New research from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Oxford University, UK, shows that close relatives of men convicted of sexual offences commit similar offences themselves more frequently than comparison ...
Social Sciences
Apr 8, 2015
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Two studies in the latest issue of the Journal of Law and Economics cast doubt on whether sex offender registry and notification laws actually work as intended.
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2011
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The southeastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Thursday banned animal testing in research for the cosmetics, perfume and personal care industry,
Other
Jan 23, 2014
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(AP) -- Vermont lawmakers are considering making it a crime for convicted sex offenders to use false names on social media sites like Facebook, after one such incident was reported in the state.
Internet
Feb 12, 2011
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Much of U.S. criminal justice policy focuses on recidivism, and probation and parole violators make up a considerable share of jail and prison populations. In a new article, a 2022 winner of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2022
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A Sam Houston State University professor is working on a series of studies that examine the effects of race and ethnicity on state and federal sentencing outcomes, including incarceration and sentence length decisions.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2012
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Public sex offender registries are at the forefront of what I've described in my research as a "war on sex."
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2017
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Offenders convicted of occupational crime and corruption are having their rehabilitation negatively affected by long term 'labels' attached to them on digital media, according to new research by the University of Portsmouth.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2019
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Child sexual abuse material—images and videos of kids being sexually abused—is a growing international problem. Almost 70 million reports of this material were made to US authorities in 2019. That figure rose still further ...
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2021
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Tilburg professors Stefan Bogaerts (Clinical Forensic Psychology) and Bert-Jaap Koops (Regulation & Technology) are involved, in cooperation with children's rights organization Terre des Hommes, in upgrading Sweetie 1.0, ...
Software
Mar 11, 2015
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