Settlement of Homicide Disputes in Sakya (Tibet) [PDF]
, 1964 Dan Fenno Henderson
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While existing research has examined travel bans as a result of the abuse of migrant workers, here they are analysed in relation to capital punishment. Focusing on female migrant workers travelling to the Middle East from Indonesia, it is argued that, far from indicating an abolitionist stance on the death penalty, these travel ban policies ...
Lucy Harry, Jocelyn Hutton
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What’s at Stake for Women in Mexico after the 2024 Presidential Elections?
Estudios SociológicosThe next president of Mexico will almost certainly be a woman since both major coalitions have nom- inated women for the 2024 presidential election. Which candidate is likely to more effectively ad- dress the crisis of gender violence?
Caroline Beer
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Dead Man Walking: An Empirical Reassessment of the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment Using the Bounds Testing Approach to Cointegration [PDF]
This paper empirically estimates a murder supply equation for the United States from 1965 to 2001 within a cointegration and error correction framework. Our findings suggest that any support for the deterrence hypothesis is sensitive to the inclusion of ...
Paresh Kumar Narayan, Russell Smyth
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Abandonment and Reconciliation: Addressing Political and Common Law Objections to Fetal Homicide Laws [PDF]
, 2009 Fetal homicide laws criminalize killing a fetus largely to the same extent as killing any other human being. Historically, the common law did not generally recognize feticide as a crime, but this was because of the evidentiary born-alive rule, not ...
Curran, Douglas S.
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Pardons, Executions and Homicide [PDF]
This paper uses a data set that consists of the entire history of 6,143 death sentences between 1977 and 1997 in the United States to investigate the impact of capital punishment on homicide.
H. Naci Mocan, R. Kaj Gittings
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The Nurse‐Police Assistance Crisis Team (N‐PACT): A new role for nursing
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.Abstract Aim This study aimed to gain insights into forensic nurses' perspectives and approaches to behavioural crisis situations, comparing them to disciplines traditionally involved in first‐line behavioural crisis response. Design This study used a descriptive, qualitative exploratory design and was informed by Systems Theory.
Victor G. Petreca +3 more
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Firearm Justifiable Homicides and Non-Fatal Self-Defense Gun Use: An Analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Crime Victimization Survey Data [PDF]
, 2013 Guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes.In 2010, across the nation there were only 230 justifiable homicides involving a private citizen using a firearm reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
Josh Sugarmann, Marty Langley
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