Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz +2 more
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The role of case management in misdemeanor prosecution
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Despite increasing attention to prosecutors' role in shaping criminal justice outcomes, there is limited empirical research on what prosecutors do. While most theories of prosecutorial discretion emphasize overarching goals related to justice and safety, our paper shifts the focus toward the practical realities of the job, particularly in the ...
Lindsay Graef, Aurelie Ouss
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Legislation for forensic investigative genetic genealogy in Sweden. [PDF]
Forensic Sci Int SynergAnsell R, Fagerholm SA.
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The hidden discount: Examining racial disparity in the use of suspended sentences
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Extant research on criminal sentencing generally concludes that racial/ethnic disparity is concentrated in the “in–out” decision, and that racial differences in sentence lengths are small and inconsistent. However, sentence length analyses rarely focus on the fact that criminal sentences are often partially or fully suspended, creating ...
Kevin Petersen +3 more
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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
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A Fatal Case Involving Chronic Intravenous Use of Homemade Methcathinone Derived from Pseudoephedrine Tablets: Post-Mortem Concentrations, Health Risk, and Medicolegal Aspect. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciNowak K, Szpot P, Zawadzki M.
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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 +3 more
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Involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation of children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis of Athens public prosecutor's office for minors records. [PDF]
Eur Child Adolesc PsychiatryStylianidou CA +2 more
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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
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Fatal West Nile Encephalomyelitis in a Young Woman with Hypoparathyroidism and Sjögren's Syndrome. Molecular Insights into Viral Neuro-Invasivity. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciPadalino P +6 more
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