In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and

that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity. [...]

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. Millions of people in the United States are convicted of misdemeanor crimes annually, yet we know little about the processes

generating these convictions. The current research used 87,248 misdemeanor cases from an urban Florida county to examine ... [...]

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. Credible messengers—individuals with lived experience of violence either as perpetrators or victims—are central to many community-based

violence intervention (CVI) programs. Although the use of credible messengers as case managers in CVI programs is ... [...]

Alternative Law Journal, Ahead of Print. This article argues that legal education must reclaim its public role through critical and transformative pedagogy. Drawing on interviews

with animal law educators from five Australian universities, it examines the disconnect between how educators ... [...]

Alternative Law Journal, Ahead of Print. A vital protection against abuses in detention is regular independent monitoring. But in Australia we have seen international detention

monitoring bodies prevented from visiting detention facilities, and we have seen the refusal in some jurisdictions to ... [...]

This study explores the relationships between investor climate change concern (ICCC) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. By analyzing site visit summary

reports issued by Chinese A-share listed firms, we construct an ICCC index using textual analysis and machine learning techniques. [...]