Lessons learnt from a NSW parliamentary inquiry into hate crimes against Australia's LGBTIQ community could change the way police and communities respond to complaints, and acknowledge the continued impact of past injustices.
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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Jorge's putrefied corpse would have been buried in an unmarked grave but for a rehydration technique pioneered in Mexico that allowed him to be identified by his tattoos and given the send-off his family wanted.
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2018
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A life sentence in many states rarely means offenders will spend a lifetime behind bars. In fact, offenders sentenced for murder served just 15 years on average before initial release from state prison, according to a recent ...
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2018
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The United States has experienced an unprecedented decline in violent crime over the last two decades (1990-2010); however, violent crime remains stubbornly concentrated in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2018
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While progress has been made, improvements to companies' anti-bribery and corruption strategies are still needed, according to the 2018 Global White Collar Crime Survey, which has been launched by The University of Manchester ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2018
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A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University is suggesting in a Policy Forum piece published in the journal Science that it might be time to start building a universal genetic database. They suggest doing so would help ...
When a U.S. senator asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "Can you define hate speech?" it was arguably the most important question that social networks face: how to identify extremism inside their communities.
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2018
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As global temperatures climb, warmer winters in parts of the country may set the scene for higher rates of violent crimes such as assault and robbery, according to a new CIRES study.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2018
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With 11 people killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue, racially motivated shootings in a Kentucky store, and bombs in the mail, it seems like ethnic, religious, and racial hate are increasingly running unchecked in America.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2018
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The more severe a crime, the more evidence you should have to prove someone did it. But a new Duke study, appearing Oct. 29 in Nature Human Behavior, has shown that the type of alleged crime can increase jurors' confidence ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2018
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