Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
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Inclusive Policies Advance Dramatically in the States: Immigrants' Access to Driver's Licenses, Higher Education, Workers' Rights, and Community Policing [PDF]
As Congress debated federal immigration reform this year, states led the way by adopting policies designed to integrate immigrants more fully in their communities.
Jennifer Macias +5 more
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Abstract This paper focuses on the everyday experiences of carcerality of a community, known as Kathputli Colony, that has been waiting to be rehoused by the state for over a decade in Delhi, India. We draw on Kathputli Colony's everyday experiences to argue that state‐led housing policies and practices produce carceral socio‐spatialities, rather than ...
Syeda Jenifa Zahan +1 more
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"This is where I belong:" a narrative study of professional commitment to a new criminal justice agency. [PDF]
Arriagada I.
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Fire regime change in western Tasmania between 1830 and 2025
Sketches by N.J.B. Plomley of George Augustus Robinson western Tasmanian expeditions in 1830 and 1833, undertaken to persuade Aboriginal nations of western Van Diemen’s Land to leave their ancestral lands. Geographic analysis of Robinson journal of this remote area provides unique insights in the changes in fire regimes that followed this tragic ...
David M J S Bowman +3 more
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Punitive Governance and the Criminalization of Socioenvironmental, Anti-Austerity, and Anticorruption Mobilizations in Puerto Rico. [PDF]
Atiles J.
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Abstract Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in protected areas. To date, such law enforcement has largely focused on increasing costs and reducing opportunities for offending. However, these resource‐intensive approaches are not always effective and can contribute to conflict between people and ...
Freya A. V. St. John +3 more
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Pinkerton Short-Circuits the Model Penal Code [PDF]
I show that the Pinkerton rule in conspiracy law is doctrinally and morally flawed. Unlike past critics of the rule, I propose a statutory fix that preserves and reforms it rather than abolishing it entirely.
Ingram, Andrew
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Scarring and Selection in the Great Irish Famine
Abstract How do famines shape the health of survivors? We examine the long‐term impact of the Great Irish Famine (1845–52) on human stature, distinguishing between adverse scarring effects and the apparent resilience of survivors due to selection. Using anthropometric data from more than 14500 individuals born before, during, and after this famine, we ...
Matthias Blum +2 more
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Artificial intelligence extracts key insights from legal documents to predict intimate partner femicide. [PDF]
Garcia-Vergara E +3 more
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