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The Tribulations of Polish Judges (2015–2023) or the Sally-Anne Test of Judicial Independence

open access: yesPrzegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
The issue of judicial independence in Poland has deservedly attracted attention in academic circles in recent years. In this article, I address this issue by examining how the stress test of constitutional democracy proceeded within the Polish judiciary.
Sebastian Kubas
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The inmate as a victim of the rise in the incarceration rate and the perception of insecurity in western society. A particular analysis of the Chilean case.

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 2019
Often, the discussion about the victim in the penal process recognizes only the crime victim and doesn’t take into consideration that the inmate, the person deprived of liberty, might also be a victim of the criminal justice system.
Silvio Cuneo
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Realistic Utopianism and Alternatives to Imprisonment:The ideology of crime and the utopia of harm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although the harms and inadequacies of the criminal justice and penal systems are well-documented, the contemporary impulse is largely one born in critique.Currently, it seems that as critical scholars, activists, and citizens, we are far better at ...
Copson, Lynne
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Hotels, refuge, and the rise of carceral hospitality

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Geographical work on hotels has foregrounded their role as spaces of commercial hospitality, leisure, and increasingly as sites of emergency accommodation for a range of displaced groups. Developing such work, this paper critically examines the central role of hotels in accommodating and containing asylum seekers and refugees.
Jonathan Darling, Andrew Burridge
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Mainstreaming the Extreme: Intersecting Challenges from the Far Right in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is the first issue of the new journal Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics (EEJSP). As our point of departure, we take a timely subject for European societies: the far-right phenomenon as related to mainstream politics and ...
Feischmidt, Margit, Hervik, Peter
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Delincuencia sexual y populismo penal en Colombia

open access: yesUrvio, 2014
Actualmente hay un uso recurrente del Derecho Penal como instrumento estatal para enfrentar conflictos sociales variados. Modificaciones legislativas son hechas sin consideración a su necesidad y eficacia y se busca satisfacer intereses particulares, no ...
Rafael Velandia Montes
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Penal policy and prisoner rates in Scandinavia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Aineisto on Keskustakampuksen kirjaston digitoimaa ja kirjasto vastaa aineiston ...
Lappi-Seppälä, Tapio
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I minori stranieri non accompagnati fra tutela delle vulnerabilità e gestione emergenziale del fenomeno [PDF]

open access: yesDemocrazia e Diritti Sociali
This article proposes an analysis of d.l. 5 ottobre 2023, n. 133, which is one of the most recent legislative measures in the field of unaccompanied foreign minors.
Claudia Atzeni
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Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope: Penal Populism and Duterte's Rise to Power

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2016
Citizens who support populist leaders are often portrayed in negative terms. They are disparaged for their prejudice and naiveté, some even earning the label “basket of deplorables” from Hillary Clinton.
Nicole Curato
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What Communities Can Do to Rein In Payday Lending: Strategies for Successful Local Ordinance Campaigns through a Texas Lens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Because New Mexico has one of the highest consumer usage rates and highest concentrations of payday and title loan shops in the nation,2 we thought it would be an ideal place to measure the public’s knowledge of and interest in these ubiquitous loans. We
Martin, Nathalie, Mayer, Robert N.
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