Lethal Closeness: The Evolution of a Small-World Drug Trafficking Network

The evolution of the drug trafficking network –so-called– ‘Cartel del Norte del Valle’, is studied using network analysis methods. We found that the average length between any pair of its members was bounded by 4 –an attribute of smallworld networks. In this tightly connected network, informational shocks induce fear and the unleashing of searches of threatening nodes, using available paths. Lethal violence ensues in clusters of increasing sizes that fragment the network, without compromising, however, the survival of the largest component, which proved to be resilient to massive violence. In spite of a success from the point of view of head counting, the US’ socialization program for drug traffickers did not effectively change the cyclical dynamics of the drug dealing business: war survivors took over what was left from the old network initiating a new cycle of business and violence.

Feminist Debate around ‘Trafficking’ in Women for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in Prostitution

Women trafficking, as a widespread phenomenon, is a complex topic with manifold consequences which have a direct bearing on the way in which the problem of trafficking is understood by regulatory institutions and their proposed solutions. The governmental strategy must respond to this multidimensional phenomenon through state tools to counteract the effects of crime and recognize that women, men, children and adolescents may be indiscriminately vulnerable to this scourge. Nevertheless, we must recognize that, due to cultural facts, women and girls constitute the majority of its victims and specific actions are required for them.

Taxis, bares, sex-shops y farmacias.

Análisis del concepto de distancia dentro de una ciudad. Se propone que el cálculo de esta magnitud tenga en cuenta, tanto la disposición de los edificios, como el sentido de las calles. Así se calculan diferentes tipos de distancias como el espacio recorrido por los taxistas. También se plantea la separación que debe existir entre establecimientos similares. Por un lado aquellos dedicados al ocio como los bingos o los sex-shops, y por otro lado la normativa existente en la distancia mínima que ha de separar a las farmacias.

Sex Education. 'Educación Sexual'.

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El Euro sin barreras : para acnees, minor??as ??tnicas, con desventaja social y con dificultades del aprendizaje en el Colegio Santa Clara de As??s

Contiene cuatro anexos: 1. Actividades previas, 2. Las aventuras de Europ??n (monedas y billetes), 3. Europ??n va de compras (utilizaci??n en el supermercado), 4. Europ??n soluciona sus problemas (art??culos period??sticos y de revistas)

La investigación sobre los efectos de las single sex vs. coeducational schools.

Resumen tomado del autor

La escolarizaci??n de los hijos e hijas de inmigrantes y de minor??as ??tnico-culturales

Resumen tomado del autor. Este art??culo se incluye en el monogr??fico ??Reflexiones sobre pol??tica educativa??

¿Qué entienden los jóvenes universitarios por monogamia y sexo sin penetración, como estrategias preventivas de la transmisión sexual del virus del SIDA? = What university students understand by monogamy and sex without penetration as preventive strategies of sexual transmission of AIDS virus?

Monogamy and sex without penetration are behaviors recommended by the WHO to avoid AIDS virus sexual transmission. Seven hundred and fifty university students from 18 to 25 years (67.7% women) were surveyed and they were asked to give a maximum of three free definitions of the words monogamy and sex without penetration to prevent AIDS virus sexual transmission. Their participation was voluntary and anonymous. Although the majority of the answers was correct, there was a considerable percentage of wrong answers, either for monogamy (3.7% masturbation; 2.1% to have many partners; 0.9% homosexual relations), or for sex without penetration (20.5% oral sex; 1.1% anal coitus; 0.8% coitus without orgasm; 0.4% coitus interruptus). Some definitions or examples differ by gender. The amount of wrongs or incomplete answers put researchers on the alert about insufficient preventive knowledge in a population with a high educational level

Curriculum guide for teaching sex education to 11 to 12 year old hearing impaired adolescents

This paper reviews a curriculum for sex education that is geared towards hearing impaired adolescents.