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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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The impact of criminalisation on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence
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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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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Anthropen, 2020 La criminalisation constitue une nouvelle forme de contrôle des mouvements sociaux et contestataires. En restreignant les droits individuels, civils et politiques, même au sein des régimes démocratiques, la criminalisation implique différentes dynamiques de pénalisation allant de l’emprisonnement à de nouvelles mesures législatives faisant des citoyens
Julie Shaw, Sarah Greenhow
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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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Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, 2022 In the United States, many schools hire police to patrol the grounds and more call upon police to arrest students for violation of school policies. Many of these will be incarcerated within the subsequent five years. The widespread adoption of surveillance cameras, zero tolerance, and police presence in schools has resulted in more students being ...
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A New Norm on Stalking: Is this The New Normal in Lithuania?
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2022 The criminalisation of stalking through a specific law is a clear tendency in the EU. At the end of 2021, a new relevant provision in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania was introduced (Art. 148-1).
Jakštienė Ramunė
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Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2023 Crime rates are generally decreasing and governments in Australia (as elsewhere) have committed to reducing recidivism. However, incarceration rates of certain groups continue to rise, including Indigenous and racialised peoples, those experiencing ...
Ruth McCausland, Eileen Baldry
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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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Theorising Criminalisation: The Value of a Modalities Approach
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018 ‘Criminalisation’ has attracted considerable scholarly attention in recent years, much of it concerned with identifying the normative limits of criminal law-making.
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