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Automatism is never a defence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The central aim of this article is to set out and justify the contention that automatism is never a defence, not even exceptionally. Where D is not at fault for her lack of voluntariness, the term ‘automatism’ is simply a shorthand explanation that D ...
Child, John, Reed, Alan
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Anxiety and Aggression Among College Students With High‐Risk Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Role of Bullying Perpetration

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the potential associations between anxiety and aggressive behaviors in college students with high‐risk adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and explores how this relationship may be influenced by bullying perpetration, applying general strain theory. A sample of 282 college students aged 19 to 29 (Mage = 21.59, SDage = 2.48;
Jeoung Min Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material Deprivation, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Social Relationships

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research on the mediating role of the quality of social relationships between material deprivation and adolescent health has predominantly utilized samples from mainstream populations to examine mental health outcomes, neglecting the critical need to explore behavioral health outcomes, such as substance use, particularly in ...
Zewei Liu, Ji‐Kang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in Immediate and Delayed Suggestibility Among Children With Dyslexia and Controls

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dyslexia and suggestibility in children, and the extent to which this relationship is accounted for by performance on Word Tasks. Participants comprised 95 children with dyslexia and 109 controls.
Gisli Gudjonsson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Latent Transition Analysis of Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Chinese Adolescents: Associations With Life Satisfaction and Depression

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bullying, both traditional and cyber, has become a public health concern. Nevertheless, few studies have differentiated between traditional bullying and cyberbullying to examine how their interplay shapes distinct bullying involvement profiles and how these profiles link with well‐being and mental health outcomes.
Xingzhou Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Decline on the Bench: A Text Analysis of the Opinions of Justice Stephen Field

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper uses text analysis to understand how cognitive decline affected the opinion writing of Justice Stephen Field over the course of his career. Justice Field is used as a case study because of his lengthy tenure, the fact he did not have law clerks to write opinions for him, and because it is widely known he was senile for the last part
Mikel A. Norris
wiley   +1 more source

The United Nations, children's rights and juvenile justice

open access: yes, 2009
About the book: This book provides an essential resource for both practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying the subject as part of their training or an academic course. Its central aim is to equip practitioners in youth justice and
Muncie, John
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Youth justice policy and its influence on desistance from crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Tackling youth crime has become a prime concern of Government policy relating to children and young people. However, the arena in which such policy is played out remains predominantly within the confines of the youth justice system rather than in wider ...
Barry, Monica
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