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Illinois Government Research no. 56 1983: Prison Capacity and Sentencing Severity: A Look at Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania [PDF]
, 1983 After a brief lull in the late seventies and early eighties, crime is once again a prime concern among a large number of Americans. More people are mentioning crime in periodic surveys of public problems than in the previous decade, and the 1982 ...
Nardulli, Peter F.
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Are gender equality institutions the policy allies of the feminist movement? A contingent "yes" in the Spanish central state [PDF]
, 2007 This article studies the extent to which gender equality institutions are the policy allies of the feminist movement in Spain. A policy ally of the feminist movement is defined as one that adopts the demands of the movement and includes them in the ...
Valiente Fernández, Celia
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT G.W.F. Hegel is usually held to be anti‐utopian in his political philosophy. I aim to challenge that standard reading, outlining and defending a more positive account of his relation to utopianism. The rational state described in Hegel's Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts (1820) is shown to fit an uncontroversial account of utopia without ...
David Leopold
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La responsabilidad del profesional de la comunicación en el nuevo código penal
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 1997 Hace apenas un año que el nuevo código penal español ha entrado en vigor, y con él toda una serie de viejos y novedosos delitos que directa e indirectamente afectan a las actividades de comunicación.
Ana Azurmendi
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Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch +2 more
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The struggle for sentencing reform : will the English guidelines model spread? [PDF]
, 2013 Are closely comparable countries following the path forged by England and Wales by moving towards the development of systematic sentencing guidelines by a Sentencing Council?
Tata, Cyrus
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PREAMBULAR HISTORY: THE VIEW OF THE PAST IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article claims that the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past. This view is firmly rooted in historical processes, embedded in metaphysical truths, and enacted in service of the future. Part 1 assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the “preambular approach to history”
Antoon De Baets
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Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, 2007 La escuela dentro de la cárcel se presenta al individuo privado de libertad como un lugar propio y específico que brinda herramientas para modificar su situación social y la de su medio y donde es posible pensar una sociedad construida entre todos ...
María B. García +3 more
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Problematising ‘Vulnerability’ in Women's Prisons
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ‘Vulnerability’ is a commonly used but little understood term in the field of social policy and beyond. The refocusing of our criminal justice system around notions of ‘vulnerability’ has had wide‐reaching consequences which often escape both academic and political attention.
Sarah Waite, Danica Darley
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