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Mental health issues of children and youth encountered by police

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
The purpose of this study was to identify major characteristics of children and youth with mental health problems who have contact with police officers and to determine which variables lead to the highest probability of police intervention and if there ...
Alicia M. Hoffman, Ronald E. Hoffman, Trevor F. Smith, Gregory P. Brown, John P. Hirdes   +4 more
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ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Praskovya Nikolayevna Tarnovskaya and her contribution to the Russian, European and global criminology: historical and criminological research

Russian Journal of Economics and Law
Objective: to describe and evaluate the contribution of Praskovya Nikolayevna Tarnovskaya to the Russian, European and world criminology based on the analysis of her works and expert opinions.Methods: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, comparison ...
P. A. Kabanov
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Identification of the deceased: Use of forensic anthropology at Cape Town’s busiest medico-legal laboratory

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2019
South Africa is faced with a serious issue of unidentified human remains. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of anthropological analysis on local death investigations and case resolution for the busiest medico-legal laboratory within Cape ...
Athi Baliso, Chandra Finaughty, Victoria E. Gibbon   +2 more
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FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

Kaelin Rapport - Histological Techniques for the Sex Determination of Skeletonized Human Remains [PDF]

, 2014
Determining the sex of skeletons is problematic in forensic and bio-archaeological research. Past studies demonstrate that bone cells can sometimes contain preserved sex chromosomal material in ancient samples. The sex chromosomes in skeletal remains may
Rapport, Kaelin
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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

The process of civilization (and its discontents): violence, narrative and history [PDF]

, 2005
Historical violence studies are being increasingly influenced by theoretical approaches which focus on the development of ‘cultures of violence’. However, this growing interest in the interconnections between violence and culture faces a number of ...
Wood, J.Carter
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Improving police behavior through artificial intelligence: Pre‐registered experimental results in two large US agencies

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Police body‐worn cameras (BWCs) generate extensive video data on officer behavior, yet resource constraints mean that only a fraction of this footage is ever reviewed. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present an opportunity to automate these reviews, potentially influencing police conduct.
Ian T. Adams, Kyle McLean, Geoffrey P. Alpert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dying for it: gangs, violence, and social change in urban Nicaragua [PDF]

, 2003
Youth gangs potentially constitute an ideal lens through which to explore the dynamics and ramifications of the new political economy of violence in Latin America, and this paper consequently presents and ethnographic case study of an urban Nicaraguan ...
Rodgers, Dennis
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