Objectif : Ce mémoire avait pour objectif de comprendre le processus par lequel les femmes en arrivent à commettre un acte violent. Plus spécifiquement, de connaître le sens que les femmes donnent à leur violence, de quelle façon elles reconstruisent le processus qui les a menées à cet acte et de quelle façon elles l’intègrent dans le cours de leur vie. Méthode : Pour atteindre cet objectif, 24 entrevues semi-structurées ont été réalisées auprès de femmes détenues ou prévenues ayant commis un acte de violence. Les participantes étaient rencontrées à la Maison Tanguay ou au secteur féminin du Centre de détention de Québec. Par la suite, les entrevues furent retranscrites et les données obtenues traitées à l’aide du programme NVivo. Nous avons analysé ces données selon le processus proposé par la théorisation ancrée. Résultats: Les résultats ont permis d’établir un modèle représentant le processus de passage à l’acte violent chez les femmes. Ce modèle se déroule en quatre phases. La première phase concerne le portrait de vie des participantes de l’enfance à l’âge adulte. Cette phase met principalement l’accent sur les difficultés vécues par les participantes et leurs stratégies d’adaptation. La deuxième phase est relative à la période précédant le délit. Elle comprend deux volets soit, l’entrée dans le processus qui réfère aux mois ou semaines précédant le délit et la phase aiguë qui réfère aux jours ou aux instants précédant le délit. La troisième phase concerne le déroulement de délit. Cette phase est divisée en deux profils différents, selon le type de violence utilisée soit, expressive ou utilitaire. Ces deux profils se distinguent quant aux circonstances, aux motifs, aux émotions et dans le recours, ou non, à des stratégies alternatives à la violence. Enfin, la dernière phase du modèle se concentre sur la période succédant l’acte de violence. / Objective: The goal of this thesis was to understand the process by which women come to commit a violent act. More specifically, to know the meaning women give to their violence, how they reconstruct the process that led them to this act and how they come to terms with this act throughout the course of their lifetime. Method: To achieve this goal, 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with women were detained or awaiting trial and who had committed an act of violence. Participants were met at the Maison Tanguay or female sector of the Quebec Detention. Subsequently, the interviews were transcribed and the data processed by the program NVivo. Date were analyzed according to the process proposed by grounded theory. Results: The find result is a model representing the entire process. This model takes place in four phases. The first phase involves the participants' personal history from childhood to adulthood. This phase focuses primarily on the difficulties experienced by participants and their coping strategies. The second phase relates to the period prior to the offense. It has two components: the early period, which refers to the months or weeks before the offense, and the later period, which refers to days or moments just prior to the offence. The third phase involves the occurrence of the event itself. This phase is divided into two different profiles, depending on the type of violence: instrumental vs expressive. These two profiles differ in regards to the circumstances, motives, emotions and the use or not of alternative strategies to violence. The final phase of the model focuses on the period following the violence. This phase includes the various impacts of the violent act on participants life and perceptions.

Diploma thesis "Crime in Czech media: Image of crime in Mladá fronta Dnes and Právo newspapers" tries to map way and development of crime presentation in print media in the years of 1996 and 2006, using a content analysis. In the initial, theoretical part, there are the basic hypothesis explained, a description of crime from the sociological perspective and a description of crime history in former Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic from 80's of the 20th century until the present time. Further, there is an explanation of relevant chapters from media studies. The pracical part consists of a description of the research method and the portrayal of the research process. It continues with the content analysis itself and the evaluation of collected data. The data are presented in percentage rates and displayed in charts. Acquired rates have been compared with each other and have been searched for further relations amongst them. In the conclusion there is an overall summary of the research findings and their evaluation concerning the basic hypothesis.

A content analysis of "Islamic State" (IS) propaganda material released around the movement's proclamation of a Caliphate in 2014, this study is an attempt at analysing ways in which presented arguments express a coherent narrative of symbolic meaning. Using Robert Benford & David Snow's ideas on the so-called three core framing tasks as a clarifying template, I discuss ways in which the analysed material argues for the legitimacy and relevance of the IS movement. IS propagandists argue that the Muslim umma is under attack, and that Muslims need to unite under a common authority that can protect their religion, restore their strength, and counteract their humiliation. The IS Caliphate is presented as a hopeful sign, but is in need of committed recruits who are willing to sacrifice for what is presented as the greater good. As the analysed propaganda is particularly focused on this latter (motivational) aspect of the narrative, it focuses extensively on formulating arguments that reinforce it. I hold that many of these arguments can be traced back to what can be described as appeals to virtues like sincerity, authenticity, and truthfulness – and that all of these are also used to argue for the credibility of the IS Caliphate as an Islamic authority. Arguing that this Caliphate will serve the role of an aiding sword of Islam, it is furthermore presented as a necessary and vigorous structure aimed at protecting "truth" and at eradicating "falsehood".

Recent research supports the theoretical premise that healthy forms of bereavement include meaning making as a coping response to loss as well as a move away from Freud’s original postulation regarding the importance of decathexis as necessary to a healthy resolution of grief. However, traumatic bereavement produces particular kinds of difficulties in meaningmaking and the possible resolution of this kind of loss. The study explored responses in relation to the traumatic loss of a child through homicide in a sample of 7 parents (2 couples, 3 mothers) who were identified through the The Compassionate Friends (TCF) chapter in Highlands North, Johannesburg and who volunteered to take part in the study. Semi structured interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed and subjected to an interpretive thematic content analysis. The thematic content analysis revealed that meaning making responses in relation to the loss of a child through homicide, are complex and that somewhat unexpectedly, parents experienced expectations from society and others to engage in particular kinds of meaning-making as counterproductive and alienating. Issues concerning the simultaneous introjection of and de-cathexis from the lost child also proved enlightening. Meaning-making also involves both some degree of trauma resolution and the recognition of what the loss of the significant other entails. The research also explored the choices and decisions that parents reported as being important in response to the traumatic loss of their child, and therefore suggests some useful pointers for those who encounter traumatically bereaved individuals in the course of their work.

Recent concern in the United States about human trafficking has been directed primarily on the foreign victims that are brought into the United States rather than on U.S. citizenship who become involved. However, the topic has broadened and has significant impact on the daily lives of U.S citizens. Taking a human rights perspective, this dissertation explores how human trafficking has been used as a “brand” to achieve political and/or economic objectives. Human trafficking has taken away the human rights for individuals and threatens their security. This dissertation is grounded in Critical Theory and uses narrative analysis as a methodological framework. Using 99 public documents from Global Report on Trafficking in Persons by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, International Labor Organization, and Office for Victims of Crime and other Departments of the U.S working on human trafficking issues, with the support of Nvivo software, the dissertation insists that human trafficking violates human rights, has no capacity to support human emancipation, and causes human beings to be treated as animals or objects or commodified a brand. Even though a brand is a mark and logo in economic development and refers to objects, not human beings. Human development is the objective that everyone wants to achieve. Regardless of development, the welfare of all human beings must be the chief concern; every effort to halt all human emancipation must be initiated immediately. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

L’Amérique Latine et les Caraïbes sont l’une des régions plus violentes du monde. Le niveau de violence est particulièrement élevé dans les plus grandes villes de cette région (UNODC, 2013). La compréhension des déterminants de la criminalité urbaine est donc un défi majeur pour ces pays. Cette thèse a pour but d’explorer le rôle de trois déterminants de la criminalité en Équateur: les inégalités économiques, la taille des villes et le role des émotions liés aux évènements sportifs tels que les matchs de football.Avant d’entreprendre cette analyse empirique, nous proposons une revue des littératures théorique et empirique sur les déterminants de la criminalité urbaine. Une conclusion importante est que les incitations économiques conduisant à des activités criminelles sont influencées par les schémas de localisation des criminels et des victimes. Partant de ce constat, la thèse propose d’entreprendre trois analyses empiriques à différentes échelles géographiques. Tout d’abord, nous explorons l'effet des inégalités de revenus sur le risque de victimisation en Équateur, en utilisant des données individuelles issues de l’enquête nationale de victimisation. Le principal résultat est que, contrairement aux prédictions, le coefficient de Gini a un effet négatif sur la probabilité d’être victime de vols. Ce résultat pourrait être lié à une ségrégation résidentielle élevée ou à un contrôle social élevé contre la criminalité. De plus, les estimations révèlent une relation croissante et concave entre le niveau de revenu des victimes et la probabilité de victimisation concernant les vols de véhicule, qui augmente avec un revenu mensuel jusqu’à 5,100 dollars, et puis diminue.Ensuite, nous testons l'existence d'une prime de criminalité urbaine (criminalité plus élevée dans les zones urbaines) en Équateur, à l’échelle des paroisses. Le principal résultat indique que la taille des villes a une influence non-monotone sur le taux d’homicide. La probabilité de constater un ou plusieurs homicides est plus élevée dans les paroisses les plus peuplées. Toutefois, le taux d’homicide diminue avec le niveau de population dans les paroisses où se produisent des homicides. Concernant les crimes contre la propriété, les résultats confirment l’influence positive de la population sur le nombre de crime par habitant. Enfin, nous estimons l’impact des matchs de football sur le nombre d'homicides et de crimes contre la propriété dans 16 cantons d’Équateur, à l’échelle intra-urbaine. L’objectif est d’étudier l’influence des matchs de football sur les profils temporels et géographiques des crimes, ainsi que l’impact des émotions (frustration et euphorie) liées aux résultats des matchs sur la criminalité. Les résultats indiquent que le nombre d'homicides augmente 0.18% avant le match, tandis que le nombre de crimes contre la propriété augmente 12% après le match, à proximité du stade. Les matchs de football entraînent également une diffusion spatiale de la criminalité dans des quartiers éloignés des stades. Les jours de matchs, les crimes contre la propriété diminuent 0.88% avant le match et les homicides diminuent 0.05% pendant le match, dans les quartiers éloignés des stades. Après le match, les homicides et les crimes contre la propriété augmentent de manière significative dans les quartiers éloignés des stades. Enfin, l'effet des émotions sur les homicides et les crimes contre la propriété n'est pas significatif au niveau agrégé, alors qu’il est significatif en ce qui concerne les homicides commis dans la capitale de l'Équateur, Quito. / Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most violent regions in the world. Importantly, higher levels of violence prevail in most urbanized LAC cities (UNODC, 2013). Understanding the determinants of urban crime is therefore a major challenge for those countries. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the role of three crime determinants in Ecuador: economic inequalities, city size, and the emotions caused by soccer events.Before conducting this empirical analysis, we first review the theoretical and empirical literature on urban crime determinants. An important conclusion is that economic incentives that lead individuals to commit crime are influenced by the location pattern of criminals and victims. Building on these considerations, we perform three empirical analyses at different geographic levels.First, we explore the effect of income inequality on victimization in Ecuador, using data at the individual level thanks to the Ecuadorian Victimization survey. The main result is that, contrary to the predictions, the Gini coefficient has a negative effect on victimization by robbery. This result could be related to a high residential segregation or a high social control against crime. In addition, we provide evidence for an increasing and concave relationship between the income level of victims and the probability of victimization by vehicle theft, which first increases with a monthly household income up to $5,100, and then falls.Second, we test the existence of an urban crime premium (higher crime in urban areas) in Ecuador, at the parish level. Our main result is that population exerts a non-linear influence on the homicide rate. The probability that a homicide happens is higher in larger parishes. However, the homicide rate decreases with population in parishes with positive homicides. By contrast, the results regarding property crimes confirm that the level of population increases the number of pecuniary crimes per inhabitant.Third, we explore the effect of soccer matches on the number of homicides and property crimes in 16 cantons of Ecuador, at the intra-city level. The aim is to test whether soccer matches alter the temporal and spatial patterns of crime, and the role of emotions (frustration and euphoria) resulting from soccer matches on crime. Results reveal that the number of homicides increases by 0.18% before the match whereas the number of property crimes increases by 12% after the match, near the stadium. Soccer matches also cause spatial spillovers of crime in locations distant from stadiums. On game days, the number of property crimes falls by 0.88% before the match and the number of homicides falls by 0.05% during the match, in these distant locations. After the game, the homicides and property crimes significantly increase in locations distant from stadiums. Finally, the effect of emotions on homicides or property crimes is not significant at the aggregate level but it is significant regarding homicides that occur in the capital of Ecuador, Quito.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:20:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arnaldo Eugenio Neto da Silva.pdf: 1277680 bytes, checksum: df0c2c92b75140be86a85aaaaebf3bcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-01 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This research was conducted in order to undertake a theoretical effort to understand, with the possibility to leave windows ajar for other reflections such as identification of damaged or stigmatized social places and subjects, even with the resistance of these may come to frustrate possible positive attributes and qualities exist in a given community. The object of study is the stigma, specifically the "violent place" and "dangerous guy" on certain localities and their residents. Therefore, it does not aim and study of local banditry. The theoretical framework was based on conceptual ideas and perceptions of violence, stigma and media carried by some theorists. Are authors who discuss the three themes in different contexts, situations and structures, serving here as "background" in the discussion, since they bring to the debate the cultural, historical and institutional estigmatório underlying the process. Nowadays, the violence and the media are constitutive parts governing the course of estigmatório process, rather than the unbridled emotion with the trivialization of death or excesses of unfettered criminality of the residents of urban neighborhoods, where the presence of more overt state apparatus is just the police. Concomitant to reading literature, gave up the search field in Jardim Angela, focusing on observation and participation, with the "common thread" Research to narratives, memories and practices of sociability of local residents. As a result, we demonstrate that many different ways of categorizing or stigmatize individuals on the basis of expected behaviors by the logic of normality can be established individually or collectively, building models and giving new meaning to be standardized and disseminated. The media has a key role in the dissemination and consolidation of stigmas and removal of the sense of ownership seems to be the hardest blow in self-esteem of the residents of localities ritually polluted as violent. Finally, we believe that this theoretical study may come to contribute to the establishment of new alternatives, criteria and procedures varied ethical, no less committed, to survive the trivialization of violence, death, fears and stigmatization / Esta pesquisa foi realizada com o intuito de empreender um esforço teórico para compreendermos, com a possibilidade de deixar janelas entreabertas para outras reflexões, como a identificação social estigmatizada ou deteriorada de localidades e de sujeitos, mesmo com as resistências destes, podem vim a inviabilizar possíveis atributos positivos e qualidades existentes numa determinada coletividade. O objeto de estudo é o estigma, especificamente de lugar violento e sujeito perigoso sobre determinadas localidades e seus moradores. Portanto, não tem por finalidade e estudo do banditismo local. A fundamentação teórica se baseou nas concepções e percepções conceituais de violência, estigma e mídia desenvolvidas por alguns teóricos. São autores que discutem as três temáticas em diferentes contextos, conjunturas e estruturas, servindo aqui como pano de fundo na discussão, já que trazem para o debate as dimensões culturais, históricas e institucionais subjacentes ao processo estigmatório. Na contemporaneidade, a violência e a mídia são partes constitutivas que regem o curso do processo estigmatório, mais do que pela emoção desenfreada com a banalização da morte ou por excessos irrestritos de criminalização dos moradores das periferias urbanas, nas quais a presença mais ostensiva do aparelho Estatal é justamente a polícia. Concomitante às leituras bibliográficas, deu-se a pesquisa de campo no Jardim Ângela, privilegiando a observação e a participação, tendo como fio condutor da pesquisa às narrativas, memórias e práticas de sociabilidade de moradores da localidade. Como resultado, demonstramos que as mais diversas formas de categorizar ou estigmatizar os sujeitos, com base em comportamentos esperados pela lógica da normalidade, podem ser estabelecidas individual ou coletivamente, construindo e ressignificando modelos a serem padronizados e difundidos. A mídia tem um papel fundamental na disseminação e consolidação de estigmas e a destituição do sentimento de pertença parece ser o golpe mais duro na auto-estima dos moradores de localidades ritualisticamente poluídas como violentas. Finalmente, acreditamos que este estudo teórico possa vim a contribuir com o estabelecimento de novas alternativas, critérios e procedimentos éticos diversificados, não menos comprometidos, para sobrevivermos à banalização da violência, da morte, dos medos e à estigmatização

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jacqueline do Prado Valles.pdf: 1037211 bytes, checksum: ac602f75c2edeb6a532203ca2b3344e9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-22 / The homicide is one of the most horrific crimes that a man can commit, since that it is the elimination of a being of it s own kind, but particularly in this work, were addressed the driving factors of what is called passionate murder , that which is practiced by the criminal under extreme emotional influence, that can be, love, hate, anger or fear. Feelings that cannot be ignored during the verification process of the crime and the imposition of criminal liability. The forensic psychiatric explains that the emotions felt by the criminal at the moment of the crime can the considered so severe, to the pint of exclusion of the guilt of the agent, not allowing him the perception of the criminal act, It s not the case of the passionate murder provided under the article 121 § 1º last part of the Criminal Code, in this case, the criminal acts with the domain of violent emotion, after unjust provocation by the victim . Such emotional state is so engaging that prevails all the rational feeling of the agent, and under this circumstance so psychologically dominating, that it becomes essentially difficult to impose a predefined time lapse , between the victim attitude and the criminal reaction, at the crime moment / O crime de homicídio é um dos atos criminosos mais horrendos que o homem pode cometer, já que é a eliminação de um ser da sua própria espécie, mas particularmente neste trabalho, foram abordados os fatores impulsionadores do chamado homicídio Passional , aquele que é praticado pelo criminoso sob uma extrema influência emocional, seja, amor, ódio, raiva ou medo; sentimentos que não podem ser ignorados durante o processo de verificação do delito e na imposição da responsabilidade penal. A psiquiatria forense explica que as emoções sentidas pelo criminoso no momento do crime podem ser consideradas tão graves, ao ponto de excluir a culpabilidade do agente, não permitindo a ele a percepção do ato criminoso; não é o caso do homicida Passional previsto no artigo 121 § 1º última parte do Código penal; nesse caso, o criminoso age com o domínio da violenta emoção, após injusta provocação da vítima . Tal estado emocional é tão envolvente que prevalece a todo sentimento racional do agente; e diante desta circunstância tão dominadora psicologicamente, que se torna essencialmente difícil impor um lapso temporal pré definido, entre a atitude da vítima e a reação do criminoso, no momento do crime

O Laboratório de Toxicologia Forense/CEMEL/FMRP/USP analisou 400 amostras de sangue de vítimas fatais, de causa violenta, para a determinação de alcoolemia. Em relação às causa jurídicas de morte, as amostras foram provenientes de vítimas de acidentes, homicídios, suicídios e de outras causas externas. Os acidentes de trânsito foram estudados com maior ênfase devido à importância e impacto sócio-econômico que essas mortes representam em todo o mundo. A existência de legislação no nosso País sobre o consumo de etanol e a condução de veículos automotores, que estabelece o limite máximo permitido de 0,6 g de álcool por litro no sangue para a condução de veículos, torna obrigatório os exames toxicológicos em vítimas nessas condições. O estudo teve como objetivos conhecer a relação entre a concentração de álcool no sangue e as mortes de causa violentas considerando os parâmetros sexo e faixa etária, com a finalidade de prover dados científicos às autoridades legais brasileiras, que contribuam para melhorar o controle e a legislação sobre o consumo de bebidas alcoólicas na sociedade, e evidenciar a necessidade do exame de alcoolemia em outros tipos de causas de morte violenta como homicídios e suicídios. Para a investigação da alcoolemia, foram coletadas amostras de sangue em artérias periféricas ou central, durante o exame necroscópico. Estas foram acondicionadas em frascos apropriados, identificadas e imediatamente armazenadas sob refrigeração até o momento das análises. As análises de etanol foram realizadas pela técnica de cromatografia em fase gasosa com detector de ionização por chama (GC-FID) utilizado amostrador automático para a introdução da amostras na fase vapor (Headspace). Foram preparadas concentrações de 0,5; 1,0; 3,0; 5,0 g/L de etanol para a construção da curva analítica para quantificação e determinação dos tempos de retenção, limites de detecção e quantificação da técnica. A identificação positiva de etanol foi feita pela comparação dos tempos de retenção do pico eluído na amostra com o pico do padrão do etanol. A quantificação foi realizada através do método de padronização interna utilizando isobutanol como padrão interno. Quanto aos resultados, as amostras mais analisadas para alcoolemia, entre as mortes violentas foram, respectivamente, os acidentes, principalmente os de trânsito, seguidos dos homicídios, suicídios e outros tipos de morte violenta. A média de idade dos indivíduos envolvidos nessas ocorrências foi de 36,3 anos, havendo predominância das amostras do sexo masculino, sendo que mais que 50% das vítimas apresentaram alcoolemia positiva, com valores acima do permitido por lei. Concluímos que, na amostra de referência, o álcool está altamente correlacionado com as mortes de causas violentas; que é imprescindível a solicitação e realização do exame de alcoolemia em todas as mortes de causa externa, independentemente do motivo, gênero e faixa etária. Ainda podemos concluir que existe a necessidade da investigação de outras drogas lícitas e ilícitas, com especial atenção em vítimas fatais que não apresentaram resultados de alcoolemia positivos. Tais resultados toxicológicos poderão ser úteis para melhor interpretação dos casos e elucidação das mortes, podendo contribuir para o estabelecimento de medidas legais, preventivas e punitivas. / In the Laboratory of Forensic Toxicology/CEMEL/FMRP/USP 400, blood samples from victims of violent deaths were analyzed for alcohol levels. With regard to juridical causes of deaths, the samples were obtained from victims of accidents, homicides, suicides and other external causes. Traffic accidents were studied with more emphasis due to their importance and social-economic impact worldwide. The existence of legislation in our country on ethanol consumption and driving automobiles, which establishes maximum allowed levels of 0.6 g of alcohol per liter of blood for operating a vehicle, makes it mandatory to conduct toxicological tests in victims under these conditions. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between alcohol levels and causes of violent deaths, considering the parameters of gender, age range and alcohol concentration to provide scientific data for Brazilian legal authorities to improve the control and the legislation on consumption of alcohol beverages in the society and indicate the need of the alcoholic level determination in other causes of violent deaths such as homicides and suicides. For alcohol level determination, blood samples were collected from peripheral or central arteries, during necroscopic examination. The samples were placed in appropriate tubes, identified and immediately stored under refrigeration until analysis. Ethanol analyses were performed by using the technique of gas chromatography with detection by flame ionization (GC-FID) using automatic sampler for introducing the samples in the vapor phase (Headspace). Concentrations of 0.5, 1.0, 3.0, 5.0 g/L were prepared for the construction of an analytical curve to determine the retention times, and limits of detection and quantification of the technique. Positive identification of ethanol was done by comparing retention times of eluted peak from the sample and standard peak of ethanol. Quantification was done by the method of internal standardizing using isobutanol as internal standard. The results revealed that violent deaths that mostly present positive results for ethanol were respectively accidents, mainly traffic ones, followed by homicides, suicides and other causes of violent deaths. The age mean of involved individuals in these occurrences was 36.3 years, the majority were males of which 50% presented positive blood alcohol results with values above legal limit. We concluded that the alcohol, besides being an important factor in the development of diseases, it is also highly linked to violent deaths. It is necessary to request and performed alcohol investigation in deaths of any cause, despite the reason, gender and age range. We can also suggest there is a need of investigation of other licit and illicit drugs with special attention to victims that were not positive for alcohol. These toxicological results may be useful for a better interpretation and elucidation of deaths, contributing for the application of legal preventives and punitive attitudes.