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Domestic violence during pregnancy and post-childbirth is a serious problem faced by women, because each year the form and quality are increasingly complex and its prevalence is increasing.
Rosmala Nur
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Urban violence: a challenge for pediatricians
To present the main aspects of an approach to urban violence among children and adolescents and to point out the social and educational role of pediatricians.A literature review based on MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO was carried out for the years 1993 to 2005, using the following keywords: urban violence, children and adolescents.
Luciana, Phebo +1 more
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Objective: Despite widespread support for various firearm policies, minimal progress has been made in enacting these policies. One potential explanation is the misperception of peer support for firearm policies among individuals with differing political ...
Michael D. Anestis +5 more
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Narratives of Violence: The White ImagiNation, and the Making of Black Masculinity in ‘City of God’
The article explores the representation of young-black men in the 2002 film City of God. The film deploys “pathological scripts” of Black masculinity in Brazil as criminal and deviant. The controlling image of Black men’s bodies as a source of danger and
Jaime Amparo Alves
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European street gangs and urban violence [PDF]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide readers with an insight into gang-related violence, and responses to gang-related violence, across a number of European cities.
Stephenson, Svetlana, +4 more
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Intimate Partner Violence and Psychiatric Morbidity among Ever Married Women in Urban Area
Background: Women facing violence is an important public health issue worldwide. A married women may experience violence within the family multiple times/ have overlapping of different types of violence namely physical, sexual, emotional/ psychological,
Sphurti Uday Chate +1 more
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THE GARDEN OF STORIES: REVIEW OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN A RIO DE JANEIRO SLUM [PDF]
This article is the result of a period of research on violence against women in Brazil. It arises from the work as psychologist in an integral institution of the national policy to prevent and cope such violence, located in a favela in Rio de Janeiro ...
Marisa Antunes Santiago +2 more
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Violence and urban development. An analysis of La Cumbre, Floridablanca, Santander (Colombia)
Urban violence becomes a global challenge, posing a significant obstacle to sustainable and equitable city development. In this context, this article offers a comprehensive analysis of the interrelation between the absence of urban planning and the focus
Néstor Andrés Guarnizo Sánchez +2 more
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Urban violence beyond urban violence
In this short essay, we respond to the insightful comments to our Urban Violence: Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere by Drongiti, Tedeschi, Silva and Fauveaud. We reflect with the extent to which our book has managed to dwell in and care for the paradoxes of urban violence.
Andrea Pavoni, Simone Tulumello
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Gendered urban violence among Brazilians [PDF]
This book aims to understand the ‘painful truths’ of gendered violence in the city and how women challenge it through resistance and creative practices.
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