Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
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Agricultural biotechnology in the courts: judicial opinions and commentary. [PDF]
Front Bioeng BiotechnolKershen DL.
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Fleshing out Law: Embodied Encounters and the Material Geographies of Legal Space
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores how legality is produced, negotiated and contested through embodied encounters in urban courtrooms. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in German district courts, it develops the modalities of appearing, suspending and filtering to analyse how bodies are made to perform, endure and navigate legal processes.
Sarah Klosterkamp
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Ensuring the sovereignty and security of Canadian health data. [PDF]
CMAJGeist M, Teitelbaum M, Wilson K.
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an Ethics Framework for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) to support the integration of evidence‐informed, values‐based, inclusive and transparent ethical decision‐making into everyday MAiD practice. As with other areas of clinical practice, ethical decision‐making is an intrinsic part of MAiD.
Andrea N. Frolic, Tim Holland
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Is Assisted Dying Really a Matter for Medical Regulation? [PDF]
J Law Med EthicsHardes Dvorak J.
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Medically Assisted Dying Practices: What Role for Clinical Ethicists?
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Medically assisted dying (AD) practices have been legalized in several jurisdictions throughout the world over the last two decades. Because of this increased trend, more individuals now have access to a self‐chosen death. Despite its legalization and the diversity of frameworks governing AD, it remains fraught with ethical challenges. However,
Vanessa Finley‐Roy +3 more
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Doctors Behaving Badly: Professional Regulation and the Tilt Effect(s) of Public Protection Appeals. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg StudCase P.
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Clinical Ethicists and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): Possible Roles and Challenges
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Assisted dying (AD) presents a range of challenges for clinical ethicists (CEs) and healthcare institutions seeking to involve them in its provision. Questions regarding the legitimacy, scope, and nature of CE involvement remain underexplored in the literature.
Vanessa Finley‐Roy +3 more
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A Look at Substance Use Diversion Programs in the Delaware Criminal Justice System Using the Sequential Intercept Model. [PDF]
Dela J Public HealthDonnelly E, Champney J, Records M.
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