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'God was with me in a wonderful manner':the Puritan origins of the Indian captivity narrative [PDF]
, 2012 This paper argues that the origins of the Indian captivity narrative should be understood in the historical contexts of its production in the New World as a narrative that is at once descriptive of the personal experiences of frontier captives of the ...
Panay, Andrew
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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
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Prix des captifs, prix des esclaves : l’estimation du « prix de l’Homme » dans l’Antiquité tardive
Les Cahiers de Framespa, 2014 This paper opens on the assumption that, during Late Antiquity, the price of the slaves and the price of sold captives were quite similar. Latin, unlike ancient Greek, makes no distinction between the price of a slave and the ransom paid for a captive ...
Hervé Huntzinger
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Optimal risk financing in large corporations through insurance captives [PDF]
A captive is an insurance or reinsurance company established by a parent group to finance its own risks. Captives mix internal risk pooling between the business units of the parent group and risk transfer toward the reinsurance market.
Jean Pinquet, Pierre Picard
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas +4 more
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Comparing International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Law on War Captives: Observing ISIS
Dauliyah, 2016 The Syrian conflict brings warfare to a new level where jihadists have evolved from small terrorist cells into large armed groups. The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) seem to be the most outstanding and eye-catching of all, as they seem to be the ...
Fajri Matahati Muhammadin
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Female Captivity Narratives in Colonial America
, 2009 The female captivity narrative provides a complex view of colonial American history by recounting the experiences of women captured from their colonial homes by Native Americans.
O\u27Hara, Kathryn
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Beyond BRIC: offshoring in non-BRIC countries: Egypt – a new growth market: an LSE Outsourcing Unit report January 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 This report was commissioned as an independently researched report by Hill & Knowlton, acting for the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) of Egypt.
Griffiths, Catherine +2 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb [PDF]
, 2005 Torture used to be incompatible with American values. Our Bill of Rights forbids cruel and unusual punishment, and that has come to include all forms of corporal punishment except prison and death by methods purported to be painless.
Luban, David
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