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American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 475-492, December 2022., 2022 Abstract State‐sanctioned violence (SSV) has resounding effects on entire populations, and marginalized communities have long persisted in the work toward liberation despite continued SSV. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the vast scholarship on resilience and the practical challenge of sustaining and thriving in communities targeted by SSV ...
Kris T. Gebhard +4 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 340-351, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Homelessness poses risks to the health and safety of young adults; particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. The current study sought to better understand service use and perceived safety in community and service settings among SGM and cisgender heterosexual (cis‐hetero) young adults experiencing homelessness. Data come
Graham DiGuiseppi +4 more
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Community resilience to crime: A study of the 2011 Brisbane flood
American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 379-393, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Understanding and enhancing community resilience is a global priority as societies encounter a rising number of extreme weather events. Given that these events are typically both sudden and unexpected, community resilience is typically examined after the disaster so there can be no before and after comparisons.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 970-986, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Children and other vulnerable parties such as those with a cognitive, social or communication impairment frequently struggle to understand, and be understood in, the criminal justice environment. One way this has been addressed in jurisdictions around Australia and overseas is through the introduction of intermediary (or communication partner)
Sarah Hoff, Martine Powell, David Plater
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All opinions are not equal: Toward a consensual approach to the development of drug policy
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 812-828, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Drug policy has been subjected to much scrutiny from different stakeholder groups who present sometimes very different opinions on solutions to address a problem. Reconciling such differences, that are underpinned by both anecdotal and empirical evidence, is a priority yet to be fully achieved.
Gabriel T. W. Wong, Matthew Manning
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Housing the homeless: How revisiting the 1940s assists the struggle
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 798-811, December 2022., 2022 Abstract A major obstacle in the political work of housing the homeless is convincing voters and lawmakers that housing is a right and should be available to all without conditions. This paper seeks to assist that project by showing that the tension between rights and conditions has a history. It focusses on the pivotal 1940s, which saw the first major
Anne O'Brien
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 829-846, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Introduction The inclusion of people who use drugs in the design and evaluation of their health services remains a relatively new phenomenon. The aim of the research was to explore the experiences and perceptions of people accessing the Medical Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC), and Clinic 180, Sydney Australia, and the factors facilitating ...
Greg Rickard, Bethne Hart
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Criminal Justice Roundtable | Celebrating 60 Years of Gideon v. Wainwright and the Right to Counsel [PDF]
, 2023 April 19, 2023https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/criminal_justice_institute/1004/thumbnail ...
Criminal Justice Institute
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The validity of open-source data when assessing jail suicides
Health & Justice, 2018 Background The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Deaths in Custody Reporting Program is the primary source for jail suicide research, though the data is restricted from general dissemination.
Amanda L. Thomas +2 more
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The Progression of Disparities within the Criminal Justice System: Differential Enforcement and Risk Assessment Instruments [PDF]
, 2023 Algorithmic risk assessment instruments (RAIs) increasingly inform decision-making in criminal justice. RAIs largely rely on arrest records as a proxy for underlying crime. Problematically, the extent to which arrests reflect overall offending can vary with the person's characteristics.
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