban consolidation model or urban sprawl model
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