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A functional movement screen profile of an Australian state police force: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Police officers are required to perform dynamic movements in unpredictable environments, the results of which can lead to injury. Early identification of poor movement patterns of a police population, and potential sub groups within this ...
Hinton, Ben, Orr, Robin Marc, Pope, Rodney, Stierli, Michael   +3 more
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The authors reply: Phosphorus as predictive factor for erectile dysfunction in middle aged men: A cross sectional study in Korea [PDF]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2017
Seung Ki Min, Kwi Bok Choi, Soon Ki Kim, Gyeong In Lee, In-Chang Cho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The discourses of homosexuality in the police: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]

, 1994
The present study examined the discourses of homosexuality in the police, using the discourse analytic method developed by Potter and Wetherell (1987). The study asked how police officers constructed gay men using their discourses and why gay men should ...
Praat, Angelique C
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do You Determine the Right Size of a Police Department? Don’t Look to Crime Rates. [PDF]

, 2017
This article also appeared on pp. 3–5 of the Fall 2017 print edition.Studies have shown that changing the number of police officers has no effect on crime rates. This article explains why and describes alternative measures. An accompanying chart compares
Payne, Troy C.
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

POLICING THE POLICE [PDF]

Menschen, die polizeiliches Handeln filmen, sind deswegen immer wieder strafrechtlicher Verfolgung ausgesetzt. Der Artikel analysiert die rechtliche Unsicherheit im Zusammenhang mit § 201 StGB, der Tonaufnahmen ohne Zustimmung unter Strafe stellt, und beschreibt die potentiell einschüchternde Wirkung dieser Praxis auf Bürger*innen und Journalist*innen.
openaire   +2 more sources