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Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey +3 more
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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
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The potential of epigenetic methods to provide evidence of torture
Introduction: The last five decades have wit- nessed a transition from brutal forms of physi- cal torture to other physical and psychological methods that do not leave marks on the body.
Paula Suárez-López
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ABSTRACT This paper explores the perspectives of mental health and substance use providers who supported people released from custody during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, with a focus on service disruptions, adaptations, and experiences. We conducted 20 in‐depth qualitative interviews and analysed these using Applied Thematic Analysis.
Lucas M. Seuren +6 more
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Cuerpo, sexualidad y violencia simbólica en la tortura sexual
This article is an approach to the phenomenon of torture, particularly sexual torture, and it aims to inquire into the common interpretative frameworks that are constructed in the sexual torture exerted over the individual bodies, as metaphorical ...
Natalia Rodríguez Grisales
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Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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This is the Editorial for Issue 1 2016 of the Torture Journal.
Lilla Hárdi
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Addressing sexual violence: A FIGO Committee on Women Facing Crises consensus statement
Abstract Sexual violence (SV) is a global crisis that affects individuals across all demographics, with disproportionate impact on women, children, and marginalized communities. This paper explores the prevalence, consequences, and barriers survivors face in accessing care and justice.
Kristina Jariene +5 more
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Pain from torture: assessment and management
. Introduction:. Survivors of torture are for many reasons at particularly high risk for inadequate assessment and management of pain. Among the many health problems associated with torture, persistent pain is frequent, particularly pain in the ...
Kirstine Amris +2 more
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Abstract Background Cognitive theories suggest that negative self‐perception is central to the development and maintenance of depression. One way self‐perception is represented is through mental imagery of the self. Despite its theoretical importance, the role of mental images of the self in depression has not been systematically examined.
Rebecca L. Dean +4 more
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