Targeting the "partners in crime".

Addressing the Needs of Sexual Partners of People Who Inject Drugs through Peer Prevention Programs in Iran

Despite the fact that HIV epidemic is mainly driven by injection drug use in Iran, partners of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) have been seriously neglected in terms of effective preventive interventions. Currently, sexual partners of PWID might have access to some harm reduction services at Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centers; however, their needs have not been effectively targeted ...

Criminal history and assault of dating partners: the role of type of prior crime, age of onset, and gender.

Some studies of assaults on intimate partners have found that most of the perpetrators are not violent outside the family, which suggests a specialized type of crime. However, other studies found domestic violence offenders tend to have extensive criminal histories. To further investigate the extent to which partner assaults are part of a more general pattern of criminal behavior or a specializ...

Measuring digital crime investigation capacity to guide international crime prevention strategies

This work proposes a method for the measurement of a country’s digital investigation capacity and saturation for the assessment of future capacity expansion. The focus is on external, or international, partners being a factor that could negatively affect the return on investment when attempting to expand investigation capacity nationally. This work concludes with the argument that when dealing ...

Uric acid and decline in kidney function- partners in crime without any alibi

White Collar Crime: Qualitative Explanation of Contexts and Motives

White-collar crime is a controversial term about which there is no consensus. A comprehensive explanation of white-collar crime needs integrated theories that join various factors. White collar crime is an encompassing phrase which refers to a wide range of crimes. Corporate crime, organizational crime, state crime, and state-corporate crime are the most common types of white-collar crime. Esse...