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Criminal Law
Exploring detainees’ understanding of the right to a lawyer and potential barriers to accessing legal advice
Vicky Kemp discusses the use of an App to explore with detainees their understanding of the right to…
Terrorist Profiling and Law Enforcement Detection, Prevention, Deterrence
Noel McGuirk discusses the usefulness of terrorist profiling utilised by law enforcement officers as a pre-emptive means to…
Punished for Aging: Vulnerability, Rights, and Access to Justice in Canadian Penitentiaries
Adeline Iftene discusses the challenges individuals face in Canadian penitentiaries and their struggles for justice.
Is Death Different to Federal Judges?
Legal commentators have long believed that federal judges treat capital appeals more favorably than noncapital appeals. No empirical…
Preventing and Reducing “Coercion” in Mental Health Services
Bernadette McSherry discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing “coercive practices” in mental health and community settings worldwide
Procedural justice, compliance with the law and police
Mike Hough discusses Procedural justice, compliance with the law and the police. Mike Hough is Emeritus Professor at…
Unwanted Distribution of Children’s Images and the Right to Development
Anna Bunn discusses why the distribution of images of children and young people have implications for the development of self-esteem
Kimberley Capers: An Outback ‘Whodunnit?’
In November 2019, a sequel to the mass-marketed tax avoidance schemes of the 1990s appeared in the West…
Prohibiting impersonation of police in an era of Deepfakes
Tania Leiman discusses synthetic media and the critical importance of announcements from public authorities including police
The Prisoner Trade
Emma Kaufman discusses the prisoner trade
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