Psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing
When it comes to holding children accountable for crimes they commit, race matters.
Social Sciences
May 24, 2012
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Study: Black prosecutors are more punitive toward Black and Latinx defendants
Prosecutors exert considerable power in the criminal justice system, and while defendants are predominantly Black and Latinx, prosecutors are overwhelmingly White. Despite calls for addressing racial disparities in this field, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2022
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Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That 'Race Matters'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for those who are suspected of killing whites ...
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2010
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Russian geneticist gets probation for DNA smuggling. Discovery of vials prompted alarm at airport
Customs agents were alarmed at their discovery last August at Dulles International Airport: an undeclared cooler packed in a suitcase and filled with 10 test tubes of an unknown yellowish substance, brought to the U.S. by ...
Other
Aug 24, 2023
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New molecule targets, images and treats lung cancer tumors in mice
Lung cancer can be elusive to spot and difficult to treat because the markers for it are found in other tissues, too. Now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a finely tuned molecular agent ...
Biochemistry
Oct 25, 2021
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Reading comprehension not worsened by noise, study finds
Researchers of the HSE Centre for Language and Brain have investigated the impact of both auditory and visual noise on semantic processing during reading to determine if it results in a more superficial reading style that ...
Education
May 18, 2023
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Why prisons continue to grow, even when crime declines
The U.S. prison population continued to rise even after the crime rate began declining in the mid-1990s because judges were faced with more repeat offenders, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2016
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Juror faces jail for Facebook chat with defendant
(AP) -- A British juror will be sent to jail for discussing a drug and corruption trial with a defendant on Facebook, a judge said Tuesday.
Internet
Jun 14, 2011
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Setting a precedent in the use of artificial intelligence
Criminal sentencing could be fairer with the help of machine learning, according to Professor Dan Hunter. The Foundation Dean of Swinburne Law School, Hunter observed that sentencing generates a vast store of data, and the ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2019
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China censors squelch web searches in activist case
Chinese censors Monday blocked web searches of a host of terms related to blind activist Chen Guangcheng, from his name to "Shawshank Redemption", the prison-break film being compared to his case.
Internet
Apr 30, 2012
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