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Unveiling the multifaceted dimensions: a sociological inquiry into kidnap** in Nigeria
One of the enduring social crimes throughout history is kidnap**. While its manifestations are global, there are distinct local variations in its...
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Judging Gender: The Sentencing of South African Mothers Who Murder Their Children
Women who commit filicide are not only judged for their crime but also for their compliance/deviation from societal expectations of motherhood....
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments as Legislative Gross Negligence
Many jurisdictions confer a constitutional right to be protected against cruel and unusual punishments. This right is typically justified by three...
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Australian news media portrayals of filicide: depictions of mental health and the flawed mother trope
In reporting cases of filicide, the news media often relies on dominant cultural discourses that situate offenders within expected gender roles. This...
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Fear and perceived risk of cyber fraud victimization among Chinese University students
Cyber fraud has surfaced as a serious social problem in China, resulting in billions of Chinese yuan worth of financial losses in recent years. The...
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Democratic values, relative deprivation, political trust, and the resilience of corruption in Portugal: a survey analysis
Corruption is commonly defined as deviant behaviour that strays from established legal and formal norms, as well as expected conduct when fulfilling...
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Illicit organ trade: an empirical study of kidney trading networks in China
Despite global concerns, empirical studies on the illicit organ trade in China are limited. Organized offenders in the black organ market in China...
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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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Limitations of the international approach to anti-corruption: a systematic review of South Africa’s compelling case of failing anti-corruption
In the Global South, anti-corruption initiatives continue to fail despite varying commitments to the international anti-corruption agenda....
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An integrated model for criminal responsibility in action: How Swedish criminal law operates without an insanity defence
In nearly all criminal justice systems, a defendant’s severe mental disorder can trigger special rules that excuse or exempt the defendant. Swedish...
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The role of helplines in the anti-trafficking space: examining contacts to a major ‘modern slavery’ hotline
Although increasingly deployed worldwide, human trafficking hotlines are sorely under-researched. Situated within a complex systems framework, we...
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An Empirical Study of Publicly Appointed and Privately Retained Defense Lawyers in Plea Bargaining: The Chinese Experience
A trial waiver system was implemented and tested in 18 large cities of China during 2016–2018. The present study compares publicly appointed and...
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Crime, Character, and the Evolution of the Penal Message
Scholars depict punishment as a moral dialogue between the community and the offender, which addresses both the offender’s crime and character....
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Criminalisation as a Speech-Act: Saying Through Criminalising
The act of criminalising conduct has been understood by many theorists as a form of communication. This paper proposes a model, based on speech-act...
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The Four Faces of Intoxication in the Botswana Criminal Justice System: “Defence”, Extenuation, Mitigation, and Aggravation
Intoxication plays a role in the commission of crimes in most, if not all, jurisdictions. Botswana is no exception. Our law reports are replete with...
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A Conceptual Framework for Voluntary Confessions and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
The privilege against self-incrimination entails that anyone accused of a criminal offence has the right to remain silent. However, waiving the...
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Culpability and Moral Vice
This paper raises four queries about Simester’s defective engagement with reason account of culpability found in his Fundamentals of Criminal Law:...