COVID-19 and European carcerality: Do national prison policies converge when faced with a pandemic?
COVID-19 and European carcerality: Do national prison policies converge when faced with a pandemic? Punishment &Society, Ahead of Print. The article analyses an original dataset on policies adopted in 47…
Gender Differences in the Accumulation, Timing, and Duration of Childhood Adverse Experiences and Youth Delinquency in Fragile Families
Gender Differences in the Accumulation, Timing, and Duration of Childhood Adverse Experiences and Youth Delinquency in Fragile Families Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Ahead of Print. Objective:The purposes…
Foster Care, Permanency, and Risk of Prison Entry
Foster Care, Permanency, and Risk of Prison Entry Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Ahead of Print. Objective:(1) Examine associations of foster care exit type (, reunification with birth…
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Justice Department & The Department and IRS announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under the voluntary disclosure program the IRS implemented following…
Miami Physician Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Miami Physician Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for…
Alleged Afghan Narcotics Trafficker Ordered Detained Pending Trial on U.S. Drug Charges
Alleged Afghan Narcotics Trafficker Ordered Detained Pending Trial on Drug Charges Haji Bagcho, aka Haji Bagh Chagul, an Afghan national, was ordered detained today by Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola…
Former Executive of Philadelphia Company Pleads Guilty to Paying Bribes to Vietnamese Officials
Former Executive of Philadelphia Company Pleads Guilty to Paying Bribes to Vietnamese Officials A former executive of Philadelphia-based Nexus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty today in connection with his participation in…
Justice Department Files Complaint and Reaches Settlement to Improve Conditions at Texas State Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Justice Department Files Complaint and Reaches Settlement to Improve Conditions at Texas State Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities The Department announced a simultaneous lawsuit and settlement with the state…
Human-Trafficking Offenses Handled by State Attorneys General Offices, 2018
Human-Trafficking Offenses Handled by State Attorneys General Offices, 2018 (Publication) This report details the information reported by state attorneys general offices in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and 3…
Human Trafficking Data-Collection Activities, 2020
Human Trafficking Data-Collection Activities, 2020 (Publication) This report describes BJS's activities during 2019 and 2020 to collect data and report on human trafficking as required by the Combat Human Trafficking…
Extreme dwelling: Assembling domus horribilis
Extreme dwelling: Assembling domus horribilis Crime, Media, Culture, Ahead of Print. 10 Rillington Place names the site of temporally extensive practices of murder (1943–1953), and offers an empirical entry point…
On the Sociology of Law in Economic Relations
On the Sociology of Law in Economic Relations Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. A focus on law’s role in economic activities was central to many of the classical sociologists,…