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The Lived Experience of Native Hawaiians Exiting Prison and Reentering the Community: How Do You Really Decriminalize Someone Who’s Consistently Being Called a Criminal?

Journal of Forensic Social Work, 2012
The overrepresentation of Native Hawaiians in Hawai‘i’s criminal justice system is among the most stunning of ethnic/racial disparities in the state.
Lana Sue Ka'opua, Amanda Petteruti, Nalani Takushi, James H. Spencer, Soon H. Park, Tressa P. Diaz, Shalia K. Kamakele, Kaipo C. Kukahiko   +7 more
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
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Altruism and its relationship to resilience during disaster

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Studies positively correlate altruism and prosocial behaviour during routine times, yet unexpected environmental triggers (like a disaster) for prosocial and altruistic behaviour are underexplored.
Bethany L. Van Brown, Brenda K. Vollman
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Has Inequity Faced by Young Australians With Disability Changed Since the Turn of the Century?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the introduction of various policies aimed at promoting equality for people with disability since Australia ratified the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2008, there has been little evaluation regarding the extent of change in inequity since then.
Asha Parkinson, Joanne Arciuli, Eric Emerson, Sally Robinson, Sally Chance, Gerry Redmond   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE POLICING AND CRIME PREVENTION

Bezbednosni Dijalozi
Crime prevention is a priority for all advanced police organizations worldwide. It is no longer just a modern trend in policing but rather a strategic commitment of successful police agencies. In order to enhance their effectiveness in crime prevention,
Gojko Šetka, Dragomir Jovičić, Predrag Popović   +2 more
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Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl, Miri Yemini, Claire Maxwell, Yating Hu, Benjamin Adams, Sarah Bergen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal Community (Criminal Organization): Concept And Criminal Law Signs

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2021
Afanasieva Olga Romanovna, Afanasyev Pavel Borisovich, Goncharova Maria Vitalievna, Novikov Valery Anatolyevich, Shiyan Valentina Ivanovna   +4 more
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Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
wiley   +1 more source

Managing the Concealable Stigma of Criminal Justice System Involvement: A Longitudinal Examination of Anticipated Stigma, Social Withdrawal, and Post–Release Adjustment

Journal of Social Issues, 2017
People with concealable stigmatized identities, such as a criminal record, often anticipate stigma from others. Anticipated stigma is thought to cause withdrawal from situations in which there is the potential for discrimination, which then negatively ...
K. Moore, June P Tangney
semanticscholar   +1 more source