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Assault-on-Law-Enforcement: The Complications of Charges for Individuals on Mental Health Court Dockets. [PDF]

Crim Behav Ment Health
Keener S, Morrison A.
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Affinal parenthood after divorce: a socio-legal study of stepparent visitation rights in Peruvian blended families. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Castilla-Cabezudo JL, Zegarra-Castañeda R, Zegarra-Castañeda G, Díaz-Arias CC, Salcedo-Tenemas CJM.   +4 more
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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Suicide mortality in Kazakhstan from 2012 to 2024: temporal trends, demographic inequalities, and regional variation. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Kossumov A, Zhakupova T, Imambayeva N, Polyakova T, Dalibayeva G, Syzdykova B, Kovenskiy A, Rakhmankulova A, Vinogradova E, Kalmakhanov S, Kozhakhmetov S, Kushugulova A.   +11 more
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Contesting repression in divided democracies: Can counternarratives reduce support for police violence?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Democracies often struggle to contain police violence, which undermines the rule of law and reproduces inequality by targeting marginalized citizens. Yet, scholars have shown that repressive policing enjoys considerable public support. Focusing on Brazil, we demonstrate that attitudes toward police violence mirror polarization between left ...
Yanilda María González, Natán Skigin
wiley   +1 more source

Too many for too long: physicians dismantling mass incarceration. [PDF]

Health Justice
Suh M, Berk J, Rich J.
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The Formalization of Land Rights in State Forestlands Under the National Land Policy (Kor Tor Chor) Programme in Nan Province, Northern Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In rural Thailand, unclear and unregulated property rights of state forestlands have led, for decades, to conflicting land claims between state agencies and villagers. To solve this problem, on the one hand, grassroots activists proposed the communal land title bill so that local people could obtain formal recognition of their land rights and ...
Chusak Wittayapak, Ian G. Baird
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The court of public opinion: The limited effects of elite rhetoric about prosecuting political leaders. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Markovits DB, O'Donohue A.
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Of hired guns and ideologues: Why would a law firm ever retain an honest expert witness?

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract Suppose that expert witnesses appearing in litigation are, generically, either honest in their assessment of a fact situation or are advocates who testify in favour of their retaining party, regardless of new information. The type of a witness is known to law firms, who engage with them repeatedly, but not to courts.
Martin Richardson, Jose Rodrigues‐Neto
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