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Parenthood, gender, and turning points to crime for young people in Latin America.
Adv Life Course Res
January 2025
Department of Political Science and Public Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Bellaterra 08193, Spain.
In very different societal contexts, parenthood has been identified as a critical turning point in life course trajectories. In this qualitative study, we explore parenthood as a turning point for 40 young women and 40 young men in prisons across Latin America. We study the impact of parenthood on criminal trajectories, identify gender differences, and analyze the different mechanisms at work.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstablishing a Pan-European, multi-disciplinary taphonomic research Infrastructure: The 'UK-Netherlands decomposition experimental research (UNDER) Group'.
Sci Justice
January 2025
Department of Forensic Science, School of Life Science, Atlantic Technology University (ATU), Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland; Department of Forensic and Crime Science, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2DE, UK.
This study unveils the establishment of the United Kingdom-Netherlands Decomposition Experimental Research (UNDER) working group, marking a pioneering initiative in practical Forensic Taphonomy within the UK. Our primary objective was to craft a cohesive multidisciplinary framework, designed to ethically orchestrate, execute, and assess human decomposition. Concurrently, we aimed to amass data through human burials, fostering collaboration among diverse forensic experts across Europe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisproportionate, differential and targeted treatment: people who use drugs' experiences of policing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health Justice
January 2025
Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide introduced law enforcement measures to deter and punish breaches of emergency public health orders. For example, in Victoria, Australia, discretionary fines of A$1,652 were issued for breaching stay-at-home orders, and A$4,957 fines for 'unlawful gatherings'; to date, approximately 30,000 fines remain outstanding or not paid in full. Studies globally have revealed how the expansion of policing powers produced significant collateral damage for marginalized populations, including people from low-income neighboorhoods, Indigenous Peoples, sex workers, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurging the Judiciary After a Transition: Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Hague J Rule Law
March 2024
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Judges play a key role in the implementation of transitional justice mechanisms. Yet, less attention has been paid so far to the question of how to address their collaboration with non-democratic regimes. In theory, judges can be subjected to virtually all transitional justice mechanisms ranging from criminal prosecution and lustration to truth-seeking, or even amnesties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChildren betrayed: The unseen victims of domestic violence and how law enforcement can better protect them.
Policing (Oxf)
April 2024
Kathryn J. Spearman, MSN, RN, PhD candidate, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Domestic violence is a commonplace and serious societal problem with vast public health and economic consequences. Childhood exposure to domestic violence can blight children's biological and social development. Often, local police departments are first responders to domestic violence.
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