Quad Evolving into a Security Institution

Turkey’s mandatory ID card system, in place since the foundation of the Republic, is an integral part of everyday day life for Turkish citizens. The country is currently experiencing a shift from from paper-based national ID cards to electronic ID cards. The electronic ID card project commenced in 2007 and a pilot implementation was launched in the province of Bolu in 2008 by the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with The National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) and the Social Security Institution. The electronic card incorporates a chip that carries identifying information including identity number, photograph and PIN, and also includes two fingerprints and two finger vein patterns as biometric indicators. The pilot implementation in Bolu has been integrated with social and health security systems in this province and aims to cover every resident of by November 2010. The ultimate goal of the system is to eventually provide coverage for all citizens and all governmental spheres in the country. The basic justifications for the centralisation and digitisation of the identity system are to increase efficiency in government administration and to maintain security in the era of e-government projects and European Union participation process. Right of citizenship is proven by means of the identification system and the ID card; therefore, to be out of the identification system means to be out of all administrative, political and commercial spheres of society. This study examines the necessity for and the promises of the electronic ID card and discusses the potential risks of the new system for citizens in terms of privacy, accessibility and other implications. Discussion of the meaning of government identification in the context of Turkey and developments in the identification system serve as a background for the study.

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Effect of Reimbursement System of Social Security Institution on Transplantation Numbers in Turkey

Transplantation Journal ◽

10.1097/01.tp.0000525084.43407.16 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 101 ◽

pp. S67-S68

Author(s):

Arzu Harmanci Seren ◽

Sevgi Aydemir Gecegormez ◽

Ahmet Cakiroglu

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Reimbursement System ◽

Security Institution

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Validity of the Basic Personality Inventory in a Correctional Setting

Assessment ◽

10.1177/107319119700400204 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 141-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Daryl G. Kroner ◽

Ronald R. Holden ◽

John R. Reddon

Keyword(s):

Discriminant Validity ◽

Emotional Adjustment ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Correctional Officer ◽

Institutional Adjustment ◽

Correctional Setting ◽

Male Offenders ◽

Security Institution ◽

Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽

Adult Male Offenders

This study investigates the validity of the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) with a sample of 101 adult male offenders in a medium security institution. The criterion measures consisted of self-ratings (i.e., bipolar dimensional and adjective ratings), correctional officer ratings, and institutional adjustment (i.e., contact with medical staff, verbal warnings, institutional charges, days segregated, and cell maintenance). The majority of the scales corresponded well to the self-ratings. The Denial, Persecutory Ideation, Anxiety, and Thinking Disorder scales had poor convergent and discriminant validity with the correctional officer ratings. Interpersonal Problems, Alienation, and Impulse Expression scales predicted behavioral adjustment indexes. The results are summarized in relation to the higher order factors of emotional adjustment, antisocial orientation, cognitive functioning, and social or self-perception. Overall, the BPI scales adequately measure psychopathology and adjustment within a correctional setting.

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Economic and Security Institution Building in Northeast Asia: An Analytical Overview

The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific - Northeast Asia ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-79594-0_1 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vinod K. Aggarwal ◽

Min Gyo Koo

Keyword(s):

Northeast Asia ◽

Institution Building ◽

Security Institution

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Work Relations and Cynicism Among Prison Guards

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/009385488000700305 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 303-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Eric D. Poole ◽

Robert M. Regoli

Keyword(s):

Practical Importance ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Work Relations ◽

Maximum Security ◽

Large State ◽

Security Institution ◽

Theoretical Significance ◽

Stratified Sample ◽

Prison Guards

While researchers have recently focused their attention on cynicism as a role characteristic of prison guards, they have tended to view cynicism as a consequence of the organization of prison work and have not examined the attitude as the outcome of interaction with others in the institution. The present research explores the feasibility of this line of explanation. Data for the project were derived from questionnaire responses of 144 guards working in a large-state, maximum-security institution in the midwest. In addition to the questionnaire data, formal interviews were also conducted with a stratified sample of the institution's guards. While numerous findings emerged from the study, the most general showed that as a prison guard's work relations with inmates, fellow officers, and administrators deteriorate, his level of cynicism increases. From this, we conclude the article with a discussion of the theoretical significance and practical importance of all findings presented.

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ASR FORUM: ENGAGING WITH AFRICAN INFORMAL ECONOMIES

African Studies Review ◽

10.1017/asr.2013.84 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 165-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Frances Cleaver ◽

Tom Franks ◽

Faustin Maganga ◽

Kurt Hall

Keyword(s):

Distributive Justice ◽

Institutional Theory ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Local Institutions ◽

Security Institution ◽

Informal Economies ◽

Governance Arrangements

Abstract:This article furthers our understanding of how state and citizens interact to produce local institutions and examines the effects of these processes. It brings critical institutional theory into engagement with ideas about everyday governance to analyze how hybrid arrangements are formed through bricolage. Such a perspective helps us to understand governance arrangements as both negotiated and structured, benefiting some and disadvantaging others. To explore these points the article tracks the evolution of the Sungusungu, a hybrid pastoralist security institution in the Usangu Plains, Tanzania. It also considers the wider implications of such hybrid arrangements for livelihoods, social inclusion, distributive justice, and citizenship.

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