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Time trends, characteristics, and evidence of scientific advances within the legal complaints for alleged sexual HIV transmission in Spain: 1996-2012.
2014
This article quantifies and characterizes existing legal complaints for the sexual transmission of HIV in Spain, describes temporal trends and whether advance of scientific knowledge is reflected in charging decisions, judicial reasoning, and sentences. Sentences and writs dictated by Spanish penal and civil jurisdictions between 1981 and 2012 were obtained through legal databases systematic search. Sixteen sentences and 9 writs belonging to 19 cases were included; 17 judged by penal and two by civil jurisdictions. The first sentence was pronounced in 1996, 3 between 1999 and 2000, 4 between 2001 and 2005, and 18 between 2006 and 2012. In 10 (53%) cases there was effective HIV transmission,…
Unusual attempted suicide or covered attempted homicide? A neck stabbing case report and review of literature.
2020
A medico-legal consult is frequently required in a clinical context in order to assess the eventual compatibility of specific wounds with a self- or hetero-infliction. Accordingly, the case of a 52-year-old man with a single, penetrating stab wound of the neck, reported as self-inflicted, is here presented. The forensic aspects, taken into account in order to determine the self- or hetero-infliction nature of the wound, are further discussed and compared to cases described in the literature.
Cyberbullying among Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the CYB-AGS Cyber-Aggressor Scale
2020
The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Aggressor scale (CYB-AGS). This scale is composed of 18 items that measure direct and indirect cyberbullying. A cross-sectional study was conducted using two independent samples of adolescents. The first sample included 1318 adolescents (52.6% girls) from 12 to 16 years old (M = 13.89, SD = 1.32). The second sample included 1188 adolescents (48.5% boys) from 12 to 16 years old (M = 14.19, SD = 1.80). First, to study the psychometric properties of the CYB-AGS, exploratory factor analysis was performed on Sample 1. Results indicated a two-factor structure: direct cyber-aggression and i…
Polyvictimization and Cybervictimization Among College Students From France: The Mediation Role of Psychological Distress and Resilience
2019
Few studies have explored potential associations between polyvictimization and cybervictimization and even fewer have involved in college-age sample. As it has been shown in the literature, polyvictimization is associated with higher psychological distress and lower resilience. This study is aimed to model the association between polyvictimization and cybervictimization by testing the mediating role of psychological distress and resilience. The sample included 4,626 undergraduates from France. Participants completed questionnaires assessing cybervictimization, polyvictimization (emotional abuse from parents, exposure to interparental violence, parental neglect, unwanted sexual touching, an…
Violence against women in heterosexual couples: A review of psychological and medico-legal considerations.
2021
Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is the most pervasive violation of women’s rights worldwide, causing devastating lifelong damage. Victims can suffer physical, emotional or mental health problems, and experience detrimental effects in social, psychological and relational health with their families, especially children. Due to the complexity regarding violence against women in heterosexual couples, it is important to make a clear distinction between psychological and physical mistreatment, which also includes psychological violence. This differentiation is important in determining different emotional and psychological aspects of mistreatment in order to understand the reasons …
Il traffico di migranti. Diritti, tutele, criminalizzazione
2015
Il volume affronta il tema del traffico di migranti da un punto di vista interdisciplinare, raccogliendo contributi di studiosi di varia provenienza. L'argomento vi è trattato non solo nella prospettiva - penalistica - della criminalizzazione dei trafficanti, ma anche in quella delle tutele da accordare al migrante trafficato e dei diritti da riconoscergli
Renforcer la mesure sur la qualité de l'éducation
2012
Les réflexions en cours sur le développement et les inégalités accroissent l'intérêt de mesurer les savoirs et les compétences des populations jeunes. Parmi les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, la lutte contre l'analphabétisme se fonde sur une éducation de qualité. La question de la création d'outils de mesure de la qualité de l'éducation est donc essentielle pour valider, universellement et équitablement, l'acquisition des apprentissages fondamentaux. Cette question est directement liée au développement, depuis 50 ans, de méthodes d'évaluation des acquisitions à l'origine des grandes enquêtes internationales comme PIRLS, TIMSS et PISA. Dans cet effort de connaissance sur la q…
Kansainvälisten koulutusarvioiden vertailu koulutuksellisen tiedonlouhinnan keinoin
2016
Koulutusta ja eri ikäisten lasten akateemista suorituskykyä mittaavat tutkimustulokset ovat kiinnostavaa tarkasteltavaa monien alojen työntekijöille ja tutkijoille. Nykyään monet organisaatiot, kuten OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) ja IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), järjestävät tietyin aikavälein kansainvälisiä mittauksia, joissa mitataan tietyn ikäisten lasten akateemisia kykyjä ja kysellään heidän elämästään koulussa ja kotona. Näistä mittauksista syntyvät tietokannat ovat suuria ja ne tarjoavat monipuolista tietoa koulutuksesta ja lasten oppimiseen vaikuttavista tekijöistä. Kaiken tämän lisäksi, nämä tietokannat…
PERCEIVED SCHOOL CLIMATE, PARENTAL MONITORING AND CYBERBULLYING AMONG ADOLESCENTS
2020
The aim of this research was to find out the connection between the perceived school climate, parental monitoring and cyberbullying among adolescents, and whether there were differences in these variables between two adolescent age groups. It was examined how the dimensions of the perceived school climate and parental monitoring explain the adolescents’ experience of cyber victims and cyberbullies. A total of 309 Latvian students from grades 5 to 12 (200 respondents from grades 5-9 and 109 respondents from grades 10-12) participated in the research. In data collection Parental Monitoring Scale (Stattin & Kerr, 2000), Georgia School Climate Survey (La Salle, McIntosh, & Eliasson, 20…
Ajuste psicosocial en adolescentes víctimas de cyberbullying
2017
1. INTRODUCCIÓN Los enormes y continuos avances de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs) han contribuido al desarrollo de nuevas formas de comunicación e interrelación social en la sociedad actual (Buelga y Chóliz, 2013). Pese a estas ventajas, han surgido nuevos problemas en la red como consecuencia del mal uso que algunos niños y adolescentes hacen de la TICs (Durán y Martínez, 2015; Ortega-Barón, Buelga y Cava, 2016; Rice et al., 2015). En este sentido, destaca el cyberbullying (CB), que ha sido definido como una “una conducta agresiva e in¬tencional que se repite de forma frecuente en el tiempo mediante el uso, por un indi¬viduo o grupo, de dispositivos electrón…