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Call for Papers - Financial Crime Across Disciplines: Perspectives from the Global South

Special issue for the Journal of Economic Criminology with in-person and hybrid symposium in January 2024
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Lancaster University's Law Clinic continues to go from strength to strength

Lancaster University's national, award-winning Law Clinic continues to grow and innovate. In the Law Clinic, students collaborate with practising Solicitors to provide free legal advice to members of the public. Since 2019, the Law Clinic has assisted over 210 clients and provided the equivalent of over £290,000 of free legal advice to the public. 
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One in three children who’ve been in care enter youth justice system, new research shows

An unprecedented study of 2.3m children has found that one in three children born between 1996 and 1999 who had experience of the care system received a youth justice caution or conviction between the ages of 10 and 17, compared with just 4% of those without experience of care.
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Lancaster researchers propose new approach to assisted dying

Three Lancaster University professors have argued that it is time to move beyond a medicalised approach to assisted dying. 
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Lancaster University Law School NSS 2023

The Law School continues with its overarching success in the NSS and is proud to be in the top quartile in every question.
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Focus on state as ‘problem parent’ rather than care-experienced mothers – new research

Mothers, with a criminal record and who have also been through the care system, could well face negative judgements and excessive scrutiny by virtue of already ‘being known’ to the authorities, says new research led by Lancaster University.

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