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From the Ne’er-Do-Well to the Criminal History Category: The Refinement of the Actuarial Model in Criminal Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Harcourt discusses three developments in 20th century criminal law: the evolution of parole board decision-making in the early 20th century, the development of fixed sentencing guidelines in the late 20th century, and the growth of criminal profiling as ...
Harcourt, Bernard E.
core   +2 more sources

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Group Agency and Egalitarian Corporate Structure: The Epistemic, Incentive, and Control Dimensions

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What constitutes a good corporate agent? The article answers this question by critically applying List and Pettit's theory of group agency, which emphasizes three crucial dimensions of organizational design: epistemic quality, incentive compatibility, and control.
Chi Kwok, Chris Man‐Kong Li
wiley   +1 more source

Data Science and Ebola [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Data Science---Today, everybody and everything produces data. People produce large amounts of data in social networks and in commercial transactions. Medical, corporate, and government databases continue to grow.
Plaat, Aske
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Initial Suicide‐Related Disclosure Characteristics, Motivations, and Outcomes Based on Sexual Orientation

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Self‐disclosure of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) is integral for risk assessment and intervention. However, limited research elucidates the nuanced characteristics of first disclosure experiences for bisexual individuals, who are disproportionately impacted by suicide yet remain underrepresented in the literature.
Veronika Kobrinsky, Brooke A. Ammerman
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of less severe intimate partner aggression on child conduct problems

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Children who were exposed to intimate partner aggression in their early development have a higher chance to show conduct problems later in childhood. This effect is only partially explained by maternal depressive symptoms. In addition, maternal warmth cannot buffer this impact.
Hedwig Eisenbarth   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security matters: Predictors of self-rated prison climate in Serbian prisons [PDF]

open access: yesNBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija
Background. The prison climate significantly impacts on prisoners' quality of life and rehabilitation outcomes. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify which security-related dimensions predict prisoners' evaluations of overall prison climate in the
Milićević Milena, Glomazić Hajdana
doaj   +1 more source

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