Landscape memories: Akerman's Sud and the spectator-environment за авторством Lubecker, N

“...Chantal Akerman’s documentary Sud [South, 1999] investigates the brutal racist murder of James Byrd Jr that took place in Jasper, Texas in 1998. ...”

Association between enactment of a “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law and unlawful homicides in Florida за авторством Humphreys, D, Gasparrini, A, Wiebe, D

“...Results from our study of the influence of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law on homicide and suicide by firearm1 have been questioned for not distinguishing between “unlawful” homicide (ie, murder) and “justifiable” homicide (ie, lawful use of lethal force).2,3 Using an interrupted time series design, we found “an abrupt and sustained increase in the monthly homicide rate of 24.4%” (31.6% for homicide by firearm) following the effective date of the law.1 Readers have suggested that if the increase in homicide rates resulted from an increase in homicides that were justifiable, the law may be working as intended. ...”

The parable of the disappearing gladiators: interpreting a late antique cultural reference in Genesis Rabba’s exposition of the Cain and Abel narrative за авторством Williams, B

“...According to the mashal (parable) attributed to Shimʿon ben Yoḥai in Gen. Rab. 22:9, the murder of Abel (Gen 4:8–10) may be likened to a gladiator’s death in the arena. ...”

Mingrat: anatomy of a restoration cause célèbre за авторством Counter, A

“...This article explores the discursive afterlife of the 1822 murder of Marie Gérin by the Abbé Mingrat, who subsequently fled France and was never extradited. ...”

Do Black Lives Matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppres... за авторством Kirk, D, Rovira, M

“...This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism on racially disparate hiring practices. ...”

Defence of insanity & diminished responsibility in our system of criminal justice / Nor Zihan M. Zain за авторством M. Zain, Nor Zihan

“...On a plea of insanity, M'Naghten was acquitted of the charge of murder and sent to a mental asylum...”
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The plea of provocation in criminal law / Khalijah Ahmad за авторством Ahmad, Khalijah

“...Provocation is a defence to a charge of murder at 1 Commonon Law, entitling the accused to be convicted of mans 1aughter . ...”
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Enhancing the society's social capital accumulation за авторством Doris Padmini Selvaratnam, Madeline Berma, Nor Aini Haji Idris, Norlaila Abu Bakar, Poo Bee Tin

“...There are various social ills plaguing the society today (i.e. juvenile,delinquency, crimes, murder; gangsterism, abandonment of the elderly, domestic violence, etc.). ...”
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Manto's legendary contribution to partition literature of India за авторством Akram, Lubna, Hanifa, Mohamed Ali, Rathakrishnan, Mohan

“...This violence included rape, murder, abduction of women, violation of holy places, loss of life, kidnapping and the distorted identity of a generation. ...”
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Indonesia’s mass killings of 1965–1966 : retrospective and requiem за авторством Faizah Zakaria

“...Since the kidnapping and murder of six generals in the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, during an abortive coup attempt that the Indonesian Army alleged was masterminded by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) – an event which served as a pretext for the mass violence that swiftly followed – academics and observers, within and outside Indonesia, have sought to uncover and explain its murky history in studies that now span five decades....”
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Indices of the esoteric: crime, rorensic science, and oral culture за авторством Scott, Bede

“...Kayo Odamtten, a forensic pathologist, has been sent to investigate a suspected murder in the remote village of Sonokrom. Although he relies on standard forensic procedures when he first arrives in the village, Kayo is eventually forced to utilize other perspectives, other epistemologies, in order to solve the mystery. ...”
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Chongqing stories за авторством Li, Ziling

“...After being swindled out of his money, changes his job to become a taxi driver, and encountered a murder suspect. This story highlights the predicament faced by traditional Bang-bang (porter) groups in Chongqing, represented by Dupe Chen, as they confront unemployment in the face of social development....”
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'Mat Rempit' - looking at the contemporary road transport act 1987 (act 333) / Zainal Abdul Hamid, Nik Hassanuddin Mohd Ghazali за авторством Abdul Hamid, Zainal, Mohd Ghazali, Nik Hassanuddin

“...Practically every major state or districts in Malaysia have been waging war against these "Mat Rempit', who have been known to be a nuisance on our roads and notoriously involved in gang robberies, rape and even murder. Therefore this research will focus and examine the effectiveness of the Road Transport Act 1987 in eradicating this menace of 'Mat Rempit'. ...”
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The politics of the rope: the campaign to abolish capital punishment in Britain 1955-1969 за авторством Twitchell, Neville

“...This thesis is an account of the campaign to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain from the mid 1950s to the late 1960s. ...”
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Unreasonable doubt: politics and aesthetics in the crime novels of Horacio Vázquez Rial за авторством Bollig, B

“...This paper draws on the work of Andrew Popper on crime fiction, Fredric Jameson on Raymond Chandler and Joel Black on the aesthetics of murder. It also responds to the work of Neil Larsen on another writer with a similar political trajectory, Mario Vargas Llosa, and answers a recent call from Jens Andermann for cultural studies practitioners to examine the ideology and the technique of right-wing works, in this case those dealing explicitly with the author’s own former armed militancy....”

The disastrous feast at Werla за авторством Greer, S

“...Ekkehard’s arrival at the feast has been construed as an insult to the Ottonian sisters, marking the point at which he lost the succession race and paved the way for his own murder. However, there is no convincing explanation in current scholarship for why Ekkehard thought publicly insulting the family of the former emperor and breaking the regulated structure of Ottonian politics was a good move. ...”

The response of Muslim countries to the Bosnian crisis за авторством W. Shawaluddin W. Hassan

“...However, this scenario changed when the Serbs had subscribed to the idea of Greater Serbia and resorted to ethnic cleanse the Bosnia Muslims and Croatian Catholics by torture , rape, and murder. Muslim countries with the spirit of Islamic Brotherhood responded strongly to their brothers and sisters plight and sufferings. ...”
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The violation of human rights in Iraq during the United States’ occupation: revisited за авторством Jassam, Tariq Hussein, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Azmi, Ruzita

“...It argues that these infringements including occupation-induced illegal mass expulsions to armed forces and police, human abuse, torture, rape, atrocities and deliberate murder in prisons, constitute heinous crimes against humanity.It demonstrates the ineffectiveness of all international principles involving HR to protecting Iraqi nationals despite the occupier being affiliated to the so called United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Furthermore, it is affirmed that these superpowers, being a member of UNSC, either modify the laws in the convention or misinterpret them to legally protect the officials involved in those criminal actions against HR....”
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Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia за авторством Acemoglu, Daron, Hassan, Tarek A., Robinson, James A.

“...We document a statistical association between the severity of the persecution, displacement and mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during World War II and long-run economic and political outcomes within Russia. ...”
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Sport as an analogy to teach life skills and redefine moral values: a case study of the ‘Seedbeds of Peace’ sport-for-development programme in Medellin, Colombia за авторством Hills, Stephen, Gomez Velasquez, Alejandro, Walker, Matthew

“...A history of drug trafficking in Medellin, Colombia, resulted in the city receiving the dubious distinction of being the murder capital of the world in 1991. Over a quarter of a century later, drug trafficking has left a complex legacy of an illegal and violent culture, which has subsequently eroded values systems that leave disadvantaged children vulnerable to criminal activities. ...”
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