Essays about: "lethal violence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words lethal violence.
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1. Killing women, making headlines : Exploring the representation of femicide in Chilean online news media
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Femicide is the lethal form of gender-based violence (GBV) and is a reflection of our unequal societies and power relations between women and men. This present study is investigating how femicide is represented in the online news media with the argument that it has the ability to shape and form the perceptions and understanding of femicide in the public debate, hence either contributing or counteracting its existence. READ MORE
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2. Did Segregation Reduce Lethal Violence Against Southern Blacks? : A Generalized Difference-in-Differences Approach to Understand Lynchings and Executions in the US South
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Up until the mid 1860s, an overwhelming majority of blacks in the US South were held in chattel slavery, from which they were freed after a Civil War (1861-1865). A recurring argument in institutional economics is that the institution of slavery did not disappear, but took other forms, e.g. segregation and violence. READ MORE
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3. A Chronology for a Massacre : Bayesian C-14 Analysis of the Archaeological Record from Sandby Borg, Öland
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : This thesis addresses radiocarbon (C-14) dating of bioarcheological finds from Sandby borg, an iron-age ring fort on the east coast of the Baltic Sea island of Öland, Sweden. Archaeological evidence suggests that Sandby borg was used during the European migration period and that its main period of usage was terminated by an isolated incidence of inter-personal violence where the inhabitants were killed or abducted. READ MORE
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4. Misogyny: a hate crime or a private affair? : A socio-cultural study of the intersection between hate crime legislation and men’s violence against women
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Hate crime and men’s violence against women are two well-recognised and highly prioritised human rights phenomena in both international and local contexts. Yet, the idea of linking the two phenomena together has received very limited support. READ MORE
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5. Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a third revolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientists and civil society activist have been discussing the risks of such systems and possibilities to regulate them within the framework of the United Nations’ Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). READ MORE
