Culture and Society… Incentives to Plead Guilty may Undermine the Right to a Fair Trial 3 Sep 20193 Dec 2020 Research by Dr. Rebecca Helm and published in the Journal of Law and Society suggests that incentives to plead guilty in England and Wales may undermine the right to a…
Culture and Society… Teenagers More Likely to Plead Guilty to Crimes they did not Commit 21 Mar 201822 Aug 2019 Teenagers are more likely to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit because they are less able to make mature decisions, new research shows. Experts have called for major…
Culture and Society… Programme that Empowers People to Speak up about Sexual and Domestic Violence Set to Expand 26 Jan 201821 Jun 2019 Experts at University of Exeter hope to expand a pioneering programme designed to help empower people to speak up about sexual and domestic violence. The Intervention Initiative, first developed in…
