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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
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Migration Control and Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers – Motivations, Rationale and Challenges

Groningen Journal of International Law, 2017
Detention of migrants in Europe has become an increasingly common measure to deal with the growing number of people crossing EU borders seeking asylum.
Šárka Dušková
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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative: A Successful Approach to Comprehensive Reform [PDF]

, 2008
Summarizes the core strategies of Casey's juvenile detention reform initiative, as well as results from four model sites -- lower detention populations, enhanced public safety, budget savings, and improvement of the overall juvenile justice ...

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Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas, Kelly Hine, Catherine Creamer, Kelley Burton, Katelyn Davenport‐Klunder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peculiarities of Nostalgic Experiences of Women in a Pre-Trial Detention Center

Психология и право
The purpose of the study is to study the peculiarities of women’s nostalgic experiences in a situation of isolation. 78 women in a pre-trial detention center were studied using the following methods: WHO nostalgia questionnaire, author ...
G.A. Vartanyan, E.L. Soldatova, M.V. Likhanov, K.V. Bartseva, E.Yu. Tsvetkova   +4 more
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State reluctance to use alternatives to detention [PDF]

Forced Migration Review, 2013
States continue to show a marked reluctance to implement alternatives to immigration detention. The reason for this may well be because such alternatives ignore the disciplinary function of detention by which states coerce people into cooperation.
Clément de Senarclens
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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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LSSR KGB investigation izolator 1959–1991

Genocidas ir Rezistencija, 2001
The aim of the thesis is to reveal the activities of the interrogation detention facility in the semi–basement of the LSSR’s KGB building. The article focuses on the working methods used by the KGB, the staff of the detention facility, the holding of ...
Mindaugas Žiūkas
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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton, Paul Gray, Kathleen Falster, Ilan Katz, Kyllie Cripps   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source