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Criminal liability for correctional officer excessive use of force
Correctional officer excessive use of force has not been the focus of previous research inquiries, even though it is an inevitable feature of...
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International connections within the national government: Brazilian public legal careers and international circulation (2008–2018)
Taking into account the relation between the international circulation of legal elites and the legitimization of institutional models in Brazil, this...
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Child First in the Criminal Courts
The very fact that children are tried and sentenced to punishment in the criminal courts is counter to the fundamental principles of Child First. In...
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The Effects of Wartime on Discrimination in the Punishment of Arab vs. Jewish Defendants in the Israeli Criminal Law System
The present article follows upon a previous one dealing with the discrimination of Arab defendants in Israel. If focuses on the effect of wartime on...
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The “Dilemma” of Criminal Compliance for Multinational Enterprises in a Fragmented Legal World
This paper deals with the need for a specific legal analysis, from a criminal law perspective, concerning multinational enterprises (MNEs), given...
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Defenders at Law: Assessing the performance of legal defense on Drug Trafficking cases in Brazil
Few studies have assessed defense performance in criminal cases in the Latin American context. The current research investigated whether defense type...
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Criminal street gangs and domestic sex trafficking in the United States: evidence from Northern Virginia
The last decade witnessed increasing involvement of criminal street gangs in domestic sex trafficking in the United States. This paper analyzes...
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Trajectories of Offending and Mental Health Service Use: Similarities and Differences by Gender and Indigenous Status in an Australian Birth Cohort
Mental illness is firmly established as a risk factor for criminal legal system contact, particularly for women and Indigenous people. While patterns...
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Criminal justice officials’ attitudes towards addressing computer crimes in Thailand: Difficulties and recommendations
For the past 10 years, Thailand has been one of the top 10 countries targeted by cyber criminals. In order to address this pressing issue of computer...
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How Important is Developmental Maturity in Assessing Whether Adolescents Will Share True or False Accounts of a First Offense in Legal Interactions?
We examined the developmental and situation-specific differences between four grou**s of adolescents charged with a first offense: those who...
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Challenges to addressing trafficking into forced labor in Chile: a legal culture perspective
The meanings of “human trafficking” vary according to political, legal, and sociocultural contexts. This article contributes to understanding the...
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Physicians and nurses professional relationship with criminal investigation in dealing with survivors of sexual abuse: a sco** review
Survivors of sexual abuse and their families seek help from criminal law enforcement agencies and health professionals to obtain justice and health...
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Why lawyers internationalize and police transnationalize: disjointed criminal justice at the border of the state
This article investigates the socio-genesis of two different types of criminal justice developed at the border of the state. At this border, the...
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Reform of Prisons, the Penal Code and Legal System
The impulse for prison reform between 1750 and 1850 derived from two key influences—those of religion and of classicist criminology. This chapter...
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Custody Disputes From a Socio-Legal Perspective
This chapter examines high-conflict custody disputes in court and discusses whether Swedish legislation is suited to providing for children’s rights...
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Cybercriminal networks in the UK and Beyond: Network structure, criminal cooperation and external interactions
This article examines the network structure, criminal cooperation, and external interactions of cybercriminal networks. Its contribution is empirical...
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Criminal Law and Children’s Access to Barnahus Services
The aim of Barnahus is to provide children who are victims of violence and abuse with support, protection, and access to justice. In the Swedish...
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Addressing Ethnic Differences in the Validity of Self-reported Criminal Behaviour Through a Social Desirability Measure
ObjectivesSelf-reported criminal behaviour has the potential to provide clearer insights into patterns of criminality compared to using police...
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Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice Responses: Being “Sweet, Nice and Kind”?
Trauma-informed approaches advocate for compassionate responses for everyone involved in the justice system: victims of crime, justice practitioners,...