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Criminal Prosecution and HIV-related Risky Behavior [PDF]
We evaluate the consequences of prosecuting HIV+ people who expose others to the risk of infection. We show that the effect of aggressive prosecutions on the spread of HIV is a priori ambiguous.
Adeline Delavande +2 more
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Exposure to criminal environment and criminal social identity in a sample of adult prisoners: The moderating role of psychopathic traits [PDF]
, 2016 The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend index (a retrospective measure intended to quantify criminal associations before first incarceration), and four psychopathy factors (interpersonal ...
Boduszek, Daniel +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn +6 more
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Do Criminals Politicians Reduce Corruption? Evidence from India [PDF]
This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crime and poverty. Using a regression discontinuity design, whereby individuals living in districts where a criminal politician barely won are compared to ...
Matthieu Chemin
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Snapshots: Holistice Images of Female Offenders in the Criminal Justice System [PDF]
, 2003 This Essay attempts to pull together the various threads of thought regarding the relationships between gender, race, and class within the justice system, and suggests possible patterns that could be used to create holistic images of female offenders ...
Ward, Jennifer
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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Do institutions play a role in the perpetration of torture?
Global Social Work, 2018 During the late 1960s and early 1970s, most Latin American countries experienced military coups and military interventions in government affairs. In Chile, the military coup of 1973 established a military regime that lasted seventeen years, from 1973 to ...
Claudia Andrea Reyes-Quilodran
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When Mental Illness Becomes a Police Matter [PDF]
, 2017 This article also appeared on p. 8 of the Fall 2017 print edition.Mental illness is not a police matter in and of itself and most people with mental illness (MI) are not involved in the criminal justice system.
UAA Justice Center
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