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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Preserving evidence integrity in full file system extractions: Assessing hash inconsistencies and potential solutions

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Smartphone manufacturers' enhanced privacy and security measures, such as File‐Based Encryption (FBE), have disrupted traditional data extraction techniques, necessitating the adoption of Full File System Extraction (FFS). FFS requires booting a smartphone, decrypting its UserData partition, and accessing files individually, a process that ...
Sanghyun Yoo, Yunji Park, Doowon Jeong
wiley   +1 more source

European regional standards and recommendations on probation

Конституційно-правові академічні студії
This article explores the institutional and normative mechanisms of probation at the european regional level, focusing on their alignment with international legal standards.
Inga Demianchneko
doaj   +1 more source

From 15,000 to near zero: Cuyahoga County's eight‐year effort to address lawfully “owed” DNA

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents the final outcomes of an eight‐year, countywide initiative to address “lawfully owed” DNA (LODNA) among individuals who should have had a DNA sample in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) following a qualifying arrest or conviction but did not.
Rachel E. Lovell, Mary C. Weston, Duoduo Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of bone preparation approaches using length‐based analysis and targeted sequencing for forensic human identification of historic skeletal remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Advances in DNA technology have significantly enhanced the forensic community's ability to develop genetic profiles from unidentified human skeletal remains. However, sampling requires mechanical grinding of hard tissues before DNA isolation. This processing can compromise genetic profiles, particularly in aged bones.
Ciara Rhodes, Jacqueline Tyler Thomas, Kimberly Sturk‐Andreaggi, Tal Simmons, Sarah Seashols‐Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The wider network of social relationships and desistance from crime

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has focused on marriage as a key relationship associated with crime cessation. Yet particularly within the contemporary context, relationships with parents, peers, and other family members may also foster or inhibit progress toward desistance.
Peggy C. Giordano, Jennifer E. Copp, Megan Swinehart, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The informal prisoner justice system: Classification, identification, and punishment of sex offenders behind bars

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi, Justin E. C. Tetrault, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sandra Bucerius   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ABOUT THE OBLIGATION OF A PROBATION OFFICER TO MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL SECRECY [PDF]

Probacja
This text is devoted to the issue of the probation officer's obligation to maintain secrecy. In the context of the title issue, considerations were made about the status of a probation officer as a profession of public trust, a public official and a ...
Mariusz Nawrocki
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