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Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
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Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2012 The article views the issue of improving the criminal law in the sphere of counteraction against legalization of income obtained from illegal drugs circulation.
D. K. Chirkov, O. S. Galayeva
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Urgency of Axiological Problems in Legal Psychology
Психология и право, 2021 The article substantiates the necessity to research the axiological problems of legal psychology and shows the results of a theoretical study of the value-related aspect of legal psychology. These results advocate the idea of using a systemic approach in
Ilyina V.A.
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ICAC v Cunneen: the power to investigate corrupt conduct [PDF]
, 2015 A majority of the High Court has dismissed appeal from the decision of the NSWCA relating to the powers of the Independent Commission against Corruption under the Independent Commission against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW).
Gareth Griffith
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wrongful convictions continue to occur at high rates. Research has revealed that negative posttraumatic cognitive changes are a risk factor for the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder, yet little research has examined whether exonerees experience posttraumatic cognitive changes, such as changes to their worldview. Thus,
Kathryn A. Thomas +3 more
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MODERN CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIME IN RURAL AREAS
Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2014 Objective: to examine the relevance of the issue and the characteristics of crime in rural areas in the Russian Federation, which is determined, on the one hand, by the complexity of the criminal situation in rural areas, the acuteness of the problems of
G. V. Antonov-Romanovskiy +4 more
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Arena HukumThe principle of dominus litis is owned by the Public Prosecutor as the master of the case in the criminal justice system. The Public Prosecutor has a central role in criminal law enforcement which begins when following the progress of the investigation
Jefferson Hakim
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Beyond the Adversarial Rivalry: A Developmental Rights‐Based Model for Minor‐on‐Minor Crime, Part 2
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT When children harm children, the conventional victim–perpetrator framework is ill‐equipped to address the developmental, relational, and institutional complexities involved. While juvenile justice scholarship increasingly emphasizes rehabilitation, and victims' rights literature has advanced child‐sensitive protections, minor‐on‐minor ...
Tali Gal, Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar
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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
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The Republic public prosecutor: Between the law and politics - what prevails? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2019 This paper analizes the position of the Republic Public Prosecutor in normative and practical terms, with special reference to his/her appointment, authority and responsibility.
Krstić Gordana
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