International Journal of Law Crime and Justice最新文献

{"title":"Addressing honour-based violence: Comparative perspectives","authors":"Carolina Villacampa","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Addressing Honour-Based Violence: Comparative Perspectives</em> places honour-based violence at the centre of current European debates on gender, culture and human rights. While legal and policy progress has undoubtedly been made, this special issue shows that the real challenge lies in reshaping the epistemic and institutional conditions that continue to fuel honour-related harm. Drawing on insights from nine European countries, the collection does not present a linear trajectory of improvement but a mosaic of simultaneous struggles — theoretical, legal-institutional and judicial — that together characterise the present European landscape. It encourages ongoing reflection on how to reconcile diversity with universality and how to ensure that prevention, protection and prosecution remain grounded in the lived realities and voices of those most affected.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100819"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deterrence, prior experience, and drunk-driving intentions: A survey experiment among Turkish drivers","authors":"Levent Emre Özgüç","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100822","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100822","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluates the core claims of deterrence theory in the context of drunk driving among Turkish drivers. Using a scenario-based, 3 × 3 factorial survey, 1153 respondents read one randomly assigned vignette that varied the likelihood of police detection (low/medium/high) and the severity of legal sanctions (fine only/fine + license suspension/fine + license suspension + imprisonment). Participants then reported (a) their perceived certainty of apprehension, (b) the perceived severity of punishment, and (c) their likelihood of driving after drinking. Additional items captured demographics, lifetime drunk-driving frequency and punishment history.</div><div>Findings replicate several patterns in a non-Western setting. Higher perceived certainty and, to a lesser extent, higher perceived severity were associated with lower offending intentions. Environmental cues embedded in the vignettes systematically shifted certainty and severity perceptions. Prior drunk-driving experience lowered perceived certainty, but prior punishment did not raise it, offering only partial support for specific deterrence. Certainty effects emerged only above a 70 % subjective likelihood of apprehension, and severity mattered chiefly when certainty was moderate. The limited impact of formal punishment, together with evidence of compliance despite low perceived risk, suggests an important role for informal social controls in Turkey's drunk-driving deterrence landscape.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100822"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intelligent justice: AI-driven forensics and legal process for criminal justice reforms","authors":"Satyam Srivastav ,&nbsp;K.M. Shruti ,&nbsp;Dalima Agarwal ,&nbsp;Priyanka Soni ,&nbsp;Rajat Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100832","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100832","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The accelerated development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in the field of criminal justice has triggered a paradigm shift in forensic science and legal procedures. The research, Intelligent Justice: AI-Driven Forensics and Legal Process for Criminal Justice Reform, critically examines the application of AI technologies in offering enhanced accuracy, efficacy, and fairness in forensic and judicial procedures. Informed by an interdisciplinary approach, the research discerns the necessity of balancing technological progress with essential values of justice, legality, and procedural rights.</div><div>The paper maps the modern landscape of AI technology in criminal law, from algorithmic risk profiling to predictive policing and legal analytics. Using the chosen case studies, the study illustrates the ability of AI systems to generate more precise evidence and accelerate investigation procedures.</div><div>Despite the benefits bestowed, the use of artificial intelligence raises serious legal and ethical issues. Some of the most important ones include uncertainty in algorithmic decision-making, the existence of possible biases within forensic algorithms, challenges of admitting evidence, and threat to procedural safeguards. In this research, it is recommended that a robust regulatory and normative framework be put in place to govern the use of AI within criminal justice settings with a strong emphasis on transparency, accountability, and human oversight. In promoting the notion of \"Intelligent Justice,\" the paper contends that AI not merely must improve present practice but prove a force for reform, most importantly in advancing crime prevention, protecting rights, and enhancing a rehabilitative theory of justice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100832"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147395508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A desistance practice framework to support police professionals working with people with sexual convictions","authors":"Stephanie Cain ,&nbsp;Sarah Pemberton ,&nbsp;Leona Mydlowski ,&nbsp;Paul Burnside ,&nbsp;Andy Horne","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in England and Wales, statutory agencies (police, probation, and prison services) are responsible for assessing and managing the risk of over 70,000 people subject to sexual notification requirements. With the majority (approximately three-quarters) of this population being managed in the community by specialist police professionals, control and containment approaches dominate policy and practice. This is of concern because risk management tactics that adopt restrictive measures in isolation can only achieve short-term goals. However, when combined with desistance-focused strategies, longer-term change is facilitated.</div><div>Desistance refers to the cessation of criminal behaviour, requiring both cognitive and behavioural change, alongside pro-social and structural support. Positive informal (e.g. family and friends) and formal (e.g. police) relationships are crucial in fostering successful desistance outcomes. But, because desistance is a meta-theory, integrating various psychological, social, and situational theories, its operationalisation is complex. To effectively address sexual reoffending, police professionals must maximise every opportunity to support the desistance process among people with sexual convictions. To this end, we introduce our <strong>Desistance Practice Framework,</strong> co-developed with police stakeholders and people with sexual convictions. We outline here our consultation process and present the theoretical foundations underpinning our model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100826"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perspectives on peer mentoring and employment prospects post release for incarcerated women in England and Wales","authors":"April Smith","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100800","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100800","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the value of peer mentoring within a women's prison as a mechanism for enhancing employability and employment prospects post-release, while addressing perceived barriers to employer decision-making. Drawing upon the views of peer mentors and staff at a female prison in England and Wales, the study highlights how mentoring roles provide opportunities to gain formal qualifications and foster softer, person-centric attributes such as confidence, self-esteem, and a renewed sense of purpose. At the same time, it explores systemic and personal barriers mentors face in transitioning from prison-based mentoring roles to employment post-release, including stigma, limited opportunities for progression, and concerns about identity fragility, particularly for a role that is tied to their history of offending, which many aspire to leave behind. Despite these challenges, peer mentors often expressed a motivation to gain work in advice and guidance roles upon release. The research underscores the importance of recognising peer mentoring as having salient employability related gains. However, to fully unlock its potential as a bridge to meaningful employment, these roles should be supported by structured pathways to opportunities after release.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100800"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145749920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Family member incarceration: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Akhil P.R. ,&nbsp;Laxmi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100834","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100834","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Crime occurs for various reasons, affecting both victims and perpetrators in distinct ways. Traditionally, research has focused on the impact of punishment on offenders. However, following the prison boom in the United States, there has been a paradigm shift in penal studies, with increasing attention given to the families of incarcerated individuals. This shift has sparked growing interest in the topic of family member incarceration, which is now gaining attention globally. The present study employs bibliometric analysis to evaluate the status of research on family member incarceration and identify areas requiring further exploration. In total, 423 articles have been retrieved from the Scopus database. Analysis include Citation Metrics, Geographical Distribution of Publications, Bibliographic Coupling, Publication Trends, Key Word Analysis (network, overlay, cluster), Most Occurred Key words, Most Cited Articles, Most Productive Authors, and Co-Authorship Analysis. The citation metrics analysis was performed by Publish or Perish Software (Version 8) and rest of the analysis was performed by VOSviewer (Version 1.6.20). Findings reveal that parental incarceration, particularly its effects on children, is the most extensively researched subtopic. However, most of these studies originate from the United States, with limited contributions from low- and middle-income countries, despite their distinct penal and correctional systems. The study highlights the need for broader research into the effects of incarceration on other family members, such as spouses and elderly parents. Beyond the negative consequences, coping mechanisms and resilience also need to be explored in greater depth. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of focusing on preventive aspects of crime to foster a more inclusive society. These insights underscore the necessity for interdisciplinary and globally representative research in this evolving field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100834"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When numbers meet justice: Examining the consistency between quantitative risk assessment tools (PCL-R, KSORAS) scores and court dispositions","authors":"Jaekyung Ahn ,&nbsp;Seungbeom Sim","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100831","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100831","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research investigated how quantitative risk assessment tools (PCL-R, KSORAS) influence judicial decision-making by examining the correlation between psychological evaluations of sexual offenders and their actual legal sentences. Using a dataset of 464 trial court decisions involving sexual offenders from 2020 to 2025, researchers employed clustering techniques with offender profiles and psychological metrics to create risk categories. The study then assessed alignment between these risk classifications and court disposition (electronic monitoring, probation, or no disposition) through statistical cross-analysis and residual examination, while utilizing ordinal logistic regression to determine which factors influence judicial decisions.</div><div>Sexual offenders were classified into three types: low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk groups, with quantitative recidivism risk assessment tools (PCL-R, KSORAS) scores and previous criminal records emerging as significant factors for the severity of disposition. However, discrepancies between quantitative assessments and court dispositions were observed in 30.9% of all cases (16.2% receiving enhanced dispositions despite being low-risk, and 14.7% receiving lenient dispositions despite being medium/high-risk). Notably, there were cases where electronic monitoring was imposed on low-risk groups or probation/no disposition was given to medium and high-risk groups. These findings suggest that while courts utilize quantitative recidivism risk tools as important reference materials, they comprehensively consider qualitative factors such as the defendant's attitude and case context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100831"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From ‘talismanic label’ to accountability: tracing the public–private divide in political elites' drug trafficking crimes","authors":"Yuliya Zabyelina","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines the exploitation of public office by political elites to facilitate and profit from illicit narcotics economies, operating at the intersection of sovereign authority and criminality. It analyses the doctrinal and normative challenges of distinguishing official conduct from private enrichment where state functions and instrumentalities are appropriated to orchestrate or shield drug trafficking under the guise of legitimate governmental action. Drawing on jurisprudence from the United States — particularly <em>United States v Alcalá Cordones</em> — and on the doctrines of functional and personal immunity, the article interrogates how courts have construed the boundary between acts attributable to the state and acts imputable to the individual. By conceptualizing such misconduct as a form of structural occupational deviance embedded within governance and obscured by institutional legitimacy, the article exposes the limitations of existing immunity doctrines and accountability mechanisms in addressing elite criminality cloaked in sovereign authority. Bridging insights from international law, criminology, and political sociology, it contributes to the legal literature on state responsibility, official immunity, and elite accountability by articulating a framework for scrutinizing and adjudicating misconduct that masquerades as lawful state action.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100827"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the role of case management systems in criminal investigations","authors":"Mads Skipanes ,&nbsp;Johannes Pippidis Lorentzen ,&nbsp;Sule Yildirim Yayilgan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100805","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100805","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Case management systems (CMSs) are essential to modern criminal investigations but remain underexplored compared to systems for predictive policing and digital forensics. This study examines how investigators use CMSs, which capabilities remain insufficient, and how these systems can better support their work. Through interviews with practitioners across European jurisdictions, we identify an investigative workflow of six concurrent dimensions and propose a two-tier model distinguishing preparation and exploration for knowledge discoveries. While CMSs effectively manage actions and decision-making, critical gaps persist for knowledge discovery, such as text analysis, hypothesis testing, and information retrieval. We derive functional requirements by workflow dimensions, offering guidance on which capabilities should be embedded in core systems and which are better delivered as modular services. These findings inform the design of CMSs that combine stable infrastructure with flexible tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100805"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145693478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Narrative accounts, feelings, and perceptions of yahoo-plus offenders in Enugu and Abakaliki correctional centers, Nigeria","authors":"Benjamin Okorie Ajah ,&nbsp;Dominic Chukwuemeka Onyejegbu ,&nbsp;Chima Theresa Isife ,&nbsp;Olisa Anthony Enweonwu ,&nbsp;Uzochukwu Chukwuka Chinweze ,&nbsp;Nkechinyere O. Anyadike ,&nbsp;Kingsley Obumunaeme Ilo ,&nbsp;Joy Chikaodili Omaliko ,&nbsp;Ngozi Asadu ,&nbsp;Chibuike Chris Ogbonna Ugwu ,&nbsp;Ogbonna Onyebuchi Okemini ,&nbsp;Leweanya Kingsley Chukwuemeka ,&nbsp;Jonas Ohabuenyi ,&nbsp;Christopher Okoro Uzoigwe ,&nbsp;David O. Iloma ,&nbsp;John Chijioke Madubuko ,&nbsp;Godwin Emeka Ngwu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There have been speculative debates and assumptions on the causes, implications, and proper sanctions for Yahoo-Plus, primarily from academic, non-academic, and media writers. These discussions are valuable as they highlight the dangers of Yahoo-Plus and propose solutions. However, none have conducted a detailed study from the offenders' perspectives. Deviating from conventional approaches, this study examines the narrative accounts, feelings, and perceptions of Yahoo-Plus offenders in Enugu and Abakaliki Correctional Centers, Nigeria. Yahoo-Plus, defined as a hybrid cybercrime involving ritual violence (e.g., human sacrifice) to enhance online fraud success, represents a disturbing evolution in criminal behavior. Using in-depth interviews, the study explores the sociocultural and psychological drivers of Yahoo-Plus based on offenders’ interpretative meanings. A cross-sectional research design and snowball sampling technique were employed to select a sample of 42 from a population of 67 convicted and awaiting-trial inmates. Findings confirm that Yahoo-Plus is deeply entrenched in Nigeria and is increasing, driven by the utilitarian culture of modern society that prioritizes material acquisition and wealth. Based on these findings, the study calls for urgent policy measures to address social exclusion and poverty, create meaningful employment opportunities for youth, and reorient societal values through structured educational reforms. This approach aims to address the sociocultural disorientation fueling Yahoo-Plus while advocating for balanced, evidence-based policy interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Law Crime and Justice","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 100823"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}