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Does the setting matter? Characterizing and classifying rural and urban arsonists
Legal and Criminological Psychology, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 158-184, February 2026.Abstract Background Thousands of fires are deliberately ignited around the world each year. The setting where it happens—rural versus urban areas—can lead to different crime opportunities. Rural arsonists set fires in vegetated areas, whereas urban arsonists target residences and other properties.
Rita Ribeiro +3 more
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Mapping the density of giant trees in the Amazon
New Phytologist, Volume 249, Issue 1, Page 152-168, January 2026.Summary Tall trees (height ≥ 60 m) are keystone elements of tropical forests, strongly influencing biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their density and spatial distribution remain poorly quantified, especially in remote Amazonian regions, limiting our understanding of their ecological roles and contribution to forest–climate ...
Robson Borges de Lima +20 more
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT Background Hazardous levels of contaminants produced by anthropogenic activities are increasingly pervading residential environs and urban areas. Hazardous contamination can pose significant health risks for citizens dwelling in exposure pathways.
Rosina Johnson +3 more
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Portugal: Political Developments and Data in 2024
European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 509-531, December 2025.Abstract On 25 April 2024, Portugal celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution of Carnations, which led to the establishment of democracy in the country. Commemorations took place throughout the year. Moreover, it was a super year of legislative elections and subnational elections in the Azores and Madeira. On top of the national‐ and
JOSÉ M. MAGONE
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Revista Eletrônica Direito e Política, 2014 A questão do acesso à justiça e os novos conflitos na sociedade contemporânea são temas que devem nortear a atuação do Poder Judiciário. O presente estudo apresenta o tema desporto, conceituando-o e destacando sua importância como fenômeno histórico ...
Rafael Maas dos Anjos
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Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 69, Issue 4, Winter / hiver 2025.Abstract This article recounts the development of an ongoing community‐engaged research project that maps environmental injustice in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Ontario. Drawing insight and inspiration from the activism and scholarship in environmental injustice in Canada and a specific understanding of environmental injustice as slow violence, this ...
Stephanie Rutherford +2 more
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At their fingertips: What is the impact of online reporting of domestic violence?
Public Administration Review, Volume 85, Issue 5, Page 1365-1384, September/October 2025.Abstract Global reports indicate that 307 million women have suffered physical or sexual intimate partner violence during the last 12 months. Yet, chronic underreporting of domestic violence (DV) is still a reality in the United States and worldwide. The process of going to a police station and reporting DV is extremely burdensome, leading to numerous ...
Marylis C. Fantoni
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Seguridade Social: um Sistema Constitucional de Proteção e de Justiça Social
Direito Público, 2011 O presente artigo versa sobre o sistema constitucional da Seguridade Social ao caracterizar- se como um sistema de proteção e justiça social. Neste estudo, sustenta-se que o ideal de justiça social se concretiza com a efetiva aplicação de cada um dos ...
OSVALDO FERREIRA DE CARVALHO
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Justiça social como um imperativo ético
Saúde em Debate, 2020 RESUMO No presente artigo, os autores discutem a pertinência de considerar a justiça social como um imperativo ético laico, e não como uma opção legitimada apenas por ideologias do campo da esquerda, compreensão essa necessária para preservação das ...
Sergio Tavares de Almeida Rego +1 more
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Building a new environmentalism: News media access and framing in Canada's environmental movement
Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 192-211, August 2025.Abstract This study provides a content and frame analysis of the news media advocacy of prominent environmental non‐governmental organizations (ENGOs) in Canada. We find that these organizations have an important voice in shaping how climate change is framed in news media, but that ecological modernization frames and narratives, which avoid issues of ...
Nicolas Graham, Joanna Robinson
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