Theoretical and practical aspects of the ne bis in idem principle implementation in the EU Law by Tubić Bojan N., Radojčić Stefan N.

“…By its very nature, it protects individuals from double punishment for the same act, regardless of its classification as a misdemeanor, criminal offence etc. Different legal traditions, together with a purely national criminal jurisdiction, led to a certain divergency among states. …”
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Ultima ratio in the light of criminal offence Construction without a building permit (Art. 219a CC) by Banović Jovana

“…In the future, the legislator may think about decriminalization of this offence through transforming it in commercial offence or misdemeanor. If it is a "big step" from the sociopolitical aspect, the space for improving current norm will be still opened in a legislative technical way.…”
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The right to peaceful enjoyment of property and the security measure of the forfeiture of cash in the jurisprudence of the Serbian Constitutional Court: Certain uncertainty by Korhecz Tamás

“…Forfeiture of undeclared cash the individuals are transferring across state borders, together with imposing fines for a misdemeanor, represent an interference with individuals' property rights. …”
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Unconstitutionality of the General Administrative Procedure Act: The Constitutional Court as the 'positive legislator' by Cucić Vuk

“…When making this decision, the Constitutional Court relied on its previous decisions, which removed the same provisions on the objective deadline for reopening of the civil litigation and misdemeanor proceedings. The Constitutional Court ignored the fact that this is an administrative procedure and, erroneously, referred to the inconsistency of the GAPA with the provisions of the Constitution and the ECHR, which guarantee the right to a fair trial, judicial protection and legal remedy. …”
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An Overview of the North Macedonian Non-discrimination Law by Mirjana Ristovska, Natasha Trajkova Najdovska

“…It is necessary to amend the Law, especially in the direction of greater efficiency of the misdemeanor procedure conducted by the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. …”
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Synthetic Control Analysis of the Short-Term Impact of New York State’s Bail Elimination Act on Aggregate Crime by Angela Zhou, Andrew Koo, Nathan Kallus, Rene Ropac, Richard Peterson, Stephen Koppel, Tiffany Bergin

“…New York State’s Bail Elimination Act went into effect on January 1, 2020, eliminating money bail and pretrial detention for nearly all misdemeanor and nonviolent felony defendants. Our analysis of effects on aggregate crime rates after the reform informs the understanding of bail reform and general deterrence, rather than specific deterrence via re-arrest rates of the detained/released population. …”
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Responsabilidade do profissional de saúde sobre a notificação de casos de violência doméstica Responsibility of health providers in domestic violence reporting by Orlando Saliba, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin, Artênio José Isper Garbin, Ana Paula Dossi

“…Legal sanctions are found in the Criminal Law of Misdemeanor Offenses, the Child and Adolescent Statute, the Elderly Statute and in the law establishing mandatory reporting of violence against women. …”
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The war on marijuana: The transformation of the war on drugs in the 1990s by Mauer Marc, King Ryan S

“…Only 1 in 18 of these arrests results in a felony conviction, with the rest either being dismissed or adjudicated as a misdemeanor, meaning that a substantial amount of resources, roughly $4 billion per year for marijuana alone, is being dedicated to minor offenses.…”
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Effectiveness of labour legislation and the role of labour inspection in light of international labour organization standard by Kovačević Ljubinka M.

“…This is bolstered by the lenient penalties that the labour inspectors have at their disposal, as well as the fact that their work is often rendered meaningless by the negligence of the misdemeanor courts. Another problem is the lack of specialization of labour inspectors for certain labour issues, such as the protection of particularly sensitive categories of workers. …”
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Misclassification of firearm-related violent crime in criminal legal system records: challenges and opportunities by Julia P. Schleimer, Ayah Mustafa, Rachel Ross, Andrew Bowen, Amy Gallagher, Deirdre Bowen, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar

“…Findings In this study of individuals aged 18 years and older who were convicted of a misdemeanor in Washington Superior Courts from 1/1/2015 through 12/31/2019, we compared firearm-related charges as measured with criminal codes and with manual review of probable cause documents, considered the gold standard. …”
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Tramadol in seized drugs containing non-pharmaceutical fentanyl: Crime lab data from Ohio, USA by Lance Ruhter, Matthew Juhascik, Jennifer Watson, Kaylin Sweeney, Raminta Daniulaityte

“…According to Ohio legal statutes, identification of schedule IV drugs such as tramadol with fentanyl (schedule II) may provide a reduction in drug-related charges from a felony to a misdemeanor. More research is needed to characterize potential sources of tramadol in NPF-containing drugs.…”
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Recreational cannabis legalization and immigration enforcement: a state-level analysis of arrests and deportations in the United States, 2009–2020 by Emilie Bruzelius, Silvia S. Martins

“…For these groups, committing a cannabis-related infraction, even a misdemeanor, can constitute grounds for status ineligibility, including arrest and deportation under federal immigration policy—regardless of state law. …”
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“They don’t go by the law around here”: law enforcement interactions after the legalization of syringe services programs in North Carolina by Brandon Morrissey, Tamera Hughes, Bayla Ostrach, Loftin Wilson, Reid Getty, Tonya L. Combs, Jesse Bennett, Jennifer J. Carroll

“…Abstract Background In 2016, the US state of North Carolina (NC) legalized syringe services programs (SSPs), providing limited immunity from misdemeanor syringe possession when law enforcement is presented documentation that syringes were obtained from an SSP. …”
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Court‐Mandated Interventions for Individuals Convicted of Domestic Violence by Lynette Feder, David B. Wilson, Sabrina Austin

“…Reviewer's Conclusions: The findings, we believe, raise doubts about the effectiveness of court‐mandated batterer intervention programs in reducing re‐assault among men convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.…”
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Intention, Action, and Outcome: Sanctioning Patterns in the Four <i>Pārājikas</i> of the Vinayas by Wei Li, Zhi Huang

“…However, some scholars argue that the requirement of intention pertains only to misdemeanors, not to serious offenses, and is not an overriding factor. …”
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Relationships between personality traits and attachment to parents and peers, with delinquent behavior among adolescents in Tehran, Iran by Rouzegari, Shahrzad

“…Attachment with mother mediated the relationships between personality traits and school misdemeanors and attachment with father mediated the relationship between personality traits and school misdemeanors and physical aggression offences. …”
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La reconfiguración punitiva del tratamiento social de la pobreza en el Uruguay actual = The punitive reconfiguration the social treatment of poverty in the current Uruguay by Vecinday, Laura

“…The initiatives selected are: family allowances the Equity Plan main program conditioned income transfer, the Plan of the 7 areas-that articulates security and assistance programs, and the recently approved Law on Misdemeanors, reissued, in some of its contents, the English Poor Laws. …”
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Woody Allen lee a Dostoievski by Alí Víquez Jiménez

“…El artículo realiza una comparación entre dos filmes de Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors y Match Point , y el intertexto novelesco de Dostoievski. …”
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L’expertise médico-légale face aux perversions : instrument ou argument de la justice ? by Gilles Trimaille

“…Faced with certain strange behaviors, judges were increasingly led to solicit psychiatric experts so as to determine the level of responsibility attributable to those accused of crimes or misdemeanors. In the specific domain of sexual offenses, it fell to psychiatrists to determine the border between perversity and perversion, and the distinction between sanction and care.  …”
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Associations between state intimate partner violence-related firearm policies and injuries among women and men who experience intimate partner violence by Tiara C. Willie, Trace Kershaw, Rachel Perler, Amy Caplon, Marina Katague, Tami P. Sullivan

“…There was a significant difference between women and men survivors in the association between IPV-related misdemeanors policy and injuries (B [SE] = .60 [.29]), such that the association was stronger for men survivors (aOR [95% CI] = .10 [.06, .17]) than women survivors (aOR [95% CI] = .60 [.48, .76]). …”
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