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ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal, 2022
Estimated billing system has been adopted ever since the manual metering system became moribund in Nigeria. It is a corporate crime that has been paltry explored in the corpus of Criminology.
Abubakar Ahmadu, Vyonkhen Tanko Nacho
doaj  

Taking Fuel From the Fire: Regulating the Introduction of Rape Myth Infused and Irrelevant Evidence About Complainants in Rape Trials

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers how victim‐blaming and stereotypical attitudes about appropriate victim behaviour can impact upon the operation of rape trials, particularly by prejudicing a complainant's testimony where s/he can be portrayed as having departed from the stereotypical norm of a ‘real victim’.
Susan Leahy
wiley   +1 more source

Anxiety and Aggression Among College Students With High‐Risk Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Role of Bullying Perpetration

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the potential associations between anxiety and aggressive behaviors in college students with high‐risk adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and explores how this relationship may be influenced by bullying perpetration, applying general strain theory. A sample of 282 college students aged 19 to 29 (Mage = 21.59, SDage = 2.48;
Jeoung Min Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal Procedure Within the Firm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
It seems improbable that the theoretical and doctrinal framework of criminal procedure, developed mostly through a binary model of the individual and the state, would fit without modification in the tripartite model of the state, the firm, and the ...
Buell, Samuel W.
core   +1 more source

Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in Immediate and Delayed Suggestibility Among Children With Dyslexia and Controls

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dyslexia and suggestibility in children, and the extent to which this relationship is accounted for by performance on Word Tasks. Participants comprised 95 children with dyslexia and 109 controls.
Gisli Gudjonsson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Psychology Behind Consumer Decisions: The Complex Relationship Between Political Ideology and Political Consumerism

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Political consumerism (PC) refers to consumers boycotting or deliberately buying (“buycotting”) products or brands for political, moral, or ethical reasons. This paper presents three studies that consider the intricacies of the relationship between political ideology and political consumerism.
Lara J. Greening   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

DETERRENCE OF A CRIMINAL TEAM: HOW TO RELY ON ITS MEMBERS' SHORT COMINGS ? [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we assume that a criminal organization is an agency where the Principal and the Agent have different sensibilities towards the risk of arrestation and punishment, and at the same time have different skills with respect to general ...
Eric LANGLAIS
core  

The Blaming Function of Entity Criminal Liability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Application of the doctrine of entity criminal liability, which had only a thin tort-like rationale at inception, now sometimes instantiates a social practice of blaming institutions.
Buell, Samuel W.
core   +2 more sources

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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