Are jurors influenced by special courtroom measures?
Alleged adult rape victims are not disadvantaged in court if they choose to give evidence behind protective screens or via video links, according to new research.
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Collaboration with Yale and NSPCC to help first time mums
The University of Leeds welcomed experts from Yale this week as part of an international collaboration between Yale University, the University of Leeds and the NSPCC.
New video games regulation a 'smokescreen'
New legislation to stop children playing inappropriate video games will fail unless government deals with the underlying issue of irresponsible parenting, research has found.
Efforts to nip crime in bud hampered by lack of co-ordination
Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour among young people are being undermined by a lack of joined-up working and the inability of organisations to collect appropriate data and share information.
English class divide extends to cosmetic surgery
The English class divide is still going strong when it comes to a choice of where to go abroad for breast implants and nose jobs.
Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms
Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.
Board-level ethics must be systematic, report finds
The key to making ethical decisions is to be methodical, says the National Inquiry into Organisational Ethical Decision-Making in the NHS.
Following genetic footprints out of Africa
A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa to the rest of the world.
Poor self-image cannot explain maths gender gap
Promoting more female role models is not the answer to closing the gender gap in maths, a new study suggests.
Doing good - or just talking about it?
UK companies making bold claims about social and environmental achievements are using incorrect and irrelevant data, say researchers at the University of Leeds and Euromed Management School (France).