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How legal problems are conceptualized and measured in healthcare settings: a systematic review
Legal problems encompass issues requiring resolution through the justice system. This social risk factor creates barriers in accessing services and...
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The Norwegian Victim Lawyer in a Nordic Context: Professional Boundaries, Legal Hierarchies and Purification Processes
The victim lawyer has become a common feature in Nordic jurisdictions. Designed to enable victims to participate effectively in the criminal justice...
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State-corporate legal symbiosis and social harm: the case of the steel factory ‘Ilva’ in Taranto, Italy
For more than a decade, epidemiological surveys have shown that Taranto, Italy, has a critical health situation. In particular, two epidemiological...
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Judgment, shame, and coercion: the criminal legal system and reproductive autonomy
BackgroundA growing body of research has called attention to limitations to reproductive autonomy in both women who are socially disadvantaged and in...
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Legal aspects of corporate systems for preventing cybercrime among personnel
The activities of enterprise employees can become a risk factor in terms of cybercrime, which is often associated with their lack of preparedness to...
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Legal but Environmentally Harmful Practices Involved in Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru
The aim of this research is to examine environmental harms produced by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in the region of Madre de Dios,...
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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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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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The corporate legal profession’s role in global corruption: obligations and opportunities for contributing to collective action
Key corruption issues, like lack of transparency in beneficial ownership and money laundering, are inherently transnational. They are facilitated by...
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Sco** review of military veterans involved in the criminal legal system and their health and healthcare: 5-year update and map to the Veterans-Sequential Intercept Model
BackgroundA previous sco** review of legal-involved veterans’ health and healthcare (1947–2017) identified studies and their limitations. Given the...
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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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Social Media Jurors: Conceptualizing and Analyzing Online Public Engagement in reference to Legal Cases
Jurors are people who are exposed to legal proceedings and consequently exercise their judgment. A broad literature on law and film discusses the...
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Reciprocal associations between housing instability and youth criminal legal involvement: a sco** review
BackgroundYouth experiencing homelessness have disproportionate contact with the criminal legal system. This system contact represents a critical...
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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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Examining the Fairness of Criminal Judicial Procedures in China: a Quantitative Analysis of the Influential Factors in the Application of Technical Investigations in Drug-related Cases
Amidst concerns from both Chinese and Anglo-American scholars regarding the deployment of technical investigative measures, questions have emerged...
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Identifying structural risk factors for overdose following incarceration: a concept map** study
BackgroundCurrently, there are more than two million people in prisons or jails, with nearly two-thirds meeting the criteria for a substance use...
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Deaf Defendants and the Legal System
The legal system can be a confusing and challenging experience for the Deaf defendant. Very often Deaf defendants may be deprived of their civil and...
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Beyond the Horizon: Matching Legal Proceedings to Problems in Custody Disputes
Finding a good match between legal proceedings and the problems they will be used to address, is by no means a new challenge. The complexity of...
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Protective Factors for Youth Desistance
Identifying the key protective factors that promote desistance among young offenders and distinguishing the “active ingredients” of social, cultural,...
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Cervical cancer screening barriers and facilitators from the perspectives of women with a history of criminal-legal system involvement and substance use
BackgroundThe wide availability of routine screening with Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and vaccinations against human papillomavirus has resulted in a...