Nigeria's prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centers. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. They have been arrested and charged, but not yet convicted or cleared.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2022
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This week, we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that guaranteed a person's right to have an abortion in the United States. If this happens, 23 states could institute bans ...
Political science
May 5, 2022
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The extent of discriminatory treatment Black adults and children experience at every point of contact within the legal system and the biases that result in Black children's behavior being managed more harshly in school are ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2020
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America's prison populations are disproportionately filled with people of color, but prosecutors' biases toward defendants' race and class may not be the primary cause for those disparities, new research from the University ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2020
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We decided to examine the state of prosecutor funding and caseloads after recent local debates on the issue. Prosecutors contend they need more staff to ensure due process and increased diversion options and others are concerned ...
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2019
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A milestone in the ADAPTIVE project was recently reached, with the announcement that its demonstrator vehicles had all been successfully equipped and are now ready for test scenarios. Eight vehicles in all, seven passenger ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 13, 2016
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Laurence Ralph, a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, has been studying the issue of police violence in Chicago from the perspective of its survivors and community organizers. Drawing on his research, he says there ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2016
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Many Brits who move to Turkey are failing to grasp local and international laws, leaving them financially at risk when making legal transactions, such as buying property, a study from Queen Mary, University of London has ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2012
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No country's legal system is made with children in mind, but that has not stopped large numbers of children from becoming involved with it. Last year alone, an astonishing 50,000 children testified in UK courts for one reason ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is a disturbing truth that sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) is used as a war tactic in developing nations. Silvia Dominguez, assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University, recently ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2009
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