Who Arrests those Accused by the ICC?

Those Who Discourage Crime

Even by their simple presence, people can discourage crime from happening at specijic times and places. Such direct-contact discouragement can occur when "guardians" keep an eye on potential crime targets (Cohen and Felson, 1979), or when "handlers" do the same for potential offenders (Felson, 1986). Eck (1994) adds a third type of discouragement role: "managers" who monitor places. Eck present...

The use of neuroscientific evidence in the courtroom by those accused of criminal offenses in England and Wales

This examination of the extent of the use of neuroscientific evidence in England and Wales identifies 204 reported cases in which such evidence has been used by those accused of criminal offenses during the eight-year period from 2005-12. Based on the number of reported cases found, the use of such evidence appears well established with those accused of criminal offenses utilizing such evidence...

Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them

Internalization of Character Traits by Those Who Teach Character Counts!

Language and the Socio-Cultural Worlds of Those Who Use it: A Case of Vague Expressions

 The present study is an attempt to investigate the use of vague expressions by intermediate EFL learners. More specifically, the current study focuses on the structures and functions of one of the most common categories of vague language, i.e. general extenders. The data include a 22-hour corpus of English-as-a-foreign-language conversations. A comparison is also made between this corpus and a...