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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Other Legal Studies"”.
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Does expert evidence pertaining to battered woman syndrome influence juror verdicts?
… Syndrome (BWS) influences juror verdicts the legal requirements of self defence (imminence, proportionality and an attempt to retreat from the situation) are generally not met in cases where battered women kill their partner: The killings do not immediately follow the attack, the force used is …
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Masculinity and Violence: Early childhood traumas which lead to violent behavior in young boys
<p>The goal of this study was to explore early childhood traumas young boys experience that may lead to violent behavior. The research questions for this study focused on childhood traumas, specifically child maltreatment, exposure to violence and drugs in the family and community, emotional …
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Traditional Gender Roles: The Culture of Toxic Masculinity and the Effect on Male Rape Victims
<p>Sexual assault is not a new topic of discussion. It has increasingly become a popular topic to discuss especially with larger cases being more prevalent in the media. However, the discussion about adult male victims has just begun. There has been little to no discussion about adult male victims …
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Standing Trans Before the Law
… updating sex markers on birth certificates and other identity documents, and confirming whether their marriages were legal. However, it was not until the mid-2000s that courts began recognizing trans discrimination claims. While trans people enjoyed numerous legal inroads under the Obama …
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TV Policy Dynamics: Examining Effects of Advertising on Arrests in Cities
<p>Through the work done by Shaw & McKay (1942), Bursik (1989), Messner & Sampson (1991), and Sampson & Wilson (1995), social disorganization and focus on inner-city crime became a major point of interest for researchers. The idea of social disorganization looks at the weakening of social …
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A Content Analysis of Statutory Grounds for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights: The Impacts and Susceptibility of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
… the parent-child relationship, the likelihood of legal severance between an incarcerated parent and their child increases. Despite the nation’s mounting prison population over the last three decades, the growing interaction between the prison and foster care populations has received minimal …
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Exploration of Patient Variables and Characteristics Best Suited for Medical Marijuana Treatment for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
… reduction of depressive symptoms. Conversely, studies have shown that medical marijuana and recreational marijuana use may exacerbate depressive symptoms and psychosis, and tetrahydrocannabinol-based medical marijuana products may not be best suited for individuals with a history of substance …
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Measuring the Impact of Gun Theft on City-Level Gun Crime Rates
… Often, guns are accessible in three ways: (1) legal transactions, (2) straw purchases, or (3) theft (Braga, 2017; Cook et al, 2015; Koper, 2013). Most contemporary gun accessibility research measures the impact of legal gun ownership and straw market transactions on gun crime rates within …
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Forensic Investigation of Stamped Markings Using a Large-Chamber Scanning Electron Microscope and Computer Analysis for Depth Determination
<p>All firearms within the United States are required by the Gun Control Act to be physically marked with a serial number; which is at least 0.003” in depth and 1/16” in height. The purpose of a serial number is to make each firearm uniquely identifiable and traceable. Intentional removal of a …
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A Content Analysis of Section 1983 Litigation Against Reserve Police Officers
<p>Police studies have well developed a demonstrative framework for detailing risks which generate financially-detrimental civil litigation – particularly regarding 42 U.S.C. §1983. Conversely, though, police studies have given little attention to the often-used but differentially-trained reserve …
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Fighting the Invisibility of Domestic Violence
… personnel assisting victims in a language other than English. It goes without saying that many of these agencies are in neighborhoods where most of the population speak a language other than English such as Spanish or Chinese. In addition, the study ends by concluding that although domestic …
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Sweeping Exposures: Lead Poisonings and Black Working Poor Populations in the United States
… and intellectual experts in the American Studies field successfully utilize methodological and theoretical approaches in striving for an intercultural analysis of the transnational U.S. history within the scope of critical race and ethnic studies, the field’s conversation about the …
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Stigmatization of Psychological and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Effects of Diagnostic Labeling in a Legal Context
… with more prison recommendations compared to the other labels. Controllability attributions were significantly different when ADHD and no-label were compared to ASPD, Schizophrenia, and ASD, and when Schizophrenia was compared to ASD. Stability attributions were significantly different between the …
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The New American Slavery: Capitalism and the Ghettoization of American Prisons as a Profitable Corporate Business
… modern day slavery have been linked with one another. Some analysis sees slavery as a remote form of capitalism, a substitute, to an antiquated form of labor in the modern world.</p> <p>Slave plantations adopted a new concentration in size and management, referred to by W.E. DuBois as a change …
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The Elimination Model versus The Protection Model: Analysis of Child Labor Policies in Peru and Bolivia (2014-2026)
… South, with a specific focus on the comparative legal frameworks of Bolivia and Peru. </p> <p>While international human rights instruments, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions, advocate for a universalist …
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Into The Red: A Look into the Reasons Why Refugees Decide to Flee, Settle or Migrate to and from Morocco
<p>This research paper explores some of the main reasons why refugees and asylum seekers, particularly from sub-Saharan African countries, embark on a journey and decide to settle, flee or migrate to and from Morocco. Because of this phenomenon, Morocco has seen a 96% increase of refugees migrating …