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Showing 1 to 20 of 115 for “"suspects"”.
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Cooperation, reminiscence and repeated interviews of suspects
… prompts are used to promote free recall. Suspects of crime may have different motivations to victims/witnesses such as the motivation to deceive. Research on suspect interviewing tends to focus on how officers can detect deception during interviews and factors which may increase the risk …
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Unusual suspects: identifying active serious offenders by self-selection policing
The present thesis examines the emergent and complementary investigative method known as self-selection policing. This method seeks to identify minor offences indicative of more serious criminality, whereby the serious offender volunteers him or herself for warranted police attention by dint of …
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Gender parity and the 'usual suspects' in South African education
It has been shown that educating girls has powerful externalities, which, if scaled, can act as a catalyst for socioeconomic development. However, there are many gender inequality factors that prohibit girls from accessing and succeeding in educational pursuits. This report explores the South …
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Memory-Based Approaches to the Examination of Alibis Provided by Innocent Suspects
… of providing alibis may be improved for innocent suspects, for whom the provision of inaccurate and incomplete alibis may be detrimental. Across three experimental studies and one exploratory survey, I examined (i) whether memory-based reporting instructions enhance innocent mock suspects’ memory …
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Intermediated securities holding infrastructure an avant - garde system jeopardised by the usual suspects
… that lead to such consequences (the “usual suspects”). In the second part of this study we fill this gap by developing such a framework. For this purpose we have borrowed R.K. Merton’s framework for analysing the problematic consequences of social action (1936) and whose traces can be found …
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Perceptions of confessions by juvenile suspects: effects of interrogation technique and suspect age
Juvenile suspects are far more prone than adults to make false confessions. Two interrogation techniques known as Minimization (gentle, friendly approach used to gain suspect’s trust) and Maximization (coercive approach using harsh questioning and scare tactics) have been used frequently in cases …
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Unusual suspects: Expelled officers and soldiers under military rule in Brazil, 1964–1985
… state archival sources and interviews, Unusual Suspects examines how these servicemen remembered expulsion and how their experiences shaped them socially and culturally. When joining the military many officers and soldiers conflated notions of masculinity with military honor. This dissertation …
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Interviewing Vulnerable Suspects Arrested for Homicide Offences: The Working Practices of Detectives and Third Parties
… in the detention and interviewing of vulnerable suspects, who have been arrested on suspicion of committing homicide (and attempted murder) offences in England and Wales.<br/><br/>Vulnerable suspects (juveniles under 18 years of age and adults with a mental health condition or mental disorder …
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Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking
… in relation to making of the film “Unusual suspects: girls in gangs”. The film depicts the livedexperiences of three women who are or were involved in gangs and follows a police unit commander in her duties in fighting gang-related crime. The making of the film was characterised by cultural …
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Appropriate practice? : a study of the role and co-ordination of volunteer appropriate adults for young suspects
… volunteer appropriate adult service for young suspects and the first attempt to determine the extent and nature of volunteer appropriate adult provision nationally. The investigation provides an original insight into the philosophy, role, practice and co-ordination of the appropriate adult. At …
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Students vs. suspects: A qualitative examination of stereotype threat and the impact on behavior of Black males
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Students or Suspects? Safety Policy: Is the Wanding Policy in an Urban School District Racializing Latinx Youth?
<p>The ongoing debate over school safety, driven by rising concerns about national school violence, has led to the widespread adoption of preventive measures under the national zero-tolerance discipline policies in U.S. schools. While these policies aim to create safer environments, they have …
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Police powers, legal rights and pre-trial procedures in Saudi Arabia : a comparison with England and Wales
… of a crime. They need to be able to interview suspects in the police station and may have to hold suspects in cells. On the other hand, individual citizens need to be able to carry on with their everyday lives without risking being stopped on the streets, having their homes ransacked by the …
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Not just a slap on the wrist: a thematic analysis of suspects’ decision-making in accepting and subsequently challenging a simple caution for adult offenders
The simple caution is a formal warning given by the police to people aged 18 and over. It is an out-of-court disposal that is intended to be a simple and effective response to low-level, mainly first-time, offending. In recent years the use of the simple caution has been the focus of media …
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Explaining state cooperation with the international criminal courts and tribunals
… an international organisation); the proximity of suspects to the state's political or military elite; the state's institutionalisation of relevant law; and government stability. These conditions were divided into two groups, according to their proximity to the state. It was then possible to …
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A Critique of Human Rights Protection for Suspects in the Chinese Criminal Justice System: An Examination of the Extent to which There Is and Could in Future Be Compatibility between Chinese Law and Practice and International Human Rights Norms
… of the current human rights protection for suspects in the criminal justice system of China, evaluating them from the view of international human rights law and practice, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights(ICCPR) and European Convention of Human …
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‘Suspect’ Community Stereotyping and Criminal Investigations: “In pursuit of higher transparency”: A study of how police officers in England and Wales are believed to investigate people from the Muslim community
… criminal investigations when investigating the suspects from a ‘suspect’ community. This thesis examined the influence of prejudicial stereotyping (within the context of criminal investigations) and originally contributed to the existing knowledge through the course of five studies. The first …
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21st Century Tattoo Identification and Information Sharing Thesis
… in technology, increased capabilities in suspects’ mobility, and suspects’ ability to commit cross jurisdictional crimes. (Meeker & Villa, 2000; Marks & Sun, 2007).</p> <p>The contribution from the findings of this research to the literature is that, 100% of the surveyed officers feel …
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Attitudes of suspicion, perceptions of criminality and willingness to report Muslims in Canada
… and willingness to report Muslims vs. control suspects. In Study 1, 216 students from a Canadian university read about a suspicious event involving Muslims vs. control, conducted by Muslim and non-Muslim experimenters. In Study 2, 192 students read about either a burglary (home invasion) or …
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