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Breaking the hegemony of the prison : an analysis of the detention centre system. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
The purpose of this study is to develop a theoretically viable and empirically detailed analysis of the emergence of the Detention Centre in the young offender sector of the English penal system.
Dunn, Jacqueline A
core   +6 more sources

Communities Not Cages: A Just Transition from Immigration Detention Economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This report examines the role of immigration detention in local economies and outlines a vision for a just transition away from economies dependent on detention centers.
Bob Libal   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Predictive Validity of Stable-2007 in Incarcerated Samples

open access: yesSexual Offending, 2021
Some are unclear whether risk assessment instruments, specifically dynamic risk instruments, have demonstrated utility in the risk estimation, treatment recommendations, and monitoring change over time in men at risk for or under sentence of ...
Jan Looman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Citizenship and belonging in a women's immigration detention centre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This chapter draws on six months of fieldwork in IRC Yarl’s Wood, Britain’s primary immigration removal centre for women, to explore the racialised logic of citizenship and nationality that underpin border control. Using women’s testimonies, it seeks to ‘
Kellezi, B, Bosworth, M, Bosworth, Mary
core   +1 more source

Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian onshore immigration detention: how incidence rates vary by held detention type

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Detained asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm, and the type of detention in which they are held may further exacerbate this risk.
Kyli Hedrick   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

There Are Alternatives: A Handbook for Preventing Unnecessary Immigration Detention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines concerns about the use of immigration detention and introduces the Community Assessment and Placement model, which combines mechanisms that prevent unnecessary detention and community management models, including case management and ...
Robyn Sampson   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Pretrial detention and alternate methods of securing the presence of the accused during the criminal procedure [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2009
In this paper, the author discusses pretrial detention and alternate methods of securing the presence of the accused during the criminal procedure. Except issues of terminology, in the introduction to this paper, the author deals with the current status ...
Perišić Jelena
doaj   +1 more source

Alternatives For Providing Compensation For The Detention Of A Defendant Whose Case Is Acquitted

open access: yesPancasila and Law Review, 2022
The pretrial process creates uncertainty in compensating defendants who are acquitted and have final legal status. This research examines alternatives to pretrial compensation by analyzing criminal law policies. Using normative and sociological juridical
Aristian Akbar
doaj   +1 more source

Fighting against Torture: Comparative Study of the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iran and the Federal Republic of Germany (in the Light of the International Human Rights Law) [PDF]

open access: yesحقوق بشر, 2023
The main purpose of this research is a comparative study of legal system of Islamic Republic Iran and Federal Republic of Germany of fighting against torture to provide a solution for weaknesses in the legal system of Iran.
Samaneh Rahmatifar
doaj   +1 more source

Clinicians’ perceptions of the health status of formerly detained immigrants

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background In the past decade, the U.S. immigration detention system regularly detained more than 30,000 people per day; in 2019 prior to the pandemic, the daily detention population exceeded 52,000 people.
Kathryn Hampton   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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