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Harm Reduction JournalBackground Drug-involved individuals who contact treatment services in Taiwan are mostly driven by criminal justice systems either as an alternative or adjunct to criminal sanctions for a drug offence.
Chuan-Yu Chen +4 more
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell +3 more
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The Prosecution of Public Figures and the Separation of Powers: Confusion within the Executive Branch [PDF]
Criminal investigation and prosecution of politicians, top civil servants and other public figures are topics frequently discussed in the media. The nature of the investigating or prosecuting authority varies between countries; from the general public ...
Anne van Aaken +2 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Restorative Justice programme (SYRJP) [PDF]
, 2012 The SYRJP was developed in partnership between South Yorkshire Police and the Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) with the aim of implementing a county wide model of Restorative Justice (RJ) for use in neighbourhood policing and other community ...
Albertson, Katherine +3 more
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Whose decision is it anyway? Defendants’ prior experience shapes prosecutorial case dismissal
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Studies of early case processing outcomes in the United States typically assume that decisions are made unilaterally by the prosecutor, such that prior contact with the legal system is universally associated with harsher outcomes for defendants.
R. R. Dunlea, Miranda A. Galvin
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Criminal prosecution outside procedural deadlines
Uzhhorod National University Herald. Series: LawThe scientific article is devoted to the study of cases of criminal prosecution outside the procedural deadlines. It is noted that criminal prosecution can be carried out outside the procedural deadlines at different stages of criminal proceedings.
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Pravo, 2016 Modalities of the principle of opportunity of prosecution in relation to adult offenders (deferring of a criminal prosecution and dismissing a criminal complaint due to a genuine remorse of a suspect) were a subject of many scientific papers which dealt ...
Željko Mirkov
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In the shadow of the ICC: Colombia and international criminal justice [PDF]
, 2011 The report of the expert conference examining the nature and dynamics of the role of the International Criminal Court in the ongoing investigation and prosecution of atrocious crimes committed in Colombia.
Engstrom, Par +2 more
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga +2 more
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