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alcohol-fuelled violence

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New national study examines intoxication in criminal law

Criminal law legislation attaches significance to ‘intoxication’ in multiple ways and makes assumptions about the effects of alcohol and other drugs on mind and body….

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Mandatory sentencing: it ought to be passed in at the law and order auction

The consensus of experts is that mandatory sentencing doesn’t work. Legal practitioners know it. Researchers know it. Court administrators know it. It’s likely that at…

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