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Imprisonment and the Right to Freedom of Movement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Government’s use of imprisonment raises distinctive moral issues. Even if government has broad authority to make and to enforce law, government may not be entitled to use imprisonment as a punishment for all the criminal laws it is entitled to make ...
Hughes, Robert C.
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A Robust Indoor Localization System Integrating Visual Localization Aided by CNN-Based Image Retrieval with Monte Carlo Localization

open access: yesSensors, 2019
This paper proposes a novel multi-sensor-based indoor global localization system integrating visual localization aided by CNN-based image retrieval with a probabilistic localization approach. The global localization system consists of three parts: coarse
Song Xu, Wusheng Chou, Hongyi Dong
doaj   +1 more source

KIDNAPPING AS AN OBJECT OF APPLIED RESEARCH

open access: yesСтатистика и экономика, 2016
Modern society is not capable to get rid of such a serious problem as the kidnapping. Its solution at least in the future is difcult to imagine without a comprehensive quantitative characterization of kidnapping, which is impossible without reliable ...
Mikhail V. Karmanov
doaj   +1 more source

Taking of hostages as an offense in international law and Serbian regulations [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2012
In the development of international relations, hostage-taking was carried out as an insurance against fraud, not keeping obligations, or according to the rules of war law.
Cmiljanić Bajo M.
doaj   +1 more source

Curbing Kidnapping in Nigeria: An Exploration of Strategic Peace Building Tools

open access: yesAfrica’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2014
The increasing growth of kidnapping inNigeria has become a strong threat tonational peace and security. It has affected the national image of the state and has eaten deep into every region and segmentof the nation.
Kelechi Johnmary Ani   +1 more
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PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF KIDNAPPING IN SOUTHERN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal, 2021
Kidnapping is one of the security challenges Nigeria is faced with and Taraba State is not an exception. Extant literature on kidnapping have mostly captured the discourse on kidnapping from the prism of its historization and causes with paucity of ...
YIKWABS PETER YIKWAB   +3 more
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A mano armada. Los inicios de la extorsión y la violencia de ETA contra el sector empresarial (1958-1977)

open access: yesSancho el Sabio, 2016
El sector empresarial ha sido uno de los principales objetivos de la violencia de ETA. Por un lado, mediante atracos, secuestros y el denominado “impuesto revolucionario”, la banda pretendía lograr la financiación necesaria para mantener su actividad ...
Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla
doaj   +1 more source

Application and Research on Improved Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization Algorithm for Automatic Guided Vehicle Fusion with QR Code Navigation

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) technology incorporating QR code navigation has been widely used in the mobile robotics industry. However, the particle kidnapping problem, positioning accuracy, and navigation time are still urgent issues to ...
Bowen Zhang   +4 more
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Nature and Patterns of Kidnapping for Ransom in Ekiti State, Nigeria

open access: yesSalus Journal, 2023
Despite the criminalisation of kidnapping in Nigeria by the Nigerian criminal codes and an Anti-Kidnapping Act, Ekiti State continues to experience kidnapping schemes for ransom that have raised concerns ...
Ayomide Augustine Ilori   +1 more
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The Study of Criminal Sanction Regarding the Hostage-Taking in the Iranian Legal System Alongside the International Instruments [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī, 2017
Hostage-taking as a crime with the aim of forcing a third party to commit or omit to do something has been of interest to criminals. The need to deal with this crime because of its domestic and international consequences has led to more attention of ...
Nabiollah Gholami   +1 more
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