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CONDITIONAL DISCONTINUANCE OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AS A PENAL MEASURE IN THE FISCAL PENAL CODE [PDF]

Probacja
The study contains an analysis of the legal nature of conditional discontinuance of criminal proceedings against perpetrators of fiscal offences. The aim of the research is to determine whether conditional discontinuance of criminal proceedings included ...
Sebastian Kowalski
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Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif, Fayaz Muhammad, Matthew Light, Hina Fazal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Citizenship and Racialised Discretion: Police and Consular Officers’ Handling of Capital Cases in Malaysia

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
wiley   +1 more source

Au-delà de la criminalisation : l’immigration et les enjeux pour la criminologie

Criminologie, 2013
Le but de cet article est de discuter de l’importance croissante des punitions administratives dans le champ pénal, à partir de la judiciarisation des conflits d’immigration au Canada. À l’aide d’une analyse documentaire et des résultats d’une enquête de
João Velloso
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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

"Annihilation through labor": the killing of state prisoners in the Third Reich [PDF]

, 1999
One of the most distinctive features of Nazi society was the increasingly radical division of its members into “national comrades” and “community aliens.” The former were to be protected by the state and encouraged to procreate, while the latter were ...
Wachsmann, Nikolaus
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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

Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Procedure

EIRP Proceedings, 2009
Presumption of innocence appears as a rule hardly in modern penal trial. For first timewas noted in legislation from the end of the XVIIIth century (United States of America legislationand Declaration of Human Rights and Citizens in 1789).
Tatiana Zbanca
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Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Incarceration in Finland [PDF]

, 2010
The following paper provides insights into Finland’s criminal justice system and discusses the policies that emphasize using prison for rehabilitation, not merely for punishment.
Ekunwe, Ikponwosa O., Jones, Richard S., Mullin, Kaley   +2 more
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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