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Some features of the law and order model in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This research is based on the hypothesis that law and order model is displacing the procedura justice system in Spain. After a thorough review of the international literature, one can observe that the traditional structure of the penal system does not ...
García-Magna, Debora
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Migration, Repression and Homosexual Sociability in Francoist Spain: An Analysis of the Case Files of the Special Courts of Barcelona (1965–1975)

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Spain, under General Franco's regime, homosexuality was regarded as an antisocial and dangerous behaviour. It was thus pursued both by the police and judicial courts. The Law on Vagrants and Crooks (1954) and, subsequently, the Law on Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation (1970) constituted the legal mechanisms used by the dictatorship to
Jordi Mas Grau, Rafael Cáceres‐Feria
wiley   +1 more source

The struggle for sentencing reform : will the English guidelines model spread? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Prisoners constitute a high-risk population, particularly for infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the level of infectious risk in the prisons of five different European countries by measuring to what extent the prison ...
Brentari, Cinzia   +14 more
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Storage games

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study a long‐horizon, oligopolistic market with random shocks to demand that can be arbitraged by two storage operators with finite capacity. This problem applies to any storable commodity—that is, most commodities. Because the arbitrage spread is so sensitive to market power, storage operators face strong incentives to restrain quantities ...
Sergei Balakin, Guillaume Roger
wiley   +1 more source

The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk‐driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Ling‐Wei Kuo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Concept of Extraordinary Crime in Indonesia Legal System: is the Concept an Effective Criminal Policy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The concept of extraordinary crime was a common concept in Indonesia. Adopts from the concept of the most serious crime in Rome Statute and adjusted with the Indonesian legal system. Then it developed wider and introduced into terrorism, corruption, drug
Prahassacitta, V. (Vidya)
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Medically Assisted Dying Practices: What Role for Clinical Ethicists?

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Medically assisted dying (AD) practices have been legalized in several jurisdictions throughout the world over the last two decades. Because of this increased trend, more individuals now have access to a self‐chosen death. Despite its legalization and the diversity of frameworks governing AD, it remains fraught with ethical challenges. However,
Vanessa Finley‐Roy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Konsepsi Perlindungan Hukum Bagi Anak sebagai Korban Kejahatan Siber melalui Pendekatan Penal dan Non Penal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study aims to examine the form of legal protection for children as victims of cyber crime through penal and non penal approach. Cyber crime that causes children as victims every year increases.
Djanggih, H. (Hardianto)
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