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26 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 584 Legal and Social Justice Studies papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • Meanwhile, Indonesia in Article 28J merely describes that human rights are limited by the rights of others. Therefore, the narrative ‘Human rights are limited by the rights of others’, in Article 28J, is still too broad in its interpretation and does not truly refer to the standards of International Human Rights Limitations. This suggests that legal regulation alone is insufficient to create and sustain a genuinely free press environment Indonesia’s current press freedom conditions stand in contrast to those of Norway.

    Comparison of Press Freedom from a Legal Perspective A Study of Indonesia and Norway · 2026 · DOI
  • • The lack of a breakdown by socioeconomic position, gender, or geography limited the analysis's level of detail. • Unreported offences are not included, only officially registered and reported crimes are. • As reporting standards and procedures change over time, data quality may also change. The study offers important insights into long-term patterns in youth crime and contributes to the development of social marketing strategies for prevention and intervention, despite these limitations. Social Problem of Crimes Committed Among Children Aged 14-17 in Azerbaijan A data-driven strategy to comprehending and reducing teenage criminality is required due to the growing concern over juvenile delinquency in Azerbaijan, especially among youths between the ages of 14 and 17. The results of two extensive datasets covering (1) crimes directly perpetrated by juveniles and (2) crimes in which children participated or where accomplices are combined in this overview. The datasets cover the years 1993–2023. When taken as a whole, these publications offer a multifaceted perspective on the sorts of crimes, trends in juvenile crime, and the changes in risk patterns over the past thirty years. Key categories including theft, robbery, physical injury, and serious crimes like planned murder are highlighted in the first study, which focusses on the kinds of crimes directly perpetrated by youth between the ages of 14 and 17. Important insights on behavioural patterns, changes in criminal activity over time, and the evolving seriousness of offences are provided by this dataset. The second paper provides a more comprehensive picture of juvenile engagement in criminal networks, peer-driven offences, and collaborative criminal activity by extending this research to crimes in which minors participate. A more thorough comprehension of the socioeconomic, psychological, and community-level elements influencing adolescent criminality can be achieved by examining both direct and participation involvement. Trend analyses, percentage comparisons, and visualisations such as pie charts, line graphs, and heatmaps are used to accompany the reports.

    Designing a Social Marketing Mechanism Approach to Juvenile Crime Among 14–17-Year-Olds in Azerbaijan · 2026 · DOI
  • CONCLUSIONS: Most DPOs indicated that they had none or minimal prior experience in data protection when they were appointed as DPO, that they would benefit from further education on data protection, and exhibited insufficient knowledge on basic concepts of personal data protection.

    Post-GDPR survey of data protection officers in research and non-research institutions in Croatia · 2021 · DOI
  • The empirical component was limited to an interview with an investigator from the Banda Aceh City Police to obtain professional information regarding police duties, preventive and enforcement measures, and institutional challenges in addressing acts of vigilantism.

    The role of the Banda Aceh City Police in addressing vigilantism: An analysis of Article 13 Of Law No. 2 Of 2002 on The Indonesian National Police · 2026 · DOI
  • It is not a lack of law that India is lacking, but three other things. It is lacking in enforcement because there is no institution yet to link the current laws with the platforms where the regulated behavior is taking place.

    Children on Camera, Parents at the Bank The Law and Ethics of Monetising Minors in India's Short-Video Economy · 2026 · DOI
  • Teenage pregnancy: Child sexual abuse underreported. gh/2022/11/teenage-pregnancies-child-sexual-abuse-under-reported Ghana News Agency.

    Dealing with defilement cases in Ghana: Intricacies of law, sociology and psychology · 2026 · DOI
  • In the authors’ opinion, the current regulations are insufficient, as is the bill, which addresses a narrow aspect of the issue without solving most of the problems and even generates further ones.

    Dziecięcy influencerzy w prawie polskim a rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie niektórych ustaw w celu ulepszenia środowiska prawnego i instytucjonalnego dla przedsiębiorców (UD 497) · 2025 · DOI
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze police human resources governance in revealing child sexual violence cases; and to describe the ideal design in handling cases of child sexual violence limited to the West Jakarta Metro Police.

    Police Human Resources Management In Brebes, Indonesia, To Increase The Disclosure of Child Sexual Violence Cases · 2025 · DOI
  • The author concludes that there is a need for more substantive reporting that would not be limited to the mere transmission of information about the most serious forms of juvenile crime, but would also educate the general public about this topic.

    Ethical aspects of reporting on juvenile crime in Serbia · 2024 · DOI
  • Furthermore, involvement of principals was under-reported due to certain interfering reasons like fear, doubt or hesitation, or carelessness on the part of those who file the cases or as a result of the misleading or scheming practices of the offenders.

    Examining malpractice in the education context · 2018 · DOI
  • Crime does not distinguish itself with smooth legal technique, however, the evasion of child’s maintenance cannot be categorically excluded (decriminalized), whereas civil law means are insufficient to defend interests of aggrieved children.

    Vengimo išlaikyti vaiką baudžiamojo teisinio vertinimo problemos · 2014 · DOI
  • It is understandable since the number of empirical studies, proving the theses of moral-educational role of the punishment, carried out so far is low and the results are inconclusive and preliminary.

    Społeczno-wychowawcza funkcja kary a koncepcje natury ludzkiej (na przykładzie koncepcji Michaela Baurmanna) · 2009 · DOI
  • , bus driver’s knowledge of drugs’ title, which he agrees to transport) is insufficient to establish person’s perception of formal aspect of social content of circumstance.

    Nusikalstamos veikos pavojingo pobūdžio suvokimas tyčioje · 2004
  • To substantiate their standpoint, these persons argue that voluntary probation officers lack qualifications, are insufficiently engaged in educational work with juveniles, and that in their case difficulties arise in executing the proper performance of supervision.

    Praca kuratora dla nieletnich w opinii sędziów sądów rodzinnych i kuratorów społecznych · 1988 · DOI

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