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development and provides considerable resources to reduce armed conflicts. However, other forms of violence, such as suicide … time, scholars in the field of public health have been arguing for putting selfdirected and interpersonal violence higher … and recipients have so far neither recognized self-directed nor interpersonal violence as a major development issue …
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Aim/purpose - This paper aims to examine with new empirical evidence the joint relationships between violence, income …, the results confirm a strong positive relationship between violence and income inequality. Conversely, a negative but non …-robust relationship exists between violence and real income per capita. Additionally, the findings show that human capital based on years …
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in violence and crime, interiorized the warrior ethos or violent practices, becoming their own executioners by killing …
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increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, anti-corruption measures might also induce criminal … violence. To determine which of these possible effects is prevalent, we undertake an empirical assessment of the impact of city …
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Monitors report that many elections around the world are flawed by problems of corruption and violence – sometimes both … Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project. Part III analyzes the impact of corruption and violence on the proportion of women in …
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There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest. …
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Violence against women is rooted in women's unequal status in society and that status reflects the unbalanced … or economic harm or suffering to women. Violence against women undermines women's dignity and integrity and imposes … million) have experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, since the age of 15. …
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Violence against women is rooted in women's unequal status in society and that status reflects the unbalanced … or economic harm or suffering to women. Violence against women undermines women's dignity and integrity and imposes … million) have experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, since the age of 15. …
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We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence against women in Germany in 2020. The analysis draws … online survey with counsellors and domestic violence experts. The number of violence-related requests at helplines increased … substituted help services away from ambulatory care towards helplines. We do not observe exacerbated violence in states with …
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