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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

Practical Strategies for Coping with Child-to-Parent Violence: The Non Violent Resistance Programme in Practice

, 2014
Journal articleChild to parent violence (CPV) is an emerging problem that is coming more frequently to the attention of practitioners in a wide variety of settings.
Coogan, Declan, Lauster, Eileen
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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Statewide mental health training for probation officers: improving knowledge and decreasing stigma

Health & Justice, 2017
Background The large and growing number of probationers with mental illnesses pose significant challenges to the probationer officers who supervise them.
Nikhil Tomar, Marilyn A. Ghezzi, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Amy Blank Wilson, Tonya B. Van Deinse, Stacey Burgin, Gary S. Cuddeback   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evaluation of the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice

, 2002
Includes bibliography.The main aim of this study is to evaluate the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice.
Carloo, Ruwayda
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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

Probation, rehabilitation and reparation

, 2009
This paper is a version of the 2nd Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, organised by the Association for Crime and Justice Research and delivered on 7th May 2009 at the headquarters of the Probation Service of Ireland in Dublin.
McNeill, Fergus
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Focused deterrence can reduce crime: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experiments

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga, Brandon S. Turchan, David L. Weisburd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source