Violence - Science topic

This encyclopedia brings together voluminous knowledge on one of the key characteristic features of the human condition: diversity. The overall goal of this reference work is not only to serve as a repository of knowledge on this particular topic but to provide readers with a conceptual cartography enabling them to navigate between the many complex...

A prosperous democracy is only possible when a free and fair election is achieved. If resources and potentials of the nation will be properly maximized, it will begin with an election without intimidation or harassment. The voters should be allowed to freely vote for the candidate and political parties of their choice. Searching through histor...

Since the onset of COVID-19, gender violence has significantly increased, affecting the lives of cis and trans girls and women due to the lack of visibility and overall normalization established through several patriarchal patterns in society. Maven Road analyzed the 8.6M million social media mentions on the topic that occurred in the US since Marc...

Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter explores trauma, memory, and religious hypocrisy through the journey of Nomi, a young woman who returns to Jarmuli, a temple town where she once suffered abuse at an ashram. As she confronts her past, the novel exposes the exploitation hidden within religious institutions. Parallelly, three elderly women on a pilg...

This study explores the associations between a Native American Indian ethnic identity and its accompanying cultural values to an individual's decision to refrain from criminal behavior. Data were gathered during the Southern Ute Indian Community Safety Survey, a study of crime and violence on the reservation involving Indian (n = 312) and non-India...

This article examines the theological and ethical implications of human dignity in the digital age, grounded in the magisterial declaration Dignitas Infinita. It explores how the document articulates human dignity through its ontological, moral, social, and existential dimensions, emphasizing the immutable worth of every person as imago Dei. The st...

Ce colloque international, co-organisé par le Céditec (Créteil), le Ceraps (Lille) et le Cens (Nantes), entend examiner le rôle des acteurs non étatiques dans les pratiques répressives visant les mouvements sociaux, les activistes et, plus largement, toutes celles et ceux qui tentent de remettre en question l’ordre social et politique. Il propose e...

ABSTRAK Fenomena No Viral, No Justice mencerminkan tantangan dalam penegakan hukum di Indonesia, khususnya dalam kasus penggusuran rumah warga Pulau Rempang yang diduga melibatkan aksi premanisme. Artikel ini menganalisis bagaimana hukum pidana merespons tindakan intimidasi, kekerasan, dan pemaksaan dalam penggusuran serta hambatan dalam implementa...

Background: The legislative framework pertaining to violence against women (VAW) in Kazakhstan has undergone significant modifications in recent years, reflecting a growing recognition of the significance of comprehensive approaches to address this widespread issue. Although legal frameworks have been established to protect victims and prevent viol...

The Centenary of the First World War saw unprecedent prominence given to the ‘colonial contribution’ in commemorative discourse. While this newfound public recognition sometimes relied on simplistic and sanitised narratives of the war, scholarship produced in the period has greatly enriched understandings of how conflict was experienced by colonise...

Purpose The healthcare system plays a critical role in intimate partner violence (IPV) detection and response through implementation of routine screening for IPV experiences (i.e., victimization). Yet, development of guidelines for identifying and responding to those who use violence in relationships (i.e., perpetration) is in its infancy. Method...

This paper aims to critically analyze the applicability of Law 14542/2023 in Brazil in relation to women, with an emphasis on the barriers and challenges that perpetuate the exclusion of women in accessing and exercising the rights guaranteed by this legislation. Although the 1988 Federal Constitution represented an important milestone in incorpora...

Numerous studies have highlighted the profound impacts of violence and discrimination on the LGBTQ+ community, leading to psychosocial stress, isolation, and heightened instances of self-harm. Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), a community-based intervention, has emerged as a promising approach utilized globally with marginalized groups, includi...

The paper will focus on two novels written by a well-known South Korean writer, Han Kang (1970-), namely Here Comes the Boy (Sonyŏn i onda, 2014) and I Do Not Bid Farewell (Chakpyŏl haji annŭnda, 2021), which deal respectively with the events of the Kwangju Uprising in 1980 and the Cheju Uprising in 1948, exposing the massacres of civilians by Sout...

Вршњачко насиље у образовним институцијама постаје све заступљенија појава. Однос међу децом у оквиру образовних институција постаје све бруталнији, а последице вршњачког насиља све страшније. Основни проблем овог рада је у нарушеним односима унутар вршњачке групе, из чега произилазе проблеми насиља, сексуалног злостављања, наношења лакших и тежих...

This essay reflects on ruin, wasteland, destruction and their sense of anonymity through the artistic work of Teatro para el fin del mundo collective, which creates a platform for research and application of systems of scenic intervention in spaces conditioned by ruin and violence. This work includes notes on the application of the project Catálogo...

This teaching case aims to describe the main amendments to Law No. 11,340 of 2006 (the Maria da Penha Law) and to analyze the challenges faced by the commander of a police unit in responding to reports of institutional violence committed by police officers during interventions in cases involving crimes within intimate relationships. The military po...

This study explored how exposure to sexual and conflict-related violence relates to the severity of post-traumatic symptoms and how personal and community resilience factors and coping strategies mediate that relationship. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 568 Israeli women, who were classified into four exposure groups: (a) high sexual...

The competition between the U.S. and China stems from systemic factors, not the behaviors of particular presidents like Trump or Biden. Although the competition is fueled by dominance rivalry, historical prejudice, and ideological conflict, there is no predetermined fate to end in violence. With strategic clarity, mutual interdependence, and a sust...

The article analyzes the structuralist approach and methods of the perpetrators of political extremism within Kosovo and Metohija in violating the fundamental human rights and freedoms of citizens, believers of the Orthodox Church. Article defines modern approaches to political violence through the structuralist model and the institutionalization o...

Desde finales del siglo XX se incrementó la literatura académica enfocada en el estudio de las migraciones internacionales; una parte importante de dicho trabajo fue la formulación de marcos teóricos. En este contexto, este artículo argumenta que la propuesta conceptual de la migración forzada permite el abordaje, tanto de la construcción histórico...

The Just War tradition (JWT) is viewed in this paper as a corpus of ideas that discusses the morality and ethics of war. It has changed throughout more than 1,500 years, making it a complicated one. The Just War tradition is broad and multifaceted, yet it is confined within some essential principles that determine its boundaries. It differs from pa...

As hostility toward immigrants grows, it is essential to explore the psychological factors that contribute to anti‐immigrant attitudes. Although the impact of economic hardship, societal anomie, and conspiracy belief on anti‐immigration attitudes have all been individually studied, their combined impact remains underexamined. Across six studies (n...

العنف ظاهرة ليس وليدة اليوم وانما قديمة قدم الكون فمنذ النشأة الاولى للخلق نشأ العنف عندما حصلت اول حادثة قتل وهي قتل هابيل على يد أخيه قابيل ومنذ ذلك الحين اخذ العنف ينمو ويتطور بتطور الحضارات الانسانية حتى اصبح يعم المجتمعات الانسانية كافة ليمتليء التاريخ بدوامة كبيرة من الصراعات والحروب سواء كان بين افراد المجتمع الواحد او بين دولة واخرى و كلما...

This study investigates the representation of trauma in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (NLMG) through the lens of Cathy Caruth's trauma theory. The research aims to explore how trauma, both personal and collective, is constructed and expressed not only through the novel's content but also through its narrative form. Using a qualitative-descriptiv...

The Maria da Penha Law represented a significant advance in the fight against domestic violence in Brazil, creating legal mechanisms to protect women in situations of violence and address gender inequalities. However, its effectiveness is still limited by several cultural, social and economic factors. One of the main obstacles is the financial depe...

This report explores the gap between the people experiencing harm from gambling and those able to access formal support. The role of digital interventions is considered in the context of their ability to reach individuals who may otherwise be unable or unwilling to access formal treatment, with a particular focus on the new GambleAware Support Tool...

Objective. We aimed to describe the frequency of intimate partner violence (IPV) in reproductive-age women and pregnant-postpartum women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) and compare it with those without ARDs (controls). Methods. A descriptive, cross-sectional, and comparative study was conducted among pregnant-postpartum patients and repr...

Objective: Adolescent loneliness has been identified as a potential precursor to poor psychological health and well-being outcomes in adulthood. However, less is known about adolescent loneliness and violence outcomes in adulthood. This study fills this gap by examining how loneliness during adolescence is associated with both victimization and per...

In this article I explore the ways in which the concept of translation is utilized throughout R. F. Kuang's novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, a work of speculative fiction which explores the colonial relations between Britain and China in the 19 th century, in order to facilitate the understanding of colonialism and its penchant for destru...

Despite high country-level gender equality, intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is common in Sweden. In discussion about this apparent paradox, the complexity of gender in/equality has been highlighted. Drawing on the domains considered in the EIGE gender equality index (work, money, knowledge, time, power, and health), and based on the...

Current automated content moderation systems primarily focus on detecting explicit visual content (e.g., violence, nudity) while overlooking its emotional impact on young users—a significant deficiency given rising concerns about youth mental health in digital spaces. To address this research gap, this study presents a new architecture based on a h...

This article is about how dealing with historical experiences of violence and their victims shapes politically relevant attitudes towards violence and how this can be anchored in history didactics. We are interested in the situation in which events that occurred far in the past do not leave pupils indifferent, but rather affect them. Using a nation...

البحث الحالي هدف إلى إلقاء الضوء على موضوع عنف عصابات الأحياء في المدينة، والذي يتزايد يوما بعد يوم. ولقد تناول البحث الحالي العديد من النقاط الهامة المرتبطة بموضوع البحث، هي كالتالي: الحق في المدينة، وعلم الاجتماع في مواجهة الانحراف والجريمة، والعنف والجريمة من وجهة نظر ما بعد الحداثة، والمدينة وعنف العصابات، وتعريف عنف العصابات. ثم قام البحث برصد...

Coercively controlling behaviours are highly prevalent in the context of intimate partner violence. However, coercive control often goes undetected because, unlike physical violence, it has not always been recognized as a criminal offence, is often perceived as less severe, and does not produce visible signs of physical violence. This paper outline...

Emotional abuse is associated with several deleterious outcomes including poor mental health, sexual assault, and partner homicide. Exposure to violence during childhood is an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) that has also been shown to increase the likelihood of experiencing mental health issues, including depression. Building on this understand...

Background Violent and abusive behavior in relationships causes immense individual and community harm. Mapping the emergence of different types of abuse over time and recognising behavioral patterns, could enable more targeted intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention, screening, and early intervention. While there has been some qualitative resear...

Drawing on re‐engagement work with physical type portraits made by Government Anthropologist N. W. Thomas in West Africa in the early 20th century, the article discusses strategies of “re‐sounding images”’ to address silences in the colonial photographic archive. Acknowledging that archival silences may result both from acts of epistemic violence a...

Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their home countries in search of protection across international borders because of various forms of persecution, conflict, violence, or abuses of their human rights. This study explores the complex interplay of cultural identity and lived experiences among Afghan women refugees residing in the pro...

This essay examines peace in the Middle East by focusing on the historical precedents that have led up to the designation of the modern state of Israel. It is argued that it is the role of the philosophy of education to specifically analyse the creation of the modern state of Israel as a concept, and to unpack this concept with respect to its co...

Marseille is a city that has long been sensationalistically associated in the public imagination with crime and drug dealing. This article begins by tracing the history of drug dealing and gang violence in the city, from its 19 th century origins to the rise of what has been called the “French Connection” in the 1960s and 1970s, when Marseille play...

This article explores the decolonial potential of the Palestinian Liberation Theology (PLT). It does so by examining the PLT's attempt at establishing a decolonial Indigenous theology in pursuit of inclusive justice and liberation for both the colonised and the coloniser. While PLT offers a compelling spiritual resistance and contextual hermeneutic...

Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) have been identified as risk factors for mental health issues and behavioral problems including violence. While cross-sectional studies suggest an association between PLEs and violent behavior in adolescents, their longitudinal relationship remains unexamined. This study aims to examine the temporal association bet...

The present study proposes to examine the setting in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go as an important motif that invites comparisons to classic works while foregrounding the novel's dystopian elements. By engaging with Foucault's discursive ideas, this study will argue that Never Let Me Go transforms the traditional motif of boarding school as seen...

The rapid growth of e-commerce in South Africa has increased the demand for efficient last-mile delivery. Motorcycle delivery drivers play a crucial role in the last-mile delivery process to bridge the gap between retailers and consumers. However, these drivers face significant challenges that impact both logistical efficiency and their socio-econo...

On July 23, 2003, Salvadoran President Francisco Flores introduced a punitive and militaristic gang-prevention measure, Plan Mano Dura (Plan Iron Fist), in an attempt to solve the gang phenomenon plaguing El Salvador. Although it turned out to be an abject policy failure, its future effects and significance would far outweigh its intended impact, e...

This article examines the Irish struggle for independence through the theoretical lens of Frantz Fanon’s decolonial framework, elaborated within the opus “The Wretched of the Earth” (1961). Although Fanon’s work is rooted in African and Caribbean contexts, his analysis of the colonial trauma and stage-by-stage reclamation of national identity offer...

War and displacement have sadly become recurrent themes in our global moment. From Ukraine to Gaza, from the Sahel to Sudan, and from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa, the conflict has devastated communities. Attacks on towns and cities have destroyed infrastructure, including schools, forcing teaching staff and learners to flee, often across inte...

The intensification of military operations in the Gaza Strip in April 2025 has marked a critical juncture in the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The disproportionate use of force by Israeli armed forces has resulted in extensive civilian casualties and destruction of essential infrastructure, raising serious concerns under international hu...

Shackling is still often used as a solution to address issues affecting people with mental disorders (PMD) in Sikka Regency. This study aims to discuss and explain the reality of shackling of PMD in Sikka Regency as a practice of ‘culture of throwing away’ based on the principles outlined in the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti. This research uses a mixed...

This paper is a case analysis of online discussion in the social media group. The members' violent responses to violent items posted in the groups were assessed in light of the existing theories on violence. The violent responses posted by different people across the globe had mutually aggravating effects, inviting more people with more violent sug...

Intiem partnergeweld (IPG) komt bij ongeveer één op zes partnerrelaties voor. Doorheen de levensloop evolueert de aard van het geweld, waarbij op latere leeftijd meer emotioneel en financieel geweld optreedt. In deze klinische les komen factoren aan bod die IPG bij ouderen beïnvloeden. Zo kunnen veranderende levensomstandigheden op late leeftijd ee...

La violencia representa un problema global que afecta la salud mental, incluyendo un aumento en síntomas de ansiedad y depresión. El objetivo de estudio fue evaluar el impacto de la exposición a la violencia en la salud mental en El Oro, Ecuador, específicamente su relación con la prevalencia de ansiedad y depresión, e identificar sus factores soci...

The present study aims to analyze the alterations in beliefs among women who have experienced gender-based violence and their potential relationship with the process of reporting the criminal offense. To this end, the study examines negative beliefs about the self; negative beliefs about the world and the future; negative beliefs about others; as w...

Omer Bartov's text is addressed to those who are shocked by the Palestinian agony in Gaza and cannot accept that the slogan "Never Again" has been with us for more than two years, returning in the tracks of the tanks and the missiles of the planes of the descendants of the victims who created this euphemism for genocide in the first place. As a his...

This article examines the portrayals of the female subject and war depicted in three poetic works by Elena Fanailova, a contemporary Russian author and journalist. The article demonstrates that, through various narrative and symbolization strategies, Fanailova stages war as an essential emanation of Soviet and post-Soviet Russian society, which uni...

The aim of this paper was to carry out a theoretical review of the studies that analyse cyber-violence in adolescent and young couples, and to present the main findings extracted from them. The analysis included 79 studies published between 2009 and 2023, which were searched in different databases. In relation to the inclusion criteria, articles wi...

The interpretations of the Hindu religious text Bhagavad Gītā have been the subject of heated debate among scholars, political activists and religious leaders for various reasons. Nevertheless, M. K. Gandhi’s elucidations invite significant consideration and thorough evaluation because he has defended the Gītā as a text of nonviolence. Excavating G...

Background Measuring the impact of non-fatal injuries and violence is essential for informed public health policy-making and communications. This study aimed to generate new health-related quality of life data for a prominent US non-fatal injury surveillance source using disability weights derived from general population survey estimates. Methods...

This phenomenological study explores how violence‐exposed adolescent boys construct masculinities and perceive the relationship between masculinity and bullying. Eight boys (ages 12–17, mean age = 14.1) from diverse racial, socioeconomic and sexual identity backgrounds were individually interviewed. Findings reveal the influence of violence exposur...

Background There is a growing emphasis on violence‐related research in psychiatric nursing, with an annual increase rate of 2.12% in publications and the highest number of publications occurring in 2024. This trend underscores the escalating importance of addressing violence in mental health settings. Aim This study aims to demonstrate the quantit...

This research seeks to map perception of gender-based violence and social support capital and its impact on the position and coping strategies in these situations of a group of young women in foster care (FC) who have been mentored and a group of non-foster care undergraduate women (N-FC) who participated in a mentoring program on gender-based viol...

The Eleventh Pamphlet brings a translation of Stanisław Lem’s Provocation – a review of a nonexistent work by the equally fictitious author Horst Aspernicus: Der Völkermord. I. Die Endlösung als Erlösung II. Fremdkörper Tod (Göttingen, 1980). The text belongs to the genre of imaginary reviews, a form Lem mastered and used to grapple with a broad ra...

Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth‐telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth‐telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning. Our analysis critically examines the use of Truth‐telling language in the Australian Curricu...

Purpose To explore the awareness of mandatory reporting of intimate-partner violence (MR-IPV) among help-seeking IPV victims and perpetrators and service providers in Norway. Methods A qualitative study of IPV service providers (N = 59) and help-seeking IPV victims and perpetrators (IPV victims, N = 10; IPV perpetrators, N = 8) was conducted. Data...

Fathers’ alcohol use impacts family well-being, including increased risk for violence, poor child outcomes, and low engagement in care. Yet few studies examine the drivers of alcohol use among fathers or the role of gendered expectations and sociocultural norms on use, especially in low-resource settings like Kenya. Understanding why fathers drink,...

Objectives We aimed to explore the effectiveness of a daily ten-minute teacher-led group thought field therapy stress-reduction intervention on middle-school adolescents residing in an area experiencing high levels of interpersonal and community violence. We hypothesized that it would lead to a reduction of trauma symptoms and improve grades in rea...

On the Other Side of Silence is Mohammad Shafiqul Islam’s third collection of poetry. His two other collections are Inner State (Daily Star Books, 2020) and Wings of Winds (Adorn Publication, 2015). The poems in this address silence from a wide range of perspectives in relation to sounds and shades, dubbing silence as a powerful tool to resist viol...

Objective: A prominent theory accounting for the development and maintenance of aggressive behavior from childhood to adolescence is the social cognitive model, which holds that aggressive behavior is sustained over time through various context-dependent beliefs, biases, and schemas that emerge through repeated observation of aggressive social inte...

This study investigated the geospatial patterns and determinants of violence against children and young people in Namibia using data from 5,191 individuals aged 13–24 years, interviewed across 79 constituencies in the 2019 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey. We employed Global Moran’s I and Local Indicators of Spatial Autocorrelation to ide...

In the aftermath of terrorist attacks, researchers and government inquiries often assess the motives and goals of the perpetrator based on the manifestos and other statements they release to coincide with their violence. However, sometimes forgotten is that they have often carefully prepared and crafted these statements to become part of their camp...

East Africa has great potential in the tourism sector, but is vulnerable to the threat of terrorism that can hinder economic growth and regional stability. This research aims to analyze the impact of terrorism on tourism development, especially in Kenya as a case study. The research uses a Library Research method with a descriptive qualitative appr...

Ethics guides for political science instruct researchers to avoid retraumatization of human subjects (for example, APSA 2022; Fujii 2012). Meanwhile, human subject research on sensitive topics, including violence and repression, has increased. This paper clarifies what is at stake when we talk about research participant distress and provides recomm...

Video generative models democratize the creation of visual content through intuitive instruction following, but they also inherit the biases and harmful concepts embedded within their web-scale training data. This inheritance creates a significant risk, as users can readily generate undesirable and even illegal content. This work introduces the fir...

The intolerant targeting of binary sex through unlawful violence poses a significant threat to the dignity and reputation of transgender individuals, leaving this minority group exposed to both physical and mental health issues. Having a range of sexual orientations or identities does not restrict one from experiencing fundamental and inherent righ...

Resumen Desde 2002, he investigado sobre violencia contra las mujeres en varios estados y municipios del país. Una de las preguntas que ha guiado estas investigaciones, tiene que ver con las respuestas que obtienen las mujeres víctimas de violencia del Estado mexicano. En la misma línea, hace más de una década publicamos, otros investigadores y yo,...

Supporter fanaticism is a social phenomenon commonly found in the world of sports and can have both positive and negative impacts. This study aims to examine the relationship between supporter fanaticism and aggressive behavior in the context of sports through a sociological approach. The method used is a literature review by analyzing relevant sci...

Works by the Finnish author of Kosovar origin, Pajtim Statovci, have become increasingly well-known over the last decade. The present study concerns his third novel, Bolla, originally published in Finland in 2019 and translated into English in 2021. It deals with the illicit love affair between Arsim, an ethnic Albanian, and Miloš, an ethnic Serb,...

The purpose of the paper is to examine why women in the lower and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. It also discusses the association between climate change and mental well-being of women in these regions. The study follows a qualitative approach and synthesizes findings from case studies and thematic li...

The present article views Dalit conversion as a gradual process or bottom-up reassessment strategy for a democratic environment assumed to provide a space to challenge the social structure of the Hindu caste system. To theorise this, the article deploys Victor Turner’s concept of liminality and studies religious conversion as a transition, liminal...

The main objective of this research paper is to understand that there are occurrences of social problems of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, crime and violence and gender inequality. The influence of various types of social problems is experienced in a major or minor form. These have unfavourable effects on the overall personality traits and qual...

This study is about giving women more power in the 21st century. What does this study try to find out about women's education in pre-colonial, colonial, and modern Pakistan? It also wants to know about violence against women, women's rights; the role of NGOs in empowering women, the Government's schemes and programmes for empowering women, how educ...

This article analyzes selected works of Helena Pajzderska (pen name Hajota) within the context of ethnic and social differentiation and the so-called “cocoa boom” on Fernando Poo during the author’s residence on the island. Employing Christoph Kamissek and Jonas Kreienbaum’s concept of the “imperial cloud,” the text examines how systems of knowledg...

Social networks have become integral to adolescent communication, with sexting -defined as the exchange of sexual content - emerging as a common practice. While consensual sexting is often viewed as a form of sexual expression, nonconsensual sexting represents a significant type of digital violence. This study examined the relationship between NCS...

If it claims to designate a specific type of action, the category of police violence (or police brutality) is problematic because the practices of the police are inherently violent. In fact, we should be saying that there is no such thing as police violence - police means violence - or that there is only police violence. But then, what do we mean w...

Amidst cultural and religious diversity, the challenges of intolerance and violence based on differences are increasing. This study aims to analyze the role of multicultural education and religious moderation in creating a peaceful and anti-violent society. Using qualitative methods using library research, namely a method of collecting data by unde...

In this critique, I examine how mainstream Western media narratives on sexual violence reinforce binaries between a 'progressive' West and a 'patriarchal' Global South—ignoring structural issues like caste, class, and race. I call for truly transnational solidarity that confronts misogyny and impunity everywhere.

Bullying of children is a social problem that is getting more and more attention, especially in rural environments where there are limitations in the child protection system. This study aims to examine the model of resolving bullying cases against children in villages in Cirebon regency with a fair approach, both in formal law and local wisdom. The...

Children are very vulnerable to becoming victims of criminal acts and because of their incompetence, children are not yet able to determine their destiny properly so they still depend on their parents and need protection. However, it is not uncommon for children to become victims of violence from their biological parents. The issues raised concern...

This study aimed to learn about dispute resolutions in the lowest political unit of the Philippines, particularly with the Lupon Members’ firsthand experiences with the Katarungang Pambarangay. It assessed the challenges encountered and innovations implemented by the members of the Katarungang Pambarangay in the settlement of the cases in the thr...

The aim of this study is to examine the predictive role of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) in both experiencing and perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV) in romantic relationships. EMSs are enduring cognitive-affective patterns formed in early life through interactions with primary caregivers. They consist of memories, emotions, and bodily...

This study investigates the state-perpetuated violence and oppression experienced by LGBTQI+ subjects within the Azerbaijani military. Utilizing a transnational queer-feminist framework, the study draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Baku between May 2021 and July 2022. It examines the narratives of LGBTQI+ research participants,...

The aim of this research is to test the association between school absence, suspensions and exclusions and subsequent offending and violent behaviour. The existing evidence suggests being in education can reduce the risk that a child will be involved in crime and violence (Department for Education, 2023; Ullman et al., 2024; YEF, 2024b). Despite th...

The ways in which we produce scientific knowledge are not objective and are subject to systemic biases with colonial roots. Here, we evaluate the different dimensions of colonialism in Mexican academia, reviewing two historical cases (in Biology and Archaeology) and a recent one (in Palaeontology) through a review of grey literature. Epistemic colo...