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Criminalisation of political activism: a conversation across disciplines
This Intervention presents a conversation amongst a collective of scholars who are in the process of establishing a research network studying the criminalisation of dissent. The new UK Police, Crime, Sentencing, Courts Act 2022 is just one recent example
Tracey Davanna, Joanna Gilmore
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The impact of criminalisation on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence
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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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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This article examines how Venezuelan forced migrants in Peru experience xenophobic discrimination, which has become increasingly linked to their criminalisation as thieves and murderers.
Luisa Feline Freier +2 more
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Thinking about (Hidden) Criminalisation [PDF]
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]
Background: 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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Guilt by association? The criminalisation of sea rescue NGOs in Italian media
The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rescuing migrants off the coast of Libya have been increasingly criminalised. We investigate the discursive underpinnings of this process by analyzing all the articles on sea rescue NGOs published between 2014 ...
Eugenio Cusumano
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Theorising Criminalisation: The Value of a Modalities Approach
‘Criminalisation’ has attracted considerable scholarly attention in recent years, much of it concerned with identifying the normative limits of criminal law-making.
Luke McNamara +5 more
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Criminalisation is a popular legal approach to sex work. It adopts the view that sex work is harmful and wrong both for sex workers and the community. This argument seemingly coincides with fundamental principles of criminalisation, namely harm and wrong
Başak Ekinci
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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY OF CRIMINALISATION [PDF]
Although the new Criminal Code made a series of amendments to the criminal legislation, the regulation of the principle of legality of criminalisation has not been significantly changed, but only from the point of view of the structure of governing rules.
Mihai Adrian HOTCA
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