Essays about: "homicide"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word homicide.

  1. 1. The Perception of Corruption in correlation to Homicides : A time-series cross-sectional empirical global study, with specific focus on the Latin American region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Lotta Ericsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Homicides; Perception of Corruption; Latin America; Grievance motivated violence; Corruption;

    Abstract : Most research that has examined the variation in homicide levels has examined their correlation with socioeconomic structural variables. In Latin America however, economic and social development has occurred, but high homicide levels remain, suggesting the involvement of other influencing factors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Graffiti, Space & Safety : Exploring El Salvadoran Youth’s Conceptions and Feelings of Safety Through Participatory Documentary

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Christine Bedenis; [2023]
    Keywords : community safety; youth; El Salvador; graffiti; public sphere; representation; violence prevention; gang violence; participatory documentary;

    Abstract : This project investigates how youth in San Salvador, El Salvador define and participate in the co-creation of safety in their neighborhoods. For many years, El Salvador topped the rankings of most dangerous countries because of street gang violence and homicides. READ MORE

  4. 3. Economic Inequality, Demographics and Violent Crime : A Cross-National Panel Analysis of Homicide Rates, 2010-18

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : minyi Li; Abner Delladona; [2022]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; Wealth Inequality; Homicide Rates; Demographics; Fixed-Effects; Generalized Methods of Moments;

    Abstract : Violent crime has many long-lasting negative consequences for society. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between economic inequality and violent crime, represented by the level of intentional homicides in forty-nine countries over the period of nine years from 2010-2018. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender-based violence and the criminal system - When battered women fight back: the law of self-defense. : A single case study of the self-defense principle in a context of domestic violence in the United States

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alexandra Leroi; [2022]
    Keywords : self-defense law; battered woman; imminency; reasonableness; duty to retreat;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the law of self-defense in the United States, in a context of domestic violence. The starting point is the work of Cynthia Gillespie, a US attorney whose groundbreaking work in 1989 shed light on the many legal obstacles battered women defendants face in Courts while pleading self-defense to homicide charges. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Effect of Guilt Presumptions on the Perception of Suspect Interrogations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Märta Sjölin Wanner; [2020-07-02]
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    Abstract : The current study explores the effects of confirmation bias on the perception of suspect interrogations. Participants (N = 141) were assigned to read one of two versions of a suspected homicide case, before reading an interrogation transcript. READ MORE