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Convict Criminology on Trial and ‘Writing From the Flesh’: A Review Essay Prompted by Introduction to Convict Criminology by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Bristol University Press

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 99-104, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider lived experience movement. The review engages with various approaches taken by Ross, in particular the book's focus on his own contributions to ...
Rod Earle
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring and Explaining the Use and Proliferation of Whole Life Orders in England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 167-179, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Whole life orders (WLOs) represent the power of the state to inflict harm at its most extreme, with such sentences being found to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, very little research has endeavoured to understand the use of WLOs.
Hannah Gilman, Jake Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 204-214, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Citizenship and Racialised Discretion: Police and Consular Officers’ Handling of Capital Cases in Malaysia

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 226-236, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
wiley   +1 more source

Sentence Variability in a Mathematical Sentencing Framework: A Statistical Analysis of Brazilian Court Data

open access: yesJournal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 160-171, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents the findings of a quantitative study on sentencing practices in Brazil, focusing on the presence of numerical patterns and “penal clustering” in judicial decisions. Drawing on a dataset of criminal sentences from São Paulo—the country's most populous and active judiciary—the research statistically investigates whether ...
Gabriel Silveira de Queirós Campos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The regulatory and scientific context in the study of the medicinal use of cannabis in Peru. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Med (Lausanne)
Wong-Salgado P   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 180-189, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
wiley   +1 more source

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