The probabilistic revolution first kicked off in the 1600s, when gamblers realized that estimating the likelihood of an event could give them an edge in games of chance.
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2017
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New artificial intelligence software designed to spot new child sexual abuse media online could help police catch child abusers. The toolkit, described in a paper published in Digital Investigation, automatically detects ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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Each year, more than 100,000 children take the stand to testify in criminal, civil or juvenile courts, but legal protections for these underage witnesses and victims greatly vary from state to state.
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2016
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Restorative justice could be useful to help repair harm in some cases of institutional child sex abuse, according to a UNSW report released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2016
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) migrants who obtained refuge or asylum in the U.S. or Canada on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity report extensive recollections of abuse by parents and caregivers, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2015
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Three in five Australians have been the target of online harassment and abuse, landmark RMIT University research reveals.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2015
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Sex education has long been a controversial topic in the United States. In Texas, where I work, sex education does not really exist, at least not in schools. About 47% of school districts provide nothing in terms of sex education ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2015
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Major US Internet firms have joined an effort to curb the spread of images of sex abuse of children, organizers said Monday.
Internet
Aug 10, 2015
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Arrests of women increased dramatically in the past two decades, while domestic abuse laws meant to protect female victims have put many behind bars for defending themselves, a new paper argues.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2015
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The one defining ideal of journalism is the belief that journalists should "speak the truth" even when the truth may be contested, unpopular or damaging.
Internet
May 22, 2015
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