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Neighborhood Transition and the Criminalization of Minorities [PDF]
, 2019 This study investigates the relationship between neighborhood transition and criminalization in Washington, D.C. census tracts. The main hypothesis predicts that racially diversified census tracts will experience increases in formal social control (a.k.a.
Triece, Molly
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A Soft Defense of a Utilitarian Principle of Criminalization [PDF]
, 2020 The aim of this paper is to argue that the utilitarian principle of criminalization (UPC) is sounder than its poor reputation suggests. The paper begins by describing three possible answers to the research question: To what extent should the consequences
Petersen, Thomas Søbirk
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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An empirical investigation of emotion and the criminal law: towards a “criminalization bias”?
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis interdisciplinary study, coupling philosophy of law with empirical cognitive science, presents preliminary insight into the role of emotion in criminalization decisions, for both laypeople and legal professionals.
Jozef N. Coppelmans +2 more
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
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Intersectional Criminalization en el Valle: The Criminalization of Formerly Incarcerated and System-Impacted Chicanas in California’s Prison Alley [PDF]
, 2022 Despite the overrepresentation of Mexican American women and girls or Chicanas in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, research has paid little attention to their criminalized experiences.
Lerma-Gonzalez, Veronica
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2. Criminalization: historical, legal and criminological perspectives
, 2023 This chapter examines the relationship between legal and criminological constructions of crime and explores how these have changed over time. The chapter sets out the conceptual framework of criminalization within which the two dominant constructions of ...
Lacey, Nicola, Zedner, Lucia
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings +2 more
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Acta Universitatis Carolinae IuridicaThis article examines the principles that should guide decisions on whether to criminalize certain conduct. Drawing on the works of Ashworth, Horder, Simester, von Hirsch, Duff, Husak, Hörnle, and other prominent scholars, it identifies and synthesizes ...
Šimon Otruba
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Immigrants, undocumented: criminalization
, 2018 In this entry the concept of criminalization of migration is presented. Criminalization refers to the set of practices such as border control, detention of undocumented migrants and public discussion of migrants as criminals which serve to place ...
Charlotte Taylor (4464820)
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