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E le Saua le Alofa (Love shouldn’t hurt): exploring the acceptability, feasibility and potential impact of a co-developed intervention to prevent violence against women in Samoa

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Women in Samoa experience a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) shaped in part by a history of colonisation and its influence on gender roles and lived experiences.
Jenevieve Mannell   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interrogation in Ukrainian Criminal Procedure

open access: yesTeisė, 2022
The aim of the paper is to research the interrogation in Ukrainian criminal procedure with a particular focus on the use of pretrial testimonies in trial.
Iryna Hloviuk
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Who knows who we are? Questioning DNA analysis in disaster victim identification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The use of DNA analysis as a mode of identification of disaster victims has become increasingly predominant to other, traditional, methods of identification in recent years.
Bennett, Caroline, Caroline Bennett
core   +1 more source

Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking of Fair Trial in the Light of Balance Principle of Rights of Victim and Accused [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī, 2015
According to the conventional definition, fair trial is a trial by acompetent tribunal in accordance with procedural guarantees to protect thedefendants’ constitutional and legal rights especially in order to respecthis/her human dignity and presumption ...
Mehrdad Rayijian Asli
doaj  

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy Reform to Public Reckoning: Exploring Shifts in the Reporting of Sexual-Violence-Against-Women Victimizations in the United States Between 1992 and 2021

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
The current literature indicates that sexual violence against women (VAW) is chronically under-reported to law enforcement due to factors such as fear of retaliation, societal stigma, and practical obstacles.
Jessica C. Fleming   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discursive fields and subject positions: becoming ‘victim’, ‘offender’ and ‘community’ in restorative justice

open access: yes, 2014
This article offers an understanding of the concepts of 'victim', 'offender' and 'community' in restorative justice, looking at their discursive origins.
Giuseppe Maglione, Maglione, Giuseppe
core   +1 more source

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