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Race, diversity and criminal justice in Canada:a view from the UK [PDF]
, 2006 This article examines the way in which those employed in the ...
Barn, Ravinder +2 more
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Negotiating identities: ethnicity and social relations in a young offenders' institution [PDF]
, 2008 This article explores the situated nature of male prisoner identities in the late modern British context, using the contrasting theoretical frames of Sykes's (1958) indigenous model and Jacobs' (1979) importation model of prisoner subcultures and social ...
Allport, Gordon W. +29 more
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The Sexual Recidivism Rates of Women Are Still Low: An Updated Meta‐Analysis
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Compared to men, women are less likely to sexual offend. Previous reviews found low rates of sexual recidivism among women. The last published meta‐analysis was based on studies from before 2010. Aims Conduct an updated meta‐analysis of the sexual recidivism rates of women returned to the community.
R. Karl Hanson +2 more
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An Ecological Assessment of Property and Violent Crime Rates Across a Latino Urban Landscape: The Role of Social Disorganization and Institutional Anomie Theory [PDF]
, 2007 The present research put forth an integrated theoretical framework aimed at providing a more holistic community- level approach explaining crime across a heavily populated Latino city.
Cancino, Jeffrey Michael +3 more
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Public confidence in policing: a neo-Durkheimian perspective [PDF]
, 2007 Public confidence in policing has received much attention in recent years, but few studies outside of the United States have examined the sociological and social–psychological processes that underpin trust and support.
Jackson, Jonathan, Sunshine, Jason
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental conflicts are increasing as is interest in ways they can be managed. However, evaluations of Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) processes based on direct observation remain scarce, despite ECR existing for over half a century.
Callum Leavey‐Wilson +2 more
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This case study presents a project in which peacebuilding dialogue methodologies were adapted for use in municipal‐level dialogue sessions that took place in Calgary, Canada in late 2022 and early 2023. The authors found that using this approach built trust among cross‐sectoral participants and facilitators, resulted in greater diversity ...
Aleem Bharwani, Josh Nadeau
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Restorative justice as customized creativity: Tinker Bell’s magic
Frontiers in SociologyWhile many scholars have noted a rise in boredom coinciding with the emergence of modern capitalism, philosophers have long maintained that boredom is part of the horizon of human experience. Although specific social conditions may exacerbate it, boredom
Bonnie Talbert
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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2020 A southern criminology perspective on the study of climate change is overdue, given that climate change is a global phenomenon with localised effects.
David Rodríguez Goyes
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Finding the far right online: an exploratory study of white supremacist websites [PDF]
, 2009 White supremacists and the Far Right political movement in the UK have, had considerable success in spreading their messages through Web sites. Some of these Web sites clearly contribute to an enabling environment for racially motivated violence in our ...
Sutton, M, Wright, C
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