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In this article, we want to discuss the novel Assim na terra como embaixo da terra (2017), by Ana Paula Maia. The work invites us to think about the penal system in an apparent extreme situation, in which prisoners are murdered by the administrator of a ...
Maria Perla Araújo Morais
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Through Serge Patient’s memories and the Schwarz-Barts’ photographs, we are trying to infer André Schwarz-Bart’s journey in French Guyana, from Cayenne to haut-Maroni, which was then a little-known territory. This article is exploring the reasons why the
Thomas Mouzard, Fanny Margras
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Neo-colonial penality? Travelling penal power and contingent sovereignty [PDF]
The article explores the relevance of neo-colonial theory for criminology, and its contribution to understanding why and how penal policy and models travel from the global North to the global South. An empirical example is employed to review arguments for and against ‘penal neo-colonialism’ and to tease out the theory’s strengths and limitations ...
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Italiani in catene in Nuova Caledonia. La memoria del bagne in un Paese dell’Oceania insulare
The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary contribution to the presence of Italians in the New Caledonia’s penal colony (the bagne in French) and to analyse their role in the colonial history of this Oceanian Country.
Cristina Bessone
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In the South Pacific, New Caledonia and Australia were penal colonies during the 19th century. Analysing the discourse surrouding two museums based on these convict periods (Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney and the project for a museum in Noumea), will shed ...
Fanny Cécile Pascual
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A Penal Colony for Bad Lawyers [PDF]
In this article I set out what I believe is an extreme and unconventional way to discipline egregiously bad lawyers. For starters, I think it might be useful to survey briefly the kinds of lawyering conduct currently subject to disciplinary sanctions ...
Gershman, Bennett L.
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Parents despite support networks? An intersectional analysis of disabled parenthood
Abstract This article uses an intersectional perspective that considers patriarchal and ableist mandates to understand how family and professional support networks impact the reproductive trajectories of disabled people. The study analyzes 16 semi‐structured interviews with disabled people and 1 with a non‐disabled support worker.
Laura Sanmiquel‐Molinero +2 more
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Adopting a socio-historical approach, this article aims to draw attention to the continuities and discontinuities that can be observed in the penal treatment of people categorized as “psychopathic delinquents”.
Mikhaël Moreau, Cristina Ferreira
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Il processo che non c’è. Kafka «Nella colonia penale» e altrove [PDF]
The inexistent process. Kafka «In the Penal Colony» and elsewhere. «In the Penal Colony», as well as in other works, space and time are beyond the facts and the reality of facts.
Benvenuti, Giulia
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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