A crime has been committed for which two prisoners are held incommunicado. The district attorney is assigned to question the prisoners. He designs the following incentive structure to induce the prisoners to talk. If neither prisoner talks, both prisoners automatically receive mild sentences (payoff 4). But if exactly one prisoner squeals on the other, the squealer is let off scot free (payoff ...

The prisoner of war camp in Jindřichovice (German: Heinrichsgrün), located the Ore Mountains on territory modern Czech Republic, was one largest such camps First World War Austria-Hungary. In period from 1915 to 1918, tens thousands prisoners Serbia, Montenegro, Russian Empire, and Italy passed through it. Many Serbian civilians were interned addition military personnel. Over 170 buildings erec...

  Long-term complications of retained war fragments in the body are not completely known. Also, bullet migration and slow resorption of metals and distortion in some imaging modalities are frequent and well recognized complications but, now we are concerned about neoplastic changes near the retained war fragments. We reviewed the literature on complication of retained war fragments and report o...

Prisoner sexual assault has plagued American corrections since its infancy in the 19th century. Although the incidence of prisoner sexual assault is unknown, recent studies reliably suggest the problem is widespread, often affecting the most vulnerable prisoners. The mental health and public health consequences, both within institutions and the community, are complex and devastating, requiring ...

War and war-related concepts constitute a considerable portion of key words in political literature and strategic-security studies. Apart from its theoretical significance, war is a palpable term for the individuals and political players. It is a serious threat to humanity that has been paid due attention in the course of history by the political philosophers, strategists and even ordinary peop...

What is the significance of prisoner-of-war (POW) status? 1 Drawing on the substance, universal acceptance, broad-based institutionalization, and enforcement *368 machinery of the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Prisoners of War (“POW Convention”), conventional wisdom maintains that denial of POW status to combatants has drastic protective and policy consequences. Contrary to this conve...

According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the number of women in prisons in Latin America has almost doubled since the 1990s. Most women in prison are incarcerated for drugrelated crimes, and although women are still a minority within the prison population, the number of women behind bars is growing disproportionately in comparison to men. Simultaneously, Latin American states a...

Jews crowded into the ghettos and concentration camps of World War II were desperate for any avenue of resistance or escape, not only physically but also mentally. In the ghetto concentration camp Theresienstadt, the prisoner-run Ghetto Central Library, complete with bookmobile system, reading room, and branch libraries, served as a reminder that minds and imaginations remained active and free,...