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Social Sciences Feb 17, 2024

UK report: Innovative approaches by financial institutions can make a crucial difference in gambling-related harm

With a record number of people seeking help for problem gambling through the National Gambling Helpline last year, and the Gambling Commission's new figures suggesting that as many as 1.3 million adults in Great Britain might ...

Social Sciences Feb 13, 2024

The use of technology in policing should be regulated to protect people from wrongful convictions, says researcher

The proliferation of technology for everyday living can be seen through ChatGPT writing term papers or robots serving meals at a restaurant.

Economics & Business Jan 31, 2024

Opinion: Australia's child workers vulnerable to injury, harassment, exploitation thanks to weak and inconsistent laws

Young workers under 18 years of age occupy a unique and poorly understood position in Australia's labor market.

Economics & Business Jan 30, 2024

Some Canadians may still be at risk of genetic discrimination despite new federal law

As Canadians share more and more genetic data with service providers such as insurance companies or databases like Ancestry.com, the potential for discrimination based on this data is growing. Known as genetic discrimination ...

Social Sciences Jan 23, 2024

Why do so many people choose not to report rape?

Why do so many people choose not to report rape? Research shows that the trauma of talking about the abuse as well as owning one's own narrative of what happened can be crucial.

Social Sciences Jan 9, 2024

Police leaders face challenges when seeking to accommodate community stakeholders

Police reform movements often focus on improving police–public relationships. These ties are a focus of community policing and procedural justice, two significant reform efforts in policing worldwide over the last three ...

Social Sciences Jan 9, 2024

Freedom of thought is threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. What we can do to protect it

The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece—in part because it served a politician's interests. The ability to speak freely was seen as essential for the new Athenian democracy, which the ...

Economics & Business Dec 5, 2023

Implementing a basic income means overcoming myths about the 'undeserving poor'

Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced plans to introduce a basic income for people aged 60-64 receiving social assistance. It is slated to roll out in April 2024 and will match existing federal seniors' benefits.

Social Sciences Nov 17, 2023

Crime-free housing policies increase evictions among minorities, but do not cut crime

Policies that encourage landlords to evict tenants who have involvement with the criminal justice system do not appear to reduce crime, while increasing evictions among Black residents and people with lower incomes, according ...

Social Sciences Oct 20, 2023

New 'healing' prison in Ireland points to long history of progressive penal reform

Ireland has formally opened the new women's wing of the Limerick prison.

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