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Women, Crime, and Law in Latin America's Nineteenth Century

History Compass, Volume 24, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the literature on women as perpetrators of crime in 19th‐century Latin America, a topic largely overlooked in historical scholarship. While most studies focus on women as victims of domestic or sexual violence, this work explores women as perpetrators of crime, specifically reproductive crimes (abortion and infanticide ...
Reuben Zahler
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The El Salvador Exception in a Pacific Rim Context: Outsourced Security Governance Across the Americas and the Asia‐Pacific

Pacific Focus, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 260-272, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the 2025 US decision to deport members of the Venezuelan‐origin gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador under a $6 million incarceration agreement, arguing that the episode represents a critical evolution in outsourced security governance. By comparing this case with the 1980s deportation of Salvadoran gang affiliates, the paper
Taeheok Lee
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Enforcing environmental law in the Amazon

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2281-2294, July 2026.
Abstract This article identifies the underlying obstacles to enforcement of laws against environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining and ranching. With four departments (provinces) from Colombia as case studies, it assesses enforcement of the country's main environmental law, Law 2111, which is one of Latin America's strongest. The article has
Mark Ungar, Juan Corredor‐Garcia
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Organ donation and family refusal. Bioethical reasons for a change

Revista de Nefrología, Diálisis y Trasplante, 2018
Cases of next-of-kin veto, i.e., a family refusal to allow organs harvest contrary to donor wishes or when the law presumes consent, is a widespread practice that seriously harms thousands of people.
Alejandra Zúñiga-Fajuri, José Molina-Cayuqueo   +1 more
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Obtenção de Consentimento Informado para Anestesia em Cirurgia Eletiva num Hospital Terciário: Práticas e Contexto Ético-Legal

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2019
Introdução: O consentimento informado é um processo ativo na relação médico-doente, assente em valores éticos e legais. O ato anestésico tem riscos inerentes, que devem ser alvo de consentimento específico.
Luís Guilherme Casimiro, Sara Marisa Pereira, Sofia Cardoso Pires, Joana Mourão   +3 more
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The Prohibition of Approach in Child‐To‐Parent Violence: Between the Protection of the Victim and the Preservation of the Family Bond

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the legal and emotional tension that emerges when the measure of prohibition of approach is applied in cases of child‐to‐parent violence (CPV). Through a bibliographic review and a qualitative case‐study analysis, the paradox between the protection of victimised parents and the preservation of the family bond is examined.
Alfredo Abadías‐Selma
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Modelos, sanciones y desarrollo de la finalidad educativa en el Sistema de Responsabilidad Penal para Adolescentes. Un análisis en el adolescente infractor del delito de hurto en la ciudad de Barranquilla

Revista Criminalidad, 2023
La presente investigación jurídico-propositiva se ocupó de analizar el desarrollo de la finalidad educativa de las sanciones en el Sistema de Responsabilidad Penal para Adolescentes (SRPA), mediante la realización de entrevistas semiestructuradas a las ...
Cristina Montalvo Velásquez, Omar García Carrillo, Beatriz Gómez Pacheco   +2 more
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Cross‐Border Online Radicalization Among Teenagers: Evidence From a Brazilian Case Study

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the theme of transnationality in online radicalization processes through an empirical case. It focuses on a group called ‘The Kiss’, led by a Portuguese teenager (Micazz) who encouraged individuals to carry out acts of violence in Brazil in 2023.
Quésia Pereira Cabral, David Décary‐Hétu   +1 more
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Prison Officers as Providers of Social Support: An Analysis of the Human Service Values and Power Dynamics Present in Prison Officers’ Accounts of Assisting Inmates

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 115-126, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Previous research has shown that prison officers often provide practical and emotional assistance to inmates. However, this has generally been depicted as a discretionary, conflicted and unrewarded task, sometimes met with hostility from their peers.
Cristina Güerri
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Novamente esse “papinho” de humanização do cárcere?: a APAC de Pato Branco e a valorização do ser humano

Emancipação, 2020
Este artigo é parte das pesquisas realizadas no Grupo de Estudos Contemporâneos em Execução Penal, no Centro Universitário Campo Real. O objeto de estudo é o sistema utilizado pela Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados (APAC ...
Rudy Heitor Rosas, Josiele Correia Guimarães Tauffer, Constantino Ribeiro de Oliveira Junior   +2 more
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