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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
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CD11b+CD43hiLy6Clo splenocyte‐derived macrophages exacerbate liver fibrosis via spleen–liver axis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
A population of splenic monocytes migrate into the liver and shift to macrophages, which account for the exacerbation of liver fibrosis. Abstract Background and Aims Monocyte‐derived macrophages (MoMFs), a dominant population of hepatic macrophages under inflammation, play a crucial role in liver fibrosis progression.
Shaoying Zhang, Dan Wan, Mengchen Zhu, Guihu Wang, Xurui Zhang, Na Huang, Jian Zhang, Chongyu Zhang, Qi Shang, Chen Zhang, Xi Liu, Fanfan Liang, Chunyan Zhang, Guangyao Kong, Jing Geng, Libo Yao, Shemin Lu, Yongyan Chen, Zongfang Li   +18 more
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How Women’s Police Stations Empower Women, Widen Access to Justice and Prevent Gender Violence

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2020
Women’s police stations are a distinctive innovation that emerged in postcolonial nations of the global south in the second half of the twentieth century to address violence against women.
Kerry Carrington, Natacha Guala, María Victoria Puyol, Máximo Sozzo   +3 more
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Policing Guns and Youth Violence

The Future of Children, 2002
To combat the epidemic of youth gun violence in the 1980s and 1990s, law enforcement agencies across the United States adopted a variety of innovative strategies. This article presents case studies of eight cities' efforts to police gun crime. Some cities emphasized police–citizen partnerships to address youth violence, whereas others focused on ...
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Concept of 'police violence' [PDF]

Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta Nis, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to clarify an extremely complex phenomenon which is in the scientific and professional literature known as police violence. It is justified by the fact that this issue has not been sufficiently discussed in local literature, particularly in the context of scientific-theoretical and empirical research on this phenomenon ...
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
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Youtube Cops and Power Without Limits : Understanding Police Violence in 21st Century Russia

Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, 2012
This paper explores the problem of police violence in contemporary Russia by reviewing research on police violence, drawing on Internet coverage of the issue and analysing relevant examples. In recent years the problems of police abuse of power, torture,
Yulia Chistyakova, Annette Robertson
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Domestic Violence in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: Stereotypes Perpetuating Domestic Violence

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio N, Educatio Nova
This article aims to present an overview of the theoretical aspect of domestic violence, with particular emphasis on the cycle of domestic violence and the forms and consequences of violence.
Eliza Mazur, Monika Szpringer, Edyta Laurman-Jarząbek, Krzysztof Beyger   +3 more
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Democracy and police violence [PDF]

Research & Politics, 2018
Are police agencies less likely to use torture in democracies than in non-democracies? Much empirical research has shown that democracies are less likely to engage in torture in general, but most of this research does not distinguish among victim types or state agencies.
Joshua L. Jackson, Shelby L. Hall, Daniel W. Hill   +2 more
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