Submissions Reopen on September 1, 2025
Temporary closure for new submissions from April 4 to September 1, 2025.
Read more about Submissions Reopen on September 1, 2025The Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights & Science (JMSHRS) arises from the urgency to promote open science due to current global challenges that interconnect science, technology, and society.
We offer the research community publication and discovery services of selected open research products in the fields of Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Ethnobotany, New Technologies, Special Populations, and Drug Policy.
The JMSHRS is an initiative of the European Institute for Multidisciplinary Studies on Human Rights and Science - Knowmad Institut to promote the production and communication of Open Science by conducting specialized open-access research and publications to improve linkages between open science contributions to evidence-based public and private policymaking... Learn more about the Journal
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Temporary closure for new submissions from April 4 to September 1, 2025.
Read More Read more about Submissions Reopen on September 1, 2025This issue brings together research and practice-oriented contributions exploring innovative strategies at the intersection of public health and public safety. It features evaluations of police-initiated deflection programs, community-based behavioral health approaches, and participatory methodologies. Special focus is placed on the Illinois Multi-Site Police Deflection Initiative, which is examined through formative and process evaluation. This collection highlights emerging, evidence-informed, and humane alternatives to reduce criminalization and enhance community wellbeing.
The JMSHRS is a Diamond Open Access journal, which means that all content is freely and permanently available to the user or his/her institution. The journal provides open and immediate access to its content, at no charge to either the author or the reader. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This conforms to the BOAI definition of open access and all are published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.