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‘Set Up to Fail’: The ‘Pains’ of Post‐Prison Transitional Housing as a Barrier to Desistance From Crime

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on qualitative data among a sample of people leaving prison in Aotearoa New Zealand, this article explores how post‐prison transitional housing impacts desistance from crime and motivation to desist. While transitional housing is designed to support reintegration, our findings reveal that it can also produce unintended impacts—or ...
Alice Mills   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal desistance in Chilean women who have been deprived of liberty

open access: yesRevista Criminalidad, 2019
Diverse investigations have studied the phenomenon of criminal desistance in women, evincing characteristic factors for this population. The objective of this study was to explore a predictive model of the female criminal desistance from the psychosocial
Ricardo Pérez-Luco Arenas   +2 more
doaj  

Should We Change the Criminal Age of Majority in England and Wales? Consideration of Young Adults Within the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice System

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current legislation and safeguarding principles are bound by narrow and inflexible constructions of childhood and adulthood. The criminal age of responsibility in England and Wales has been criticised for the responsibilisation of children from age 10 years.
Jayne Price
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Prison Safety: Insights From Two Decades of HM Inspectorate of Prisons Surveys in England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of surveys conducted by HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales of 87,449 adult male prisoners between the years 2000 and 2020. It describes the survey methodology and focuses on the 13,025 people who reported feeling unsafe.
Nicholas Hardwick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilising Judicial Voices: How and Why National Courts Express Their Opinions in the Preliminary Reference Procedure – A Case Study of Czechia

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article interrogates the national courts' pre‐emptive opinions expressed in the Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union preliminary reference procedure from both theoretical and analytical angles. First, we theorise about the variety of factors influencing national courts' decision to supply the Court of Justice
Marek Pivoda, Filip Vlček
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating critical technologies: National security and intellectual property

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, claims of ‘national security’ have surged internationally to protect various security interests including public health, economic security and cybersecurity. National industrial strategies for building critical technologies challenge the scope of ‘national security’ in international intellectual property (IP) protection ...
Phoebe Li, Atilla Kasap
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐rated and clinically assessed psychopathy: Same or different thermometers?

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To examine whether scores on a self‐report instrument can serve as a valid proxy for clinically assessed psychopathy. Method Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, we applied a hybrid NEAT (non‐equivalent groups with anchor test)–SG (single group) equating design to link the Psychopathy Checklist–Youth Version (PCL–YV) with ...
Lloyd Balbuena   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does self‐concept adjustment towards perceived social images predict recidivism? A longitudinal test of (one pathway of) the labelling hypothesis

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This study investigated a possible mechanism of the labelling effect. Method In a longitudinal study with a cohort of N = 836 first‐time incarcerated young men, it was tested whether the perceived label as deviant by others would predict future recidivism and second, whether adaptation of the actual self‐concept to the perceived view ...
Karla Marek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk and vulnerability in knife‐related crime: Insights from official data

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This study examines psychological and personal differences among young males engaged in violent knife offending, violent non‐knife offending, and non‐violent offending within a Youth Justice Service in London. By distinguishing knife‐related crime from other forms of violence, the research aims to identify unique psychosocial ...
Ana Figueira, Emma Alleyne
wiley   +1 more source

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