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The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe, but few studies have focused on delinquency and victimization among them. This article presents the results of exploratory research on the victimization and delinquency of young Romanian Roma in two cities in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. The study follows a mixed approach that combined 130 hours of participant observation with a self-reported delinquency and victimization survey (N=27). The findings show that the most common instances of victimization involve domestic violence, thefts, and verbal assaults related to begging, while the most common offences committed are brawls and domestic violence, which is frequently bidirectional. There is a correlation between crime and victimization, although the range of victimization suffered is larger than that of offences committed. Victims rarely report incidences of victimization to the authorities, even though their perception of the Swiss police is relatively positive. Despite the small sample and the biases related to this kind of research, this work calls attention to several new elements, such as the role of social media in delinquency, the bidirectionality of intimate partner violence, and the low rate at which victimization is reported to the police. It also suggests relevant subjects for future research.
Keywords: Roms, victimisation, délinquance, prévalence vie, reportabilité, Suisse, Roma, victimization, delinquency, life prevalence, reportability, Switzerland, Gitanos rumanos, victimización, delincuencia, prevalencia vida, reportabilidad, Suiza
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AbstractABSTRACTMapuches Shamans and thé Religious Expérience of Female and MâleThis article explores shamanism as a reflexive discourse on thé rôle of gender and ils relationship to power. prestige and thé religious expérience from a critical feminist perspective. I draw thé ethnographie example of Mapuche machis or shamans from southern Chile to explain how gender is diversely constructed and thé corrélations between shamanism. warfare and agriculture, thé impact of Chilean/Christian society. fertility. androgyny. feminity and religious power. I demonstrate that gender constructions are context spécifie, complex. changing and sometimes contradictory. The Mapuche ideology of male/female complementarity is présent in thé cosmology. embodied by machis (they are thought to possess both genders) and présent in thé relationships between ritual symbols. but not always consistent in practice. I show that in thé context of social rôles and sexual identity. thé féminine side of machis becomes more important. Mâle machis become like women through transvestism and possible homosexuality while women machis maintain their dress. gender rôle and sexual identity.Key words : Bacigalupo. shamanism. gender. Mapuche. Chile
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Québec provides a fascinating case study of secularization and its limits. Prior to the 1960s, this historically Roman Catholic province may have had the highest level of church attendance of any region in North America. Since the 1960s, attendance has plummeted to the point that it now is among the lowest. Many observers assume Québécois have given up on religion, holding only to a kind of« cultural Catholicism. » The author draws on extensive census and survey data to show that Catholicism in Québec remains highly pervasive, characterized by ongoing identification and the selective consumption of the Church's teachings, particularly with respect to everyday life. However, large numbers of Catholics who have limited involvement in the Church indicate that they are receptive to greater participation - if the Church can touch their lives in significant ways. These findings suggest that a renaissance of organized religion in Québec is possible but, to the extent it takes place, the key player will be the Roman Catholic Church. It is less clear whether or not the Catholic Church is both willing and equipped to provide the required response in the foreseeable future. Consequently, the current situation appears to be less a problem of demand- in the form of receptivity to meaningful ministry - as it is a problem of supply.
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This article examines the experience of activism by individuals who use personal testimonials delivered in a public forum to advocate for the social inclusion of their sexual and gender communities. We describe the experience of activists from three social groups who are the target of stigma and discrimination due to their sexual identity, sexual practices, gender expression or the development of their bodies: people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or intersex (LGBTQI), people living with HIV and people with sex work experience – and their intersections. A political, sensitive and intersectional conception of community is put forward in order to capture the transversal aspects of this militancy while highlighting the singularities of the multiple perspectives that compose it. We conclude by noting similarities between such community testimonials and twentieth century feminist interventions and the epistemic and mobilization challenges they raise.
Keywords: témoignage public, militantisme, LGBTQI, VIH/SIDA, travail du sexe, communauté, intervention féministe, public testimonial, activism, LGBTQI, HIV/AIDS, sex work, community, feminist intervention
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