Monasteries, especially Benedictine monasteries, have developed a close relationship with nature based on respect for creation and goal of self-sufficiency. There seems to be an elective affinity between monasticism ecologism. Since the second half 20th century, monasteries been engaging in ecological practices, many cases pioneers these practices their region. How can role ecology explained? T...

Advances in science and technology has led to the rise of different issues relation human life security as well environment. These also paved way for field Bioethics with its principles aiming uphold moral standards on these issues. This study aimed test modify theoretical models factors influencing conviction schemas BS Biology students a state university toward bioethical One hundred ten (110...

CONTEXT Under current federal law, many persons with prior convictions for misdemeanor offenses pass criminal records background checks and legally purchase handguns. OBJECTIVE To determine whether authorized handgun purchasers with prior misdemeanor convictions are more likely than those with no criminal history to be charged with new crimes, particularly offenses involving firearms and viol...

BACKGROUND Experiences in adolescence may have a lasting impact on adulthood. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between adolescent (12-18 years of age) volunteerism with the incidence of illegal behaviors, arrests, and convictions in adulthood (>18 years of age). METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using secondary data from the National Longitudinal Stud...

There has been an explosion of legal scholarship on wrongful convictions in the last decade, reflecting a growing concern about the problem of actual innocence in the criminal justice system. Yet criminal law and procedure scholars have engaged in relatively little dialogue or collaboration on this topic with criminologists. In this article, we use the empirical study of wrongful convictions to...