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Behavior
Report summarizes behavior study findings from Gothenburg University
July 11th, 2009
According to a study from Gothenburg, Sweden, "The article introduces ''hiding behavior'' as a concept for understanding why people conceal economic problems and solve them by committing crimes. This concept's theoretical purport, empirical applicability, and relevance for the research area are considered through an analysis of an empirical case." "An explanatory model is then developed, focusing on the concrete social relations in which hiding behavior originates and in which it remains embedded. From case studies we see how hiding behavior is situated in social relations characterized by a specific form of uncertainty arising from engulfment and isolation. In these...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-07-11)
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