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Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira +2 more
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A debate on prostitution in Spain
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2017 The article describes and analyzes the Spanish policies to deal with street prostitution since the end of 2005 when Barcelona’s Bylaw on Coexistence was passed.
Paula Arce Becerra
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Optimizing patrol time in crime hot spots: Replicating the “Koper Curve”
Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary In a study published more than 30 years ago, Koper found that patrol visits to crime hot spots were most effective in deterring crime and disorder when they were 11–15 min in length. This finding, popularly known as the “Koper Curve,” has had a substantial influence on police practice and research.
Christopher S. Koper +2 more
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Acceptance of prostitution and its social determinants in Canada
, 2017 The nature of collective perception of prostitution is understudied in Canada. Except some rudimentary reports on the percentages of the key legal options, multivariate \ud analysis has never been used to analyze the details of public opinion on ...
Cao, Liqun
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From Data to Knowledge to Wisdom: Lessons Learned From the Vancouver Rat Project
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.A synthesis of 15 years of research conducted by the Vancouver Rat Project revealed that: (1) Pathogen ecology within rat colonies is the result of complex interactions among rats, pathogens, and vectors. (2) Local and global population structures influence rat and pathogen ecology.
Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers
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Child marriage and child prostitution: two forms of sexual exploitation
, 2002 This article highlights some of the similarities between child marriages and child prostitution. Both child marriage and prostitution involve economic transactions, lack of freedom, and the violation of a child's right to consent.
Louis Mikhail, Susanne
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Currency, Control, and Stigma: The Complex Lives of Soviet Ukraine's Currency Prostitutes
Gender a VýzkumThis article discusses the phenomenon of currency prostitution in Soviet Ukraine in the late 1980s, a period marked by glasnost - a policy of wider dissemination of information initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev - and increased public discourse on ...
Aliesia Soloviova
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Journal of Forensic Social Work, 2011 This study was undertaken to inform the implementation of a specialized prostitution diversion program to help women quit prostitution and avoid criminal prosecution.
Shelly Wiechelt, Corey Shdaimah
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The Royal Commission on the Constitution, 1927–1929
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) is a little‐remembered event in Australian political, policy and legal history, which produced—in the words of the constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Sawer—‘a useful student's textbook and a minor alteration in the Judiciary Act’.
Carolyn Holbrook
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Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg +2 more
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