Offense-defense theory offers an optimistic view of international politics based on the argument that war can be prevented if defense gains an advantage over offense. It also argues that an effective arms control can reduce the risk of arms races and war. The theory has been useful in foreign policy analysis and in international relations scholarship since it is used to explain theoretical and ...

This article examines associations between self-reported religious affiliations and official offense histories among 111 incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Four categories of religiosity were devised according to self-reported continuities and discontinuities in life-course religious affiliations: atheists, dropouts, converts, and stayers. ANCOVAs indicated that stayers (those who mainta...

Today, the archaeological heritage is an integral element of objective side composition crime provided for in Art. 298 Criminal Code Ukraine. At same time, effectiveness mentioned article, our opinion, raises certain doubts. First all, this due to fact that encroachments, subject which heritage, have a high level latency. In addition, when applying Part 1 Ukraine, vast majority cases, there pro...

BACKGROUND Epilepsy and traumatic brain injury are common neurological conditions, with general population prevalence estimates around 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively. Although both illnesses are associated with various adverse outcomes, and expert opinion has suggested increased criminality, links with violent behaviour remain uncertain. METHODS AND FINDINGS We combined Swedish population regist...

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine a sample male patients from Turkiye with schizophrenia and schizophrenialike psychotic disorders for whom the medical opinion not criminally responsible concluded offense that they have committed in terms association between clinical offense-related factors being found responsible. Method: Clinical features crime characteristics’ comparative analys...

11 The lordship of Christ over all of a Christian’s life is an assumption basic to Christianity. The acknowledgement of his lordship in psychology is especially problematic today because of the pervasive naturalism and neo-positivism of modern psychology. Nevertheless, an understanding of the kingdom concept in Scripture suggests that Christians are inevitably called to work towards the express...

Abstract The feeling of being offended, as a moral emotion, plays key role in issues such slurs, the offense principle, ethics humor, etc. However, no adequate theory has been developed literature, and it remains unclear what questions should answer. This paper attempts to fill gap by performing two tasks. first task is clarify summarize into kinds, descriptive (e.g., features differentiate fro...