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Falling racial inequality and rising educational inequality in US prison admissions for drug, violent, and property crimes. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Muller C, Roehrkasse AF.
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Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi, Jere R. Francis, Antonio Marra, Nicola Pecchiari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced incidence of arrest following an extreme risk protection order among respondents in California. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Pear VA, Schleimer JP, Shev AB, Wintemute GJ, Frattaroli S, Zeoli AM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Firearm sexual homicide offenders: Criminal careers, psychopathology, and offense conduct

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Most homicides are firearm‐perpetrated, but in sexual homicide, offenders are more likely to utilize personal weapons (e.g., hands and feet), contact weapons (e.g., blunt object), or edged weapons (e.g., knife) to comport with their fantasy life, motivational states, and psychopathology.
Matt DeLisi, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Pedro Pechorro, Matthew W. Logan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

Inj Epidemiol
Schleimer JP, Ross R, Rowhani-Rahbar A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The complexity of neighborhood effects: A developmental and ecological framework for violent victimization

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Extensive research has established a link between low self‐control and child victimization. However, the specific neighborhood conditions under which low self‐control most strongly influences victimization have been little examined, and, more importantly, no previous studies have investigated the complex ways in which neighborhood context ...
Myunghee You, Brian J. Stults
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood trauma, substance use and mental health: Exploring differences across two Tunisian jails. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ajmi Blout A, Mlouki I, Hariz E, Meherzi M, Chefai A, Triki M, Boussaid M, Snooks H, Aouissaoui A, El Mhamdi S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared Edgerton, Anneliese Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist use and violent crime among US adults

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs), a class of medications widely prescribed for diabetes and obesity, have exhibited emerging effects on substance use, reward processing, and impulse control. This study examines whether current GLP‐1 RA use moderates established behavioral pathways to violent crime from impulsivity and ...
Daniel C. Semenza, Christopher Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Health Screening in Prison: Psychometric Evaluation of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 Among Incarcerated Men in Mexico. [PDF]

Actas Esp Psiquiatr
Hinojosa-López JE, Robles-García R, Rivera-Aragón S, Chávez-Pedrote D, Fresán A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source