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Illegal use of physical force and special means against prisoners: criminological characteristics and preventive measures

open access: yesПравоприменение, 2020
The subject. The article outlines the criminological characteristics of the ilegal use of physical force and special means against persons deprived of their liberty.The purpose of the article is confirmation or confutation of the hypothesis that the ...
Alexander M. Smirnov
doaj   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPRISONMENT:

open access: yesCriminal Law and Philosophy, 2022
AbstractCriminal law theorists have for the most part neglected the question of why imprisonment requires special legal safeguards for those targeted. The few scholars who have addressed this question have focused on how prison facilities restrict freedom of movement, control over one’s daily life, and access to particular human functioning, but they ...
openaire   +4 more sources

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Prisoners’ Alienation and Lack of Contact with Relatives

open access: yesPaedagogia Christiana, 2020
Wyobcowanie osób odbywających karę pozbawienia wolności z kontaktów z bliskimiW Polsce nie istnieją badania na temat tego, z kim spośród bliskich kontaktują się skazani oraz jakie formy przybierają te kontakty.
Aneta Jarzębińska
doaj   +1 more source

Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Psychopathy, Emotional Recognition, and Moral Judgment in Female Inmates

open access: yesAnuario de Psicología Jurídica
Despite the lower levels of psychopathy in women than in men, the scientific interest in studying psychopathy in female participants is increasing. Nevertheless, the number of studies investigating psychopathy in women and associated phenomena remains ...
Teresa Pinto, Fernando Barbosa
doaj   +1 more source

Advantages and risks of using alternatives to imprisonment: International legal standards and national law of the Republic of Kazakhstan

open access: yesOñati Socio-Legal Series
This study rests on a critical analysis of the key objectives and significance of alternatives to imprisonment at both the international and Kazakh legal levels.
Raushan Baizakova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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