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Factors that influence on the decisions of battered women

NURE Investigación, 2008
Violence towards and against women consists in any kind of violation of woman’s personality, her physical integrity or her freedom of movement. Nowadays, gender-based violence is considered a state and public health problem as well as a social concerning
Juana Robledo Martín, Diana de la Fuente Aparicio, Ana Belén Salamanca Castro, Sara Sánchez Castro   +3 more
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BATTERED WOMEN AND THE REQUIREMENT OF IMMINENCE IN SELF-DEFENCE

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013
Should the South African courts abolish the traditional imminence standard, something must be used to stand in its place. The identification of the various alternatives which have been suggested to replace imminence - most notably the establishment of ...
Samantha Goosen
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Rhetorical Resolutions to the Tension Between Issue Ownership and Agency OR What do you do with an old social movement? [PDF]

, 2017
This paper will apply Gusfield’s theory of issue ownership to one specific social issue: domestic violence. It will briefly trace the evolution of the issue as a social problem, looking at the battered women’s movement.
Hirsch, Christine M, 9313586
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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Instead of Pumping Iron, She was Pumping Bullets into her Husband”: The Portrayal of a Female Perpetrator in Nanette Burstein’s Killer Sally [PDF]

Intersections, 2023
In the media, the law, and public opinion, women who resort to violence within abusive relationships are often depicted as either victims or monsters. Nanette Burstein’s three-part docuseries, Killer Sally (2022), reexamines this binary which focuses on ...
Hatice Bay
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic values as relational values: Environmental aesthetics in go‐along interviews

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Aesthetic values are often categorised as a type of relational values, yet their shared characteristics with other relational values remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we turn to Emily Brady's theory of environmental aesthetics; her interpretation of aesthetic value exhibits important parallels with the concept of relational ...
Rafael Zinnenlauf, Annina H. Michel, Norman Backhaus, Anna Deplazes‐Zemp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex, Threats, and Absent Victims: The Lessons of Regina v. Bedingfield for Modern Confrontation and Domestic Violence Cases [PDF]

, 2010
In 2004, Crawford v. Washington, authored by Justice Scalia, revolutionized the law of confrontation by requiring that, aside from two discrete exceptions, all testimonial statements (those made with the expectation that they will serve to prosecute the ...
Orenstein, Aviva
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Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source