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Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa [PDF]

This paper is the first of its kind to study quality of life responses of crime victims. Using cross-sectional data from the OHS97 survey of South Africa, we show that victims report significantly lower well-being than the non-victims, ceteris paribus ...
Nattavudh Powdthavee
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FUNDUSZ POMOCY POKRZYWDZONYM ORAZ POMOCY POSTPENITENCJARNEJ PO NAJNOWSZYCH ZMIANACH

Zeszyty Prawnicze, 2016
Crime Victims and the Polish Post-penitentiary Fund Following the Latest Changes Summary This paper presents a critical analysis of the provisions in force relating to the Polish Crime Victims and Post-Penitentiary Fund (Fundusz Pomocy Pokrzywdzonym ...
Ewa Bieńkowska
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Examining the Crime-Conflict Distinction: Victimization and Political System Support in Colombia

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2023
How do crime and conflict compare in relation to victims’ support for their political system? Latin American Politics scholarship has emphasized the distinct motivations of criminal and political violence.
Maria Camila Angulo Amaya, Ned Littlefield   +1 more
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On Second Thought: The Impact of Confessions, DNA, and Belief Perseverance on Students' Perceptions of Guilt and Interrogations

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing public knowledge of false confession cases, research with students and community members continues to find that people assume confessions indicate guilt. The present research explored the implications of belief perseverance: the tendency to maintain a belief even when confronted with compelling contradictory evidence.
Taya D. Henry, Kimberley A. Clow, Victoria Hall   +2 more
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Crime victims‘ right to compensation [PDF]

Temida, 2012
This paper analyzes the most important documents of the United Nations, Council of Europe and the European Union relating to rights to damage compensation (restitution from offender and state compensation).
Mrvić-Petrović Nataša
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Crime Victims\u27 Compensation- Title I of the Proposed Victims of Crime Act of 1973: An Analysis [PDF]

, 1973
This comment analyzes and explains the major provisions of Title I of the proposed Victims of Crime Act of 1973, proposed federal legislation to compensate victims of criminal acts.

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Elamisch [PDF]

, 2004
Syftet med uppsatsen är att göra en kritisk diskursanalys av begreppet brottsoffer i internationella, nationella och vetenskapliga dokument. Utgångspunkten i analysen är Norman Faircloughs tredimensionella modell.
Krebernik, Manfred
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Towards a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM): Implications for Youth Justice

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth justice systems are frequently justified by reference to developmental change, yet chronological age is often treated as a proxy for underlying psychological processes. This paper develops a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM), integrating evolutionary criminology with contemporary developmental neuroscience to clarify ...
Evelyn Svingen
wiley   +1 more source

PERLINDUNGAN KORBAN KEJAHATAN DALAM HUKUM POSITIF INDONESIA

SASI, 2016
Protection of victims of crime is necessary for the realization of a sense of justice. The victims in positive law of Indonesia have not gained a fair place and sometimes even forgotten.
HB Sujiantoro
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The relationship between burglary, crime rates and "fear of crime" measures: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]

, 1993
"Fear of crime" is an area that has attracted considerable research attention in recent decades. The primary aim of the present study was to examine the influence of crime-related predictors on perceptions and behaviours relevant to domestic burglary ...
Allan, Kirsty M
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