How to stop re-traumatizing sexual assault victims who must appear in court
As federal parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual violence, one of the frequent questions has been "why don't victims go to police?"
Mar 25, 2021
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As federal parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual violence, one of the frequent questions has been "why don't victims go to police?"
Mar 25, 2021
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As the U.S. mourns the tragic number of lives lost due to the mindless COVID-19 virus it has also dramatically revealed how greatly institutionalized inequality and structural racism—social, economic and systemic—shapes ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Pregnant women involved in the criminal justice system are disproportionately not receiving medications for opioid use disorder, as compared to their peers, according to a Vanderbilt-led study published today in PLOS Medicine.
May 19, 2020
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Distressed rape complainants are perceived to be more credible than those who control their emotions, a University of Queensland study has found.
Sep 13, 2019
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Young adults with childhood history of both parental incarceration and juvenile justice involvement were nearly three times more likely to have depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to peers without ...
Sep 4, 2019
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Outside prisons and jails, more than four million people in the United States are still monitored on probation and parole. Mental health disorders may affect about half a million of them—or perhaps more. No one is quite ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Reports this week of an Indigenous boy with a disability held naked for days in a Brisbane police cell have once again raised the issue of how best to treat our most vulnerable young offenders, and the impact of their incarceration.
Jun 21, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Drug, alcohol, and suicide deaths have increased among millennials, according to a report issued by the Trust for America's Health and the Well Being Trust.
Jun 14, 2019
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Women prisoners might benefit from female-specific treatment that addresses the traumas common among women.
Jun 12, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Barriers to accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) need to be addressed to help curb the epidemic, according to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Apr 16, 2019
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