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Mindre vold og hyppigere politianmeldelse

open access: yesNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 1997
The aim of this study was to provide a more comprehensive statistics on interpersonal violence. Throughout a one year period in 1993-1994 victims of assault examined in the accident and emergency (A & E) ward or Institute of Forensic Medicine in Aarhus ...
Ole Brink   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Representative bureaucracy: does female police leadership affect gender-based violence arrests? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Representative bureaucracy theory postulates that passive representation leads to active representation of minority groups. This article investigates the passive representation of female police officers at leadership levels and the active representation ...
Baltagi BH   +13 more
core   +4 more sources

Monopolizing force?: police legitimacy and public attitudes towards the acceptability of violence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Why do people believe that violence is acceptable? In this paper we study people’s normative beliefs about the acceptability of violence to achieve social control (as a substitute for the police, for self-protection and the resolution of disputes) and ...
Bradford, Ben   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Use of the ODARA by police officers for intimate partner violence: Implications for practice in the field

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2020
Despite research demonstrating the validity of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) for appraising risk of subsequent intimate partner violence, gaps remain with regard to its actual use by police officers in the field. The primary goals
Dale Ballucci   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prospective study of police officer spouse/partners: a new pathway to secondary trauma and relationship violence? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
INTRODUCTION:It has been reported that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with secondary spouse/partner (S/P) emotional distress and relationship violence.
Susan M Meffert   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence — Have We Got the Balance Right? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
That states should act to prevent domestic violence and protect victims is clearly acknowledged in international law. Yet international law confirms also that victims, perpetrators and their families have rights to privacy, to a family life and to a home.
Bessant, Claire
core   +1 more source

External factors influencing the risk of police violence in the judicial process and strategies for its prevention (Case Study knowledgeable staff, drugs and The chief stations fifth and ninth Tehran metropolitan) [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī, 2017
Basis and Purpose: today's the executive arm of the state police to restore order in society is considered. So good or bad police behavior can be a symbol of good and bad governance in society.
Hossein gholami   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the justification of intergroup violence: The roles of procedural justice, police legitimacy and group identity in attitudes towards violence among indigenous people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective Why do people justify intergroup violence? In this paper we examine attitudes towards violence perpetrated by indigenous activists to claim for rights and violence by pólice officers against indigenous people.
Cristóbal Moya   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Phenomenon of Sexual Violence among Adolescents in the Jurisdiction of the West Jakarta National Police Resort and Its Prevention Efforts

open access: yesFiat Justisia, 2019
The writing of this scientific paper examines the lack of legal awareness of the community about sexual violence. This scientific work arose because the author saw that there were still many cases of sexual violence even though there were rules governing
Charina Putri Besila   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the geographic pattern of the police reports for domestic violence in Girona (Spain)

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background There are many studies that address the issue of gender-based violence, but few analyse the police-reported cases. It is as important to analyse the temporal and geographic distribution of these incidents as it is the sociodemographic profile ...
Laura Serra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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