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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

The legal life of objects : speaking evidence and mute subjects in Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
textIn this paper, I argue that legal authorities assign speaking power to objects and evidence in the courtroom in order to deny speaking power to racialized subjects and police racial identities.
Henry, Valerie Anne
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Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unionists as 'court sceptics': exploring elite-level unionist discourses about a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
One of the most significant characteristics of the peace process in Northern Ireland has been the profound importance attached by a range of academic, political and non-governmental actors to the concept of human rights.
Munce, Peter
core   +2 more sources

The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Hearing the Hidden Agenda: The Ethnographic Investigation of Procedure [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is virtually the only non-invasive technique, except for other laser speckle based techniques, that enables estimation of the microcirculatory blood flow. The technique was introduced into the field of biomedical engineering
Conley, John M., O\u27Barr, William M.
core   +3 more sources

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

REVIEW: Meticulous study of early colonial infanticide

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2013
Every once in a while an academic researcher will privately concede they would like to have written the book they have reviewed. Count me in that category. Nicola Goc’s examination of news narratives of infanticide from 1822-1922 in Britain and Australia
Judy McGregor
doaj   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

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