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Strengthening Amazon conservation through community-based voluntary patrolling. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Globally, environmental crimes are a major threat to biodiversity and the livelihood of local populations. Community‐based protection of natural resources, which involves local people in surveillance and enforcement, is an important complement to the government‐led command‐and‐control policing approach.
Franco CLB, Morcatty TQ, Queiroz HL, Sorice MG, Fa JE, Fa JE, Souza PRE, Sousa IS, Valsecchi J, El Bizri HR.   +9 more
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Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Osorio CP.
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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Malgaonkar AS, Whittington-Jones G, Dickerson T, Lishandu M, Davies S, Woodgate Z, Stevens X, Mulenga C, Mulenga G, Phiri M, Mulenga L, Mukela M, Kasamu G, Nieman WA, Mann G, Harihar A, Veríssimo D, Pickles R.   +17 more
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Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global illegal activities, and it negatively affects biodiversity and sustainable development worldwide. DNA barcoding coupled with high‐throughput sequencing (i.e., metabarcoding) is useful in identifying taxa affected by IWT and has been used routinely for decades.
Ferreira da Silva MJ, Colmonero-Costeira I, Djaló SL, Camará T, Sá RM, Minhós T, Kiebler A, Grethlein M, Pikkarainen N, Prost S.   +9 more
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LGBTQIA+ victimization: A theoretical discourse

Sexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 253-262, November 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper draws on social construction and broken window theories as theoretical frameworks to explain how LGBTQIA+ are victimized due to discrimination and nonacceptance in their communities. Homosexual groups face a high risk of violence, discrimination, and prejudice because of their sexual orientation.
Ephraim Kevin Sibanyoni, Simangele Mkhize, Sadiq Ewaoda Amali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The disorders of José Llop, canon of the Orihuela’s cathedral. Reform, crimes and punishment in the 17th century

Studia Historica: Historia Moderna, 2020
This article analyzes the events that occurred in Orihuela at the end of the 17th century. Its protagonist, the canon José Llop, delinquent of disorderly life. The bishop left its punishment to the crown.
Emilio CALLADO ESTELA
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El principio de legalidad ante el homicidio y la enfermedad mental: una visión criminológica

Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Extremadura, 2020
Desde el ámbito penal, se establecen una serie de garantías a favor del justiciable, pero -igualmente- hay una finalidad de tutela penal a una sociedad que clama protección y lucha contra la criminalidad.
Leyre Sáenz de Pipaón del Rosal
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La corrupción a gran escala no tipificada en el ordenamiento colombiano: análisis desde los escenarios jurídicos y categorías de corrupción

Opinión Jurídica, 2021
El presente artículo tiene por objetivo describir la corrupción como un fenómeno social que surge entre las relaciones del Estado como regulador y los particulares como destinatarios a partir de la imbricación de diferentes acciones, particularmente de ...
Leónidas Pino Cañaveral, Alex Garcés Medrano, Tirson Mauricio Duarte Molina, Juan David Mambuscay Burbano   +3 more
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Las políticas de seguridad en Argentina: los límites de la autonomía policial [PDF]

Aposta, 2014
El trabajo problematiza la teoría de la autonomía policial en Argentina, a partir del estudio de la implementación de políticas de seguridad en cuatro provincias entre 1996 y 2011.
Gabriel Costantino
doaj  

El delito de feminicidio: la violencia contra la mujer por razones de género

Llapanchikpaq: Justicia
El trabajo analiza los instrumentos internacionales que reconocen los derechos humanos de las mujeres y cómo los Estados partes han asumido medidas temporales de carácter especial destinadas al logro de la igualdad sustantiva entre mujeres y hombres.
Sofia Rivas La Madrid
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