Mapping definitions, measures and methodologies of assessing police violence in the health literature: a scoping review protocol by Latesha K Harris, Jamie L Conklin, Cheryl L Woods-Giscombe, Yamnia I Cortés

“…We will use the following string of key terms separated with the Boolean operator ‘or’: ‘police violence’, ‘police brutality’, ‘police use of force’, ‘law enforcement violence’, ‘law enforcement brutality’, ‘law enforcement use of force’ and ‘legal intervention’. …”
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Military actions and activities of the Russian and Austrian administrations in Pokuttya in 1914-1915 by Andrii Korolko

“…However, the events of 1916 will show that the front in the territory of Eastern Galicia will «come to life» and this will lead to a brutal, but short-lived, occupation of Pokuttya by Russian troops. …”
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Postscript – Today’s Ukraine, Tomorrow’s Taiwan: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, China’s Revanchism, and the Chinese Communist Party-State’s Quest to Remake the World in Its Own Imag... by Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

“…The first section of this journal issue, Putin’s War in Ukraine: Where China Stands, looks at how the Chinese Communist Party-State positions the country it currently rules with an iron fist amidst the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, the reasons for its stance, its domestic and foreign policy considerations and its action’s paramount rationale – for the perpetuation of its brutal, repressive and dictatorial stranglehold over political power in China. …”
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To be Black, Queer and Radical: Centring the epistemology of Marielle Franco by Loureiro Gabriela Silva

“…The aim of this article is to pay tribute to Marielle Franco, a Brazilian LGBTQ+ Black activist from the favela who was brutally executed in March 14, 2018. Taking Marielle’s life and death as a case study, I will demonstrate how she embodied Black feminist theory and practice and how her execution can be better addressed by situating it within the context of spatialities of race and the necropolitical governance of Rio de Janeiro.…”
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The Black Swan di Darren Aronofsky. Lo specchio come indagine psicanalitica sulla pazzia by Francesca Casella

“…Considered a masterpiece or panned brutally, echo’s a long line of films that led themselves to a psychoanalytic analysis. …”
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Droit et justice pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. L’exemple de la France by Jean-Claude Farcy

“…Military justice extended its influence and exercised, particularly in the case of serious danger, a brutal and arbitrary repression with a particular disciplinary objective. …”
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Dracula et la politique by Jean-Jacques Lecercle

“…Whereas Frankenstein, for instance, may be read as an « event » in Badiou's sense of the word, this paper uses Bodei's Le logiche del delirio to answer nine questions concerning the novel's brutal chauvinism, its myth of origins and above all its representation of the Other in political and gendered terms.…”
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Lawrence, Education and Corporal Punishment by Juliette Feyel

“…As a result, he is brought to denounce the brutality of institutional corporal punishments that were allowed in his time, while at the same time praising their infliction by parents on their children.…”
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Breaking Sexual Taboos in Contemporary Romanian Literature: Adrian Schiop’s "Zero Grade Kelvin" by Diego Muñoz Carrobles

“…<p>This paper tries to analyse some of the interpretational keys of <em>Zero grade Kelvin, </em>a novel written by Romanian young novelist Adrian Schiop, thanks to which the topic of homosexuality was introduced in the Romanian literary market in an uncensored and brutal way. The eroticism represented by Schiop in the book lacks of positive elements, the sexual relationships of the lonely main male character are marked by a constant search of lovers and dissatisfaction.…”
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THE CHIEFS OF PRISONS IN EASTERN SIBERIA IN 1918 – 1919 by S. P. Zvyagin

“…Soviet historiography contains a considerable number of works, covering the brutal detention regime. However, there are not enough studies of the everyday work of prisons. …”
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The Subtleties of Racism in the South African Workplace by Kgomotso Busisiwe Mokoena

“…This diversity and the acceptance thereof were hard won by many South Africans during the struggle against the brutality of the apartheid regime. What is also clear from interactions between many South Africans is that much of the racism which existed in apartheid South Africa is unfortunately not a thing of the past.…”
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Un processo ad Antigone. “The Island” di Athol Fugard, John Kani e Winston Ntshona by Chiara Rolli

“…For the two protagonists of the play, “Doing Antigone” is an act of political resistance to the brutalizing power of the state.…”
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Making Violence Visible in Vietnam War Narratives: The Case of “A Rumor of War” by Stefano Rosso

“…Before you leave here, sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteenth-year-old American boy. …”
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Not in Our World: A Perspective of Community Organizing Against Hate by Bill Wassmuth, M.J. Bryant

“…On Sept. 11, 2001, Americans were brutalized by an undeniable statement of hatred that made an indelible impression on not just its thousands of victims, but on the consciousness of the whole world. …”
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Off With Their Heads: The Islamic State and Civilian Beheadings by Steven T. Zech, Zane M. Kelly

“…We place beheadings in a broader historical context and draw from academic research in terrorism studies and the social sciences to explain why the Islamic State has adopted such brutal tactics. We outline the strategic logic of beheading and evaluate explanations related to symbolic politics, culture, and organizational dynamics. …”
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From violence to civilization: Heracles, the super-man of Antiquity by Maria de Fátima Silva

“…As a cross‑over figure in Greek culture and literature<br />throughout the centuries, the son of Zeus and Alcmene gradually adjusted to the ever changing mind‑set within the Greek world. Initially a brutal and violent conqueror, his image evolved, becoming a protector of the vulnerable and a symbol of the civilization he helped to construct.…”
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Extremophilic and biomimetic architectures for space by Truyman Sylve, Truyman Pierre-Jacques

“…Extremophilic organisms, living beings with amazing capacities of adaptation to the most hostile and deadly environments to all other living beings, they demonstrate natural adaptation solutions, captivating for the implantation of the life on other planets as much as for the brutal changes of ours. Since the dawn of time, man has used nature as a source of inspiration to innovate and design with a key word, adaptation. …”
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The Prophet of mercy and prisoners of war : a study in ethical inferences by Gilani, Sayyid Muhammad Yunus, Islam, Tazul

“…Prisoners of war throughout the history have often been subjected to merciless torture: death, dishonor, negligence, brutality, unnecessary harassment or starvation and other ways of inhuman persecution. …”
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RED RISING / by Brown, Pierce, 1988-, author

“…He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies ... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so…”

A GAME OF THRONES : Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire / by Martin, George R. R., 1948-, author 423317