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Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...learning difficulties, mental health problems and have witnessed or experienced physical or sexual violence. 45% of children in prison in 2018 were assessed as having a substance misuse problem. 89% of young people in YOIs [Young Offender Institutions] have been excluded from school. In the documentary ‘Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people’...
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How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials
Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

...make juror experiments more realistic, and would provide researchers with more of an insight into the decision-making processes and biases of jurors. This kind of interdisciplinary research would have a positive effect on the legal system as the courts would learn how to reduce bias through experimentation and research, which would help them deliver justice more fairly....
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The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s
OpenLearn Ireland

The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s

...learn more about Father McDyer on the Glencolmcille website (Glencolmcille Community website, 2013). Transcript: Father McDyer, 1983: 'My ideal was ... a whole community family' FATHER JAMES MCDYER: My ideal was that we would start a whole community family here, everybody working for everybody else, but I was too idealistic in that matter. But the fact remains that by the...
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What is The Social Contract?
History & The Arts

What is The Social Contract?

...difficulties in involved in trying to make people accept a deal negotiated by others on their behalf are shown by the failures of incomes policies negotiated by union leaders over the heads of their members. A breakdown of trust between trade unionists and the government scuppered the ill-fated ‘Social Contract’ policies of the seventies. Take your learning further...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...learned that Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on emergency measures recovering from SamSam. The cost included extra staffing, the need to buy additional computer infrastructure from Microsoft as well as consultancy fees and emergency communications. It is highly unlikely that Atlanta will be SamSam’s last victim. Its unknown developers continue to release new...
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Why is snow so hard to predict?
Nature & Environment

Why is snow so hard to predict?

...and its likelihood. Authorities must learn how to make the most objective and rational decisions (which they may well have done in this case) while the public need to understand that “we acted on the best information available” does not mean “we got it wrong”.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...know early on, but that most discard as they begin to learn about basic anatomy and incorporate that information into their own gender identities. We often think of children’s thinking as immature, but it may be that preschoolers are actually way ahead of their time.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...learning and emotion to name but a few areas of research. FMRI is also being applied in clinical and commercial settings. [Brain showing areas responsible for sense [Image: FMRIB]] Sensory regions of the brain - Courtesy of Peter Hobden, FMRIB How does MRI work? FMRI is a special type of magnetic scan. The cylindrical tube of an MRI scanner houses a very powerful...
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