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A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminilization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV [PDF]

, 2014
Each year in the United States, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Two Spirit, queer, questioning and gender non-conforming (LGBT) people and people living with HIV come in contact with the criminal justice system and fall victim to ...
Aisha C. Moodie-Mills, Andrea J. Ritchie, Catherine Hanssens, Dean Spade, Urvashi Vaid   +4 more
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gestion punitive de l’itinérance durant la pandémie : défis et stratégies des intervenant·e·s de première ligne à Montréal

Criminologie, 2022
Les personnes en situation d’itinérance (PSI) qui tentent de (sur)vivre dans les espaces publics vivent une judiciarisation accrue ainsi qu’un contrôle punitif qui se manifestent aussi dans les espaces de soins.
Marianne Quirouette, Karl Beaulieu, Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin   +2 more
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“I’m Going to Stop Myself Before Someone Stops Me”: Complicating Narratives of Volitional Substance Use Treatment

Frontiers in Sociology, 2021
Background: Often people assume that entry into drug treatment is a voluntary action for persons who use drugs (PWUD). This narrative informs the organizational and regulatory structure of most treatment programs and consequently affects patients ...
David Frank, Suzan M. Walters
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell, Rachael Goodman‐Williams, Katie Gregory, McKenzie Javorka, Jasmine Engleton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Statutory Rape Laws on Teen Birth Rates [PDF]

, 2015
Policymakers have often been explicit in expanding statutory rape laws to reduce teenage pregnancies and live births by teenage mothers, often with the goal of reducing associated welfare outlays. In this paper, we explore whether expansions in such laws
Frakes, Michael D., Harding, Matthew C.
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Molecular Profiling of Genes Associated With Methylphenidate Pathway Therapy and Discovery of New Variants in Amazonian Amerindian Populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), methylphenidate is one of the most widely used drugs, in which patient response significantly impacts prognosis. This study aimed to characterize the molecular profile of 10 genes associated with methylphenidate therapy.
Aline Pasquini Santos, Tatiane Carinta de Souza, Kaio Evandro Cardoso Aguiar, Ana Caroline Alves da Costa, Natasha Monte, Juliana Carla Gomes Rodrigues, Giovanna Gilioli da Costa Nunes, Rita de Cássia Calderaro Coelho, Ândrea Ribeiro‐dos‐Santos, André Maurício Ribeiro dos Santos, Sandro José de Souza, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Rommel Mario Rodriguez Burbano, Marianne Rodrigues Fernandes, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jurisprudence and Legal Investigation of Financial Corruption in the Context of Iran's Legislative Criminal Policy [PDF]

مطالعات فقه و حقوق اسلامی, 2019
Financial corruption has a complex nature and today it has become an acute problem at the national and international levels, which, in the absence of control, in addition to its political, economic, social and security implications, can challenge the ...
Gholamabbas Torkiharchagani, Hoshang Shambiati, Mohsen Rahami   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I Wouldn’t Call the Cops if I was Being Bashed to Death’: Sex Work, Whore Stigma and the Criminal Legal System

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2021
Discourse on sex work is replete with narratives of risk and danger, predominantly focused on violence and disease. However, the risks instigated by police, maintained by the criminal justice system and sanctioned by the state—criminal laws, licensing ...
Zahra Stardust, Carla Treloar, Elena Cama, Jules Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

International Migration as Absolute Natural Law: An Inquiry into International Migration from the Perspective of Legal Philosophy [PDF]

, 2016
This paper investigates to what extent international migration law is coherent with the concept of migration as a natural human right. Based on the assumption that migration is an inherently human behavior, beneficial to humankind, and therefore natural ...
Ernst, Maximilian
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