An unprecedented study of 2.3m children has found that one in three children born between 1996 and 1999 who had experience of the care system received a youth justice caution or conviction between the ages of 10 and 17, compared ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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A class-action lawsuit was brought against the Toronto Police Service in August over the force's historic use of street checks, known as carding. The lawsuit highlights the damaging and discriminatory impacts of carding, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2023
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When I watched the members of the US far-right group the Proud Boys from afar before and during the Capitol riots of January 6 2021, I thought their name was quite apt. They always seemed proud—arrogant, even—and entitled.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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Despite strong promotion of the green growth perspective by a variety of policymakers and international institutions, a new article led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2023
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The U.S. criminal justice system has expanded considerably since the 1970s. At the same time, male employment rates have dropped and racial earnings inequality has grown. Former inmates perform worse in the labor market than ...
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2023
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"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful," warned Friedrich Nietzsche more than a century ago.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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For the past decade, companies across North America have paid more attention to supporting equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). This has prompted many organizations to create a leadership role fully dedicated to advancing ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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A "near total" lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, according to a Lancaster University-led study titled "Hold big business to task on ecosystem ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2023
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The visuals accompanying climate change are hard to ignore: communities engulfed in flames, neighborhoods submerged by floods, habitats like coral reefs—once teeming with life and vibrance—now bleached, brittle and barren.
Environment
Sep 6, 2023
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In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favor of police abolition.
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2023
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