The impact of prosecutors’ office caseloads on case processing outcomes
Research Summary Contemporary criminal justice discourse frequently highlights rising caseloads as a crisis for prosecutors across the United States. Yet, empirical assessments of how caseloads impact prosecutorial decision making are scarce. This study exploits data on office caseloads and cases disposed between 2021 and 2024 in 19 prosecutors ...
R. R. Dunlea, Don Stemen
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An augmented evidence base for the interpretation of forensic text-based communications materials as intelligence and evidence. [PDF]
Morgan RM, Levin E, Biriotti M.
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ABSTRACT This registered report aims to evaluate the extent to which the human resources function can change public attitudes toward a controversial social issue. Focusing on the employment of formerly incarcerated people, we explore the novel concept of “human resources social advocacy” (HRSA), an interventionist approach through which HR might pro ...
Prue Burns +3 more
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Single stab injuries to the trunk in survivors of corroborated assaults. [PDF]
Berg von Linde M +3 more
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Quantifying racial disparities in media representations of gun violence at scale. [PDF]
Bagley R +3 more
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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)
Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Fingerprint evidence in exoneration cases. [PDF]
Cole SA, Schamp M.
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Blood Alcohol Concentration in Finnish Suicide Deaths and Associated Risk Factors, 2016–2024
ABSTRACT Aims There is limited research examining the relationship between blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and other risk factors among suicide deaths in Finland. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship of an elevated (more than zero) blood alcohol concentration with medical history, including sociodemographic characteristics and disease ...
Tristan Pokornyi +2 more
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Investigative and policy impacts of forensic genetic genealogy in the identification of human remains. [PDF]
Lasyone C +3 more
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