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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how probation inspectors in England and Wales construct their self‐legitimacy; the internal belief in their moral and professional right to inspect. Drawing on qualitative interviews and Bottoms and Tankebe's dialogic model of legitimacy, it shows how inspectors justify their authority through legal mandates, professional
Jake Phillips
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Giving up crime: directions for policy [PDF]
, 2007 Describes eight principles for supporting desistance in criminal ...
McNeill, F., Weaver, B.
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Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the synthetic control method and data from 20 African countries, this study quantifies the peace dividend in Mozambique, a country that experienced over 15 years of civil war. More specifically, we use data from 1977 to 2018 to investigate whether the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992 brought significant benefits to the country ...
Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe, Busani Moyo
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Handgun carrying among youth in the United States [PDF]
, 2016 Despite a wealth of research finding that adolescents who carry handguns are involved in risky behaviors, there has been little exploration into the heterogeneity of this behavior.
Boutwell, Brian B. +4 more
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Pathways to honesty: Exploring the ecological desistance of atypical lying features
Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2026.Abstract Atypical lying (i.e., dishonesty that is excessive, impulsive, for fun, or lacks clear motive) may signal broader developmental risks. This study examined whether baseline levels and changes in parenting, peer, and individual factors were associated with trajectories of atypical lying from ages 14 to 26.
Romain Decrop +5 more
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The construction of biodiversity in conservation policy discourse: A multiscalar analysis
Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.This article examines how biodiversity is constructed in conservation policy discourses globally and in biodiversity priority countries, using Africa and Zambia as a case study, through critical discourse analysis and critical insights from political ecology.
Tiza I. Mfuni +3 more
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Transforming Rehabilitation and its impact on a locally-based rehabilitation programme for Black and Minority Ethnic and Muslim offenders [PDF]
, 2016 This article discusses the outcomes of a proposed evaluation of an offender rehabilitation programme called ReachingOut, which operates in north-west England and is tailored to the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic and Muslim offenders. The start of the
Hough, Christine Victoria
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Fear of Violent Crime and Emigration Intentions in the Northern Triangle: Current Developments
Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 190-218, February 2026.Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—countries that comprise the region known as the Northern Triangle—have experienced a significant increase in emigration to the United States in recent years. A vast literature suggests that a major push factor is the persistence of criminal violence in the region.
Cristian L. Paredes, Keyla Navarrete
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State Capture—Institutionalized Corruption of the South African Revenue Service
Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 123-135, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT This study provides valuable insight for scholars, practitioners, and government officials on how a local office of a respected international consulting firm became associated with allegations of illicit influence and state capture. The article presents how political and business leaders used a government agency, the South African Revenue ...
Jennifer H. Heckel, Prescott C. Ensign
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Criminalising ‘Conversion Therapy’
The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 28-62, January 2026.An increasing number of jurisdictions have introduced legal bans on so‐called ‘conversion therapy’ practices. Yet significant uncertainty and disagreement persist among legal scholars, policymakers and advocates about whether criminal law is an appropriate tool in this area and, if so, how it should be used.
Ilias Trispiotis, Stuart Goosey
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