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SENTENCE OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE LAW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND CASE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Revija za kriminologiju i krivično pravo, 2021
In the system of measures of societal reaction towards the perpetrators of criminal offences, all the modern criminal laws, including the new legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognise sentences in the first place.
Miodrag Simović, Marina Simović, Vladimir Simović   +2 more
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The Place of History in British Criminology: 20th‐Century Developments

Sociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 16-30, March 2025.
ABSTRACT While the relevance of historical research and analysis for the development of a critical criminology in the United States in the 1970s has recently received some attention by historical criminologists, the place of history in British criminology—and British critical criminology in particular—remains a largely unexplored area of academic ...
Roberto Catello
wiley   +1 more source

The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree: Self-Defence in the Context of State-Sponsored Terrorism

Groningen Journal of International Law, 2018
The Article will examine the parameters of state-sponsored terrorism through an evaluation of the tenets of state responsibility. Under customary international law, States are not perpetrators of terrorism because terrorism is a penal offence and states ...
Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
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Do Intoxicated Offenders Deserve Harsher Sentences? Questioning Veritas in Vino

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Criminal courts increasingly treat intoxication as an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor in sentencing. This shift, seen in Australian law and other jurisdictions, raises the prospect of unjust outcomes. We examine this trend through the lens of desert‐based justifications for punishment, setting aside questions of deterrence and ...
Mary Jean Walker, Daniel B. Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

The psychiatric fix

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
wiley   +1 more source

Poglądy Romualda Hubego na karę

Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, 1974
Romuald Hube (1803-1890) est connu comme auteur de nombreux travaux concernant le droit pénal et en particulier du premier manuel scientifique du droit pénal polonais.
Alicja Grześkowiak
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Implications of Strategies for Governing the COVID‐19 Pandemic for the Political Robustness of Five European Political Regimes

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do the strategies that governments employ when they encounter crisis‐induced turbulence affect the robustness of the political regime in which they operate? Comparative studies of the connection between government strategies and political regime robustness under different cultural and institutional conditions are few and far between.
Eva Sørensen, Peter Triantafillou, Tiziana Caponio, György Hajnal, Tiina Randma‐Liiv, David Spacek   +5 more
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The El Salvador Exception in a Pacific Rim Context: Outsourced Security Governance Across the Americas and the Asia‐Pacific

Pacific Focus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the 2025 US decision to deport members of the Venezuelan‐origin gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador under a $6 million incarceration agreement, arguing that the episode represents a critical evolution in outsourced security governance. By comparing this case with the 1980s deportation of Salvadoran gang affiliates, the paper
Taeheok Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deterrence: Experimental Study of Factors Influencing Perceived Legitimacy and Compliance With Mandatory Vaccination

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For the law to function effectively in society, it must not only be enforced but also promote compliance, particularly in emotionally charged, polarized, or uncertain situations. This study explores the impact of legal sanction stringency and perceived sanction risk on the perceived legitimacy of and willingness to comply with mandatory ...
David Lacko, Filip Horák, Jakub Dienstbier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source