Police are increasingly called on to combat crimes related to sex and labor trafficking. A new study sought to determine how the victims of these crimes are served by police. Based on researchers' review of human trafficking ...
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2019
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A call for a change in the law to class men, forced to have sex with women, as rape victims has been made in a new study by Lancaster University researchers published today.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2019
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People's lives have been shattered by so-called "revenge porn," upskirting, fake porn, sexual extortion and videos of sexual assaults and rape shared online. Victims and survivors can experience profound "social rupture"—a ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2019
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Barcode health cards, mobile apps for victims of violence and an online legal platform are just some of the ideas showing the direction of female digital pioneers in Africa, with Senegalese innovators in the spotlight.
Other
Jun 19, 2019
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A textbook designed to prepare students to work with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence has been published by a University of Queensland researcher.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2019
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Since the early 1990s, the number of murders had been steadily dropping. Then in 2015, it jumped up, and it continued escalating in 2016 before falling again. What happened? Were those figures an aberration, or are they a ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2019
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The more violent and prepared a would-be child abductor is, the more vulnerable victims are to being taken, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2019
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Snake antivenoms have been around for 125 years, are effective and can be produced cheaply at scale. Yet Africa, with its abundance of deadly snakes, has an alarming shortage of the life-saving medicine.
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2019
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Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots' billionaire owner, recently made headlines when he was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. The women involved were undocumented Chinese immigrants who were human trafficking ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2019
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New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft's criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case in southern Florida draw new attention to this serious problem.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2019
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