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Juvenile Justice, Sullivan, and Graham: How the Supreme Court’s Decision Will Change the Neuroscience Debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Over the past twenty years, neuroscientists have discovered that brain maturation continues through an individual’s mid-twenties. The United States Supreme Court cited this research to support its abolition of the juvenile death penalty in Roper v ...
Jennings, Johanna Cooper
core   +1 more source

‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
wiley   +1 more source

The New WTO Tuna Dolphin Decision: Reconciling Trade and Environment?

open access: yesCroatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 2013
The WTO is often criticised for consistently refusing to accept the environmental measures of its Members due to their adverse impacts on international trade.
Vanda Jakir
doaj   +1 more source

Alaska Trial Court Case Filing Statistics, 2005–2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This fact sheet describe case filings, caseloads, and types of cases filed in Alaska’s trial courts (Superior Court and District Court) during fiscal years (FY) 2005–2012. Data were extracted from Alaska Court System annual statistical reports.
Fortson, Ryan, Myrstol, Brad A.
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Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European Court of Justice and its political impact

open access: yes, 2017
This article reviews recent advances in the study of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and its political impact at the European and member state levels.
M. Blauberger, S. Schmidt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public policy to address displacement in Mexico

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
At hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in November 2013 on the human rights situation in Mexico, the issue of the internally displaced in particular caught my attention, both due to its current serious level and for its potential ...
José Ramón Cossío Díaz
doaj  

National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

Adjudication of human rights disputes in the sub-regional courts in Africa: A case study of the East African Court of Justice

open access: yesDe Jure, 2021
The establishment of regional economic blocs with fully fledged judicial organs provides alternative fora for litigating human rights disputes. Thus, the adjudication of human rights disputes is no longer the exclusive domain of domestic courts.
Emily M Njiru
doaj  

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