Dissertations / Theses: 'Castes and tribes'

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Basak, Pradip Kumar. "Social integration of castes and tribes in rural Bengal : a case study in peasant life in West Dinajpur." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/132.

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McMillan, Alistair. "Scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and party competition in India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270445.

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Nigam, Sanjay. "A social history of a colonial stereotype : the criminal tribes and castes of Uttar Pradesh, 1871-1930." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342017.

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Hiraldo, Danielle Vedette. "Indigenous Self-Government under State Recognition: Comparing Strategies in Two Cases." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605217.

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Contemporary events frequently call into question the status of state-recognized Native nations. For example, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) failed to pass a resolution dissolving state-recognized membership; and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported on the reality of federal funding being awarded to non-federally recognized Native nations. Although state-recognized Native nations are handicapped in their strategies and the availability of resources to assert their right to self-determine, some have persevered despite the inability to establish a direct relationship with the national government. Reconsidering federalism as it pertains to Native nations reveals opportunities for non-federally recognized Native nations to access resources and assert self-governing authority in alternative arenas outside the exclusive tribal-national government-to-government relationship. My research analyzes how two state-recognized Native nations, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and the Waccamaw Indian People of South Carolina, have operated as political actors; have maintained their communities; have organized politically and socially; and have asserted their right to self-determine by engaging state—and at certain times federal—politics to address needs within their communities. I used a qualitative case study approach to examine the strategies these two state-recognized Native nations have developed to engage state relationships. I argue that state-recognized Native nations are developing significant political relationships with their home states and other entities, such as federal, state, and local agencies, and nonprofits, to address issues in their communities.

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Soucaille, Alexandre. ""It's not real India" : les Adivasi face à la société indienne dans l'Etat du Jharkhand : ethnologie fragmentée d'une relation." Paris 10, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA100161.

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Que se passe-t-il dans l'espace du Jharkhand, nouvel Etat de l'Inde créé en l'an 2000? Plus précisément, que se passe-t-il entre les groupes tribaux, appélés Adivasi, et les gens de caste dans ce lieu perçu de manières différentes par les protagonistes, et qui trouve un formidable raccourci dans cette phrase éponyme de notre thèse livrée à un carrefour d'une ville : "It's not real India there". Nous nous sommes particulièrement intéressés aux relations qui relient ces deux groupes sociologiques. La forte politisation du lieu nous a ainsi conduit à considérer "les modes d'agir dans le monde comme modes d'agir sur le monde". Le positionnement des Adivasi face aux gens de caste, et inversement, entraîne en effet un troisième élément : le territoire. Nous avons ainsi suivi "les jeux relationnels constitutifs du Jharkhand",à travers des assemblages et des mises en relation de situations et d'attitudes ou encore d'histoires, dans leurs expressions quotidiennes et leurs oppositions politiques.

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Bhowmik, Bimalendu Nath. "Public policy in India:a study of the scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/143.

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Westera, Nina. "Using Pre-Recorded Investigative Interviews to Improve the Quality of Complainant Evidence in Rape Cases." Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365534.

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There is a sound empirical basis to suggest that the pre-recorded interview of an adult rape complainant made during the investigation should provide the court with more accurate, detailed and complete testimony than live evidence later given at trial. The timeliness of the interview, and the different questioning and interviewing strategies used by police when compared to prosecutors, are all likely to improve the quality of the complainant’s recall (e.g. Memon et al., 2010; Powell et al., 2005; Read & Connelly, 2007). Despite these potential improvements, pre-recorded evidence is seldom used with adults (Kingi & Jordan, 2009; Stern, 2010). In part this may be due to the limited systematic research that examines whether the potential benefits are seen in practice. The purpose of the present thesis was therefore to explore how using pre-recorded evidence may improve the quality of information complainants provide and thereby outcomes in rape cases. In the first two of three studies a mixed-methods approach was used to explore the perceptions of police (N=136) and then prosecutors (N=30) regarding the use of video interviews for investigations and evidence. A questionnaire firstly used a between subjects design to determine whether question type and interview format in a mock rape complainant transcript influences judgments about accuracy and decisions to charge. Next, perceptions about the advantages and disadvantages of using the video recorded interview were explored. Finally, a list of characteristics was rated according to what denoted an effective investigative interview. This was compared with how they rated the same characteristics for what provides the best evidence. The findings suggest that for both police and prosecutors accuracy, detail and completeness are three of the most desirable traits for investigations and for evidence.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Applied Psychology
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Guidolin, Monica. "Ethnographies et ethnohistoires des dynamiques identitaires et rituelles en Inde Centrale (Madhya Pradesh) : les interactions des Gond et des Pardhan avec le milieu hindou." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EHES0095.

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Le Madhya Pradesh offre un cas d’étude particulier, tant par la présence numérique descommunautés classées comme tribales (ādivāsī) que par le panorama culturel et social danslequel elles agissent, enrichissant le tissu des traditions différentes qui habitent cette ceinture du pays. Le témoignage d’une telle fécondité culturelle encadre le scénario socioanthropologique, ainsi que la vivacité historique qui, depuis des siècles, caractérise cette «Terre du Milieu ». L’approche comparative adoptée autour de la ritualité funéraire chez certains groups de Pardhan du Madhya Pradesh oriental a permis le développement de l’enquête dans une alternance continue et stimulante entre le savoir ancien de la tradition et culture royales gond (Rāja Gond) ‒ dont les Pardhan sont les premiers témoins et dépositaires ‒ et le niveau de pénétration de l’hindouisation conçue et qui va modifier les expériences de la dévotion et les pratiques du deuil. Sous cet aspect, la progression de l’enquête a suivi une évolution que nous définirions circulaire : du contexte urbain de Bhopal à celui rural des villages d’origine des districts de Mandlā et Dindori, le cadre ethnologique qui en est dérivé n’a pu se soustraire à la relation entre ces deux implantations. C’est à partir de la « culture funéraire» que nous avons commencé à appliquer notre regard sur les implications sociales mises en action pendant ce«perfectionnement » (saṃskāra) terminal. L’analyse des interrelations Gond-Pardhan dansl’Inde centrale nous a fourni l’occasion pour reconstituer un imaginaire culturel partagé, qui encore résiste, et entamer ainsi une réflexion sur d’autres aspects apparemment moinsévidents : les relations de parenté et de lignage face aux processus de migration etd’urbanisation, ou les changements et les interactions entre les catégories de « tradition » et « modernité », les discours sur l’identité indienne/hindoue et le concept d’indigénéité. Nos terrains se sont enrichis d’un travail comparatif nécessaire, où le dialogue entre les lieux impliqués a tracé des coordonnées significatives dans la lecture de la ritualité funéraire, actualisant la thématique du pluralisme social, celle de la cohabitation avec les formes régionales de ce qui est considéré, dans l’Inde d’aujourd’hui, comme l’hindouisme classique. Des conceptions cosmogoniques et thanatologiques des Pardhan, notre enquête s’étend au rapport caste-tribu dans le contraste de milieux urbain-rural et du concept de «glocalisation » avec les redistributions qu’il pilote
Madhya Pradesh is a singular case, both because of the high number of inhabitants belongingto communities classified as tribal (ādivāsī), and because of the cultural and social variety present and which enriches the fabric of the different traditions occupying this part of the country. What remains of this great cultural fecundity, along with the historical intensity with which this “Middle Land” has been shot through for centuries, both provide a favorable setting for the socio-anthropological scenario. The comparative approach to funerary rituality amongst some Pardhan groups of Eastern Madhya Pradesh has made it possible to pursue the study by constantly switching, in a very stimulating way, between classical knowledge of royal Gond tradition and culture (Rāja Gond) on the one hand ‒ of which the Pardhan are the main witnesses and bearers — and, on the other hand, the level of penetration of Hinduization which will modify the experiences of devotion and the practices of mourning. In this respect, the study developed in a way that would be qualify as circular: from the urban context of Bhopal to the rural context of the home villages in the Mandlā and Dindori districts, the ethnological framework that has been derived was forced to come to terms with the relationship between these two sites. It is from the “funerary culture” that this research started to examine the implications of the social as it is implemented during this final “refinement” (saṃskāra). The analysis of Gond-Pardhan interrelationships in central India provided us with the opportunity to find a shared cultural imaginary, which still resists, and for embarking on a reflection on other aspects which are apparently less obvious : the impact of the migration and urbanization processes on kinship and clan relations, or the changes to and interactions between the categories of “tradition” and “modernity”, the discourses on Indian/Hindu identity and the concept of indigeneity. Our field survey was enhanced by necessary comparative work, in which the dialogue between the places involved traced out significant coordinates in the reading of funerary rituality, by actualizing the theme of social pluralism, that of cohabitationbetween regional forms of what is considered, in today’s India, as classical Hinduism. From the cosmogonic and thanatological conceptions of the Pardhan, our study intersects with thetheme of caste-tribe relation in the contrast of urban-rural environments, as well as with the concept of “glocalization” and the re-distributions that it directs

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Majumdar, Shibalee. "Essays on Inequality and Development." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1291054538.

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Smith, Richard Milton. "Jury trials in misdemeanor cases of driving under the influence of alcohol a public policy consideration /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2002. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1414403.

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Graverol, Gaël de. "La relation caste-tribu dans un ancien royaume du Rajasthan : les Mīnā d'Amber-Jaipur." Paris, EHESS, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007EHES0298.

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Ce travail traite de la problématique caste/tribu à partir de l'étude de la population Mīnā, dans son rapport à l'ancienne élite dirigeante du royaume d'Amber-Jaipur, sur l'espace duquel elle est fortement représentée. L'examen ethnohistorique de la place institutionnelle autrefois tenue au sein de cet Etat princier par une section de la communauté Mīnā rejoint l'analyse des sources politico-rituelles de cette dynastie Rājpūt. L'étude, qui s'appuie sur un terrain de longue durée, suscite des éléments entre tribus et royautés. Le propos montre que la tribu, loin d'être un isolat, ne peut non plus être réduite à une invention coloniale. La relation C/T est sans cesse travaillée et renégociée dans le temps et l'espace par les contextes politiques et économiques. La thèse engage une relecture du fait tribal à l'échelle du sous-continent, un débat qui ne concerne pas seulement 7% de la pop. Indienne
The thesis deals with the caste-tribe relationship as illustrated from a particuar case study. The Mīnā, a "tribal" population of Rajasthan associated in the past with the ruling elite of the kingdom of Amber-Jaipur, still occupies a significant demography in the region. The ethnohistorical research reveals how the institutional role earlier played by various sections of the community in the political and ritual legitimation of the Rājpūt dynasty still retains sociological traces today. The study, sustained by a long-term fieldwork, brings a comparative perspective in analysing other regional and pan Indian elements all stressing close contiguities between royal authority and tribal chiefdoms. The argument shows how tribe is neither a social isolate nor a colonial invention. The relationship is time and again re-enacted and renegociated through space and context. The approach is intended to bring new elements to the academic debate involving more than 7% of the demography of the subcontinent

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Rajala, H. K. (Hanna-Kaisa). "Enhancing innovative activities and tools for the manufacturing industry: illustrative and participative trials within work system cases." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2011. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514296833.

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Abstract There has been little improvement over the last few decades in the annual accident rate in workplaces within manufacturing industries. Viable innovative methods in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing industry are need for developing more effective ways to enhance the understanding of safety. Therefore, enterprises need new illustrative and participative trials to boost their ongoing and incomplete work. Research in to the significance of design science (DS) as a framework for enhancing health and safety issues has provided new views. One reason is most likely the macro-ergonomic comprehensive approach, however, DS is comprehensive and thus the results do not usually correlate with practical occasions. In addition to DS the work system objectives have to consider and be able to reveal the significance of health and safety issues. In this study, a work system is utilised for trialling illustrative and participative activities along with the necessary tools for supporting quality and well-being at work. In these cases, DS was used as the main guideline. This study also highlights innovation for introducing something new that can improve performance. The results of this study showed that the DS approach is applicable when developing a work system in SMEs. The innovative unification of the existing illustrative and participative methods produces new practical views for achieving improved performances. It was also shown that DS presents a new approach for modelling the development of innovations in relation to health and safety issues
Tiivistelmä Työtapaturmien vuosittaiset lukumäärät ovat parantuneet vain vähän viime vuosikymmenten aikana. Tarvitaan käyttökelpoisia innovatiivisia menetelmiä valmistavassa teollisuudessa, jotta pystytään kehittämään enemmän tehokkaita keinoja turvallisuuden ymmärtämisen parantamiseksi. Siksi yritykset tarvitsevat uusia havainnollistavia ja osallistuvia kokeiluja tehostaakseen meneillään olevaa ja vaillinaista työtä. Suunnittelutieteen tutkiminen turvallisuuden ja terveellisyyden viitekehyksessä on antanut uusia näkemyksiä. Yksi syy on ehkä makroergonominen kokonaisvaltainen lähestymistapa. Kuitenkin suunnittelutiede on kokonaisvaltaista ja tulokset eivät ole välttämättä käytännön tilanteisiin sovellettavia. Suunnittelutieteen lisäksi työsysteemin objektit tuottavat tärkeitä näkemyksiä turvallisuus- ja terveellisyysasioihin. Tässä tutkimuksessa työsysteemiä hyödynnettiin havainnollistavien ja osallistuvien toimintojen ja työkalujen kokeiluun, jossa tuettiin yritysten toiminnan laatua ja työhyvinvointia. Näissä tapauksissa suunnittelutiedettä hyödynnettiin lähestymistapana. Tämä tutkimus korostaa lisäksi innovaatiota, jolla tuotetaan uutta parempaan suoriutumiseen. Tutkimuksen tulokset osoittivat, että suunnittelutiede on sopiva lähestymistapa pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten työsysteemin kehittämiseen. Olemassa olevien havainnollistavien ja osallistuvien menetelmien innovatiivinen yhdistäminen tuottaa uusia käyttökelpoisia näkökulmia paremman suoriutumisen saavuttamiseksi. Tutkimuksessa osoitettiin myös, että suunnittelutiede tarjoaa uuden näkökulman turvallisuuden ja terveellisyyden innovaatioiden kehittämisen mallintamiseen

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Rej, Peter H. "Measuring mitochondrial DNA diversity and demographic patterns of tribal and caste populations from the Northeast Indian State of Assam." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378113115.

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Madrid-González, Alejandro L. (Alejandro Luis). "A Mexican Postmodernist Vision Grounded on Structuralism: The Cases of Juan Trigos' Cuarteto Da Do (1988) and Victor Rasgado's Rayo Nocturnal (1989)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277839/.

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This thesis contributes analyses of two works by Mexican composers: Rayo nocturnal (1989) by Victor Rasgado (b. 1959), and the Cuarteto da do (1988) by Juan Trigos (b. 1965). Although composed according to structuralist principles, a postmodern interpretation is offered. The analytical method applied is based on Allen Forte's set theory, including rhythmic and timbral dimensions that are integral to the conceptions of these works. A survey of modernism and postmodernism in twentieth-century Mexico serves to place these works in their cultural context.

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Labuschagne, Gerard Nicholas. "Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases an exploratory study /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222008-092736.

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Harris, Rodger C. "Propensity evident [i.e. evidence] fusion alchemy : rules of evidence 414 and the legal metamorphosis of similar similar offenses evidence in child molestation cases in the military /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1436204.

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Thesis (M.J.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006.
"May 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-174). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2006]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Campos, Mariana Rocha da Silva. "An?lise das propriedades psicom?tricas da vers?o brasileira do invent?rio ?parcours amoreux des jeunes-paj?" Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 2015. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/406.

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Introduction: worldwide, is recognized the importance of cross-cultural studies to study comprehensive, multi-faceted and multi-causal phenomena, such as interpersonal violence among young people, considering the impact of the indicators of this research in the exchange of knowledge and actions for the prevention and control of factors risk and vulnerabilities. It is known that this type of research requires the use of validated research instruments in order to ensure its quality and therefore the results obtained after its application in other studies. The analysis of the psychometric properties, reliability and validity of an instrument is critical to ensure that it is calibrated to measure the phenomenon to which it is proposed. Objective: to determine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the inventory "Parcours des Jeunes Amourex" - Loving Trail Youth - PAJ through construct validation and reliability analysis. Methodology: methodological study which deals with the construct validity and reliability (psychometric analyzes) of the Brazilian version of the PAJ, executed in the period 2013-2015, using a convenience sample of 380 adolescents and young adults in the age groups 14-24 years enrolled in public schools in Feira de Santana, Bahia-Brazil. This research represents the second stage of cultural adaptation process and inventory of content validation, carried out from 2011-2013, which led to the national version (adapted and validated). The original inventory and the national version consist of 64 questions in different formats (dichotomous, open, scales). And reliability analysis was used examining the internal consistency of the questions, by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, considering the satisfactory value> 0.6; the factorability of the questions was evaluated by the test Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO), with appropriate value> 0.5; the construct validity was verified through exploratory factor analysis using the principal component analysis technique, with varimax rotation, using the latent root criterion to define the number of factors to be extracted. Results: The data showed that the adapted version of the PAJ has construct validity of evidence, since the measures proposed construct and has adequate reliability coefficients, confirming the internal consistency of the scale. It can be said then that the inventory showed good psychometric parameters allowing its applicability in national studies that seek to investigate violence among young couples and factors related to family life and friends. Conclusions: This research contributes to the appropriateness and applicability of an inventory that assesses multiple dimensions of loving violence in youth, encouraging new studies, exchange of information between different contexts, and can support public policies and programs that lead to the prevention and cure cycle intergenerational victimization and aggression between present and future generations.
Introdu??o: em n?vel mundial, reconhece-se a import?ncia dos estudos transculturais para estudar fen?menos abrangentes, multifacetados e multicausais, como a viol?ncia interpessoal entre jovens, considerando o impacto dos indicadores dessas pesquisas nas trocas de conhecimentos e a??es voltadas ? preven??o e controle dos fatores de risco e vulnerabilidades. Sabe-se que este tipo de pesquisa requer a utiliza??o de instrumentos de pesquisa validados, a fim de garantir sua qualidade e consequentemente dos resultados obtidos ap?s sua aplica??o em outras pesquisas.A an?lise das propriedades psicom?tricas, confiabilidade e validade de um instrumento ? fundamental para garantir que seja calibrado em medir o fen?meno ao qual est? proposto. Objetivo:realizar avalia??o das propriedades psicom?tricas da vers?o brasileira do invent?rio ?Parcours Amourex des Jeunes? ?Percurso Amoroso dos Jovens - PAJ, atrav?s da valida??o de construto e an?lise de confiabilidade. Metodologia: estudo metodol?gicoque trata da valida??o de construto e de confiabilidade (an?lises psicom?tricas) da vers?o brasileira do PAJ, executado no per?odo 2013 a 2015, utilizando amostra de conveni?ncia de 380 adolescentes e adultos jovens, nas faixas et?rias de 14 a 24 anos, matriculados nas escolas p?blicas de Feira de Santana-Bahia-Brasil. Esta pesquisa representa a segunda etapa do processo de adapta??o transcultural e valida??o de conte?do do inventario, realizado no per?odo de 2011-2013, o qual originou a vers?o nacional (adaptada e validada). O invent?rio original e a vers?o nacional s?o constitu?dos de 64 quest?es em formatos diversos (dicot?micas, abertas, escalas). Para an?lise da confiabilidade foi utilizado o exame da consist?ncia interna das quest?es, atrav?s do c?lculo do coeficiente alfa de Cronbach, considerando satisfat?rio o valor >0,6; a fatorabilidade das quest?es foi avaliada pelo teste deKaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO), sendo adequado valor >0,5; a validade de construto foi verificada atrav?s da an?lise fatorial explorat?ria, utilizando a t?cnica de an?lise de componentes principais, com rota??o varimax, sendo utilizado o crit?rio da raiz latente para definir a quantidade de fatores a serem extra?dos. Resultados: os dados mostraram que a vers?o adaptada do PAJ apresenta evid?ncias de validade de construto, visto que mede o construto proposto e possui coeficientes de fidedignidade adequados, confirmando a consist?ncia interna da escala. Pode-se afirmar ent?o, que o invent?rio apresentou bons par?metros psicom?tricos o que permite a sua aplicabilidade em estudos nacionais que buscam investigar viol?ncia entre casais jovens e fatores relacionados ao conv?vio familiar e amigos. Conclus?es: essa pesquisa contribui com a adequa??o e aplicabilidade de um invent?rio que avalia m?ltiplas dimens?es da viol?ncia amorosa na juventude, incentivando novos estudos, trocas de conhecimentos entre diferentes contextos, al?m de poder subsidiar pol?ticas p?blicas e programas que conduzam ? preven??o e supera??odo ciclo intergeracional de vitimiza??o e agress?o entre gera??es presentes e futuras.

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van, Die Margaret Diana, and diana vandie@rmit edu au. "The effects of Hypericum perforatum with Vitex agnus-catus in the treatment of menopausal symptoms." RMIT University. Health Sciences, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090527.101507.

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Background: Interest in alternatives to hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal symptoms increased following its association with serious health risks. In terms of phytotherapeutic interventions, while traditional use supports a range of herbs for treating menopausal symptoms, evidence from rigorous scientific trials is limited, and has largely focused on the phytoestrogenic plants. Because of some safety concerns over long-term use of isoflavones, the present study focused on two non-estrogenic herbs, Hypericum perforatum and Vitex agnus-castus, also employed in this context in the Anglo-American and European traditions. Both herbs have shown effectiveness for the alleviation of symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which is reported to be more severe during the perimenopause, and may account for many of the so-called 'menopausal symptoms' at this time. Research on menopausal vasomotor symptoms is prone to substantial placebo responses. There has been much interest in increasing our understanding of the placebo response with a view to controlling it in clinical research and harnessing it in clinical practice. Methods & Results: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial (RCT), with a 16-week treatment phase, was conducted on 100 late-perimenopause and early postmenopause women. The herbal combination (Hypericum and Vitex) was not found to be superior to placebo for any of the endpoints - daily weighted flushing scores, overall menopausal symptoms (on the Greene Climacteric Scale) and depression (on the Hamilton Depression Inventory). However, significant improvements across the treatment phase were observed in both arms for all of these outcome measures. No significant change was found for either group on the Utian quality of life scale. The effects of the herbal combination were also examined on PMS-like symptoms in the small sub-population of late-perimenopausal women, and found to be superior to placebo for total PMS-like symptoms and the sub-clusters, PMS-D (depression) and PMS-C (cravings). The active treatment group also showed significant improvements on PMS-A (anxiety) and PMS-H (hydration), although these effects were not superior to placebo. Predictors of the placebo response were investigated and found to include study-entry anxiety for the outcome measures of flushing, depression and overall menopausal symptoms, and improvement during non-treatment run-in for depression and overall symptoms. Because no difference had been found between 'active' and placebo groups in the menopause RCT, it was hypothesised that the same predictors would predict the response to the study treatment. However, low anxiety was significantly associated with improvement in this group. None of the other variables that predicted the placebo response was relevant to the study treatment response. This finding is discussed with reference to the possibility that 'drug' effects and placebo effects are not necessarily additive, and that the same magnitude of effect in both arms might not necessarily imply activity via the same pathways. Conclusions: This research contributes to the growing body of scientific knowledge about evidence-based complementary therapies that informs the community, health-care providers and regulatory authorities. The findings may facilitate identification of potential placebo responders in future research. The need for more research in the area of mechanisms of placebo versus active responses is supported.

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Harker, Andrew John. "Loyalty and dissidence in Roman Egypt : the case of the Acta Alexandrinorum." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2001. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/loyalty-and-dissidence-in-roman-egypt--the-case-of-the-acta-alexandrinorum(b56e5994-684e-4acb-ad95-9c4f378848ee).html.

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Yoshida, Narutoshi. "The case for abolishing jury trials in the English legal system : an analysis of the issues and consequences." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-case-for-abolishing-jury-trailas-in-the-english-legal-system(163e6290-3e2d-437c-a5f5-0db26b0c9c22).html.

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This thesis gives a critical study of the fairness and efficiency of the jury trial in the contemporary English justice system. It analyses the various pressures on the English criminal jury system, and attempts to justify attempts to justify the possible possible abolition of the criminal jury trials in England and Wales, hereafter referred to as ‘England’ for the sake of convenience. Firstly, it considers the origin, functions and theoretical basis of the existing English jury system, including the widespread perception of it being a constitutional mechanism designed to involve citizens in the delivery of justice and the implementation of criminal law. It considers the steady reduction in the number of jury trials in recent decades and the introduction of judge-only trials. Comparisons between jury trials in the Crown Courts and summary trials in magistrates' courts are drawn, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each, referring to empirical and sociological data. Secondly, it underlines weakness in the jury process stems from stems from obstacles to fair trials, particularly: jury tampering, confusion in complex fraud cases and incidences of contempt of court committed by jurors resulting from their use of the Internet and social media; and draws on selected legal cases, the perceived quality of jury decision-making, the avoidance of institutional prejudice, and issues surrounding public confidence. Finally, it will present a number of recommendations for English jury reform, including the new Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, and explores the possibility of the abolition of the English criminal jury system and proposes the use of alternative models of criminal trial.

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Kilcline, Cody Mary. "The trial of Mrs Proudlock : law, government and society in British Malaya, 1911." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150011.

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Redfern, Judith Marion. "Methods for developing and evaluating randomised controlled trials of complex interventions : case study of stroke secondary prevention." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2007. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/methods-for-developing-and-evaluating-randomised-controlled-trials-of-complex-interventions--case-study-of-stroke-secondary-prevention(d0a616ac-5bce-4d9a-aea7-9ad88717990e).html.

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Sukhwal, Dinesh. "Economic policies and welfare programmes for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Rajasthan (A critical study of their impact since independence)." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/4884.

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Pereira, Cláudia. "Casta, tribo e conversão: os Gaudde de Goa." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7433.

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Durante o colonialismo português em Goa houve um processo sistemático de conversão a que podemos chamar de mimético, já que, desde o século XVI, ao se converterem as castas da elite, os Brâmanes, se esperava que as outras castas os emulassem. A excepção a este princípio foi o grupo dos Gaudde, que ao longo do tempo se dividiu em três castas: hindus, católicos e neo-hindus (Gaudde católicos, que se tornaram hindus em 1928). No contexto da sociedade indiana, os Gaudde de Goa apresentam uma dualidade classificatória: socialmente, seguem a organização da “casta”, mas foram reconhecidos em linguagem administrativa como uma “tribo” devido às regalias económicas e educacionais que este estatuto lhes concede. Os próprios afirmam ser os primeiros habitantes deste estado, tal como descrito pela literatura produzida durante e após o colonialismo português – o que foi traduzido como “tribo”. Um outro aspecto menos estudado do colonialismo português é a resistência invisível que os Gaudde efectuaram e a pertinência contemporânea deste passado. A sua contestação revelou-se através da manutenção em segredo das suas canções, danças e rituais, proibidos pela igreja católica por serem “não-católicos”. Este dado relaciona-se com a vivência local do catolicismo entre os Gaudde e sua articulação com o hinduísmo e o culto a entidades territoriais, resultantes do processo singular da conversão em Goa. As letras das suas canções têm de ser lidas à luz da lógica ritual hindu, embora os nomes de deuses tenham sido substituídos por santos católicos, adquirindo hoje um novo significado com a sua canalização para o turismo.
Portuguese colonialism in Goa carried out a systematic process of conversion that we could call mimetic, in the sense that by converting the higher castes, the brahmanes, it was hoped that the other castes would emulate them. Exceptions to this principle were the Gaudde, an original group that over time split into three different castes: the Hindus, the Christians and the Neo-Hindus (Christian Gaudde who became Hindu in 1928). Further specificities regarding the Goan Gaudde are important to understand their cultural practices and representations, and their sociological duality. Indeed, socially they follow the caste organization; however, administratively they are classified as a Scheduled Tribe, due to the economical and educational benefits of this status. The Gaudde affirm to be the first inhabitants of Goa, as depicted both by Portuguese colonialism and by postcolonial literature – which was translated as synonymous with a tribal group. Another less known aspect of Portuguese colonialism is the invisible resistance of the Gaudde and its contemporary relevance. Their resistance has developed through the maintenance of their songs, dances and rituals in secret because they were forbidden by the Catholic Church for being "non-Catholic". This is due to the local experience of Catholicism among Gaudde and its relationship to Hinduism and the worship of territorial entities, resulting from the peculiar process of conversion in Goa. The lyrics of their songs have to be read in the light of Hindu ritual, although the names of gods have been replaced by Christian saints, acquiring nowadays a new meaning with their repositioning towards touristic audiences.

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Chang, Che-Yuan, and 張哲源. "A Study of Theories and Practices of Common Management Mechanism on Indigenous Lands—The Cases of Dowmung Tribe and Makudaai Tribe." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53uhag.

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碩士
國立東華大學
財經法律研究所
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As the promulgating of The Indigenous Peoples Basic Law in 2005 and the passing of the draft of Indigenous People Autonomy law in 2010, the indigenous people will be able to develop in various ways such as economy, life, and culture through establishing regions of autonomy or legalizing the concrete content of the right to traditional territory of indigenous people. The common management mechanism has been utilized in many foreign countries for years; however, the legislative protection of indigenous people in our country is inferior to many advanced countries such as New Zealand, Australia, America, and Canada. With a view to catching up with the international trend of protecting rights of indigenous people , Article 22 of The Indigenous Peoples Basic Law is designed with the common management mechanism, which demands the government to “obtain consent from the locally affected indigenous peoples and formulate a common management mechanism before establishing national parks, national scenery, forest district, ecological protection zone, recreation zone and other resource management institutions.” Notwithstanding, the tribes which proceed common management mechanism are rare in practice. Besides, conflicts between the resolution of common management mechanism committee in our country and related prohibitions of resource-conservative regulations are still unsolved, which leads to the malfunction of common management mechanism committee and the judgments which deem the behaviors such as hunting, mining, collecting forest products or forest by-products of indigenous people as illegal. Therefore, this thesis, at first, discusses the occurrence of “the Indigenous Land Movement” and the deprivation of indigenous lands by former governments through historical shifting of the right to lands of indigenous people. Second, the thesis analyzes judicial opinions toward related rights to traditional territory of indigenous people. Third, the thesis analyzes the incidents of Knkreyan Tribe and Makudaai Tribe in Hualien with the combination of interview records and the incidents, which clarifies the whole thing from the beginning to the end, understand the needs of local indigenous people and examine existed problems. Last but not least, the thesis provides the legislative and governmental strategies with suggestions via combining of the problems and interview records.

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Chiu, Siou-Hua, and 邱綉樺. "A study of spiritual dimensions of Ecovillage-Cases of Kalala tribe and Fengnan community." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6tgszc.

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國立東華大學
自然資源與環境學系
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In reaction the series of natural disasters occurring around the globe, we human beings should begin changing the way we live. As early as 1987, the Brundtland Commission, in its report “Our Common Future,” already suggested that we would need to come up with a different way of living our life which allowed a sustainable environmental development. Beginning in the 1990s, western nations started to examine the consequences of living an unsustainable life and proposed the idea of Eco-village, where a community would live harmoniously with nature. In 1995, the Gaia Trust created the Global Eco-village Network, a platform where Eco-villages around the world may exchange information or even collaborate, so that people may see how others have lived and their values. Spiritual enrichment plays a paramount role in human beings’ sustainable development. With that in mind, the present author means to figure out if the Kalala Tribal Reserve and Fengnan Village meet the spiritual aspect of an Eco-Village; if so, how may it manifest itself？ The objective of this research project: with GEN to define the spirit aspect of an Eco-Village, the present author intends to examine what elements Kalala and Fengnan contain that bring out the two communities’ spiritual aspect. The primary research methodology used in this project is ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, along with close observation. The data are collected on-site. The subjects/informants selected are 4 key leading figures in community activities. The results show that, Kalala’s spiritual aspect is reflected through its eco-friendly agricultural activities, self-sufficient life style and the commonly shared belief that offspring should remain in the community. Both Kalala and Fengnan have come to realize the nexus between human beings and other living beings, the connection between body and nature, and the two communities have put into action their ultimate insight in the interconnection and interdependence among all lives.

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Liu, Fang-Yu, and 劉芳瑜. "“Show Trials” in Authoritarian Taiwan: KMT’s Making of “Formal Legality” in Political Cases." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63491863376765038902.

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Kacharayil, Joseph. "An analytical study of some causes leading to educational backwardness of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe pupils." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/4136.

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Sun, Chih-ti, and 孫稚堤. "Analysis of indigenous Conservation and Utilization on CPR：Two CPR Self Governing Cases of Atayal Tribe in Taiwan Indigenes." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47106339765335820241.

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國立政治大學
地政研究所
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From the perspective of “common pool resources” (CPR) theory and public choices, the tribal resources of aboriginals and traditional territories are a “closed-access” type of common pool resources. If aboriginal tribes manage the CPR in a self-governing way, the communities may be able to, through the cooperation of individuals within, create collective interests, leverage traditional knowledge regarding the ecosystem, utilize local organizations in order to avoid the lapse of aboriginal land, and achieve the sustainable development of resources. However, people are limited to the hypotheses of “homo economicus” and “raison d’état” along with an overlook of the fact that mutual influences and restrictions lie between humans and natural resources. They often quote the essay “Tragedy of the Commons” by Hardin (1968), according to which common resources are under the constant threat of overuse that will eventually degrade the environment. To establish clarity on this issue, this paper uses an Atayal county with two CPR self-governing cases to observe three types of common pool resources currently seen today: tribe landscape, river fish and forest produce. The time horizon starts at the time point when these resources were placed under tribal management for conservation purposes, and ends at the time point when these resources are expected to prompt economic development. This paper conducts empirical investigations and comparisons based on the theoretical foundations of new institutional economics, and analyzes three aspects of these issues: choice of personal systems within an organization, collective management organizations in a society, and Social-Ecological Systems (SESs). This paper discusses the factors that affect how individuals conform to social norms, formal and informal. How a public choice is made to design the rules which are proper to local CPR situation and maintains the organization long-term sustainability? How do the interactions between society and the natural ecosystem come into being? By exploring the internal and external factors of self-governance of natural resources by tribes and the resulting interactions, this paper aims to provide a foundation for subsequent studies in the design of the management systems for common resources.

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Chen, Xing-Chen, and 陳星辰. "Exploring Sustainable Models of Non-Profit Organizations Using System Dynamics- Cases of the Pu-Li Senior Village and the Bunun Tribe." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72608170193489068014.

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國立暨南國際大學
資訊管理學系
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Donations and government grants are important financial sources of non-profit organizations. However, the supply of external support are instable due to the impact of economy fluctuations. Moreover, as more and more newly established non-profit organizations fighting for the limited resources, the non-profit organizations will collapse or may erode their mission to maintain operations, which may led to a “common tragedy” result. But in the practice, we still can find some non-profit organizations operating in a low dependence, low social cost, and high satisfaction situation. To explore the strategies of these success stories, as well as their internal designs to achieve such results, this study selected the Pu-Li Senior Village, and the Bunun Tribe as the case study targets. Business models of non-profit organizations are complex, dynamic, and involve numerous causal related factors and feedback relations. This study used system dynamics to identify the causal relationships between the system behavior and the internal mechanism which contributes to the efficient and self-sustained operation of that organization. A qualitative causal loop diagram is constructed to illustrate the business model for each organization, and the key designs and their implications in building a self-sustaining business model are also discussed.

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Jiang, Pei-Yuan, and 姜培元. "The Status and Restrictions of Aboriginal Tribal Elderly Day Care Stations’ Direct Services－Cases of Hoping District, Taichung City." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85m5hm.

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碩士
靜宜大學
社會工作與兒童少年福利學系
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This essay aims to investigate the current situations of management tribes’ geriatric day care station and the problems of cost and demand in taking care of the elderly care services, in order to achieve this purpose, this essay devote to take in-depth interview for four tribes in geriatric day care station care attendant to collect and analyze qualitative datum. The study found that in the process of home services, geriatric day care tribes overcame the process of care services for the elderly has experienced high transportation fees, difficult to obtain resources, grants limited manpower and inadequate service difficulties, and these problems forced the tribes geriatric day care standing restrictions on the provision of services. Based on the above researches and discussion, this study has several policy recommendations as follows: First, long-term care policies should focus aboriginal orignals' trend of culture and specialties; Second, revise aboriginal tribal's needed policies of financial add standards; Third, aggressively cultivate regional long-term caring human resources in rural area.

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TSAI, HSU CHUN, and 許俊才. "A Study on Aboriginal Service Delivery of Tribal（Community）Care- Cases of Home Care and Meal Delivery at Renai and Puli,Nantou-." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91999173130620179906.

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國立暨南國際大學
社會政策與社會工作學系
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Abstract The 921-earthquake in 1999 damaged the middle area of Taiwan severely, deepen the suffering conditions for the elderly and the disabled in the area, especially for the Aborigines who lived in the disaster area. By subsidy from the 921-Earthquake Reconstruction Funds, The Council of Aboriginal Affairs in the Executive Yuan（CAA） formulated the “program of home care & meal service for the elderly and the disabled in the aboriginal disaster area”. This program was a 5-years program and was executed at 5 sub-areas. The study object of this research was the program in Renai & Puli, which was executed by Puli Christian Hospital (PCH). For the role of supervisor at the PCH’s program, the researcher used the action research method on this research. The chief aim of this research was to understand the operational process & affections of this program. Besides, this research also concludes the advantages & limits for the service by the aboriginal worker. According to the data, the chief resistance of program is: the uncertainty of the policy, political involvement, client’s live-style and the ethic of home care. In contrast, the assistance is: the leader’s professional training and experience about social work, the aboriginal social workers, and the adviser on this program. There are some advantages for the work of aboriginal social workers, for example, language, culture & closer. On the other hand, the aboriginal social workers also have limitment in professional, relationship, party, religion. This study also find that the tribal care was apples appropriately on the aboriginal tribal. Tribal care could provide the service to the people who needs care, it also offer the job opportunity for the jobless at tribal. Finally, we are expecting the tribal care model could be push forward to other different aboriginal society, and we look after different cultural and livelihood, and fit in different needs.

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CHEN, HSU SHU, and 許淑貞. "The Stud on the Factors of Aborigines’ participating in Tribal University in Yilan County：The Cases of Culture Program and Natural Resource Program." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75291161774897076719.

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碩士
佛光人文社會學院
社會教育學研究所
96
Abstract There were three purposes in this study. Firstly, to discuss the reason the aborigines who participate in the program on culture and natural resource in the tribal university. Secondly, to analyze the barriers that refrain the aborigines from taking part in tribal university. Finally, to understand the expection on the tribal university from the aborigines. We’ve gathered some material by Qualitative Research Method:models and steps of interviewing in the investigation and invited ten participants who have been joining the program. People who had held the class representative, taking courses in semesters, having deep understanding about tribal university, with full enthusiam and people who would like to be interviewed in this topic could be taken into the consideration. Therefore, we’ve concluded the outcome in this research through repeatedly reading the paper and the data. The result in this research have been disclosed that the motive why the aborigines actively joined the program in the tribal university, overall, lies in personal hobbies, particular in dancing, weaving and the studying of tribal languages, which generates irresistent attraction to the aborigines. Again, the passage of culture is extremely essential to them. The interviewed who not only have full sense of aboriginal culture but also consider the passage of culture in ethnic groups as their vocation. The concepts enable them to take part in the program gladly in tribal university. Thirdly, parts of the interviewees hold the positions of education in the community for the need of teaching. Hence, learning in tribal university is extremely available to their teaching. Moreover, others factors could be apart from the above. It makes different obviously that the seminarists have various incentives of learning between programs on culture and natural resource. The former is partly prone to the passage of culture and the career occupation, the later is apt to employement purely. Futhermore, it consists of quite a lot of problems about learning for the aborigines to participate the tribal university: Included the tuition, the families, the places for learning, concept of learning and the recognition to the lecturers. Last but not least, the interviewed hope that the tribal university could provide an excellent surrounding for learning. Thus, they expect it could run a better business yearly to deal with the plague currently. In accordance with the consequence of the research, I provided some suggestions to make the tribal university well-function.

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Minas, Freda Charlotte. "The limitations of law pertaining to incest cases: observations of the confines inherent in the current criminal jurisdiction of the County Court of Victoria, which may limit justice for the victims of incest, and the resultant equivocal footing of social policy in this area." Thesis, 1997. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18193/.

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The crime of incest is rendered invisible in the 1990's under the all-embracing label of "child abuse", where the public eye is alerted to grave cases of physical abuse, by a media hungry for sensationalism. Likewise, incest is effaced amid the current outrage over the deviant outsider - typically perceived as the paedophile. It is the very nature of the sphere in which incest is committed, which makes the crime 'hermetic'. The view that the patriarchal family is somehow sacrosanct, and the debate over the public/private dichotomy relating to child protection, adjoin to further obscure this iniquity. In addition to this, the perpetrators of incest frequently deny, minimise or rationalise their crime, hence making the legal sphere the only legitimate area of redress for victims. However, the law attempts to deal with these private moral perplexities in the objective and constrained manner representative of the court system. This may not be reconcilable with just outcomes. Social policy's footing in this arena appears to be equivocal, due to the inherent confines of the legal system. But the legal system, and in particular the court arena, can be made more equitable, by being flexible and amenable to innovation, through the embodiment of other areas of expertise. Instead of being self-referential, the legal system should be more accommodating of other esteemed knowledges, in the name of justice.

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Museke, Vicent. "The role of customary courts in the delivery of justice in South Sudan." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19905.

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This study examines the role of customary courts in the delivery of justice in South Sudan. In doing so, it analyses the legal background, the hierarchy and composition of the customary courts. The considerations behind the constitutional recognition of the customary law courts in the current constitutional dispensation and the jurisdiction of customary courts are limited to customary matters and only criminal cases with a customary interface. It is noted that the customary Judges do not only exercise judicial functions but also play executive and legislative functions which contravene the constitutional principle of separation of powers. Reconciliation and compensation are noted as the major principles applied in the customary law courts. The major concern is that most practices in the customary law courts violate fundamental human rights.
Public, Constitutional and International Law
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