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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On moving towards a more inclusive understanding of disaster risk reduction: A sexual and gender minorities perspective through the lens of global flood risk

Progress in Disaster Science
Considering social vulnerability of marginalized communities is crucial for equitable disaster risk reduction. This paper emphasizes the need to include sexual and gender minorities in global vulnerability assessments and policymaking.
Eric Mortensen, Ana Clara Cassanti, Timothy Tiggeloven, Anne Twaalfhoven, Philip J. Ward, Toon Haer   +5 more
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Androgyny and atypical sensory sensitivity associated with savant ability: a comparison between Klinefelter syndrome and sexual minorities assigned male at birth

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IntroductionThe extreme male brain (EMB) theory, a major causal hypothesis of autism (ASD: autism spectrum disorder), attributes excess androgens during early development as one of the causes.
Shintaro Tawata, Kikue Sakaguchi, Atsuko Saito   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LGBT+ POLICIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION [PDF]

Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior
This article presents a systematic review of the literature on LGBT+ policies in higher education and addresses the following research question: Is there robust evidence regarding the role of LGBT+ policies in promoting equal opportunities and social ...
William Rossani dos Santos, Alexandre Rodrigo Nishiwaki da Silva, David Antonio Palla Silvestre   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl, Miri Yemini, Claire Maxwell, Yating Hu, Benjamin Adams, Sarah Bergen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Support Allocation: Mental Health and Patterns of Homelessness Support Utilisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness support agencies face substantial puzzles in allocating scarce resources: who gets access and who stays on the waitlist? This paper examines the influence of mental illness on the patterns of consuming non‐clinical homelessness support by persons experiencing homelessness and at risk.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual education in health: ways to empower women who have sex with women

Revista de Enfermagem da UFPI
Objective: To understand how health education on sexual health can contribute to the empowerment of women who have sex with women. Methods: This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, mediated by action research.
Alisson Rener Araújo Dantas, Anna Kalyne César Grangeiro Adriano, Jonathan Pereira de Sousa, Isabela Lunara Alves Barbalho, Petra Kelly Rabelo de Sousa Fernandes, Marcelo Costa Fernandes   +5 more
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Shadow Infrastructures of Labour: A Case Study of Generative AI Use in Victorian Child Protection Practice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT are rapidly entering workplaces, yet their use in frontline human services remains largely undocumented and weakly regulated. Drawing on an investigation into a child protection worker's informal use of ChatGPT, this article provides insight into how GenAI is already shaping ...
Joel Robert McGregor, Linus Tan, Caleb Lloyd, Abigail Sheed   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source