OBJECTIVE To characterize the influence of the residential neighborhood of older adults on the prevalence of disability. METHODS We combined Census data on disability in older adults living in New York City with environmental information from a comprehensive geospatial database. We used factor analysis to derive dimensions of compositional and physical neighborhood characteristics and linear ...

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/19820194201500097 Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Conflict of interest: the authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. Abstract Objective: To describe ethical issues occurring in nursing ethical cases (NECs) judged by the Nursing Council of Sao Paulo (Coren/SP). Methods: Retrospective quantitative study, performed at the Coren/SP. Th...

ations according to Roemer. They have fu ll time vice squads. | “ I have no sympathy at all for students apprehended and con­ victed o f selling drugs,” stated Roemer. “ People who break the law are on their own.” While Roemer may help a stu­ dent in trouble with local authori­ ties in other situations, he said he would not help in the case of drug violations. “ It would mess up his case i f 1 ...

Restorative Justice is a community alternative to criminal justice. Its principles and practices are grounded in harm reduction, consensually-determined reparation, and in many applications, a facilitated conference between an offender and respective victim, and family members and/or community persons impacted by the crime. Projects based on Restorative Justice are rare for sex offenders. In th...

A preliminary investigation of the impact of pretrial evaluations of trial competence and legal insanity, and the variables that mediate case outcomes is reported. Twenty-four percent of defendants evaluated as incompetent to stand trial were found competent by the court or were tried without the question of competence being adjudicated. Charges were dropped in more than half of the cases in wh...

Crime or misdemeanor concept of variable in space and time is a complex phenomenon that there are different views about it. The point where they exercised control over For long time, it was thought the only way best measures to crime criminal justice system through punishment formed. But today, convergence on issue criminalization process not necessary condition for social control, other words ...

Some of the complexity of the correctional system is due to our system of government. Correctional programs and facilities can be found at the federal, state, and local levels of government. For example, the Federal Bureau of Prisons — part of the U.S. Justice Department — operates prisons at the federal level. Federal probation is operated by the federal courts. Every state operates a prison s...

Ample experimental evidence shows that the stigma of a prison record reduces employment opportunities (Pager, 2007). Yet background checks today uncover a much broader range of impropriety, including arrests for minor crimes never resulting in formal charges. This article probes the lesser boundaries of stigma, asking whether and how employers consider low-level arrests in hiring decisions. Mat...

Feminist scholars of Shakespeare and contemporaries have become increasingly interested in the practice of cross-dressing on the early modern English stage in the past few decades. While much of this critical interest has revolved around relationships between the cross-dressed persona and real early modern patriarchy, this paper seeks to subvert some of the long-standing gendered binaries that ...