Harm Reduction Journal, 2017 Background In Baltimore, MD, as in many cities throughout the USA, overdose rates are on the rise due to both the increase of prescription opioid abuse and that of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the drug market.
Amos Irwin +5 more
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Some reflections on the nature and scope of the will in criminal liability [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī, 2016 Committing physical behavior is a prerequisite in realization of criminal liability in criminal law. So that nowadays the criminal thought is not a punishable crime in any legal systems of world.
مجتبی جعفری
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An American Advantage? How American and Swiss Criminal Defense Attorneys Evaluate Forensic DNA Evidence [PDF]
, 2016 Critics of the American system of justice sometimes perceive “inquisitorialism” as an attractive alternative. In this article we will report a comparative study investigating the way forensic DNA evidence is handled in criminal prosecutions in the Swiss ...
Thompson, William C, Vuille, Joelle
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To the issue of the moral and psychological characteristics of the modern criminal personality
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки, 2023 Background. Currently in the Russian Federation there are changes in the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of crime. New forms of criminal activity appear, methods of committing crimes are modified.
Nikita A. Yashin
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A case series of five individuals with asperger syndrome and sexual criminality
Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2017 The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has increased in recent years and so has the focus on high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. A subset of Asperger individuals appears to have a propensity to engage in acts of violence, particularly ...
Shankar Kumar +4 more
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Constellations of youth criminogenic factors associated with young adult violent criminal behavior
Crime Science, 2020 This study identified constellations of childhood risk factors associated with violent criminal behavior in early adulthood. Police data were used to sample violent and nonviolent offenders from a population of young adult males with a history of ...
Menno Segeren +3 more
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Related Antisocial Behavioral Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Higher level of aggression and antisocial behavior have been found in the period following head trauma. These changes are attributable to specific brain alterations that generally involved frontal lobe, insula and limbic system.
Giuseppa Maresca +7 more
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Journal of Economic CriminologyReporting victimization to the police or one’s bank is a crucial step for victims of fraud, but many victims of fraud do not acknowledge their experiences as constituting victimization.
Cooper A. Maher, Timothy A. Engle
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An epidemiological study of burglary offenders: trends and predictors of self-reported arrests for burglary in the United States, 2002-2013 [PDF]
, 2016 Burglary is serious property crime with a relatively high incidence and has been shown to be variously associated with other forms of criminal behavior.
Boutwell, B. B. +4 more
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“Behavior” as a legal category in criminal and correctional legislation
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные наукиThis article examines “behavior” as a fundamental category of Russian correctional law that governs the imposition, execution, and remission of criminal penalties in both penitentiary and post-penitentiary contexts.
V. K. Bakulin
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