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Criminalisation and the Violence(s) of the State: Criminalising Men, Punishing Women
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2021 This special issue brings together a group of international researchers at different career stages with one common interest: the extent to which recourse to the criminal law as a means of addressing men’s violence(s) serves the interests of women’s ...
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate
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The impact of criminalisation on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2022 Abortion is criminalised to at least some degree in most countries. International human rights bodies have recognised that criminalisation results in the provision of poor-quality healthcare goods and services, is associated with lack of registration and
Maria Isabel Rodriguez +5 more
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The criminalisation of HIV transmission [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2002 Since Bennett, Draper, and Frith published a paper in this journal in 2000 considering the possible criminalisation of HIV transmission, an important legal development has taken place. February 2001 saw the first successful United Kingdom prosecution for the sexual transmission of disease for over a century, when Stephen Kelly was convicted in Glasgow ...
James Chalmers
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The criminalisation of fatal medical mistakes [PDF]
BMJ, 2003 A social intolerance of medical mistakes has caused them to be criminalised After pleading guilty to the manslaughter of his patient by gross negligence Feda Mulhem was given a custodial sentence of eight months. Dr Mulhem, who was only three days into his first post as a specialist registrar in haematology at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, had ...
Janet T. Holbrook
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Thinking about (Hidden) Criminalisation [PDF]
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018 Criminalisation is now seen as one of the central issues in criminal law theory. However, in spite of the (rather belated) recognition of the importance of the topic, a number of fundamental questions remain unaddressed (Duff et al.
Lindsay Farmer
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Experiences of mental healthcare users and their families when interacting with SAPS: A qualitative study [PDF]
South African Journal of PsychiatryBackground: In South Africa, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is often called to facilitate access to mental healthcare for individuals with severe behavioural disturbances posing risks to themselves or others, as outlined in the Mental Health ...
Vuyokazi Kabane +2 more
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Criminalisation as a Speech-Act: Saying Through Criminalising [PDF]
Criminal Law and PhilosophyAbstractThe act of criminalising conduct has been understood by many theorists as a form of communication. This paper proposes a model, based on speech-act theory, for understanding how that act of communication works. In particular, it focuses on analysing how and where wrongfulness can appear in this speech-act, if one were to argue, as many ...
J. P. Fassnidge
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International experience in legal support of freedom of speech on the Internet
Law. Human. Environment, 2023 The relevance of the studied subject lies in the fact that freedom of speech is a fundamental human right that should be ensured at the legislative level.
L. Golovko, V. Ladychenko, O. Kapplová
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2023 Police-issued penalty notices were heavily relied upon to deter and punish breaches of emergency restrictions in the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Sean Mabin
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To criminalise or not to criminalise IUU fishing: The EU's choice
Marine Policy, 2022 European Commission PID2019-109680RB ...
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