BACKGROUND Thailand has for years attempted to address illicit drug use through aggressive drug law enforcement. Despite accounts of widespread violence by police against people who inject drugs (IDU), the impact of police violence has not been well investigated. In the wake of an intensified police crackdown in 2011, we sought to identify the prevalence and correlates of experiencing police be...

Haematology parameters (N = 24) and serum biochemistry parameters (N = 35) were determined for wild Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber), between 6 months - 12 years old. Of the population tested in this study, N = 18 Eurasian beavers were from Norway and N = 17 originating from Bavaria but now living extensively in a reserve in England. All blood samples were collected from beavers via the ventral ...

Objectives To determine the relationship between exposure to hard-metal dusts and lung cancer mortality. This international cohort study is coordinated by the Universityof Pittsburghand funded by the International Tungsten Industry Association (Marsh et al 2013, EPICOH abstract). The German component comprises three Kennametal manufacturing sites in North RhineWestphalia and Bavaria. Methods We...

[*] Prof. J. Pflaum, B. Gieseking, T. Schmeiler, B. Müller, Dr. C. Deibel, Prof. V. Dyakonov Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximillian University, Würzburg, D-97074 (Germany) E-mail: [email protected] Prof. J. Pflaum, Prof. V. Dyakonov Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research e.V. (ZAE Bayern), Würzburg, D-97074 (Germany) Prof. B. Engels Institute for Physical and Th...

The Doubly-Filled-Comp Filter (DFCF) of the type *[CP WH that] is known to be fully operative in standardized English, German etc. whereas in older stages of these languages and in various dialects, violations of this filter can be found. Examples are known from Bavarian, Bayer (1984), West Flemish, Haegeman (1992), Swiss German, Bader & Penner (1988), Penner & Bader (1995), Schönenberger (2006...

Police agencies across the globe are increasingly using Online Social Media (OSM) to acquire intelligence and connect with citizens. Developed nations have well thought of strategies to use OSM for policing. However, developing nations like India are exploring and evolving OSM as a policing solution. India, in recent years, experienced many events where rumors and fake content on OSM instigated...

Available online 21 February 2011 Purpose: Theories of procedural justice have facilitated the development of a process-based approach to policing which emphasizes the fairness of the manner in which the police exercise their discretion. The study examines whether procedurally fair behavior by the police affects two types of citizen behavior during encounters: citizen disrespect toward the poli...

This research updates and expands upon Decker’s article `̀ Citizen attitudes toward the police: a review of past findings and suggestions for future policy’’ by summarizing the findings from more than 100 articles on perceptions of and attitudes toward the police. Initially, the value of research on attitudes toward the police is discussed. Then the research pertaining to the impact of individua...