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Femicide, the killing of women and girls because of their gender, was until recently included in the category 'homicide', obscuring the special features of this social and gendered phenomenon. However, the majority of murders of women are perpetrated by men whom they know from family ties and are the result of intimate partner violence or so-called 'honour' killings. This book is the first one on femicide in Europe and presents the findings of a four-year...
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Nowhere is the gun control debate more heated than in the United States. Gun control advocates argue for tighter restrictions on purchasing and licensing in the hopes of reducing incidents of shootings. Gun owners fear that their guns will be taken away, eliminating their ability to protect their families. Carrying a concealed handgun is legal in every state, and polls shows that the majority of Americans support conceal and carry. The viewpoints...
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The first comprehensive resource for developing Safe Zone programs to support LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults. These programs publicly identify supportive allies by hanging the "Safe Zone" sign and are trained to become better allies by attending ongoing workshop sessions. Provides real world tested training curricula intentionally designed in active learning pedagogy. Curricula cover an expansive view of LGBTQIA+ topics including basic fundamentals...
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This interdisciplinary anthology explores a wide range of intersecting issues contributing to and arising from gun violence. Millions of people are hurt and killed by gun violence globally, and the traumatic realities of these events are navigated by individuals and communities widely. In this context, gun violence fundamentally threatens social functioning in significant ways, and profoundly test the resilience of families. The resulting transformations...
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Honor killings are acts of vengeance committed by male relatives against female relatives who have brought "dishonor" upon the family. This "dishonor" can include refusal to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of sexual assault, seeking a divorce, or having social or professional interactions outside the community. These crimes often go unpunished or lightly punished in cultures in which the practice is enshrined and are often reported...
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Cutting edge research into trends and social contexts of girls' violence.
Have girls really gone wild? Despite the media fascination with "bad girls," facts beyond the hype have remained unclear. Fighting for Girls focuses on these facts, and using the best data availabe about actual trends in girls' uses of violence, the scholars here find that by virtually any measure available, incidents of girls' violence are going down, not up. Additionally,...
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Do guns contribute to or prevent crime? Is gun ownership a right or a privilege? Would Americans be safer without guns? This is a compendium of opinions on the issue of guns and crime answering these questions and more, including whether more stringent gun control would increase or decrease violence. Readers see both sides to relating issues, such as gun control, individual rights, its impact on children, and assault weapon bans.
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While organizations such as the American Psychological Association release statements that research supports a link between violent video game use and an increase in aggressive behavior, independent studies (such as one by Whitney DeCamp), show little or no relationship between the two. Those who believe that there are no significant links, caution researchers to avoid compiling evidence 'in a vacuum.' This sets the stage for a very hot debate, especially...
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Nadie es eterno es una novela densa que aborda uno de los problemas fundamentales de nuestra sociedad colombiana y, en alguna medida, latinoamericana de las últimas décadas. En este texto de estudio, que se publica ahora, confluyen varias realidades: Óscar Osorio, experto en el trato de la violencia en la narrativa colombiana y narrador a su vez de esta misma violencia, se enfrenta a la novela de Alejandro José López, en la cual este se adentra...
11) Gun Violence
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This must-have volume explores issues related to gun violence, including the threat of gun violence for particular groups, such as women, children, and African Americans. Readers will evaluate the impact of gun control laws on gun violence, and the pros and cons of restrictions on guns in places such as bars, churches, and schools. This assembly of essays is also a terrific resource for report-writing and research. Sources include the Violence Policy...
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For decades, gangs have been emerging across the globe, disrupting citizen security, the rule of law, health and education, and local economies. The Caribbean, like many other regions, has a significant gang problem. Unfortunately, however, there has been limited academic attention given to the issue. Gangs in the Caribbean is intended to fill this gap by providing sound research conducted by leading Caribbean criminologists that encourages thoughtful...
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Reflexiones sobre el rol de las desigualdades económicas en la producción de violencia grupal.
Los conflictos violentos en las sociedades multiétnicas de los países en vías de desarrollo constituyen un problema principal en nuestro siglo. En este libro, sustentado en investigaciones cuantitativas y cualitativas, se muestra que las desigualdades horizontales entre grupos religiosos o étnicos, en sus dimensiones políticas, sociales, económicas...
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Este libro presenta los resultados del proyecto de investigación "Reconstrucción de la memoria histórica de la Asociación Campesina del Valle del río Cimitarra, con enfoque de género", que contó con la financiación por parte de Colciencias. El proyecto se ubica en el eje de construcción de paz, en la línea temática de verdad y reparación, y su objetivo es el de reconstruir la memoria histórica de la Asociación, para promover el acceso...
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Spanning murder cases from the beginning of the twentieth century to today, this is a must-read for fans of true crime and will also be compelling to mystery and thriller readers. The contributors include Harold Schechter, Katherine Ramsland, Carol Anne Davis, Burl Barer, and other leading writers in this genre.
In February 1975, nine-year-old Marcia Trimble left her house in Nashville to deliver Girl Scout cookies in the neighborhood. She never...
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Análisis de los testimonios sobre la violencia política en el Perú que permiten una reflexión crítica sobre nuestra historia reciente y sus complejos vínculos con la situación actual.
Este libro es una incursión en el archivo de los testimonios sobre la violencia política ocurrida en el Perú entre los años 1980 y 2000, material fundamental y poco estudiado hasta la fecha. El archivo está constituido principalmente por los casi 17 000...
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Inspiring collection narrating how peace activists found their calling and why the world still needs peace activism.
Since the late 1990s, the annual Kateri Tekakwitha Interfaith Peace Conference in upstate New York has grown to become the region's premier peace conference. Bending the Arc provides a history of the conference and brings together the inspiring, personal stories from such well-known participants as Medea Benjamin, Blase Bonpane, Kathy...
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La violencia que desde hace décadas se vive en Venezuela, que se ha recrudecido en los últimos años, es una problemática de investigación, pero también, y más profundamente, un drama que afecta la vida de los venezolanos. La misión de la Red de Activismo e Investigación para la Convivencia (Reacin) hermana el trabajo investigativo con los esfuerzos del activismo. Los autores, todos investigadores, al reunirse en Reacin buscan potenciar tanto...
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William C. Olsen, Walter E. A. van Beek, and the contributors to this volume seek to understand how Africans have confronted evil around them. Grouped around notions of evil as a cognitive or experiential problem, evil as malevolent process, and evil as an inversion of justice, these essays investigate what can be accepted and what must be condemned in order to evaluate being and morality in African cultural and social contexts. These studies of evil...
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En un mundo cada vez más global y sistemáticamente fragmentado la guerra sigue generando víctimas. En esa realidad, hombres, mujeres y personas con identidades de género diversas han padecido los horrores de la lucha entre los seres humanos. Sin embargo, el sufrimiento de cada uno es diferente, precisamente, porque la mujer o las personas con una identidad de género diversa viven y sienten los conflictos de una forma distinta. En este sentido,...
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