Importance of deepening integration of crime and conservation sciences. [PDF]
Abstract Conservation crime is a globally distributed societal problem. Conservation crime science, an emerging interdisciplinary field, has the potential to help address this problem. However, its utility depends on serious reflection on the transposition of crime science approaches to conservation contexts, which may differ in meaningful ways from ...
Gore ML, Bennett A.
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Organized crime groups: A systematic review of individual-level risk factors related to recruitment. [PDF]
Abstract Background Studies from multiple contexts conceptualize organized crime as comprising different types of criminal organizations and activities. Notwithstanding growing scientific interest and increasing number of policies aiming at preventing and punishing organized crime, little is known about the specific processes that lead to recruitment ...
Calderoni F +5 more
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Taking stock: The contribution of policy studies to our understanding of gun policy
Abstract In the summer of 2022, the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas once again thrust firearms policy onto the public agenda and opened an agenda window for bipartisan gun reforms in the Senate. Almost simultaneously, the Supreme Court struck down restrictions on concealed carry in New York state in the first major ruling on Second Amendment ...
Noah S. Schwartz
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Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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Building a global taxonomy of wildlife offenses
Abstract Most countries have many pieces of legislation that govern biodiversity, including a range of criminal, administrative, and civil law provisions that state how wildlife must be legally used, managed, and protected. However, related debates in conservation, such as about enforcement, often overlook the details within national legislation that ...
Maria Pascual +4 more
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The Death Penalty and Historical Change in Spain
Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilities offered by archival sources and specialised historiography (particularly those produced by specialists in the history of law and social history), I ...
Pedro Oliver Olmo
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The re-education of offenders through predictive algorithms and behavioural studies [PDF]
In July 2016, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled that a judge deciding a sentence may consult a risk assessment algorithm to measure the risk of recidivism.
Bisi, Roberta
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Identicars: uno strumento per migliorare la resa testimoniale nelle indagini per omissione di soccorso stradale [PDF]
L’articolo descrive uno studio sperimentale volto a testare l’efficacia dello strumento Identicars, un catalogo di immagini di automobili e di parti di esse ideato per aiutare i testimoni di omissione di soccorso stradale nel compito di riconoscimento ...
Griggi, Manuela +2 more
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Un percorso di trasformazione nel nuovo assetto detentivo/riabilitativo post OPG: esposizione di un caso [PDF]
L’articolo illustra il lavoro psicologico-clinico effettuato all’interno della “Articolazione per la Tutela della Salute Mentale in Carcere”, nuovo contesto di cura ed assistenza nato alla luce dei radicali cambiamenti attivati dal processo di ...
Pagano, Antonio Maria +3 more
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Il Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 nel contesto forense: studio su coppie di genitori in fase di separazione e affidamento minori [PDF]
Obiettivo di questo lavoro è analizzare i profili medi di genitori valutati in sede di consulenza tecnica per l'affidamento di figli minori attraverso il Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2), il questionario di personalità maggiormente ...
Caravelli, Tommaso +3 more
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