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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
wiley   +1 more source

Higher temperatures are associated with increased risk of police violence: A nationwide county-level study in the United States, 2013-2024. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zou J, Hou K, Xu X, Wang Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
wiley   +1 more source

Silent witness: a moss provides important evidence in solving a cemetery crime. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Res
von Konrat M, Stark L, Merkel J, Grauer A, Jakalski W, Kiefer P, Kreider D, Leafblad E, Lichamer A, Merrill G, Moran J, Quinn G, Seccombe D, Sodetz K, Thrun M.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk‐driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Ling‐Wei Kuo, Chien‐An Liao, Chi‐Tung Cheng, Chien‐Hung Liao, Chih‐Po Hsu, Chih‐Yuan Fu, Shih‐Ching Kang, Brett Olin, Chun‐Shiang Yang, Jen‐Fu Huang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between the perceived personalities of dating partners and dating violence victimization: A three-month longitudinal cross-lagged panel study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Koiwa K, Kobayashi D, Seki F, Uchiyama A, Ishigaki N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A strike for democracy? Migration, the bigot's veto, and the electoral use of force

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Politicians and philosophers alike have warned that the spread of anti‐migrant bigotry in the Western world requires a tragic trade‐off regarding immigration policy: Although millions of asylum‐seekers might be owed admission to Western democracies, there are many cases where they nonetheless ought to be denied entry, because their admission ...
Shmuel Nili
wiley   +1 more source

Femicide in Ethiopia: an autopsy-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Lema AS, Suleyman JS, Jonnalagadda KK, Sekar SKR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

What is the price of an American homicide? [PDF]

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open
LaVigne' D, Cirone J, Littau MJ, Hampton D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source