On March 23 2020, jury trials in England and Wales were suspended in response to COVID-19. This was done to protect public safety as social distancing measures were difficult to implement in courtrooms. Since then, several ...
Social Sciences
Jul 16, 2020
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In a discovery with important implications for criminal justice, a team of scientists from USC and other Southern California research institutions has developed a unique way to measure the reliability of an eyewitness trying ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2020
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In the past 5 years, Chicago residents have purchased nearly 1,300 vacant lots and replaced weed trees and sagging fences with gardens and children's play areas. In doing so, they have demonstrated that transferring city-owned ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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Although U.S. court documents are publicly available online, they sit behind expensive paywalls inside a difficult-to-navigate database.
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2020
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A large volume of criminal offending involves two or more individuals acting collaboratively—yet detailed analysis of co-offending is lacking to obtain more detailed and accurate pictures of criminal networks and broad ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2020
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The UK Government and its advisory groups "marginalised or ignored" the environmental and public health ramifications of permitting shale gas extraction in England, according to new research.
Environment
Jul 1, 2020
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Electronic ankle monitors—increasingly used as an alternative to incarceration—are bulky and difficult to conceal, displaying their wearers' potential involvement with the justice system for all to see, according to a ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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The way a vast amount of schools are setup, with classes grouping children based on their ability, is severely affecting pupil's self-confidence.
Education
Jun 17, 2020
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An eye-opening report from Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic finds that racial discrimination is a consistent aspect of jury selection in California. The exhaustive study investigates the history, legacy, and ongoing practice ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2020
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Trade unions are crucial in advancing workers' rights, but it is unhelpful to consider their leaders as representatives of the working class as a whole when analysing labour relations and government policies, a new paper ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2020
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