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Beyond the Adversarial Rivalry: A Developmental Rights‐Based Model for Minor‐on‐Minor Crime, Part 1

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When children harm children, the conventional victim–perpetrator framework is ill‐equipped to address the developmental, relational, and institutional complexities involved. While juvenile justice scholarship increasingly emphasizes rehabilitation, and victims' rights literature has advanced child‐sensitive protection, minor‐on‐minor offending
Tali Gal, Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Adversarial Rivalry: A Developmental Rights‐Based Model for Minor‐on‐Minor Crime, Part 2

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When children harm children, the conventional victim–perpetrator framework is ill‐equipped to address the developmental, relational, and institutional complexities involved. While juvenile justice scholarship increasingly emphasizes rehabilitation, and victims' rights literature has advanced child‐sensitive protections, minor‐on‐minor ...
Tali Gal, Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar
wiley   +1 more source

Decision Theory and Proof Standards for Future Crimes: Possible Uses and Open Questions

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What should be the proof standard for applying preventive criminal sanctions based on an establishment of risk of reoffending? This is an open question in legal systems around the world. Various authors suggest that we can answer it by using decision theory. This approach conceptualises the proof standard as a probabilistic threshold. A person
Hylke Jellema, Johannes Bijlsma
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Professionals Use an Implicit Checklist to Assess Expert Witness Credibility

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a court of law, some forms of evidence are too technical to interpret without the help of an expert witness. However, expert testimony sometimes leads to wrongful conviction. We used an online survey to quantitatively compare how legal professionals (n = 122) and lay people (n = 109) understood what makes an expert witness credible.
Mahensingh Deonaran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Closer Look at Rape Myth Beliefs Among University Students: Comparisons and Correlates Based on Field and Stage of Study, Victimisation Experiences, Demographics and Psychological Traits

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disproportionate rates of sexual violence occur among university students, with rape culture and misconceptions about consent prevalent. To comprehensively examine rape myth beliefs among different student groups, 417 UK University students enrolled on courses in four distinct disciplinary areas; social sciences (n = 131), applied sciences (n =
Dominic Willmott   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Violence Against Women in Ecuador: A Qualitative Study. [PDF]

open access: yesHealthcare (Basel)
Fernández-Vargas A   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assault‐on‐Law‐Enforcement: The Complications of Charges for Individuals on Mental Health Court Dockets

open access: yesCriminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Mental health courts divert individuals with serious mental illness away from imprisonment into community‐based treatment and supervision. Early research indicates that such treatment contracts can reduce recidivism and provide various other benefits. Aspects of eligibility for this diversion option are still under‐researched.
Steven Keener, Audrey Morrison
wiley   +1 more source

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