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As taxation is one of the key public policy domains influencing population health, and as there is a legal, strategic, and programmatic basis for health impact assessment (HIA) in Finland, we analyzed all 235 government bills on tax legislation over the years 2007–2014 to see whether the health impacts of the tax bills had been assessed. We found that health impacts had been assessed for 13 bil...

One of the strongest weapons in the federal prosecutor's arsenal against drug offenders is the continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) statute.1 Commonly referred to as the drug kingpin statute, the law imposes severe mandatory minimum sentences3 and criminal forfeiture of assets4 upon a person convicted of engaging in a "continuing criminal enterprise." A person engages in a continuing criminal e...

OBJECTIVE The ability of occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation and regulatory enforcement to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses is contingent on political, economic, and organizational conditions. This systematic review of qualitative research articles considers how OHS legislation and regulatory enforcement are planned and implemented. METHODS A comprehensive search of peer-...

In Canada, individuals found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder are subject to the disposition recommendations of the Provincial or Territorial Review Board of the jurisdiction where the offense was committed. Bill C-14, known as "The Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act" made changes to the postverdict disposition process of these individuals. This legislation was consis...

Under the background of current era ever-increasing speed information technology iteration and increasing application big data, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on interaction between administrative law enforcement legislation try construct its system. From perspective building an interactive system also important exploration. Starting from clarifying existing relationship legislati...

contemporary enhancement of medical sciences along with the possibility of cure for barrenness via (art) made hope for many barren couples; so that, the technique was soon warmly received by infertile couples all over the world. the new situation has raised certain questions in respects of morality, legal, sanitation, social, psychology and religion status. consequently, comprehensive supportin...

a Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, De Boelelaan 1077a, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1077, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands d Pho...

Conversations are a basic unit of analysis in studies of human interaction. These units are conventionally distinguished by reference to the set of ratified participants who take part, often by appeal to their physical proximity/orientation. We show that within such conversational units there are distinct dialogue contexts which are more fine-grained than this. We present experimental evidence ...