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Profiling Wildlife Crimes Prosecuted Federally by the United States
Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022 Wildlife crime threatens national and global security. Much of the impact of wildlife crime is felt overseas, often in developing countries, where it threatens to catalyze conflicts, hinders economic development, undermines the rule of law, and threatens
Monique C. Sosnowski +3 more
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The association between the 2D:4D ratio and psychopathic characteristics
Heliyon, 2022 Prior research has identified relations between prenatal testosterone exposure and various antisocial and criminal behaviors. However, less is known about the association between prenatal testosterone exposure and personality traits, such as psychopathy.
Katherine L. Perez +7 more
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Closed-Loop Brain Devices in Offender Rehabilitation: Autonomy, Human Rights, and Accountability [PDF]
, 2021 The current debate on closed-loop brain devices (CBDs) focuses on their use in a medical context; possible criminal justice applications have not received scholarly attention.
Douglas, Thomas +3 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Psychiatric illness is a well-established risk factor for criminal justice system involvement, but less is known about the relationships between specific psychiatric illnesses and reoffending.
James M. Ogilvie +6 more
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An information theory approach to hypothesis testing in criminological research
Crime Science, 2018 Background This research demonstrates how the Akaike information criterion (AIC) can be an alternative to null hypothesis significance testing in selecting best fitting models. It presents an example to illustrate how AIC can be used in this way. Methods
Gohar A. Petrossian, Mike Maxfield
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Criminal Justice System Capacity Building: Lessons from a Longitudinal Training Project in Guyana [PDF]
Salus Journal, 2021 By drawing on two data sets— a performance monitoring plan and an outcome-based evaluation— generated over five years, this article describes training practices developed within a criminal justice system capacity building project in Guyana.
Natalia Balyasnikova +5 more
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Wildlife crime: a conceptual integration, literature review, and methodological critique
Crime Science, 2017 Wildlife crime, including poaching and wildlife trafficking, threaten the existence of particular species. To date, research on wildlife crime has been primarily conducted by those with backgrounds in the biological sciences, however crime scientists ...
Justin Kurland +3 more
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Reporting and Help-Seeking among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Victims of Stalking
Social Sciences, 2023 Given the disproportionately higher rates of stalking among sexual minority individuals, the present study aimed to explore factors that influence these victims’ help-seeking behaviors.
Jessica C. Fleming +3 more
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The validity of open-source data when assessing jail suicides
Health & Justice, 2018 Background The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Deaths in Custody Reporting Program is the primary source for jail suicide research, though the data is restricted from general dissemination.
Amanda L. Thomas +2 more
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Victims' rights in criminal trials: prospects for participation [PDF]
, 2005 Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses; and ...
Doak, J
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