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Caribbean Immigrants’ Willingness to Report Crime to the Police in New York City
The reporting of crime as victims and witnesses has important implications for police effectiveness in crime prevention, crime control, and community...
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Policing Hate Crime: Exploring the Issue with a Cohort of Sworn Police Officers
Globally, there has been a trend in rising levels of hate crime that scholars have argued is reflective of significant social problems within...
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Shrinking the footprint of the criminal legal system through policies informed by psychology and neuroscience
The footprint of the legal system in the United States is expansive. Applying psychological and neuroscience research to understand or predict...
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Policing Stress, Burnout, and Mental Health in a Wake of Rapidly Changing Policies
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly contributed to stress among people worldwide, with first responders being disproportionately burdened. The...
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Understanding the Impact of EU Prostitution Policies on Sex Workers: A Mixed Study Systematic Review
IntroductionThere is a growing interest in legislation and policies regarding sex work in the European Union and a debate between two opposite...
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What Prosecutors and the Police Should Do About Underreporting of Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime
IntroductionVast discrepancies between official hate crime statistics and victim reports of hate crimes reveal that a large proportion of hate crimes...
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Uncertainty and Confusion Regarding Transgender Non-discrimination Policies: Implications for the Mental Health of Transgender Americans
IntroductionRecent policies have restricted the rights of the US transgender people; there is a need to explore transgender people’s knowledge and...
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Felons Need Not Apply: The Tough-on-crime Era’s Felony Welfare Benefits Ban and its Impact on Families with a Formerly Incarcerated Parent
Although incarceration rates have begun to decline, the collateral consequences of mass incarceration persist, especially for families and...
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The Impact of Anti-discrimination Legislation on Transgender People within the USA
IntroductionSeveral state policies were introduced to offer protection and legislative remedies for the hardship experienced by transgender people....
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The Untreated Wounds of Crime Victims in Tanzania: A Psychological Consideration
Prior to the introduction of the colonial adversarial criminal justice system in Tanzania, crime victims actively participated in justice matters....
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Hate Speech Against Asian American Youth: Pre-Pandemic Trends and The Role of School Factors
Although hate speech against Asian American youth has intensified in recent years—fueled, in part, by anti-Asian rhetoric associated with the...
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Lay Victims’ Conceptions of Environmental Crime and Environmental Injustice: The Case of the Chem-Dyne Superfund Site
This project explores lay victims’ conceptions of environmental crime and environmental injustice through in-depth interviews with a snowball sample...
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Prostitution Policies and Attitudes Toward Prostitutes
The present study examined whether regulatory attitudes toward prostitution are related to agency attributed to prostitutes and moral outrage. A...
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Preventing Sexual Harm in Nightlife Settings: A Sco** Review
Sexual harm within nightlife settings is a pervasive global concern; however, little is known about the nature of available interventions. The...
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Risk Perception and Security Attitudes: the Role of Human Values on Brazilian Police Officers and Civilians
Studies on crime and parking facilities also appear to have a strong focus on car theft with small emphasis on psychological and cognitive variables...
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Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families
Parents can be essential change-agents in their children’s lives. To support parents in their parenting role, a range of programs have been developed...
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Understanding the role of media in the formation of public sentiment towards the police
Public sentiment towards the police is a matter of great interest in the United States, as reports on police misconduct are increasingly being...
