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History of detention and the risk of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Germany

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between detention experience and hepatitis C virus (HCV) status, the role of duration and frequency of detention, and whether risk behaviours practiced in detention could explain an ...
Martyna Gassowski   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

FY 1996 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) mandates removal of status offenders and nonoffenders from secure detention and correctional facilities, sight and sound separation of juveniles and adults, and removal of juveniles from adult ...
Atwell, Cassie   +2 more
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Relational and feminist pedagogic approaches for developing engagement and inclusion of girls at risk of exclusion in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper highlights the inclusive potential of relational and feminist pedagogic strategies in education, focusing on girls at risk of exclusion. Girls in England are less likely than boys to be suspended or permanently excluded from school, but numbers are increasing.
Juliette Wilson‐Thomas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
On any given day the U.S. government has the capacity to detain over 600 men, women and children apprehended as family units along the U.S. border and within the interior of the country.
Emily Butera, Michelle Brane
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Standard of proof, unpredictable behaviour and the High Court of Australia's verdict on preventive detention laws [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Preventive detention laws authorize courts to order the continued detention in prison of a person who has served their allocated term of imprisonment, but who are thought to be at risk of re-offending if released.
Gray, Anthony
core   +2 more sources

Unveiling Bias: The Impact of Male Rape Myths and Stereotypes on Juror Verdicts in Male‐on‐Male Rape Trials

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined how male rape myths, racial/ethnicity biases, and sexuality stereotypes influence verdicts in male‐on‐male rape trials—an area that is currently under‐researched. A sample of 463 participants read a mock rape trial, where both the defendant and complainant were male, with defendant ethnicity (White, Black, Asian) and ...
Lee J. Curley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pilot Intervention for Antisocial Personality Traits in Male Prisoners: The Conditional Effect of Rule‐Breaking

open access: yesBrain and Behavior
Background Given that a significant proportion of the growing number of individuals in prisons may have antisocial personality traits (ASPT), it is important to test and report on the results of pilot psycho‐educational intervention programmes developed ...
Mustafa Özmen, Müjgan Kalabalık
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnicity and the Mental Health Act 1983 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background Black and minority ethnic (BME) patients are disproportionately detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. There has been no systematic exploration of differences within and between ethnic groups, nor of the explanations put forward for this ...
Churchill, Rachel   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Optimized Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Manual Scoring Approaches

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As correctional jurisdictions and risk instrument developers look to optimize scoring for specific population needs, an open question remains ‐ which method is optimal. Popular scoring methods range from manual simple scoring approaches (e.g., Burgess) to more complex machine learning algorithms (e.g., random forests).
Danielle J. Rieger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Costs of Healthcare in Prison and Custody: Systematic Review of Current Estimates and Proposed Guidelines for Future Reporting

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Aims: We aimed to review prison healthcare expenditure internationally.Objectives: To systematically review healthcare spending on prisoners worldwide, examine comparability between countries, and develop guidelines to improve reporting.Methods: Five ...
Shivpriya Sridhar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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