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The Language of Gendered Violence and Sexual Aggression in the Spanish Civil War: Conceptualizations and Reassessments

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the conceptual vocabulary through which violence against women during the Spanish Civil War has been interpreted, with particular attention to the longstanding predominance of the category ‘sexed violence’ (violencia sexuada).
SABINA MOMPÓ TORIBIO
wiley   +1 more source

Torturers and their victims: Theory, research, and clinical perspectives

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
This article provides an overview of the psychological dynamics associated with torture and examines its consequences on the victims. Initially, we investigate the psychological processes driving torturers to engage in extreme violence and brutality ...
Elisa Vittoria Marchese, Adriano Schimmenti   +1 more
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The 6/24 rule: A review and proposal for an international standard of a minimum of six hours of continuous sleep in detention settings

Torture, 2019
Sleep deprivation is one of the most prevalent and widely used methods of psychological torture. Its effects on the body are without direct physical aggression and include significant somatic and psychological impacts and suffering.
Pau Pérez-Sales
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira, Isabela Corby, Juliana Góes   +2 more
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Urgent Responses for Women Human Rights Defenders at Risk: Mapping and Preliminary Assessment [PDF]

, 2011
AWID and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition reviewed a broad range of urgent responses available to Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) at risk around the world. This report describes the types of resources and strategies available
Immaculada Barcia
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The Hour that Never Comes and the Time that Remains

Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay proposes a symbolic and clinical investigation of psychic temporality through two archetypal experiences of time: the hour that never comes and the time that remains. Drawing on analytical psychology, trauma theory and aesthetic philosophy, text explores how certain forms of suffering resist chronological resolution and persist as ...
Daniel Françoli Yago
wiley   +1 more source

Patient‐Centred Perspectives on Diagnostic Strategies for Endometriosis: A Qualitative Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore diagnostic preferences among individuals with confirmed or suspected endometriosis to inform the development of patient‐centred diagnostic strategies. Design Qualitative study using semi‐structured focus group discussions analysed with grounded theory methodology.
Tiffany Yeretsian, Paola Romeo, Shay M. Freger, Jacques Maas, Mathew Leonardi   +4 more
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared F. Edgerton, Evelyn Gertz   +3 more
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Theorizing causality: A qualitative study of xylazine‐related wound diversity and perceived etiology among people who inject drugs

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Incidence and severity of opioid‐associated skin and soft‐tissue infections, often requiring intensive and costly medical care, have increased substantially since the emergence of xylazine in the US drug supply. Although progress has been made in clinical and harm reduction recommendations for treating xylazine‐related ...
Danielle German, Kelci Villarroel, Meredith Denney, Adrian Guta, Julie Evans, Jason Bienert, Alex Fidler, Kim Ashburn, Zach Kosinski, Becky L. Genberg   +9 more
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The Fire-Raisers: Bentham and Torture

19, 2012
Jeremy Bentham has frequently been regarded as the father of the ‘ticking bomb’ argument in defence of interrogational torture. The first part of this article draws attention to a transformation in his theory of torture between about 1777 and 1804.
Jeremy Davies
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