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A Critical Analysis of What Works for the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Sexual and Violent Offenders: : A Review of Practitioners’ Approaches.
Full text linkThis article sets out the professional opinions of criminal justice practitioners on what works for the rehabilitation and reintegration of sexual and violent offenders. This primary study utilises a qualitative method informed through ten semi-structured interviews with practitioners in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration. The findings foreground barriers that hinder and aid the rehabilitation and reintegration of sexual and violent offenders such as, doxing, social media vigilantism, and the impact of it. As a result, the findings build on current understandings of the barriers facing individuals who have committed such offences, and what practitioners would deem to be a positive social change in the development of rehabilitation and reintegration initiatives
Head to Toe Exam for SANEs : Red Flags of Serious Injuries
Full text linkIn busy emergency departments (EDs), sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) are often the first medical providers who examine patients after a sexual assault, and throughout the evaluation the SANEs are provided with a high degree of autonomy. While most experienced emergency room nurses can very efficiently make a “sick or not sick” evaluation of a patient, less-experienced nurses may have more difficulty. Additionally, many practicing SANEs do not have an ED background. Although most sexual-assault patients have only minor physical injuries that do not require urgent intervention, there are some physical signs that warrant further evaluation. This review summarizes potentially serious findings that, with appropriate training, can be observed during a head-to-toe exam. It primarily concentrates on the general physical exam supplemented by aspects of the genital exam and observations regarding the patient’s mental health
La dimension politique d’Alain Mabanckou : Redéfinition de la « géographie de l’écrivain »
Full text linkEn s’appuyant sur plusieurs romans d’Alain Mabanckou, ainsi que sur sa vie paralittéraire, cette contribution examine sa capacité et ses moyens d’opérer des déplacements territoriaux dans ce que l’auteur appelle dans Écrivain et oiseau migrateur « la géographie des écrivains », comment il aborde le problème des espaces et des discours établis au sein de la communauté internationale des lettres, et quelles sont les procédures qu’il met en œuvre. Il s’agit d\u27interroger la politique littéraire d’Alain Mabanckou, à la fois dans sa (re)configuration des territoires et dans sa définition du sujet écrivant. Il est question à la fois d’identifier les marqueurs et les modalités de cette politique dans les essais et les textes littéraires de l’auteur, et d’en étudier les limites. Ces marqueurs concernent, entre autres, le rapport à la langue française et à la France/Francophonie, la perception de la littérature comme mode d’expression et ses fonctions, le signe africain, l’idée de l\u27universel et l’autoreprésentation comme sujet
Tightrope Walking: Balancing Leadership Roles and Partnerships with Undergraduate Student Assistants in SoTL Research
Full text linkIn this reflective essay, a researcher relates her experience of supporting partnerships with undergraduate student research assistants (RAs) during a SoTL study. Unexpected changes to the ethics requirements after the study had received approval and commenced resulted in changing the leadership roles of the research team members and adjusting procedures for facilitating interviews with the study participants. Although unsettling at the time, these modifications opened valuable opportunities for the RAs to co-facilitate focus group interviews and hone their leadership and research skills. Reflections on the researcher’s and a student RA’s experiences exemplify the SoTL principles of “respect, reciprocity, and shared responsibility” in supporting student partnerships (Cook-Sather et al., 2014, p. 27). Expanding further by recognizing rights as a principle promotes equal faculty-student research partnerships and acknowledges the knowledge, professional experience, and leadership skills that undergraduate student RAs contribute to SoTL studies and project work
Lockdowns Causing Lock-Ins: Impact of the COVID Pandemic on Trends Observed by Forensic Nurse Examiners
Full text linkThis study consists of a secondary, longitudinal analysis of chart data pulled from a forensic nursing program at a large Level I Hospital in Colorado between 2018–2023 to explore trends in forensic assessments conducted during pandemic lockdown periods. Descriptive analyses and logistic regression were used to examine the number and severity of consultations performed by the forensic nursing team across COVID-19 pandemic timepoints. A total of 9,944 patients received a consult from the forensic nursing program between 2018–2023, with 2,144 seen during a COVID-19 lockdown period. The odds of forensic nurses conducting exams for traumatic brain injury, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence were significantly higher during various COVID lockdowns or timepoints. No changes in the odds of patients reporting strangulation were observed during COVID-19 lockdowns. While the odds of patients being examined for risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) increased during the second lockdown and reopening periods, the severity of reported IPV did not vary compared to other timepoints. Older adult patients were less likely to be seen during COVID-19, with significant declines in patients screened for elder abuse. This analysis provides valuable insight into the changes in patient volumes, types of assault, and severity of these patient experiences before and after the pandemic and over time. Observed trends emphasize the importance of coordinated responses and screenings in the emergency department setting as well as the value of the in-depth care that forensic nurses provide before, during, and after a time of global crisis
Collective and Proactive Female Patronage in Sri Lankan Buddhist Temple Art
Full text linkArt history research in Sri Lanka has surged in popularity. However, the focus remains mainly on a handful of well-known historic Buddhist temples and their connections to royalty. The existing knowledge gap and broader perspectives in social archaeology surrounding temple patronage in late colonial Sri Lanka requires exploration. Recent advancements in social archaeology have further emphasized the necessity for an inclusive historiographical approach using comparative analyses. This research examines five Buddhist temples from the Central Province of Sri Lanka, examining the donative inscriptions found in temple murals as primary sources. Additionally, archaeological evidence and historical texts are analyzed to provide comparative insights and to identify accurate depictions of the social landscape of the period. Outcomes of the research highlight village and peasant Buddhist art traditions in Sri Lankan history that were obscured in art history scholarship, particularly showcasing the concept of collective patronage in rural areas. The temple provides a vivid example of collective patronage and active female participation in the expression of religious faith and social responsibility. The participation of women from different social strata confirms their relative religious freedom and economic strength, which enabled such endowments. The tolerance of female participation at religious sites by male clergy, as well as the continuation of a hierarchically graded feudal social order are represented even in sacred spaces during a period of declining feudalism in gendered contexts. This research highlights a collective patronage zone, showcasing inclusivity and relative social unity within communities
Sudharshan Seneviratne: Student, Scholar, Friend
Full text linkAn appreciation of Sudarshan Seneviratne
The Brilliant Visionary of Sri Lankan Archaeology
Full text linkAn appreciation of Sudharshan Seneviratne (Sinhala language publication
Cartographies urbaines et poétique(s) des marges dans Petit Piment (2015) d’Alain Mabanckou et La Pièce d’or (2006) de Ken Bugul
Full text linkDans Petit Piment (2015) d’Alain Mabanckou et La Pièce d’or (2006) de Ken Bugul, la ville postcoloniale africaine dessine des frontières qui sont l’occasion pour les auteurs de réfléchir aux enjeux mobilisés par la marginalisation des personnages au sein de leurs sociétés respectives. Dans le cadre de cet article, nous nous proposons de voir dans quelle mesure les cartographies urbaines déployées dans ces deux romans forgent une poétique des marges à travers laquelle les écrivains interrogent, chacun à leur manière, le rôle de la littérature dans la lutte contre les injustices sociales et le pouvoir de la parole dans le processus de réappropriation de l’espace par ceux qui en sont exclus. La « dialectique socio-spatiale » d’Edward Soja
« Aimer : Manger l’Autre » À propos de Le peintre dévorant la femme de Kamel Daoud
Full text linkC’est dans le sillage des écrits théoriques sur la littérature et surtout des travaux du philosophe français Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) sur le cannibalisme (voir le séminaire non encore publié de 1989-1989), la religion (Foi et savoir), le dessin (Mémoires d’aveugle) et la peinture (La Vérité en peinture) que cette étude examine la tension qui caractérise les oppositions dans l’ouvrage de l’écrivain franco-algérien Kamel Daoud, à savoir Le peintre dévorant la femme (2018) où l’auteur relate les réflexions que lui a suscité une nuit passée au musée Picasso à Paris, à l’occasion de l’exposition Picasso 1932. Année érotique. Cette recherche éclaire les contrastes scrutés dans l’œuvre de Daoud, à savoir l’Occident et l’Orient, la religion et l’art, le visible et l’invisible, le regard et la main, l’avant et l’après, la peinture et la calligraphie, le corps et l’esprit et enfin l’image et le récit. L’analyse souligne en quoi la confrontation entre le monde occidental et le monde arabo-musulman déconstruit les stéréotypes et met en avant le statut et le rôle de la femme, qui est l’inspiratrice de la création artistique, à travers quatre thématiques : l’érotisme, l’image, les oppositions et la dévoration