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This article discusses the particularities of identifying the actors and confronting statements at the crime scene in the context of investigations of migrant smuggling, examining these procedures from the forensic science perspective.
Gina Aurora NECULA
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'Soft’ aka second intention offence? – The concept of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ in the fencing theory of the Jian Jing, a Ming Dynasty fencing treatise [PDF]
The 16th century Chinese fight book Jian Jing 劍經 (Sword Treatise), written by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) general Yu Dayou 俞大猷, is the oldest available comprehensive work on Chinese fencing theory. This paper argues that the treatise uses the terms gang
Somogyi, Aron
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Pornography, panopticism and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 [PDF]
This is the accepted version of the following article: Petley, J. (2009), Pornography, Panopticism and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. Sociology Compass, 3: 417–432, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Petley, J
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The when and where of an emerging crime type: The example of metal theft from the railway network of Great Britain [PDF]
Metal theft has become an increasingly common crime in recent years, but lack of data has limited research into it. The present study used police-recorded crime data to study the spatial and temporal concentration of metal theft from the railway network ...
Ashby, MPJ +7 more
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The Road, In Court:How UK Drill Music Became a Criminal Offence [PDF]
UK Drill music routinely features in the nation’s courtrooms as evidence of criminal wrongdoing, owing to the graphic imagery of the genre’s lyrical and video content. Such a response may seem justified, due to fatal incidents associated with drill music,
Fatsis, Lambros; id_orcid, Fatsis, L.
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Defamation Strategy Implementation in the German Political Discourse
The main definitions of political discourse are introduced in this article. The author also suggests her own definition of this term. The participants of political discourse use various communicative strategies in order to influence opponents.
A. P. Kryachkova
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BREST PROCESS OVER OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS IN 1931-1932 IN POLAND
The article is devoted to the litigation in Poland, which became known as Brest litigation, that did not ind special reflection in Russian historiography. It took place at the turn of 1931-1932 in Warsaw. A part of the figures who were imprisoned for two
I. Kim
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Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Who goes to prison for breaching an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order? An analysis of police narratives [PDF]
Aim: To identify the situational and offender characteristics associated with prison sentences for Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) breaches.
Jacqueline Fitzgerald +2 more
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Why do countries engage in disinformation campaigns even though they know that they will likely be debunked later on? We explore a core puzzle in information warfare in which countries that pursue disinformation to confuse and demobilise their ...
Ertan, A. S., Ünver, Hamid Akın
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