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The legal status of the prosecutor in modern civil proceedure

Теорія і практика правознавства, 2019
The constitutional reform in the sphere of justice and further reform of civil procedure legislation are aimed at improving the efficiency of civil proceedings and bringing it into line with international standards of fair justice, which resulted in ...
Ірина Петрівна Тимошевська
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On the necessity to define the notion of «child abuse» [PDF]

Национальный психологический журнал, 2015
The paper highlights the urgent issues of complex and multifaceted social and legal phenomenon of «child abuse». The definitions of «child abuse» in family law and relevant explanations of the Supreme Court in relation to Article 69 of the Family Code ...
Natalia V. Koval’
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On Second Thought: The Impact of Confessions, DNA, and Belief Perseverance on Students' Perceptions of Guilt and Interrogations

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing public knowledge of false confession cases, research with students and community members continues to find that people assume confessions indicate guilt. The present research explored the implications of belief perseverance: the tendency to maintain a belief even when confronted with compelling contradictory evidence.
Taya D. Henry, Kimberley A. Clow, Victoria Hall   +2 more
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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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The Association Between Previous Suicide Attempts and Risk Level According to the Static‐99R in Men Who Have Sexually Offended

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Suicide is a leading cause of death within correctional institutions, with men convicted of sexual offences over‐represented among those who have attempted suicide. Despite an increased risk for suicidality, limited research has examined how past suicide attempts are associated with sexual offending and specific risk domains on ...
Jordyn Monaghan, Krystal Lowe, Michael C. Seto, Marc W. Patry, Skye Stephens   +4 more
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RESTITUSI TINDAK PIDANA PEMBUNUHAN DI WILAYAH KEJAKSAAN NEGERI BUNGO

Ekasakti Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian, 2023
Victims, families or heirs can apply for compensation, which is called restitution. The victim, family or heirs first submit a request for restitution to the Witness and Victim Protection Agency, then the Witness and Victim Protection Agency issues a ...
Adhi Wibowo
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The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally—History, Systems and the Future

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity.
Enys Delmage, Philip Anderson, Aileen Blower, Aaron Brown, Mary Davoren, Sofia Enell, Ross Gibson, Ann Karina Henriksen, Diana Johns, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Thimo Martijn van der Pol, Eva Mulder, Sanne Oostermeijer, Mirian S. Orlando, Fleur Souverein, Pamela Taylor, Florence Thibaut, Heidi Hales   +18 more
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The South African Prosecutor in the Face of Adverse Pre-Trial Publicity

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2020
Pre-trial publicity regarding a pending criminal case, which publicity may be in the form of media coverage of the case or a prior decision given in parallel judicial proceedings arising from substantially the same facts as the criminal matter, may be ...
David Whitefield Melvyn Broughton
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Prosecutors and Their Agents - Agents and Their Prosecutors

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
This is an effort to describe the dynamics of interaction between federal prosecutors and federal enforcement agents, and to suggest how these dynamics affect the exercise of enforcement discretion. It concludes by exploring ways in which the proposed normative model - which sees prosecutors and agents as members of a "working group," with each side ...
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The Prosecutor’s Contribution to Wrongful Convictions [PDF]

, 2014
A prosecutor is viewed by the public as a powerful law enforcement official whose responsibility is to convict guilty people of crimes. But not everybody understands that a prosecutor’s function is not only to win convictions of law-breakers.
Gershman, Bennett L.
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