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Ethiopia's Legal Response to Kidnapping: Gaps and Challenges
Mizan Law ReviewKidnapping is surging in Ethiopia. Cases of severe kidnapping that eventually resulted in the death of the victims and/or exorbitant ransom demands, reaching millions of birrs, are documented. Ethiopians are paying a terrible price for kidnappers.
Messay Asgedom Gobena
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La ficción : espacio simbólico de la ausencia en la novela argentina contemporánea
Amerika, 2010 Many Argentine authors have written novels about the military period that took place in that country between 1976 and 1983. In this work we have chosen the theme about disappeared people and kidnapped children.
Graciela Aletta de Sylvas
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Atomic force microscopic investigation of commercial pressure sensitive adhesives for forensic analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), such as those used in packaging and adhesive tapes, are very often encountered in forensic investigations. In criminal activities, packaging tapes may be used for sealing packets containing drugs, explosive devices, or ...
Adya, Ashok K., Canetta, Elisabetta
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Violencia sexual en Yucatán, 1830-1875
Historia Crítica, 2022 Objective/Context: Sexual violence in Latin America is a topic that national historiographies have addressed with increased intensity since the late twentieth century.
Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero
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National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview. [PDF]
, 2002 Presents an overview of the second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-2). First in a series summarizing NISMART-2 findings, this Bulletin describes NISMART component surveys and estimating ...
Finkelhor, David +3 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThe extant literature in the social sciences often employs qualitative methods to capture the contextual nuances of the nature, manifestations, and impacts of issues of importance today.
Christopher Amrobo Enemuwe +2 more
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Kidnappings in Mexico City: A Social Problem [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines criminal kidnappings in Mexico City, Mexico. While numerous types of crime are prevalent in Mexico’s capital, kidnapping remains a constant social problem affecting not only wealthy individuals and families, but also members across ...
Liamos, Jared
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart +3 more
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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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The We‐Relationship as a Key to Addressing Dementia‐Related Ambiguous Loss
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pauline Boss describes the challenges faced by people caring for family members with dementia in terms of ambiguous loss – a condition in which the physical presence of the person with dementia coexists with their psychological absence. This article proposes the concept of we‐relationship as a key to addressing dementia‐related ambiguous loss.
Takuya Niikawa, Xue Li
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