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Factors contributing to women being used as drug mules: A phenomenological study of female offenders incarcerated at the Johannesburg and Kgoši Mampuru II Correctional Centres in South Africa

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Women and gender minorities are disadvantaged by systemic inequalities relating to the lack of access to finances/income, resources to land as well as social and educational resources. This article provides a nuanced understanding of factors contributing
Nokonwaba Z. Mnguni, Mahlogonolo S. Thobane   +1 more
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Security and Justice Overview

, 2010
The central theme of the 2011 World Development Report (WDR) is that violent conflict remains a constant threat to human rights, peace and sustainable development. While the nature of violent conflict maybe changing1 its negative impact on poor people in terms of rights violations, public ...
Sage, Caroline, Harborne, Bernard
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Addressing Violence Against Parents and Peers and Violence in Schools Through the Perspective of Ecological Theory

Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal
This paper examines violence against parents and peers and violence in schools using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system theory. We aim to establish connections between these forms of violence, perpetrator characteristics, and conclusions about the ...
Monika Klun, Danijela Frangež, Aleš Bučar Ručman   +2 more
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The face recall and face recognition: Description accuracy does not indicate eyewitness identification accuracy [PDF]

NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija
Eyewitness testimonies are frequently considered crucial in criminal investigations. The impact of the initial description provided by an eyewitness on subsequent identification accuracy remains an understudied area.
Fazlić Adnan, Deljkić Irma
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Brazil’s Experience with Recognition and Enforcement of Family Agreements in International Child Disputes

Laws, 2023
Recently, there has been a greater focus on promoting amicable solutions in cross-border family disputes. Alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation and conciliation have been used in Brazil to avoid lengthy legal proceedings and to resolve
Lalisa Froeder Dittrich
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Pakistan in 2009: Tackling the Taliban? [PDF]

, 2010
Party-based political competition played an important part in shaping key events in Pakistan in 2009. This article examines the impact of party-based competition on the much-delayed restoration of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mohammad Iftikhar Chaudhry ...
Nelson, Matthew J.
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Analysis of the Need for Safe Houses for Victims of Elder Abuse from the Perspective of Police Officers and Social Workers

Social Sciences
Elder abuse is an increasingly significant public health and human rights issue in aging and long-lived societies. Despite existing intervention strategies, the lack of emergency housing tailored to older victims of abuse remains a critical gap.
Teja Primc, Kaja Prislan Mihelič, Branko Lobnikar   +2 more
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Attitudes of local population and armed forces in the Republic of Slovenia on the environmental impacts of peacetime military activities: unaddressed perspective in civil-military relations

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The degradation of the natural environment is accelerated by anthropogenic factors such as intensive industrial production, population growth, and the spread of urban areas.
Silvo Grčar, Andrej Sotlar, Katja Eman
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Mapping of southern security and justice civil society organisations and networks [PDF]

, 2010
The purpose of this mapping study is to provide the UK Department for International Development (DFID) with a quantitative and qualitative snapshot of security and justice civil society organisations (CSOs) and networks working in and across the ...
Bakrania, Shiv, Gasana, Jean-Marie, Rauch, Janine, Kamenju, Jan, Tadesse, Medhane, Hutchful, Eboe, Andoseh, Priscilla, Malebang, Gabriel, Chakravarthi, Rekha, Karthika, Annapoorna, Chawla, Gautam, Hernandez, Carolina, Pabelina, Karla Mae, D'Amato-Adib, Flavia, Kabbara, Khaled, Ghdayed, Ghaydaa   +15 more
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The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source