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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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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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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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Populist Punitiveness in the Italian Populistic Yellow-Green Government

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2020
In this article we present a general interpretation of the recent tendency of Italian political forces to promote laws in the criminal field aimed more at producing political consensus of an emotional kind than at addressing real legal and social needs ...
Stefano Anastasìa, Manuel Anselmi
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Reform and Research: Re-connecting Prison and Society in the 21st Century

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2015
IIn this contribution I briefly outline some of the historical and current trends in prison research and question how a prison researcher can work towards influencing policy and practice. I discuss the current role of ‘what works’ research and the way it
Peter Scharff Smith
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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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Populism, Law and Order and the Crimes of the 1%

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2013
The article examines the evidence of endemic financial crime in the global financial crisis (GFC), the legal impunity surrounding these crimes and the popular revolt against these abuses in the financial, political and legal systems.
Russell Hogg
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A Postneoliberal Turn? Variants of the Recent Penal Policy in Argentina

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2017
This paper analysed the connection between the emergence and consolidation of a postneoliberal political program and alliance – Kirchnerism – and penal policies in Argentina. Three key moments are identified in this recent period. After the experience of
Maximo Sozzo
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Public opinion on freedom of religion (and its limitations) in penitentiary establishments in the light of international regulations

Approaching Religion, 2022
The issue of religious freedom while serving a sentence of imprisonment often occupies scientists from around the world. Basically, they agree that a prisoner, regardless of the act for which he or she has been convicted, has the right to religious ...
Olga Sitarz, Anna Jaworska-Wieloch, Jakub Hanc   +2 more
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Intimate Partner Violence, Public Opinion, and Legal Changes in Bulgaria: Dynamic Relationship and Unexpected Consequences

Societies
Violence against women and intimate partner violence in particular are recognized as significant social issues. This article explores the dynamic interplay between intimate partner violence, public opinion, and legislative changes in Bulgaria.
Georgi Petrunov
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