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Penalty effect of China's Plea Leniency System: Evidence from theft cases 中国认罪宽大制度的刑罚效果：来自盗窃案的证据

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100769

Zhiquan Shao , Qiong Wu

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Cyber victimization and social cohesion: Unraveling correlates of cyberbullying and cyberstalking in Canada 网络受害与社会凝聚力：加拿大网络欺凌和网络跟踪的相关关系

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100766

S.-Y. Kevin Wang , Xiaohan Mei , Ming-Li Hsieh , Liqun Cao , Zhi-Shu Li

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Space, devices, activities: A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) assessment in Kakogawa, Japan 空间，设备，活动：通过环境设计预防犯罪（CPTED）评估在日本Kakogawa

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International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100765

Sihan Yang, Hideki Koizumi

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Flying under and through the radar: Tactics used by intimate partner femicide perpetrators to evade interventions 在雷达下和通过雷达飞行：亲密伴侣杀害妇女者为逃避干预而使用的策略

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International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100767

Martín Hernán Di Marco , Dabney P. Evans

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Faith and justice in action: Understanding the Buddhist temple's function in civic probation in Central Thailand 信仰与正义在行动：了解泰国中部佛教寺庙在公民缓刑中的作用

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100768

Soiboon Saithong , PhamahaSuthep Peupuad , Nattapon Meekaew , Parinya Nikorunkul , Chamyun Lunghuang

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The systemic procedural injustice faced by victim-survivors in police responses to rape and ‘serious’ sexual offences: A comprehensive study of four forces in England and Wales 在警察对强奸和“严重”性犯罪的反应中，受害者幸存者面临的系统性程序不公正：对英格兰和威尔士四种力量的综合研究

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International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100756

Olivia Smith , Kelly Johnson , Oona Brooks-Hay , Ruth Friskney , Sophie Geoghegan-Fittall , Susan Hillyard , Katrin Hohl , Bethany Jennings , Sarah Molisso , Andy Myhill , Rosa Walling-Wefelmeyer

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Breaking barriers? A study of individual and societal influences on engagement with women's police stations in Guatemala 打破壁垒?关于个人和社会对参与危地马拉妇女警察局的影响的研究

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100764

Laura Iesue

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"Victim is such a touchy word": Rethinking victimhood among human trafficking intervention court defendants in the US “受害者是一个如此敏感的词”：重新思考美国人口贩运干预法庭被告的受害者身份

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100763

Lauren N. Moton

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The impact of built environment on the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of theft crime: A geodetector approach in X District, China 建筑环境对盗窃犯罪时空异质性的影响：基于地理探测器的X区研究

IF 1 4区社会学

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100753

Hequn Wu , Li Liu

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Discouraging dignity: Linguistic barriers to transforming the prison environment 打击尊严：改变监狱环境的语言障碍

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International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100755

Veronica L. Horowitz , Steven L. Chanenson , Christopher Uggen , Hannah Nario-Lopez , Synøve N. Andersen , Jordan M. Hyatt

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