Breaking bad news: Penal populism, tabloid adversarialism and Brexit [PDF]
, 2018 This article analyses the role that British conservative tabloid newspapers play in promoting penal populism and delegitimising liberal prison reform initiatives.
Greer, C., McLaughlin, E.
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Navigating lifelong imprisonment, human rights, and evidence-based justice in a post-death penalty era [PDF]
Crimen (Beograd)The global shift away from the death penalty has elevated lifelong imprisonment as a primary alternative, prompting a critical examination of its conceptual, legal, and human rights dimensions. This exploration navigates through diverse legal definitions
Gašparić Asea
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Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 2020 This article focuses on what is often termed the general (or public) sense of justice, GSJ for short. It illustrates the influence that the GSJ has had on various preparatory works in Swedish criminal law during a recent decade.
Andreas Anderberg
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Lowering the age of criminal responsibility: The greatest dilemma? [PDF]
Crimen (Beograd), 2023 Two mass murders that took place at the beginning of May 2023 disturbed and shocked the public in Serbia. The mass murder that took place in the Elementary School "Vladislav Ribnikar" in Belgrade, in which the perpetrator was a boy who was under the age ...
Ćopić Sanja
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A theoretical introduction to the concept, nature and function of populism [PDF]
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی, 2020 In the last few decades, we have witnessed the emergence of various forms of populism, as well as different readings, narratives and analyzes of this phenomenon all over the world.
Alireza Samiee Esfahani
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Mediating punitiveness: understanding public attitudes towards work-related fatality cases [PDF]
, 2010 This paper concerns an empirical investigation into public attitudes towards work-related fatality cases, where organizational offenders cause the death of workers or members of the public.
Eser A. +18 more
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One-punch laws, mandatory minimums and ‘alcohol-fuelled’ as an aggravating factor: implications for NSW criminal law [PDF]
, 2014 : This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and ...
Julia Ann Quilter
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Paedophiles in the community: inter-agency conflict, news leaks and the local press [PDF]
, 2005 This article explores the leaking of confidential information about secret Home Office plans to house convicted paedophiles within a local community (albeit inside a prison).
Adams, J. +36 more
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Victims and contemporary tendencies in crime control [PDF]
Temida, 2014 Victimological dimension of new criminality forms is a specific challenge for contemporary criminal law systems; new time brings new forms of criminality, new victims, but also new ways and opportunities for more efficient protection of victims.
Soković Snežana
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Penal Populism, Deliberative Methods, and the Production of “Public Opinion” on Crime and Punishment [PDF]
, 2014 This article draws upon insights from democratic and social theory to demonstrate that the findings of traditional opinion surveys exert an unjustified and unhealthy level of dominance in the contemporary political sphere.
Turner, L
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