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Dealing With Defilement Cases in Ghana: Intricacies of Law, Sociology and Psychology. [PDF]

Sex Offending
Agboli JM.
europepmc   +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

"Will you be there for me?" Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions. [PDF]

Am J Community Psychol
Campbell R, Goodman-Williams R, Gregory K, Javorka M, Engleton J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toronto's drug policy paradox: Harm reduction sites and drug police occurrences in Toronto neighborhoods (1992–2020)

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Discourse around drug policy presents a stark contrast between policing and harm reduction models, sparking debates on the state's regulatory versus protective role. Canada is an ideal case to study drug policy models due to its global recognition as a leader in harm reduction alongside continued reliance on policing of drugs.
Taylor Domingos
wiley   +1 more source

A dataset of scientific citations in U.S. patent Office Actions. [PDF]

Sci Data
Higham K, Kotula H, Scharfmann E, Gong S, de Rassenfosse G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Initiation of criminal prosecution

Title of the thesis: Initiation of criminal prosecution Abstract The institution of initiating criminal prosecution is the subject of discussion not only within the framework of long­term legislative work on the new Criminal Procedure Code.
Litera, Luděk
core  

Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared F. Edgerton, Evelyn Gertz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The court of public opinion: The limited effects of elite rhetoric about prosecuting political leaders. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Markovits DB, O'Donohue A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of exonerated cases of child sexual abuse. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Denne E, Sullivan CE, Neal TMS.
europepmc   +1 more source