In the spirit of this special issue to center on wronged individuals and groups, their account how wrongs should be understood repaired, what actions promote repair, article focuses groups by genocide entitlement epistemic reparation in aftermath genocide. I argue that requires not only fulfillment informational needs victims, survivors, descendants, including access archives, documents, provis...

Violence is both a public health and a social problem. Although there is not only one type of violence nor a unique concept of what it means, the following concept has gained consensus, particularly among those working intersectorally with a public health approach: “Violence is an intentional use of physical force against another person or against oneself, which either result in or has a high l...

Excavations carried out at the Cave of Castelvenere in the province of Lucca have brought to light archaeological remains from various epochs datable from the second millenium B.C. up to the first centuries of the Christian era. The objects discovered suggest that the cave was the scene of cult activity a conclusion supported in part by the recovery of a number of unusual bronze figurines of gr...

the stalled negotiations on the future of the international Whaling commission have highlighted the extent to which ‘scientific research’ continues to be used as a smokescreen for slaughter on the high seas. When, as a scientist, i read in the popular press that Japan has been allowed to cull up to 1,000 minke whales per year since 1988 for the purpose of scientific research, i naturally assume...

The recent article by Blum et al. on ethnic cleansing and genocide is based in part on data that published studies have shown to be inaccurate, and contains at least one misleading statement. When these problems are corrected, their argument fails. The inaccurate data are that 200 000 were killed in the 1992–1995 Bosnian war (Abstract, p. 2, p. 3, fig. 1, fig. 2). The source for this number (pe...

Secondly, we share key values at a profound level in our response to those concerns. In the old but still relevant book by the social psychologist Paul Halmos, The Faith of the Counsellors (1965), he argued that it is not the case that as psychiatrists you are simply offering techniques in a detached or dispassionate way. Human beings are not merely interesting machines, nor do you treat them a...

With almost 80% of the fighting forces composed of child soldiers, this is one characterization of the ‘new wars,’ which constitute the dominant form of violent conflict that has emerged only over the last few decades. The development of light weapons, such as automatic guns suitable for children, was an obvious prerequisite for the involvement of children in modern conflicts that typically inv...

Harmful use of alcohol consumption in Australia is a serious socio-political and public health issue that exacerbated by exploitative marketing campaigns the industry. In Indigenous populations harmful directly related to legacy colonisation has led complex social issues adverse intergenerational trauma. To effectively address alcohol-related harm Australia, it necessary critically apply ‘Three...

This article unpacks the events and reactions surrounding a mysterious ‘fainting wave’ that swept through Angolan middle high schools from early 2011 on. By attending to historicity materiality of fainting wave, investigates why strong conviction took root dark political intentionality behind this inexplicable phenomenon, conspiratorial interpretation prevailed over alternative explanations mor...

In response to Ian Lustick’s article on Israel’s migration balance in the previous issue of Israel Studies Review, I question the author’s (lack of) theoretical frame, data handling, and conclusions, all set up against a robust narrative. I show that, until 2010, Israel displayed a positive, if weakened, migration balance and that immigration trends continued to reflect conditions among Diaspor...