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The enforcement of environmental law: civil or criminal penalties? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In the United Kingdom, regulatory bodies have traditionally relied on the use of the criminal law to protect the environment. Although the officials employed by these agencies may have regarded it as the ‘last resort’, prosecution – or at least the ...
Watson, Michael
core  

Scheduling Bodyguards

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Security agencies around the world use bodyguards to protect government officials and public figures. In this paper, we consider a two‐person zero‐sum game between a defender who allocates such bodyguards to protect several targets and an attacker who chooses one target to attack.
Loe Schlicher, Kyle Y. Lin, Moshe Kress
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Rapids: How Non‐Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM IN RUSSIA: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECT

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2014
The article describes the historical aspects of the prosecution of terrorism cases. An increasing number of terrorist acts committed resonance, their low level of detection.
Зюфяр Шакирович Гатауллин
doaj  

THE PROCEDURE FOR THE REFERRAL OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BODIES [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2019
Vintil Dongoroz mentioned in one of his books that “the referral is the dynamic act that causes the prosecution to take place.” We can say that the criminal prosecution is born when the criminal prosecution bodies are informed of a crime of a criminal ...
Denisa BARBU
doaj  

The Progressive Prosecutor: An Imperative for Criminal Justice Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In a law review article written seventeen years ago, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question, “Can You Be a Good Person and a Good Prosecutor?” Professor Smith ultimately answered the question in the negative.
Davis, Angela J.
core   +2 more sources

Strategic framing of novel ideas: How contestation shapes the evolution of novelty

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurs use strategic framing to gain support for their novel ventures, products, and services. A key challenge entrepreneurs face is that audiences often contest frames that introduce novel ideas, especially when these ideas disrupt audiences' mental and business models.
Janina Klein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The presumption of innocence and its role in the criminal process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Many international instruments proclaim that those who face criminal prosecution ought to be afforded a 'presumption of innocence', and the importance and central role of this presumption is recognized by legal systems throughout the world.
Ferguson, Pamela R.
core   +2 more sources

Homicide, punishment and deterrence in Australia

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Australian data encompassing 1910–2022, by year and state, were analyzed to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Our estimates showed that capital punishment had a negative and significant effect on homicides. In some specifications, the estimates implied that an execution was associated with 12.68 fewer homicides ...
Hugh Farrell, Vincent O'Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

TAKING OF EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PHASE [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society
Evidence taking is a complex work, it must be carried out in accordance with all due process guarantees and must not deviate from the principles governing the criminal trial.
Ștefan Alberto LUPU
doaj  

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