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Criminal Records as Classification Situations
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy developed the notion of “classification situations” to describe how ordinal schema that sort and rank individuals, like credit scores, are used to differentiate opportunities, prices, and services in ways that structure life chances while masking inequality as meritocratic.
Lindsay Bing, Sarah Esther Lageson
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La robe et les mortiers. Joseph-Marie de Villespassans, magistrat faux-monnayeur (1713)
Criminocorpus, 2011 In early 18th century, a magistrate of the parliament of Toulouse, Joseph-Marie de Villespassans, is suspected of being the leader of forgers of money. This case is highly dangerous for the parliament, who’s in charge.
Mathieu Soula
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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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Supposed Corpses and Correspondence
Free & EqualThe correspondence requirement is a fundamental doctrinal principle in Anglo-American criminal law. It maintains that, in general, a particular relation between mens rea and actus reus is necessary for liability.
Elise Sugarman
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South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2000 No ...
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Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira +2 more
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Apportioning Culpability in Multiple Perpetrator Acts of Terrorism
Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2017 The Depravity Standard instrument was developed to operationalize depraved elements of crimes. It consists of 25items that were derived using multiple sources of data, including case reviews, input from professionals, and over 40,000 survey respondents ...
Kate Y. O’Malley +2 more
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT External audits enhance the credibility of financial statements and are a cornerstone of capital market integrity. However, the growing and complex auditing literature poses challenges for researchers. This survey synthesizes and critically evaluates archival audit research published in top accounting journals from 1995 to 2025, organizing ...
Clive Lennox, Chan Li, Yiqian Wang
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Motivation and reconciliation in Catherine Lu’s conception of global justice
Ethics & Global Politics, 2018 In Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics (2017), Catherine Lu argues that those of us who have been thinking about problems of justice in the aftermath of cataclysmic international events have been aiming too narrowly and too low.
Paige E. Digeser
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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