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Beyond the Evidence: How Race, Chronological Age, and Developmental Age Shape Juror Verdicts in Sexual Assault Cases

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous people (both as accused and victims of crime) and those with developmental delays in the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The current research examined the influence of defendant and victim race (involving Indigenous people), as well as defendant developmental and chronological age, on mock‐jurors’
Bailey M. Fraser   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal abortion: Doctors’ reports at a reference hospital [PDF]

open access: yesSaúde e Sociedade
Although Brazilian legislation allows abortion in cases of rape, risk of maternal mortality, and fetal anencephaly, the medical professional holds the authority to diagnose and advise on abortion and the right to claim conscientious objection to refuse ...
Kétlen Almeida Martins   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of a Treatment Program for Individuals Imprisoned for Sex Offenses in Uruguay: Achievements, Problems and Challenges [PDF]

open access: green, 2022
Olga Sánchez de Ribera   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Perceived Security, Confidence in the Police and Subjective Well‐Being in Hong Kong: Evidence from the World Values Survey

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The legitimacy of the Hong Kong police has somewhat plummeted amid the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and the Pro‐Democracy Movement in 2019. This study aims to explore the dynamics among Hong Kongers' perception of security, confidence in the police, and their subjective well‐being using the Wave 7 (2017–2022) of the World Values Survey (WVS‐7 ...
Melody W. S. Ip   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender violence and self-esteem in women from the Huanja - Huaraz hamlet, 2017

open access: yesHorizonte Médico, 2018
Objective: To determine the relationship between gender violence and level of self-esteem in women from the Huanja - Huaraz hamlet, 2017. Materials and methods: A quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional, correlation study.
Ericson Felix Castillo Saavedra   +2 more
doaj  

La ofensa sexual entre la razón y el corazón: una mirada desde los procesos cognitivos y emocionales

open access: yesRevista Criminalidad, 2020
Researching the etiology of sexual offenses from a cognitive and emotional dimension demonstrates a prominent increase in the last three decades.
Andrés Mauricio Ramírez Torres   +1 more
doaj  

Under‐Interpretation of Neuroimaging Data in Insanity Assessment: A Hidden Risk

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroimaging data can provide valuable insights into insanity evaluations, but the debate over its use for legal purposes is far from resolved. While much attention has been given to the risks of over‐interpretation, potential errors stemming from under‐interpretation received less scrutiny. In this paper, we aim to showcase how this error may
Camilla Frangi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caracterización medico legal de los delitos sexuales en Pinar del Río, 2003-2005 Medical and legal characteristics of sex offenses in Pinar del Río, 2003-2005

open access: yesRevista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, 2008
Se encuestó una muestra de 399 víctimas de diferentes edades enviadas al departamento de Medicina legal de Pinar del Río en el trienio 2003-2005 por estarse instruyendo procedimiento penal a causa de algún delito realizado por intermedio de una conducta ...
Lidia Rosa Salgueiro Labrador   +4 more
doaj  

Prevalence of sexual violence among refugees: a systematic review

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To synthesize data about the prevalence of sexual violence (SV) among refugees around the world. METHODS A systematic review was conducted from the search in seven bibliographic databases.
Juliana de Oliveira Araujo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of the literature on female-perpetrated adult male sexual victimization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The rape of women has been an issue of concern in research literature for the past 40 years. Conversely, rape against men has only relatively recently received investigation.
Fisher, Nicola L., Pina, Afroditi
core   +1 more source

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