Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, one of the “Palermo protocols” adopted in 2000, was…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Every April in the United States, Sexual Assault Awareness Month is observed with educational campaigns coordinated by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. According…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email On January 23, 2013, the Pentagon indicated that it would lift its ban on allowing women to serve in combat roles. The announcement comes…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email A new study looks at the residential patterns of registered sex offenders 15 years after arrest. The issue: Numerous state and local governments have…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Human trafficking leaves no land untouched. In 2013 the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 27 million victims worldwide trafficked for forced labor…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The controversy over NFL star Ray Rice and the instance of domestic violence he perpetrated, which was caught on video camera, stirred wide discussion…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The widespread use of DNA technology in forensic laboratories, starting in the early 2000s, gave law enforcement officials a powerful tool that improved the investigation…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that the human-trafficking industry is the second largest criminal industry in the world, with $32…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Because domestic violence frequently goes unreported, police records don’t necessarily indicate its actual prevalence. Consequently, a 2009 study published in the Maternal and Child…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Younger prisoners receive more visitors than older ones. Meanwhile, white and Latino inmates get more visits from family and friends than do black inmates,…
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