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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As digital technologies become embedded in everyday life, interpersonal violence increasingly takes place in cyberspace. Existing studies have focused on how states, experts, and the media define what counts as cyber violence and abuse. Less attention has been paid to how ordinary people interpret and contest these definitions and how their ...
Susanne Y. P. Choi +4 more
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The Discretionary Power Of The Public Prosecutor
Bu çalışma, Cumhuriyet savcısının soruşturma evresi tamamlandıktan sonra kamu davası açma noktasında kendisine tanınan takdir yetkisinin incelenmesi amacıyla hazırlanmıştır.
Danışman: Doç. Dr. Mehmet Saydam +1 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article presents a sociological study of promise‐to‐marry ‘rape’ cases in India to illuminate the inner lives of intimacies. It argues that promise‐to‐marry cases cannot be understood merely as instances of deceptive sex, wherein the consent of the victim is vitiated by a false promise of marriage as a pretext for sexual intercourse ...
Monika
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Public Prosecutor in Preparatory Criminal Proceedings [PDF]
, 2018 1 Abstract The aim of this Diploma thesis is to analyse in the most comprehensive way the status, authority and operation of the Public Prosecutor in Preparatory Criminal Proceedings as well as related disputable issues. The investigation of all criminal
Chejstovská, Nicole
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Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi +3 more
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THE POLICE AUTHORITIES ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAW OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Pravo, 2009 In this paper work there are analyzed provisions of the new Law of criminal proceedings referring to police authorities to take certain actions concerning previous investigation.
Miloš Marković
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Incidence, Risk, and Disclosure of Corporate Litigation: Insights from Federal Court Filings
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We assemble and describe a sample of 174,782 lawsuits filed against 218,437 public‐company lawsuit‐defendants in federal district court from 2006 to 2021. These lawsuits involve an array of allegations, including product liability, civil rights discrimination, contract breaches, improper compensation and labor practices, antitrust violations ...
MARY BROOKE BILLINGS +3 more
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Despite growing public awareness and political attention, the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‐Spirit People (MMIWG2+) in Canada and the United States remains unresolved. Indigenous families continue to report that the disappearances and deaths of their loved ones are investigated inadequately and without ...
Steff King +2 more
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Reading between the lesions: Recognizing intent in pediatric burn injuries
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Burn injuries are common in childhood and may occur in accidental or non‐accidental circumstances, making forensic interpretation challenging. Evaluation is difficult when clinical findings, reported history, and contextual evidence are incomplete or discordant.
Alice Buzzelli +3 more
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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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